Adam Hockman

What leaders say and do impacts a company’s culture, employee well-being, and business outcomes. When leaders consistently serve the company’s vision and goals, they build trust and community among employees. That consistency can be challenged by…

Researchers and learning consultants Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner are bona fide experts in how professionals interact in communities. They have conducted extensive research, written papers and books on their findings, and acted as consultants…

Guest Author: Adam Hockman, M.A. Adam Hockman is the Chief Learning Architect at ABA Technologies. He helps clients build learning systems that enhance the capabilities and achievements of staff to impact strategic outcomes positively. Adam has…

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A company must invest time and effort to transition its learning and development (L&D) function into that of a strategic partner. Unfortunately, efforts are often met with misunderstandings and resistance from people outside L&D. These can sidetrack…

Leverage course analytics to inform instructional design decision making.

Let’s move L&D from a request-and-fulfill function to an anchored arm of company strategy. The noise around making learning a core agent in a company is loud. Recently, it has crescendoed. L&D analysts and practitioners advocate for learning…

Mohammad M. Mousavian, DMD, ML (1, 2), Adam S. Hockman, MA (1, 3) 1 MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA2 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA3 ABA Technologies, Inc., Melbourne, FL The authors declare no conflict of interest. Corresponding…

Background Continuously improving and updating online courses is challenging for instructional designers for two reasons: Competing projects require your attention, and improvement efforts require the review of multiple sources of student performance…

Talent acquisition and recruitment teams have turned to candidate personas to cut down on the time and money wasted hiring the wrong person for a job. With just a few tweaks, candidate personas could also inform your company’s L&D strategy,…

Abstract Conducting a concept or content analysis is essential in planning efficient effective instruction. Sequencing instruction when teaching a concept is equally essential. Through instructional sequencing, the upfront analysis of identifying…