Upskilling and Retraining in the Age of Automation
Feb 3, 2020 /
A certain buzzword has been making the rounds in the news lately: upskilling. Forbes even recently suggested it might be the most important word you’ll be hearing a lot about these days. With a third of today’s workers worried about being forced out by automation and digital transformation (according to professional services giant PwC), many […]
Is It Time to Drop the ‘e’ in eLearning?
Jan 15, 2020 /
You read the title for this post. And now you want to know: is CoSo Cloud suggesting that everyone drop the ‘e’ in eLearning? No, eLearning still accurately defines education applied through electronic means. Web-based learning. Virtual classrooms. Computer-based training. Webinars. Mobile learning. These are all forms of eLearning not only because they transfer knowledge […]
Year in Reflection
Dec 19, 2019 /
2019 was an incredibly exciting year of growth for CoSo Cloud. In Q1 we acquired eSync Training, a California-based developer of cutting-edge eLearning solutions for Adobe’s Connect and Captivate Prime, and other applications. This addition brought a host of new capabilities and innovation into our company, as well as 150 customers and the talents of […]
CoSo is Excited to Begin Upgrading to Adobe Connect Version 10.6!
Dec 16, 2019 /
The CoSo team is anxiously anticipating the upgrade of our customers to version 10.6 – the first upgrades are scheduled in January 2020! As part of the CoSo Managed Services, we thoroughly test and burn-in any updates or changes before deeming them stable and advisable for CoSo customers – this way, they avoid any potential […]
Leverage Meeting Layouts
Dec 11, 2019 /
Adobe Connect Meeting rooms are vibrant and dynamic. There are endless ways to use them, but sometimes we can find better ways to achieve having a more interesting and compelling virtual session without the dreaded downtime while searching and loading content as you present. Throughout my time working with Connect, I’ve often seen the layouts […]
Instagram’s impact on social learning
Nov 22, 2019 /
As a Learning Strategist, how can we leverage what we observe from Instagram’s recent move? Is Instagram conducting a massive experiment on social behavior? And should we, as Social Learning Strategists, be carefully watching? This week Instagram expanded its tests to obscure “Like” counts to its US consumers. On the surface, social media involves two […]
Worker Trust in Employers
Nov 1, 2019 /
Earlier this year, PR agency Edelman issued the results of its annual Edelman Trust Barometer study. The study found that 75% of workers around the world trust their employers, more than any other institution. “Trust used to be conveyed from top down vertically,” Edelman CEO Richard Edelman said about the research. “Then about 10 years […]
Training Managers, It’s Time for Fall Cleaning!
Oct 9, 2019 /
It’s fall, and while ‘spring cleaning’ is the phrase you more often hear, fall is another great time to take a fresh look at your virtual training or eLearning program. You’re back from your summer vacation. Perhaps you’ve had time to noodle over some new ideas. And let’s not forget, 2020 is just around the […]
3 underrated Adobe Connect 10.5 features
Oct 3, 2019 /
The release of Adobe Connect 10.5 has come with many a great and wondrous improvements. However, there are a few gems that may have been overlooked in excitement of the features now available in the HTML version of Connect Meetings. There are three new features that stand out to me in 10.5 that didn’t get […]
The Proof of CoSo’s Power is in Our Customers
Sep 6, 2019 /
The primary focus of this blog has always been to provide readers with best practices and other information that can make their training programs more successful. You can learn more about CoSo Cloud’s capabilities elsewhere on our site, right? You’ve seen it before: CoSo provides a secure private cloud platform as a managed service for […]
Here Comes Adaptive Learning!
Aug 20, 2019 /
Corporate training has seen some incredible advances over the years. There was of course the big leap in new, innovative teaching methods and techniques driven by the widespread computerization that started in the 1960s with PLATO, the first computer-assisted instruction system that originally called the University of Illinois home before supporting thousands of terminals worldwide. […]