Pathway360 Content Curation, Course Creation and Social Learning Tool

Pathway360: LMS, Content Curation, Course Creation & Social Learning – Integrated

The team at WillowDNA are delighted to announce the launch of Pathway360 – the complete online learning platform for organisations of all shapes and sizes.  We’ve been working hard to create a new product that offers an integrated approach to content curation, course creation and social learning, which would be scalable for organisations of all shapes and sizes.

Pathway360 Content Curation, Course Creation and Social Learning Tool

Starting with just 100 users, Pathway360 brings the power of online learning of everyone and goes beyond the typical course catalogue approach. It’s also been a fantastic opportunity to work with our colleagues at SkillPill to bring their comprehensive micro-learning catalogue to Pathway and the award winning team at gomo, whose responsive rapid development tool is a firm favourite here at WillowDNA.

 

If you want to find out more, download our Pathway360 Brochure (PDF) and read about it here on our site.

Willow win 2016 Learning Technologies Supplier of the Year – Silver

What a night!  Debbie and I represented WillowDNA at the Learning Technologies Awards and on behalf of our incredibly talented team, accepted the award for Learning Technologies Supplier of the year – Silver.  

We could not be prouder of our incredibly talented team, they go above and beyond for our clients every day.  I think the write up from the judges says it all:

‘When WillowDNA was formed in 2005, the vision was to bring together knowledge and collaboration expertise with technical enablement. Determined to break away from tedious e-learning that constituted most people’s experience of online learning, WillowDNA wanted to create a new kind of learning company. From the creativity WillowDNA injects into its content to the innovation evident in its home-grown learning platform, Pathway Cloud LMS, it delivers all its set out to achieve. The company has shown impressive growth and undertakes deep analysis to understand and meet the needs of its clients. Impact is secured through its focus on ‘building businesses’ and partnership with providers of learning.’

So once we’ve popped the cork on the champagne back in the office and eaten a lot of cake, we’ll be getting our heads down working on projects that include:

  • Technology enablement for Pitman Training using Pathway Cloud LMS
  • Graduate induction into the media industry for IPG Mediabrands USA and UK
  • Compliance training for major credit agency
  • Pharmaceutical product training for medical professionals on behalf of Fleishmann Hillard
  • US rollout of the IPA Foundation Certificate and live exam provision
  • Content and online diagnostics for brand new training company

As well as providing Pathway Cloud LMS, content revision and service management to our many customers, all of whom we thank dearly for helping us win this award.  So if you are busy making your plans for 2017, we’d love to talk to you and help you deliver world class learning.

Webinar March 2016 – Next 10 years

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The next 10 years in learning and gold at the Learning Awards 2016 

Well, what a week its been here at WillowDNA – huge thanks to everyone who visited us at Learning Technologies 2016 and there was a lot of you!  It was an absolute pleasure, especially to have a packed house for our seminar.  Many people have asked if the presentation is available and you can view the slides right now on slideshare.

And if that wasn’t enough, we are delighted to have help our partnership venture, Rock and A Hard Place Learning secure gold at the Learning Awards 2016 – this collaboration between WillowDNA and experts from the Advertising and Media world have created a brand new academy for marketing and communications.

If you are looking for a new e-learning supplier, WillowDNA will ensure your programmes are the most engaging, impactful and cost effective solutions to learning needs.  

The future is looking very bright for learning!

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January Newsletter 2016

THE STRAND – the latest on learning from WillowDNA
January 2016 Edition

January Round Up


Each month we take a look at some of the most interesting research and articles on online learning, social learning and technology.  But in a slight break from the norm, we wanted to share our big news – WillowDNA is 10 years old! 

Learning Technologies 2016
Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th February 2016 

Bigger than ever, Learning Technologies returns to London Olympia at on Stand 12, you’ll find WillowDNA celebrating their 10th Anniversary.

As well as hosting our anniversary celebrations at 3pm on the 3rd (where you can join us for a glass of bubbly and some cake), we’ll also be unveiling the latest release of Pathway Cloud LMS, including Pathway Mobile and Pathway Collaboration suite.

On Thursday at 12.30pm in Theatre 6, we’ll be exploring the next ten years of learning technology, one not to be missed.

The future of learning is performance

On the WillowDNA blog this month, we are introducing the first instalment in our series on the future of learning, entitled ‘Performance is more than support – the future of learning.’ Using this infographic as a guide, we’ll be exploring the key elements of creating a future forward learning environment:

“Performance can help us look more holistically at the task at hand, so for the organisation, how to achieve its key strategic goal.”   


Book Review

At WillowDNA this year, we are launching our new collaboration suite on Pathway Cloud LMS which puts community at the heart of the learning programme.  The driver here is to provide a more pragmatic and effective flow between formal and informal learning.

It is this relationship that is explored in this month’s reviewed book ‘Ten Strategies for Building Community with Technology: A Handbook for Instructional Designers and Program Developers’.

It explores the impact of community on learning efficacy through practical guidance on building and nurturing communities.  It is a contemporary view of learning communities in the context of current technology and a useful how to guide.

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WillowDNA launching new collaboration suite and mobile app at Learning Technologies 2016

As well as cracking open the bubbly, WillowDNA are delighted to introduce the latest release of Pathway Cloud LMS in our 10th anniversary year.

Our next release includes the Pathway Collaboration suite, drawing on the best of formal and informal learning in one environment.  The overall design balances formal content and user generated content to provide a richer, more effective learning experience, reflecting the way people really learn today.

Our new mobile app is much more than Pathway on mobile – of course, learners can access learning on the move, whether they are online or offline (with progress sychronisation included when back online). However each Pathway client customer receive their own app, branded for their organisation.  Learning is all about context and our mobile app is designed to support organisations in creating their own learning and performance environment.

To find out more, come and visit us on Stand L12.


Articles


When Learning At Work Becomes Overwhelming

It’s no surprise that many of our favourite articles of recent months are taken from the Harvard Business Review.

The challenges of risks acquisition, innovation and change are putting increased pressure of employees and organisations.  Time and volume is a key challenge as most jobs require a continuous professional development approach whether that is formalised or not.

This latest piece by David DeLong, research fellow at the MIT AgeLab describes this challenge but also offers his advice on creating the most effective learning environment.
 

Events


Webinar: Performance Catalysts – the future of Learning and Development
27th January 2015 2pm GMT

This month’s Willow Webinar will explore the role of L&D in the new world of work and introduces the concept of Performance Catalyst.  

From what you need to know about technology, how to identify the right type of learning solution aligned to business activities through to tips for evaluation, this webinar will explore what the new learning professional will look like. 

Register today and join us for a webinar that will provide great inspiration for your learning strategy in 2016.


This month on Learning Now Radio

If you haven’t subscribed already, then pop over to iTunes or Soundcloud today to the latest episode, featuring Paul Morgan, Head of Learning at Telefonica O2.

WillowDNA are delighted to support LNRadio with our very own Lisa Minogue-White co-hosting alongside the wonderful Colin Steed.

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Learning Technologies Video Guide 2016
This month’s video – Our quick guide to Learning Technologies 2016, Lisa Minogue-White talks about how to make the most of your conversations with suppliers and colleagues.

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December Newsletter 2015

THE STRAND – the latest on learning from WillowDNA

December 2015 Edition

December Round Up


Each month we take a look at some of the most interesting research and articles on online learning, social learning and technology.  

Organisations need to make learning hard

One of our favourite articles this month comes from the Harvard Business Review, where Dorothy Leonard, Professor of Business Administration Emerita at Harvard Business School  argues that if learning is easy, it’s probably not working.  This gives real food for thought for organisations with huge focusses on performance support.

Where environments are complex, the pace of change is rapid and factors such as increased competition, budget pressures and changing workforce, the application of skills in an ever changing landscape are critical.  

‘Both learners and teachers confuse performance during training (termed “retrieval strength”) with long-term retention and the ability to apply the lessons (“storage strength”)…real learning – that is, the kind which embeds knowledge and skills in long-term memory – is never simple”

To strengthen mental storage and retrieval at point of need, Leonard suggests that using a range of strategies, interleaving different modes of learning and content types to build as many connections as possible.


Performance Catalysts

On the WillowDNA blog this month, we discuss the new learning professional and their role as Performance Catalysts.

‘A catalyst acts in a unique way to make a lower barrier to cause a reaction to happen. Putting the right people together in the right environment at the right time with right tools, that’s how we catalyse that learning’. – Tom Spiglanin.

Whilst much of the current discourse in L&D is about the Learning Revolution and questions about the very survival of the role in organisations, we offers an insight into the critical role learning professionals will take in achieving the strategic goals of orgainsations and why their role is more important than ever.


Book Review

With Christmas upon us and time for reading being squeezed by christmas parties, feeding the christmas cake and last minute present buying, this month’s book review is for the concise, 76 page publication from Donald H Taylor:

Webinar Master: Your Short Guide to Successful Webinars
Donald H Taylor

Donald H Taylor in his role as Chairman on the Learning and Skills Group has hosted more webinars than most of us have ever attended!  In his many years working with presenters from a range of backgrounds delivering online sessions, Taylor shares with us his reflections and advice on what constitutes the most engaging and successful webinars.

This short book is practical in focus and provides plenty of checklists that will aid in the planning and delivery of your next webinar.  But more than that, it’s Taylor’s opportunity to share his passion for the medium – it’s clear that in his view, webinars are in no way the face to face presentation’s poor relationship.

They provide an opportunity for collaboration across environments and timezones unrivalled by many other mediums.  This book can help you make the most of this cost effective, wide reaching presentation channel.

News


WillowDNA working with one of the UK’s leading retailers to transform safety training

WillowDNA are delighted to working on a major new safety programme using an innovative mix of video, scenarios, ebooks and facilitated social learning.  Keep an eye out for more on this in the coming months.

WillowDNA at Learning Technologies
It’s just 7 weeks to the 2016 Learning Technologies and Learning and Skills Conference and Exhibition at London Olympia.  WillowDNA will be there on 3rd and 4rd February at stand L12.


This month on Learning Now Radio


If you haven’t subscribed already, then pop over to iTunes or Soundcloud today to catch interviews with Mike Collins at DPG PLC, David Kelly from the e-Learning Guild, Jane Bozarth, Clark Quinn and John Delano of Saltbox.  WillowDNA are delighted to support LNRadio with our very own Lisa Minogue-White co-hosting alongside the wonderful Colin Steed.

Articles


Get your organisation ready to learn – a two part insight from Ruth Kustoff

Although there is a huge amount of choice and options open to anyone looking to address a learning need, the organisational culture and its readiness to turn learning and insight into performance change is the critical building block.  In a two part LinkedIn Pulse article, Ruth Kustoff at Knowledge Advisors explores what typifies a learning organisation and why its critical to business success.Greet 2016 with a smile

On a lighter note and get you motivated for the new year, this quick post from CMD provides ’18 ways to be more positive in the office’.  We particular endorse Health and Wellbeing (with many avid cyclists in the WillowDNA team!) and of course, collaboration!

Events


Webinar: Performance Catalysts – the future of Learning and Development
20th January 2015 2pm GMT

This month’s Willow Webinar will explore the role of L&D in the new world of work and introduces the concept of Performance Catalyst.  

From what you need to know about technology, how to identify the right type of learning solution aligned to business activities through to tips for evaluation, this webinar will explore what the new learning professional will look like. 

Register today and join us for a webinar that will provide great inspiration for your learning strategy in 2016.


Learning Awards 2016
Thursday 4th February 2016 7.30pm

We are delighted that our partners Rock and A Hard Place Learning have been shortlisted for Learning Start Up Company of the year at the 2016 Learning Awards.

The winners will be announced at the gala dinner on 4th February 2016.

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On Performance Catalysts
This month’s video – Following the ‘Secret Learning Life of Managers’ event, Lisa Minogue-White talks about the changing L&D mindset and its relationship to strategic success

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e-Learning Awards 2015 Gala evening

WillowDNA are delighted to have been shortlisted in 4 categories for the 2015 e-learning awards. Amongst those categories is ‘e-learning company of year’, so the entire team are feel rather proud at the moment!

The winners will be announced at the gala evening celebration, taking place at the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster, London on 25th November. Keep at eye on the twitter feed for #elawards and our twitter page @willowDNA to watch the results come in.

November Newsletter 2015

THE STRAND – the latest on learning from WillowDNA

November 2015 Edition

November Round Up


Each month we take a look at some of the most interesting research and articles on online learning, social learning and technology.  

The latest Towards Maturity Benchmarking Report – a view from Clive Shepherd

Our friend, Clive Shepherd, attended the VIP launch of the 2015 Towards Maturity Benchmark study.  His recent post on LinkedIn confirms what many suspected but perhaps hoped was not the case:

“the call seems only to be heard by the already converted. What TM calls the ‘Top Deck’ (those organisations that are showing the best results from their L&D efforts) are shooting ahead, overcoming barriers and exploring all the possibilities for workplace learning in all its contexts, formal and informal. The rest have been stuck for years.”

Our Director Of Learning Solutions, Lisa Minogue-White believes there are many practical steps learning and development can take to put themselves centre stage in delivering the strategic goals of the organisation.  In her commentary on Clive’s post, she suggests that rather than being marginalised, the time for true business partnership could be here.


Performance Catalysts

On the WillowDNA blog this month, we discuss the new learning professional and their role as Performance Catalysts.

‘A catalyst acts in a unique way to make a lower barrier to cause a reaction to happen. Putting the right people together in the right environment at the right time with right tools, that’s how we catalyse that learning’. – Tom Spiglanin.

Whilst much of the current discourse in L&D is about the Learning Revolution and questions about the very survival of the role in organisations, we offers an insight into the critical role learning professionals will take in achieving the strategic goals of orgainsations and why their role is more important than ever.


Book Review

This month, we’ve been reading:

Engaged: he Neuroscience Behind Creating Productive People in Successful Organizations (The Neuroscience of Business)
Amy Brann

At every conference in 2015 and probably 2016, you’ll find sessions on Neuroscience, some well grounded in research, others with something of a pop psych feel.  In this book, Amy Brann, director at Synaptic Potential, Neuroscientist and medical graduate from UCL does a great job of providing a practical, accessible study of the subject.

From quick to apply changes to everyday practice to informing strategic learning plans, there’s frameworks in every chapter to help apply the principles of neuroscience to real learning challenges.

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Hot on the heels of our shortlising in 4 categories at the 2015 e-Learning Awards, our partnership with Rock and A Hard Place Learning has been shortlisted for Start Up Of The Year at the LPi Learning Awards.  


Introducing Learning Now Radio


Following our work with Learning Now TV, we are delighted to announce that Lisa Minogue-White has been asked to host Learning Now Radio.

Already 4 episodes in, she has been in conversation with Mike Collins at DPG PLC, David Kelly from the e-Learning Guild, Jane Bozarth and Clark Quinn.  Subscribe today in iTunes and tune into the most interesting discussions in learning and development.

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International WOL Week – a view from Helen Blunden

As one of the foremost advocates of Working Out Loud (WOL) and someone who really does lead by example, Helen Blunden from Activate Learning has been publishing her #WOLweek experience each day in her blog.WOL has been a campaign kicked off by Jane Bozarth to exemplify the power of sharing insights, lessons learnt, challenges and solutions. Jane and many others having been sharing their #WOLweek experiences.  Check out the hashtag on Twitter for more examples.

Events


e-Learning Awards 2015
Wednesday 25th November 1.30pm

We are delighted that WillowDNA have been shortlisted in 4 categories at the 2015 e-Learning Awards, including e-learning company of the year.

Follow the hashtag #elawards on the night to see the results come in.


Webinar: Performance Catalysts – the future of Learning and Development
9th December 2015 2pm GMT

This month’s Willow Webinar will explore the role of L&D in the new world of work and introduces the concept of Performance Catalysts.

From what you need to know about technology, how to identify the right type of learning solution aligned to business activities through to tips for evaluation, this webinar will explore what the new learning professional will look like.

Register today and join us for a webinar that will provide great inspiration for your learning strategy in 2016.

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On Performance Catalysts
This month’s video – Lisa Minogue-White discusses the future role of L&D and why she believes they will become the organisation’s Performance Catalysts.  ( Filmed whilst nursing a bit of bronchitis!)

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Latest thinking from DevLearn 2015

Insights and advice from thought leaders, heads of learning and practitioners shaping the future of learning


DevLearn is one of the world’s largest learning technology conferences, which attracts leading speakers from around the globe to share their ideas, case studies and approaches to learning in the new world of work.

Lisa Minogue-White, Head of Learning Solutions at WillowDNA was fortunate enough to take part in this incredible event and each day, has brought you a summary of the key takeaways and ideas from the rich and diverse programme.

Check out her WillowDNA Daily DevLearn vlogs here and if its inspired you to transform your approach to learning, we would be delighted to help.



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WillowDNA speaking at DevLearn 2015 – Using the Power of Online Communities to Supercharge Your Learning

Returning to the world’s leading e-learning conference, WillowDNA are delighted to contribute to this fantastic event. This year, Lisa Minogue-White, Director of Learning Solutions is exploring how communities are key to effective learning.

One of the major challenges facing organizations is getting the balance between formal and informal right. Capitalizing on the benefits of social learning requires the right environment to facilitate it. The most successful communities have clarity of purpose, support from wider stakeholders, an engaged hub of participants, and a skilled facilitator to nurture it.

The session is for anyone interested in creating a sustainable and effective social learning strategy for their organization, understanding the benefits of a community approach and the right balance between structure and exploration is key.

To register for DevLearn, visit the e-Learning Guild event site