How Constructivism Learning Theory Shapes Modern Instructional Design And L&D Strategy — from elearningindustry.com by Christopher Pappas
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Also see:
- Microlearning Trends And Strategies In 2026 — from elearningindustry.com by Christopher Pappas
On 06/09/2026,
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by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Could this be a part of our future learning ecosystems? Education as a personalized content feed.
Coursera wants users to learn through shorter, faster content — from digitaltrends.com by Moinak Pal
Coursera wants online learning to feel more like TikTok
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Online learning platform Coursera is taking a page straight out of TikTok’s playbook. The company has launched a new AI-powered feed designed to serve short-form educational content in a scrollable, personalized format, signaling a major shift in how digital learning platforms may try to keep users engaged.
The feature introduces bite-sized video lessons, clips, and explainers curated through artificial intelligence based on a user’s interests, learning habits, career goals, and previous course activity. Instead of committing to hour-long lectures or full certification programs upfront, users can now discover short educational snippets designed to make learning feel more casual, accessible, and addictive.
Users scroll through a feed of short educational videos and AI-curated learning moments covering topics ranging from coding and business to AI, productivity, data science, and personal development.
On 12/22/2025,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, adult learning, digital audio, digital video, Google, internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, media/film, microlearning, new business models, new media literacies, platforms, podcasting, streams of content, trends, TVs, United States, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
People Watched 700 Million Hours of YouTube Podcasts on TV in October — from bloomberg.com (this article is behind a paywall)
- That’s up from 400 million hours a year ago as podcasts become the new late-night TV.
- YouTube Wins Over TV Audience With Video Podcasts.
- YouTube is dominating in the living room.
On 10/15/2025,
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by Daniel Christian
The above posting on LinkedIn then links to this document
Designing Microsoft 365 Copilot to empower educators, students, and staff — from microsoft.com by Deirdre Quarnstrom
While over 80% of respondents in the 2025 AI in Education Report have already used AI for school, we believe there are significant opportunities to design AI that can better serve each of their needs and broaden access to the latest innovation.1
That’s why today [10/15/25], we’re announcing AI-powered experiences built for teaching and learning at no additional cost, new integrations in Microsoft 365 apps and Learning Management Systems, and an academic offering for Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Introducing AI-powered teaching and learning
Empowering educators with Teach
We’re introducing Teach to help streamline class prep and adapt AI to support educators’ teaching expertise with intuitive and customizable features. In one place, educators can easily access AI-powered teaching tools to create lesson plans, draft materials like quizzes and rubrics, and quickly make modifications to language, reading level, length, difficulty, alignment to relevant standards, and more.
On 09/23/2025,
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by Daniel Christian
Agentic AI and the New Era of Corporate Learning for 2026 — from hrmorning.com by Carol Warner
That gap creates compliance risk and wasted investment. It leaves HR leaders with a critical question: How do you measure and validate real learning when AI is doing the work for employees?
Designing Training That AI Can’t Fake
Employees often find static slide decks and multiple-choice quizzes tedious, while AI can breeze through them. If employees would rather let AI take training for them, it’s a red flag about the content itself.
One of the biggest risks with agentic AI is disengagement. When AI can complete a task for employees, their incentive to engage disappears unless they understand why the skill matters, Rashid explains. Personalization and context are critical. Training should clearly connect to what employees value most – career mobility, advancement, and staying relevant in a fast-changing market.
Nearly half of executives believe today’s skills will expire within two years, making continuous learning essential for job security and growth. To make training engaging, Rashid recommends:
- Delivering content in formats employees already consume – short videos, mobile-first modules, interactive simulations, or micro-podcasts that fit naturally into workflows. For frontline workers, this might mean replacing traditional desktop training with mobile content that integrates into their workday.
- Aligning learning with tangible outcomes, like career opportunities or new responsibilities.
- Layering in recognition, such as digital badges, leaderboards, or team shout-outs, to reinforce motivation and progress
Microsoft 365 Copilot AI agents reach a new milestone — is teamwork about to change? — from windowscentral.comby Adam Hales
Microsoft expands Copilot with collaborative agents in Teams, SharePoint and more to boost productivity and reshape teamwork.
Microsoft is pitching a recent shift of AI agents in Microsoft Teams as more than just smarter assistance. Instead, these agents are built to behave like human teammates inside familiar apps such as Teams, SharePoint, and Viva Engage. They can set up meeting agendas, keep files in order, and even step in to guide community discussions when things drift off track.
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Unlike tools such as ChatGPT or Claude, which mostly wait for prompts, Microsoft’s agents are designed to take initiative. They can chase up unfinished work, highlight items that still need decisions, and keep projects moving forward. By drawing on Microsoft Graph, they also bring in the right files, past decisions, and context to make their suggestions more useful.
Chris Dede’s comments on LinkedIn re: Aibrary
As an advisor to Aibrary, I am impressed with their educational philosophy, which is based both on theory and on empirical research findings. Aibrary is an innovative approach to self-directed learning that complements academic resources. Expanding our historic conceptions of books, libraries, and lifelong learning to new models enabled by emerging technologies is central to empowering all of us to shape our future.
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Why AI literacy must come before policy — from timeshighereducation.com by Kathryn MacCallum and David Parsons
When developing rules and guidelines around the uses of artificial intelligence, the first question to ask is whether the university policymakers and staff responsible for implementing them truly understand how learners can meet the expectations they set
Literacy first, guidelines second, policy third
For students to respond appropriately to policies, they need to be given supportive guidelines that enact these policies. Further, to apply these guidelines, they need a level of AI literacy that gives them the knowledge, skills and understanding required to support responsible use of AI. Therefore, if we want AI to enhance education rather than undermine it, we must build literacy first, then create supportive guidelines. Good policy can then follow.
AI training becomes mandatory at more US law schools — from reuters.com by Karen Sloan and Sara Merken
Sept 22 (Reuters) – At orientation last month, 375 new Fordham Law students were handed two summaries of rapper Drake’s defamation lawsuit against his rival Kendrick Lamar’s record label — one written by a law professor, the other by ChatGPT.
The students guessed which was which, then dissected the artificial intelligence chatbot’s version for accuracy and nuance, finding that it included some irrelevant facts.
The exercise was part of the first-ever AI session for incoming students at the Manhattan law school, one of at least eight law schools now incorporating AI training for first-year students in orientation, legal research and writing courses, or through mandatory standalone classes.
On 09/20/2025,
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by Daniel Christian
Workday Acquires Sana To Transform Its Learning Platform And Much More— from joshbersin.com by J
Well now, as the corporate learning market shifts to AI, (read the details in our study “The Revolution in Corporate Learning” ), Workday can jump ahead. This is because the $400 billion corporate training market is moving quickly to an AI-Native dynamic content approach (witness OpenAI’s launch of in-line learning in its chatbot). We’re just finishing a year-long study of this space and our detailed report and maturity model will be out in Q4.
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With Sana, and a few other AI-native vendors (Uplimit, Arist, Disperz, Docebo), companies can upload audios, videos, documents, and even interviews with experts and the system build learning programs in minutes. We use Sana for Galileo Learn (our AI-powered learning academy for Leadership and HR), and we now have 750+ courses and can build new programs in days instead of months.
And there’s more; this type of system gives every employee a personalized, chat-based experience to learn.
On 05/05/2025,
in business side of he, changing business models, CMS/LMS, colleges, community colleges, content development, aggregation, repositories, cost of getting a degree, credentialing, digital learning, education technology, experimentation, faculty/staff, global / globalization, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), India, instructional design, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, microlearning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, online learning, open courseware and systems, platforms, productivity / tips and tricks, skills, United States, universities, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
MOOC-Style Skills Training — from the-job.beehiiv.com by Paul Fain
WGU and tech companies use Open edX for flexible online learning. Could community colleges be next?
Open Source for Affordable Online Reach
The online titan Western Governors University is experimenting with an open-source learning platform. So are Verizon and the Indian government. And the platform’s leaders want to help community colleges take the plunge on competency-based education.
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The Open edX platform inherently supports self-paced learning and offers several features that make it a good fit for competency-based education and skills-forward learning, says Stephanie Khurana, Axim’s CEO.
“Flexible modalities and a focus on competence instead of time spent learning improves access and affordability for learners who balance work and life responsibilities alongside their education,” she says.
“Plus, being open source means institutions and organizations can collaborate to build and share CBE-specific tools and features,” she says, “which could lower costs and speed up innovation across the field.”
Axim thinks Open edX’s ability to scale affordably can support community colleges in reaching working learners across an underserved market.
On 03/05/2025,
in adult learning, attention, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, creativity, engagement / engaging students, lifelong learning, microlearning, professional development, training / L&D, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Learning as a Learning Professional: Unlock Hidden Opportunities — from learningguild.com by Will Thalheimer
As learning professionals, we help others grow—but how well are we developing ourselves? And does it really matter? Absolutely! In this article, I’ll explore why mastering the art of learning is crucial for our success and share strategies that go beyond traditional professional development.
Why learning matters for us
We need to be strong learners because our work demands broad expertise. We must understand the learning sciences, instructional design, project management, technology, evaluation, organizational dynamics, and business strategy. We also need to navigate a sea of learning frameworks, approaches, and models.
Also from learningguild.com, see:
Microlearning: The Key to Capturing Modern Learners’ Attention — by Sergiy Movchan
This shift in how we consume and process information is challenging traditional learning methods, which are finding it increasingly difficult to keep learners’ attention.
Microlearning is a bridge to the attention of today’s learners, delivering complex topics in short, manageable pieces. Whether it’s a five-minute video, a quick quiz, or a short lesson, microlearning makes it easier for students to stay engaged. Microlearning often holds learners’ attention better and for longer compared to standard learning methods.
Typical low completion rates clearly show the need for innovative approaches to content delivery and student engagement. Microlearning offers the answer to this need.
Cultivating Creativity as an L&D Professional — by Katie Belle (Curry) Nelson
Instructional designers and learning professionals are creative by nature. We are called upon to be creative with technology like Articulate, Camtasia, or Captivate. More often than we would like, organizations, red tape, and clients require us to be creative with timelines and budgets. Being creative is a core qualification and requirement of our work. So, what do we do when we feel like the creative river has run to a trickle or dried up entirely?
On 02/20/2025,
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by Daniel Christian
The Learning & Development Global Sentiment Survey 2025 — from donaldhtaylor.co.uk by Don Taylor
The L&D Global Sentiment Survey, now in its 12th year, once again asked two key questions of L&D professionals worldwide:
- What will be hot in workplace learning in 2025?
- What are your L&D challenges in 2025?
For the obligatory question on what they considered ‘hot’ topics, respondents voted for one to three of 15 suggested options, plus a free text ‘Other’ option. Over 3,000 voters participated from nearly 100 countries. 85% shared their challenges for 2025.
The results show more interest in AI, a renewed focus on showing the value of L&D, and some signs of greater maturity around our understanding of AI in L&D.
On 01/22/2025,
in adult learning, business, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, instructional design, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, microlearning, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, training / L&D, United States, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
A Practical Framework for Microlearning Success: A Guide for Learning Leaders — from learningguild.com by Robyn A. Defelice
Gaining insight from the framework
Goals or Measurable Outcomes
- Key question: What business results do you expect from your microlearning strategy?
- Why it’s valuable: Clear, measurable outcomes create a foundation for alignment and accountability.
Purpose
- Key question: Why does this microlearning initiative exist?
- Why it’s valuable: L&D needs to know if they are solving a specific problem, supporting a broader strategy, or providing foundational knowledge.
Potential
- Key question: What opportunities exist if the purpose is actualized?
- Why it’s valuable: This helps to put into focus the measurable outcomes or if it is a true need for L&D to address.
Evaluation
- Key question: How will you measure success?
- Why it’s valuable: Defining metrics that track learner progress and link to business impact ensures that the design of these pieces is part of the overall solution and implementation plan.
…and more
By focusing on short-term wins, auditing for gaps, and planning strategically, L&D leaders can create initiatives that deliver meaningful, sustained results.