Most learning dashboards report activity. Few demonstrate contribution. In this article, we explore how xAPI and learning analytics help L&D teams capture meaningful behavioural signals, from practice and decision accuracy to workplace application. The focus is not on more data, but better evidence. When analytics align with performance priorities, learning moves from reporting events to informing smarter organisational decisions.
In Part 2 of our Rapid Fire series, we explore what happens to user and access management when organisations change. Manager shifts, delegation, self-service boundaries, lifecycle control and identity stability all test whether your LMS can hold under pressure. The real question is not whether the features exist, but whether your system remains governed, reliable and performance-ready as the business evolves.
User and access management may sit in the background of your LMS, but it quietly determines whether learning scales or stalls. In this Totara Thursdays Rapid Fire edition, we explore five focused questions that reveal how user creation, HR integration, permissions and grouping logic shape governance and performance. Clear answers. Practical insight. A sharper way to assess whether your current setup supports growth or creates friction.
Many training evaluations confirm participation and satisfaction, but struggle to demonstrate real workplace impact. The Learning-Transfer Evaluation Model (LTEM) offers a more rigorous approach by prioritising stronger evidence of decision competence, task performance, and behavioural transfer. This practical guide explores LTEM’s eight tiers and shows how L&D teams can align measurement with performance outcomes, ensuring learning investments translate into measurable results.
Learning in media and technology is no longer a support function. It has become operational infrastructure that shapes speed, capability, and commercial outcomes. This article explores how organisations use Totara to move faster, scale learning beyond employees, and connect development directly to performance. Drawing on real-world case studies, it shows how learning supports revenue enablement, reduces operational risk, and helps organisations build the capabilities they need to operate and grow in complex, fast-moving environments.
Totara v20 marks a shift from managing learning to enabling performance. In this article, we unpack how the latest release strengthens compliance, brings clarity to skills, reduces admin effort, and connects learning into the wider business. Rather than listing features, we explore what these changes mean for L&D and HR leaders who need confidence, visibility, and impact at scale.
Most learning evaluations confirm that training happened, but struggle to explain where it made a real difference. Brinkerhoff’s Success Case Method (SCM) offers a practical alternative by focusing on the strongest and weakest outcomes of learning initiatives. This guide explores how SCM works, when to use it, and how it helps L&D teams uncover actionable insight that links learning to performance.
In this Unpacked Field Note, we dig into a familiar tension: why learning programmes often show activity but struggle to shift real performance. It explores the structural gap between learning and work, and reflects on what changes when learning is designed to live inside performance, not alongside it.
In this article, we explore how blocks enable scalable personalisation through targeted dashboards, role-based content, and AI-powered recommendations. Using real-world examples from Emirates Health Services, Oxford Health NHS, and the Garden Centre Association, we show how blocks reduce noise, improve relevance, and make learning feel designed for each learner. The real shift is thinking about experience, not just pages.
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