Editor’s Note

eLearning has gradually evolved to a large-scale industry over the last few years. 2017 witnessed reinvention of various learning technologies and allocation of more budget and investments in eLearning programs, learning management systems, and various educational tools for training employees.

A similar shift was observed in the learning and development departments of various organizations in 2017. Trends like mobile learning, social learning, microlearning, etc., are expected to continue evolving eLearning experiences for learners in 2018. Organizations will also explore new opportunities and approaches such as artificial intelligence, interactive video-based learning, etc.

This month's cover article, 11 Custom Learning Trends In 2018 by Anand Timothy, talks about the top custom learning trends to look out for this year.

How to move your on-premise LMS to the cloud? Most of you would have gone through this phase of transition at your organization.

For those who are yet to make this transition, we hope Pranjalee Lahri's article, Moving From On-Premise LMS To Saas LMS?, where she lists down some key considerations, will help you to  make the transition successfully.

Whether your team is grouped together across multiple locations or they’re working from home, and whether it’s been this way for years or you’re new to managing a dispersed workforce, it’s important to regularly evaluate what’s working and what’s not.

Although the benefits of having a decentralized workforce are numerous, the challenges that coincide with it can be difficult to deal with if a company is ill-equipped to manage the people, technology, and brand across multiple locations.

Erin Boettge, in her article Keeping Your Company Connected Across Dispersed Workforce attempts to break down some of the struggles involved with having a dispersed workforce, and how you can approach them to ensure everything stays connected and running smoothly.

Also read How To Apply Behaviorism Principles To eLearning by Marina Arshavskiy and 6 Costs To Consider When Globalizing Corporate eLlearning by Christopher Pappas, among other articles in this edition of Training and Development Excellence.

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