Learning and development professionals, including elearning developers, have to wear many hats. That’s kind of true by definition, since it’s a field that incorporates a lot of different skills and tasks. But it’s even more true for L&D/eLearning professionals who work in small learning development departments. Maybe it’s a 3-person department, or maybe even a […]
In recent years, our partners at RedVector have asked their customers to nominate a safety professional at their organization for consideration in a “Safety Champions” contest. We here at Convergence Training liked the idea so much when we learned of it that we joined in this year. We’ve now collected nominations of many different safety […]
We like fun as much as the next workplace performance blog, but the truth is sometimes you’ve got to work hard to learn, excel, and become a master at something. We touched on this recently in our blog post on desirable difficulties, a term used for a group of counter-intuitive learning strategies that make learning […]
Here’s another episode from our series of thought leaders on various issues related to training, safety, safety training, organizational theory, and more. In this one, we’re going to talk with “The HOP Coach,” Bob Edwards. Bob will tell us what Human & Organizational Performance, or HOP is, he’ll tell us about increasing operational learning and […]
In MSHA’s Part 46, the regulation specifies a number of specific roles. One of those roles is the “Person Responsible for Safety and Health Training.” It’s not always obvious what that means, even in a simple case when a mine operator is providing mining safety training for Part 46 compliance to employees who are full-time […]
On-the-job training, also commonly known as OJT, is a time-tested, popular, and effective workforce training solution. In fact, as we’ll discuss later in this article, it’s probably the single most commonly used form of training in workplaces. OJT is also sometimes known as direct instruction. OJT comes in different forms, as you’ll learn below. It […]
We’ve got some huge news! Convergence Training has been acquired by Vector Solutions, a long-time online training innovator and leader in performance solutions for commercial, education, and public sector clients. We’re really excited about this new opportunity to grow and provide our customers more courses, more services, and even more value. As the newest addition to […]
Question for you: what’s more effective in aiding employee learning–elearning courses or classroom training? We asked the noted learning expert Dr. Will Thalheimer to answer that question. And presenting information from his Does eLearning Work? white paper and metastudy, the simple answer he gave was: classroom training < elearning < blended learning solutions. (If it’s been […]
In this article, we’re going to continue our ongoing series of interviews with Dr. Will Thalheimer, and we’ll be getting some tips for using spaced learning to better support learner memory in workforce learning & development efforts. For those of you keeping track at home, you may know that in an earlier article, Dr. Thalheimer […]
It’s always a good idea to use training methods that are (1) based in evidence and proven to be effective and (2) focused on improving performance on the job. Dr. Will Thalheimer is one of the leading research experts on evidence-based and performance-focused training methods, and he’s been kind enough to grant us an interview […]
Organizations are becoming increasingly interested in mobile training these days (also called mobile learning and M-learning). Which is great, because you can use mobile training in a lot of positive ways. But on the other hand, you don’t want to just rush into it, believing that this new technology is the silver bullet that will […]
MSHA requires a “competent person” for all MSHA Part 46 training at surface mines. You probably know that, and our What Is a MSHA Part 46 Competent Person? article explains that general requirement in more detail if you’re interested. But what about when a miner completes ONLINE TRAINING for their MSHA Part 46 training requirement? Who’s […]