The Learning Blog

 

NextThought is an online learning solutions company. We offer our partners a combination of...

One of the most important roles today's leaders fulfill is managing their organization's...

Many of the association strategies that worked 20 years ago don’t work today. Old methods simply...

Revolutionize the way your association members interact and learn by implementing collaborative...

How Do Corporations, Organizations & Associations Train & Teach? Traditional education methods,...

Change is inevitable. The era of associations relying on member dues to support revenue is all...

Thinking beyond “send only” learning will put your association above the rest. We often design...

Your association or organization should have a social component to your online training because...

Associations tend to view continuing education courses in a very mechanical way. Information is...

This is the second in a three-part series that deals with opportunities for association learning...

In today's progressively complex and highly-specialized economy, credentials are becoming more...

eLearning experts agree that creating online learning communities can directly and positively...

For many online course creators, the tendency is to provide the learner with static content.

In part I of this two part series, we highlighted the need for associations to have a clear and...

What does this mean in the real world? In today’s workforce, employers face a considerable...

As discussed in our previous article, integrating social media into the online classroom is a...

In today’s fast-paced and continuously evolving world of technology and industry standards,...

Have you ever attended a training session or completed an online course and left the experience...

Educators can change the way we use social media. Since their inception, social media platforms...

Previously in this series, I have discussed how to develop a winning vision for online learning.

The practice of issuing certifications, certificates and other forms of credentialing is not...

Education is a hot topic in the association space and in recent years discussion has been heavy...

Strategically implementing collaborative learning can revolutionize the way your association...

Have you ever been overwhelmed by choices?

This is the third post in our series on developing a vision and implementation strategy for...

This is the second post in a series on developing a vision and implementation strategy for...

There has been a lot of hype concerning the need for associations to take learning online. ...

The Gallup-Purdue Index provides an interesting look at the relationship between a person’s...

In their recent white paper, “The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm,” Shelly Alcorn...

Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of sitting with both NextThought and ILED colleagues at the...

As part of our partnership with the University of Central Oklahoma and its Institute for...

There is a lot of discussion about the role millennials have to play in association membership...

This is the third in a three-part series that deals with opportunities for association learning...