Area9 Lyceum Blog

A Measurable Difference: Research Shows NEJM Knowledge+ Improves Board Exam Results

Posted by Ulrik Juul Christensen MD on Oct 14, 2020 6:41:47 AM

Newly published research has shown that personalized, online preparation for doctors taking board certification examinations can build competence and make a measurable difference. Specifically, physicians who used NEJM Knowledge+performed better on their exams by a statistically significant margin than a well-matched control group.

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Topics: Healthcare Training, Area9 Technology, L&D

An Adaptive Approach to Computer Programming Training: Combining Theory and Practice to Achieve Competence

Posted by Nick Howe on Aug 31, 2020 12:27:28 PM

How long does it take to learn a programming language? Obviously it depends, but estimates range from three to six months. How, then, do Area9 programmers become productive in as little as two to four weeks? The secret, as we’ve often said, is personalization.

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Topics: Adaptive Learning, Reskilling, Area9 Technology, L&D, Software Development, programming

Coronavirus Cytokine Storm

Posted by Area9 on Jul 15, 2020 10:48:05 AM

 

COVID-19 CYTOKINE STORM – What it means and why we need to learn about it.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with a wide spectrum of disease severity, with up to 20% of patients developing severe disease and progressing to life-threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome. The immune response in coronavirus infections, including SARS-CoV-2, plays a central role in viral elimination. In addition, emerging evidence suggests that immune dysregulation may contribute to the pathophysiology of severe COVID-19, which exhibits overlapping clinical and laboratory features consistent with a “cytokine storm". This a complex clinical presentation which may be responsible for end-organ damage and mortality observed in this disease entity and consists of hyperinflammation combined with the failure of the immune system to counteract infection with antiviral response mechanisms.

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Topics: News & PR, Healthcare Training, Area9 Technology

Can Learning Outcomes be Improved While Lowering Costs?

Posted by Nick Howe on Jul 10, 2020 11:31:58 AM

Can Learning Outcomes Be Improved While Lowering Costs?

It is fairly easy to lower learning costs: create and deliver fewer courses, and/or move classroom courses online. Maybe even dump formal training altogether and switch to “user generated content.” But is it possible to lower costs without negatively impacting learning and business outcomes—and perhaps even improving them? As COVID-19 continues to escalate in the U.S., this question is more important than ever. In this blog, I’ll discuss how corporate learning and development (L&D) can answer the CFO’s call to “do more with less.”

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Topics: Adaptive Learning, Corporate E-Learning, Area9 Technology, L&D

Will an Airline Rebound Create a Talent Shortfall?

Posted by Nick Howe on Jul 8, 2020 5:12:41 PM

Retraining Will Be Crucial in Aviation’s ‘New Normal’ 

As the global airline industry comes back from the pandemic, staffing could become a challenge—particularly if the ramp-up in flight capacity happens quickly. The goal across every airline will be to align rehiring with the pace of the rebound, so as people are rehired, they are also retrained quickly. Reassigning and reskilling, as well as training in new safety and operational protocols, will require adaptive learning to get people up to speed efficiently and effectively.

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Topics: Adaptive Learning, Aviation, Reskilling, Area9 Technology

Raising the Bar on Remote Learning with an Adaptive Approach

Posted by Nick Howe on Apr 30, 2020 10:16:43 AM

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the business landscape, with lasting changes in the ways in which people work and learn. As Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a recent CNBC interview, “I think there is a greater acceptance of almost remote everything.” Hand-in-hand with widespread remote working is the need for more effective remote learning.

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Topics: Adaptive Learning, Corporate E-Learning, Area9 Technology, L&D, Learning Analytics

Learning Analytics Tops Donald H. Taylor 2020 Survey

Posted by Area9 on Apr 13, 2020 3:39:01 PM

 

SUMMARY – Pandemics aside, there are clearly exciting times ahead for learning and development (L&D) as evidenced by this year’s update to the Donald H. Taylor 2020 L&D Global Sentiment Survey. Top priorities in the survey are learning analytics and personalized/adaptive delivery. Together, they showcase the vital importance of L&D delivering the kind of learning that will advance business and talent strategies within organizations. Although the survey and the analysis in this blog date to before the COVID-19 outbreak, the topics discussed are even more relevant now that remote learning has become imperative for all organizations.

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Topics: Adaptive Learning, Area9 Technology, Reports & Analytics, Learning Analytics

Release of COVID-19 Learning Module

Posted by Area9 on Mar 11, 2020 1:08:37 PM

Adaptive Learning Course Now Available at No Cost to Health Professionals

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Area9 Lyceum has released an adaptive learning module on COVID-19, using AACC Learning Lab for Laboratory Medicine on NEJM Knowledge+.

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Topics: News & PR, Adaptive Learning, Healthcare Training, Area9 Technology

Area9 Lyceum and MTW Enter Partnership in Portugal; Area9 Rhapsode™ Platform Powers New MTW Adaptive Learning

Posted by Area9 on Dec 10, 2019 7:00:00 AM

Area9 Lyceum is pleased to announce a partnership agreement with MTW of Portugal, a strategic communications consulting firm that specializes in training for national and international leaders across multiple industries.

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Topics: News & PR, Adaptive Learning, Area9 Technology, Partners

The ‘Year of Data’: Donald H. Taylor Survey Spotlights Personalization, AI, and Learning Analytics

Posted by Nick Howe on Nov 26, 2019 9:15:00 AM

 

The three hottest topics in Donald H. Taylor’s L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2019 are personalization, artificial intelligence (AI), and learning analytics. Although these are separate topics on the survey, they come together in one place: adaptive learning, in the application of AI to learning data to achieve personalized outcomes.

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Topics: Adaptive Learning, Area9 Technology, L&D, AI, Learning Analytics

Area9 Lyceum Named to 2019 Training Industry Top 20 Training Delivery Companies List

Posted by Area9 on Aug 30, 2019 1:26:36 PM

Training Industry has announced that Area9 Lyceum has been named to the 2019 Top Training Companies™ List for the training delivery sector of the learning and development market.

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Topics: News & PR, Sales Training, Area9 Technology

Open sourcing the “Flow” Language: The Advantage for Computer Programmers

Posted by Asger Alstrup Palm, Chief Technology Officer, Area9 Group on May 30, 2019 9:04:25 AM

We recently open sourced "Flow", a functional programming language developed by Area9 to solve many of the challenges of developing multi-platform, responsive, enterprise-capable applications. In this blog post, Area9 CTO Asger Alstrup Palm explains the relevance and value of Flow from a programmers point of view.

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Topics: News & PR, Adaptive Learning, Area9 Technology