Glossary of learning and e-learning
Glossary of e-learning, onboarding and skills development. Short, clear explanations of the terms you meet when learning needs to create progress at work.
29 terms
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- Skills development
AI Act
The AI Act is the EU regulation on artificial intelligence. It sets rules based on risk and requires companies to train employees who use AI. Read the explanation - Skills development
AI literacy
AI literacy is the knowledge and skills employees need to use AI safely and well: what AI can do, where it fails, and how to check its output. Read the explanation
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- Learning design
Blended learning
Blended learning combines digital learning with instruction, exercises, or conversations, so each part is used for what it does best. Read the explanation - Onboarding
Buddy system
A buddy system gives a new employee a dedicated colleague they can ask about all the practical and unwritten things in the first months. Read the explanation
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- Skills development
Certification
Certification is documentation that an employee has completed a program or passed a test, often with a certificate as proof. Read the explanation - Skills development
Compliance training
Compliance training is the mandatory training that ensures employees know and follow laws, regulations, and internal policies. Read the explanation - Skills development
Corporate academy
A corporate academy is a company's own, unified training of employees, often with set programs for roles and levels. Read the explanation
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- Skills development
Learning culture
Learning culture is how a workplace views learning: whether there is time, permission, and desire to learn new things and share knowledge with each other. Read the explanation - Learning design
Learning objective
A learning objective describes what the participant should be able to do after a course, so content, exercises, and quizzes can be built from it. Read the explanation - Learning design
Learning path
A learning path is a series of courses and activities in a specific order that together lead to a goal. Read the explanation - Learning platforms
Learning platform
A learning platform is a digital place where employees take courses, and where the company builds, assigns, and tracks learning. Read the explanation - Learning platforms
LMS
An LMS (learning management system) is a system for gathering courses, assigning them to employees, and tracking who has completed them. Read the explanation - Learning platforms
LXP
An LXP (learning experience platform) is a learning platform that emphasizes the user's experience and suggests relevant content on its own. Read the explanation
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- Learning platforms
MCP
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to other systems, such as a learning platform, and work in them. Read the explanation - Learning design
Microlearning
Microlearning is learning in small bites of a few minutes, each covering one topic and fitting in between other tasks. Read the explanation
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- Onboarding
Onboarding
Onboarding is the process where a new employee is introduced to the job, the culture, and their colleagues, so they can contribute and thrive quickly. Read the explanation - Onboarding
Onboarding plan
An onboarding plan describes what a new employee should learn and experience in the first weeks and months, and who is responsible. Read the explanation
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- Learning platforms
SCORM
SCORM is an older, widely used standard for packaging e-learning courses so they can be played in different LMSs. Read the explanation - Skills development
Skills development
Skills development is the planned effort to give employees the knowledge and skills they need in their jobs, now and in the future. Read the explanation - Skills development
Skills mapping
A skills mapping shows which skills employees have and which are missing compared to what the job requires. Read the explanation - Skills development
Skills matrix
A skills matrix is a table showing employees or roles on one axis and skills on the other, with a level in each cell. Read the explanation - Learning design
Spaced repetition
Spaced repetition means repeating with increasing intervals, so what you have learned is remembered for longer. Read the explanation
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- Skills development
The 70-20-10 model
The 70-20-10 model says we learn roughly 70 percent through tasks, 20 percent through others, and 10 percent through courses and formal training. Read the explanation - Learning design
The Kirkpatrick model
The Kirkpatrick model is a model for evaluating learning at four levels: reaction, learning, behavior, and results. Read the explanation
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