Editor's Note

This month we bring you a themed edition, which includes the research study and a handful of informative articles on learning and development. 

With the advancements in digitization and technology, the learning landscape has seen a drastic change in the past few years. To gain a better understanding of the current learning and development (L&D) trends, technologies, and learner engagement, HR.com’s HR Research Institute conducted an exclusive study on the state of learning solutions and learner engagement in today’s organizations. 
 

For top suggestions on how organizations can improve their learning solutions, learner engagement and overall learning effectiveness, download the complete report, The State of Learning Solutions and Learner Engagement.

Featured on the cover is Albert Eloyan's Is Gamification the Missing Piece of Your Employee Engagement Strategy? that talks about how companies can hold their own against the addictive technology at everyone’s fingertips.

Moving on there is David Deacon's article, Training Managers In The Things That Really Matters, where he talks about why it is important to look at how we train our managers. 

Lars Hyland, in his article Why Enterprise Open Source Is the Strategic Choice for Your Learning Technology Platform, points out why open source technology is moving out of the backroom and moving firmly into the application.

Also read, Future-Proofing Your Organization Through Learning And Development by Mike Hruska and Daniel McCoy and Learning Engagement: The Learn-Tech Way by Amit Gautam, among other articles in this edition of Training & Development Excellence.

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