A Dashboard for Learning

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This article underlines that the training and development professionals are increasingly relying on Learning Dashboards to operate their learning initiatives successfully. A dashboard, which is analogous to the dashboard of the automobile in its function, allows one to get a real-time, unified graphical view of the business. It was first used by Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp. That internal project was so successful and useful for the company that Gates began to show off the application to business executives around the world. A groundswell of demand occurred, and Microsoft realized that it needed to turn the Digital Dashboard into a marketable product.

This article underlines that the training and development professionals are increasingly relying on Learning Dashboards to operate their learning initiatives successfully. A dashboard, which is analogous to the dashboard of the automobile in its function, allows one to get a real-time, unified graphical view of the business. It was first used by Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp. That internal project was so successful and useful for the company that Gates began to show off the application to business executives around the world. A groundswell of demand occurred, and Microsoft realized that it needed to turn the Digital Dashboard into a marketable product.