Your Guide to Contextual Microlearning

Contextual Microlearning can increase your employees' training retention.
We'll guide you through the ins and outs of this powerful method of learning.

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Contextual Microlearning

Learning through short form content in context of your own environment, within the flow of work and at the moment of need.

Technology Training

Training your people on the technology used by your company.

Digital Adoption

The users must adopt your technologies. Otherwise your technology investment does not provide the intended ROI.

Theory of Learning

The various ways in which people learn and the best ways to deliver that information.

Why ‘helping’ beats ‘training’ when it comes to IT adoption

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

Imagine you were teaching a kindergarten child how to write. Would you start the lesson with a lecture on the […]

Contextual microlearning makes IT training concrete

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

If you are already running training programs for your company’s IT systems, would you really want to invest in any […]

How to plan for continual business IT change

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

Once upon a time, major changes to business IT systems would happen once every three or four years. You had […]

What is an early adoption program for Microsoft 365?

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

Microsoft describes an early adoption program (EAP) as a kind of ‘dry run’ of a new technology among a representative […]

3 key drivers of digital adoption

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

Business technology has improved dramatically over the past couple of decades. Traditional programs were complex, hard to use and not […]

A simple guide to Digital Adoption Platforms (DAP)

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

Adoption of digital technology is now a priority at almost all organizations. With more staff working remotely than ever before, […]

What is the difference between helping users and training users?

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

If your company is going through a digital adoption process, an obvious priority would be to train users so they […]

How has workplace training evolved over the decades?

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

Do you remember your first workplace training session? Perhaps it took place in your company’s conference room. Maybe you were […]

Why classroom-style training is failing you

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

What do you prefer: a roadmap or a GPS? Imagine you are on a long road trip to a handful […]

4 tips for continued Microsoft Teams adoption

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

The rise of Microsoft Teams over the past few years has been astronomic. Supercharged by the rise in remote working in 2020, […]

Employee training challenges and what you can do about them

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

If you have implemented a new enterprise technology tool, it is absolutely imperative that all employees begin using it. Failing […]

What are the 5 moments of learning need?

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

The "five moments of need" is an influential framework which helps us understand learning and performance in the workplace. It […]

How to offer tech support to remote workers

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

With more people working remotely than ever, providing training for all the digital tools they rely on is essential. But […]

Why we need to stop microlearning

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

In the past decade countless companies have begun using a new training method: microlearning. The idea behind microlearning is to […]

What would Benjamin Franklin think of your organization’s training?

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

Benjamin Franklin is often quoted as saying: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me […]

Strengths and weaknesses of microlearning

By Len Williams on January 27, 2021

Microlearning has become one of the fastest growing trends in professional learning and development in the past decade. Its popularity is impossible […]

How to Boost HCM Software ROI with Digital Adoption Platforms (DAPs)

By Chad Lockwood on December 9, 2020

HCM software has the potential to dramatically improve an organization’s use of resources and human capital – and they also […]

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