LearnDash
JUNE 26, 2018
Mistake #1: too much on-screen text. We have all been guilty of this at some time or another (I blame PowerPoint). You have so much that you want to share with the learner that you end up adding too many bullet points or paragraphs onto a single screen. Even worse is if there are multiple lessons or topics in a row that just contain text. What ultimately happens is that people just skim the text or don’t read it at all.
Origin Learning
JUNE 28, 2018
Ever since Grovo Inc. trademarked the term ‘Microlearning’ the L&D industry has been using different terms like ‘bite-sized learning’, ‘just-in-time learning’, and ‘learning nuggets’. In this blog post, we examine results of some popular surveys and insights from industry-leaders to determine the ideal length of bite-sized learning. Snackable Learning.
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Allen Interactions
JUNE 29, 2018
Where do you start with instructional design? Sifting through folders of content? Meeting with SMEs to capture what they think is essential to the training? Maybe you turn to Google to get the latest information about the training topic? If this is your approach, you may want to refocus. Information-sharing is not training. Since all learning is designed in some way to change learner behavior, it makes sense to think about the expected change from the start of the design process.
TOPYX LMS
JUNE 28, 2018
Employee onboarding programs are crucial to your company’s success. They affect not only new employees, but turnover costs and productivity as well. In fact, Up to 20% of employee turnover happens in the first 6 weeks on the job.¹. “In the U.S. and U.K., an estimated $37 billion is spent annually to keep unproductive employees who don’t understand their job,” according to The Onboarding Statistics You Need to Know.². 60% of companies don’t set goals for new hires.³.
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eLearning Industry
JUNE 29, 2018
Want to create an impactful eLearning course but don’t know where to start? Read on to know a clear-cut path. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
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Infopro Learning
JUNE 26, 2018
Four Connections Employees Must Make to Feel Purpose at Work. This weekend, LinkedIn reported an interesting new trend of employees ‘ghosting’ organizations , where folks flake on interviews, don’t show up for new-hire training , or quit without saying a thing. While this new phenomenon might come as a surprise to many, we’re in an employees’ market.
Making Change
JUNE 26, 2018
“How can we make mandatory training more than a tick box exercise?”. That’s the top topic voted by blog readers , so here’s my take. For “mandatory training,” I’m picturing any material that says some version of “Follow these rules.”. It’s sheep-dip training. Everyone must be “exposed” to it, and a checkmark records that they have been exposed. How can we make it more relevant?
eLearning Industry
JUNE 25, 2018
In this article, I'll present you the most important steps for developing eLearning platform: clarifying the enterprise-wide goals, preparing training materials, planning for high-cost processes, ensuring the platform is designed for integration, and understanding eLearning software options. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
LearnDash
JUNE 25, 2018
Inspired by the idea of teaching an online course, but not sure what to offer? You’re not alone. Online courses aren’t just exciting opportunities for learners. They’re usually a source of inspiration for their creators as well. Simply put, online education is a growing industry, and a lot of people want to try their hand at it. That’s great news! It’s a sign that the market is strong and that there’s plenty of room for more courses.
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Jane Hart
JUNE 26, 2018
Listed below (in the left hand column) are 20 things that you, as a learning professional, will need to have done PERSONALLY in order to be adequately prepared to support new approaches to workplace learning in your organisation PROFESSIONALLY (as shown in the right-hand column).
Infopro Learning
JUNE 26, 2018
Four Connections Employees Must Make to Feel Purpose at Work. This weekend, LinkedIn reported an interesting new trend of employees ‘ghosting’ organizations , where folks flake on interviews, don’t show up for new-hire training , or quit without saying a thing. While this new phenomenon might come as a surprise to many, we’re in an employees’ market.
Clark Quinn
JUNE 27, 2018
Someone pointed me to a microlearning post, wondering if I agreed with their somewhat skeptical take on the article. And I did agree with the skepticism. Further, it referenced another site with worse implications. And I think it’s instructive to take these apart. They are emblematic of the type of thing we see too often, and it’s worth digging in.
LearnDash
JUNE 28, 2018
Will your online course idea make money? Here’s how to test it against the market. You’ve finally come up with what you think will be a great idea for an online course, but you’re not sure if it will turn a profit. You’re not alone. Starting an online course is an exciting endeavor, but to ensure success, it’s best not to jump in blindly.
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 25, 2018
Following is an excerpt from our new book, Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy (Chapter Seven). The culture that underpins a managing minds approach must support and encourage an ongoing and collective discovery, sharing, and application of knowledge and skills at the individual, team, and organization levels. A culture that supports managing minds is a culture of inquiry; an environment in which people feel safe challenging the status quo, taking risks, and enhancin
Kineo
JUNE 25, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) has never been bigger news. From the drama of Westworld on our TV screens (spoiler alert – the robots don’t like us much) to the front pages of our newspapers, AI is demonised and championed alike. Is Alexa cackling away as she plots how to overthrow her human overlords? Will the robots take our jobs ? Or maybe, just maybe, could they help us?
Allen Interactions
JUNE 26, 2018
I am one of those people who packs for a trip the night before. And, while I may look to see what’s on offer at my destination, I don’t spend too much time planning things out.
InSync Training
JUNE 29, 2018
Often trainers become trainers because their organizations see them succeeding at their jobs. “Oh! You’re a great customer service rep. You can teach other people how to perform customer service.” “Wow! You created a beautiful new page for the internal website. Can you teach these three team members your process?”. Your competitive differentiators likely landed you the role of facilitator, designer, and sage.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.
TOPYX LMS
JUNE 26, 2018
Employee training isn’t always the simple process business leaders want it to be. Some companies struggle with engaging employees in training, don’t regularly offer professional learning and development programs, or fail to meet the needs of individual learners. Any of these training mistakes can result in lower productivity. They can be prevented by using LMS software to manage corporate training.
Clark Quinn
JUNE 26, 2018
Every year of late, Jane Hart has polled about people’s top 10 learning tools. From this, she creates a list of the top 100 learning tools. It’s a fun and valuable exercise, so as usual I’ll weigh in with mine (in no particular order). Looking at last year’s post , I see I’ve switched from Google to DuckDuckGo (privacy issues), and from Skype to Zoom (functionality).
Tim Slade
JUNE 23, 2018
The past several weeks have been very exciting for me, as I’ve been working hard to market my upcoming book, The eLearning Designer’s Handbook , while at the same time, trying to finish it! Well, I’m happy to say that I’ve finally finished writing the book and I’m less than a month away from self-publishing it on Amazon.com.
eLearning Brothers
JUNE 29, 2018
It seems that everywhere you go you’re hearing about AR/VR in education. This includes using a cell phone or tablet to present a cool augmented reality as seen in Pokemon Go, or putting on a sort of headset like the Oculus Rift to give a full virtual experience. We were curious to see how the world was already using this technology in education, or how they were planning on adapting.
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Docebo
JUNE 26, 2018
Put your onboarding on auto-pilot by leveraging the capabilities of your learning platform. Download Docebo’s latest whitepaper to learn how! In today’s fast paced business environment, getting new hires up to speed as quickly and as effectively as possible is more important than ever. An effective onboarding strategy can make sure this happens, and improve employee retention, engagement and performance over time.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 27, 2018
TechSmith recently announced the release of Camtasia 2018 and there’s much to cheer. Among the improvements in version 2018: Enhanced Library & Subscription Service Offering Thousands More. TechSmith made huge strides in Camtasia 9 when it improved the free assets in the Library. You’ll be pleasantly surprised to find dozens of additional resources available for use right away. There’s also a paid subscription to an assets library where you’ll have access to hundreds of
Lambda Solutions
JUNE 27, 2018
As a Learning & Development (L&D) professional, you know that corporate training is valuable to your organization. After all, talent matters more than ever, and L&D programs are critical to building a skilled workforce. The good news is that your top leaders also agree. In fact, a 2014 PwC study found that 64% of CEOs consider building a skilled workforce a top priority.
eLearning Brothers
JUNE 25, 2018
You asked for it, you got it! Many users have been passionately requesting updated Storyline games and we just can’t say no to our rockstar family! Five of our most popular Storyline games now feature beautiful new graphics and are available in Storyline 3 and Storyline 360. Check out the new graphics in these five Storyline games: . Gameshow.
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Making Change
JUNE 26, 2018
By Cathy Moore “How can we make mandatory training more than a tick box exercise?” That’s the top topic voted by blog readers, so here’s my take. For “mandatory training,” I’m picturing any material that says some version of “Follow these rules.” It’s sheep-dip training. Everyone must be “exposed” to it, and a checkmark records that they have been exposed.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 27, 2018
TechSmith recently announced the release of Camtasia 2018 and there’s much to cheer. Among the improvements in version 2018: Enhanced Library & Subscription Service Offering Thousands More. TechSmith made huge strides in Camtasia 9 when it improved the free assets in the Library. You’ll be pleasantly surprised to find dozens of additional resources available for use right away. There’s also a paid subscription to an assets library where you’ll have access to hundreds of
Kineo
JUNE 26, 2018
The LearnX Impact Awards aim to identify and celebrate exceptional accomplishments of individuals and organisations across the learning and development sphere. The awards, now in their eleventh year, focus on the impact of talent development and supporting technologies – areas which Kineo are delighted to be recognised for excellence.
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