Engaging the Brain

Since the 1990s self-paced (asynchronous) online learning has seemed like Camelot for corporate training departments:  It is the mythical, low-cost, low-interference way of training employees to increase productivity or comply with regulations.   Although 90% of companies now use some form of online training, self-paced elearning lags behind other forms of online learning.   Why?  Quite frankly, …Read More

The Three-way Battle: Entertainment, Information, Education

Despite the record number of deaths, the devastation to the economy, and the social isolation, the dark cloud of COVID-19 has had some silver linings.  Nature rebounded, technology advanced, and the amount of online content soared.  So much free content is available that many do not want to pay for professional development anymore.  But the …Read More

CLS Wins Award!

Every year, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) (a member of the World Bank Group), awards its Knowbel Prize to recognize IFC project and non-operations teams who deliver high-impact knowledge-sharing services to clients.  This year, IFC’s GrowLearnConnect (GLC) platform, which Comprehensive Learning Solutions supports, won an award for its COVID-19 Response Webinar Series.

COVID-19 impacted businesses around …Read More

CLS Expands Its Global Reach

On April 29, Karen Feeley, President of Comprehensive Learning Solutions, was the featured speaker for the Ask the CEO webcast series, sponsored by the National University of Science and Technology’s Professional Development Center in Pakistan.
Even before 2020, workplace learning had been making the shift from classroom-based training to a blended approach using more digital learning experiences.  The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated …Read More