Learning Trend 5: Wired for Speech Each decade has brought with it a new interface to interact with our computers and electronic devices. Where once we typed into a command line beside a blinking green cursor, today we use a mouse with a visual graphical user interface or swipe, tap and pinch our commands into

Learning Trend 4: Big Data and Learning Analytics Uncovering useful knowledge from the data we collect has been happening for some time now, at least since the 90s but when the term ‘Big Data’ entered the Oxford Dictionary in 2013, the ‘big’ that set this data apart referred to a volume, speed and complexity of

Learning Trend 3: Social Learning Comes of Age This trend has been through some ups and down over the last number of years. Social and collaborative learning gained some traction from expectations that everything would become social, paralleling the power of social at the consumer level, then followed by the ‘reality check’ of the complexities

Learning Trend 2: Personalization & Adaptive Learning One of the components that contributes to a learning experience is another major learning trend bounding ahead in 2019: Personalization and adaptive learning. This trend continues to grow in importance, stemming from a combination of factors, such as the working environment: being short on time to learn and

Listening – An Undervalued Skill That Brings Results In today’s exponentially challenging workplace, communication skills are crucial. You need to communicate at all levels, to your department, team, staff, and clients; yes, skillful communication is a no brainer. But an often neglected side to skillful communication is listening. Listening is an innate part of everything

6 Reasons Modern Workers Quit Today, HR and talent development staff often experience high employee turnover. Why is this? Ireland and the UK lead the way when it comes to percentage of population with third-level degrees. According to a 2016 OECD report, the UK claims top spot, with 44% of its population holding a bachelor's