May, 2021

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7 Tips To Accommodate Tight Schedules And Develop Condensed eLearning Courses

eLearning Industry

Online training is preferable for many adults because it’s fast and affordable. From a developer perspective, how can you design an online training course that ticks both these boxes but stays effective? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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How to Define Your Course Audience

LearnDash

In order to reach your ideal learner, you need to define your audience. You’re getting ready to create your first online course. However, before you go too far, take some time to step back and think about who you’re creating your course for. Too often, online educators create a course with only a vague idea about who their end consumer will be. This lack of forethought affects how they design and sell their program, and could ultimately make or break their course.

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Effective Microlearning in Action

Axonify

Microlearning isn’t new. In fact, it’s been around for over 10 years—developed right alongside concepts like mobile learning, gamification and elearning. But recently, microlearning seems to be making waves as the dominant topic of conversation. Because now we know that microlearning really works.

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Custom eLearning Solutions for a Post Covid19 Workforce

Infopro Learning

The world of L&D was turned upside-down last year, with deep impact in every industry. The tried and trusted training delivery methods that were popular were no longer reliable. The rate of digital transformation accelerated. The business’s adopted new digital practices to adapt to the changes brought on by the pandemic. Last year, organizations focused on quickly converting their instructor-led training courses into online learning programs to continue training.

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From Predictive to Agile: How to Choose the Right Project Management Methodology

Our profession is undergoing a transformation, moving away from rigid, one-size-fits-all methodologies. Instead, project managers are embracing dynamic and adaptable frameworks that carefully consider project and product variables to determine the most suitable development approaches and project life cycles.

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How Visual Clarity Affects Learning

The eLearning Coach

Processing fluency refers to the ease with which a person processes information. A high processing fluency benefits learning.

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Leveling Up: How To Reach The Next Learning Maturity Stage To Fuel Business Growth

eLearning Industry

Moving to the next level of the learning maturity continuum is an investment in the long-term success of your organization. Learn how to level up and enrich your eLearning program through an agile innovation culture. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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LSDX 2021 Week 1: What I Learned

Experiencing eLearning

When I attend conferences, I take lots of notes. I find it’s helpful for my own learning if I pull one or two key points out of those notes to help me remember the sessions. Week 1 of the Learning Solutions Digital Experience (LSDX 2021) has been a lot about new tools, so this post includes links to some of these new tools and resources. Learning Trends to Know, Adopt, and Grow Your Skills.

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Worried About Course Security? Start With Your Website.

LearnDash

Protecting your intellectual property is important, but securing your website should come first. A common concern for many course creators lies in how they can protect their content from being stolen. After putting all that work into developing course content as an intellectual property, no one wants it to be scraped and shared elsewhere.

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Learning Administration Outsourcing and LMS Management

Infopro Learning

Training outsourcing is an effective solution for enterprise organizations who are looking to streamline L&D processes and provide quality learning experiences to their employees. Over the past year, organizations have been investing more in their online training programs. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, many businesses needed to convert their instructor-led learning programs into online training formats last year.

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The Best Skills Analysis Tools for Upskilling

Faster than ever, the world is shifting and shaping how people work, exposing and creating deep skill divides across industries and around the world. As a result, business and HR leaders are scrambling to “upskill” employees. If you’re scrambling to upskill your employees but don’t know where to start, make skills analysis a routine part of your decision-making process.

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BOB MOSHER – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

BOB MOSHER - CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT BOB MOSHER: Bob Mosher is a senior partner, and the Chief Learning Evangelist, at APPLY Synergies , a strategic consulting firm that specializes in helping learning organizations design, develop and measure effective learning and performance support strategies to meet The 5 Moments of Learning Need.

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How Nonprofits Can Benefit from an LMS System in 2021

TOPYX LMS

A wide variety of organizations, including nonprofit associations, can benefit from an LMS system this year and beyond. Organizational leaders who are striving to grow their nonprofit or recover from financial damage caused by the recent economic recession will find a solution in an LMS system. The first way an LMS can benefit nonprofits is by providing mobile training for all learners.

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Sir Lennington's Handbook Of L&D Etiquette And Manners [eBook]

eLearning Industry

Sir Lennington offers an in-depth look at how to create enlightening eLearning experiences by following the golden rules of L&D etiquette and manners. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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A message to CxOs about L&D myths

Clark Quinn

If you’re a CEO, COO, CFO, and the like, are you holding L&D to account? Because what I see coming out of L&D doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. As I’ve cited in books and presentations, there’s evidence that L&D isn’t up to scratch. And I think you should know a few things that may be of interest to you. So here’re some L&D myths you might want to watch out for.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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.

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7 Ways to Build Your Credibility as an Online Instructor

LearnDash

Before anyone takes your course, they’ll want to know who you are. Here’s how to establish yourself in the industry. You have an idea for an online program. You’ve designed the materials, written the quizzes, and now you’re ready to launch. However, you’re having trouble attracting interested learners. What seems to be the hold-up?

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Why You Should Opt for a Managed Services Partner That Uses an Outcomes-Based Approach

Infopro Learning

This year many organizations are working on developing their post Covid19 strategies. Workplaces today look much different than they did a year ago, and they are only expected to undergo more changes in the future. Today, a majority of the workforce is working remotely. This trend is expected to continue even after restrictions have lightened. Remote work has given employees more flexibility and, in many cases, has even increased productivity, but it has also changed everyday L&D practices.

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MANAGING INFORMATION OVERLOAD

Learnnovators

The common wisdom amongst instructional designers is to avoid creating an information overload. Don’t overburden the learner. Just keep things simple. Make it easy. Yeah well, I’m a reality junkie. I don’t think every job and every piece of content can be made easy. Some domains are inherently complex. Some people are expected to meet higher performance standards or sophisticated outcomes.

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People forget: here’s what you can do about it

Axonify

Have you ever walked into a room and instantly forgotten what it was you needed? Or left the mall only to realize you’ve lost track of where you parked your car—even though you were only shopping for a few hours? Forgetting is just part of how human memory works. We don’t always get a say … Continued. Copyright © 2021 Axonify Inc. - All rights reserved.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

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.

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10 Rules Of Etiquette For Purveyors Of Learning & Development Programs

eLearning Industry

Do you design with the utmost decorum? Sir Lennington shares his 10 rules of etiquette to help you launch your learning & development programs that never offend employees' sensibilities. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Creating User Experiences for the Modern Learner

Dashe & Thomson

Creating learning experiences that are built around the learner is a strategy that has been used in L&D since its conception. We’ve written time and again about the benefits of creating solutions that are user-centric and put the learner first. But what exactly is user experience learning? This is a question that is more complex than it may seem and takes various factors into consideration.

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Join our 15 year celebration!

B Online Learning

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Easy Ways to Improve Your Corporate Training Programs

Infopro Learning

Organizations in every industry invest a significant amount of time and money into their corporate training programs , but not every organization gets the same results. How do you maximize training effectiveness and get a high ROI on your L&D programs? Although there are several reasons a training program does not provide favorable results, there are several ways you can strategically maximize the value of your corporate training programs.

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What Is the Actual Cost of an Open Role in Your Company?

In today's tight labor market, hiring and retaining top talent is more challenging than ever. Every day a job remains unfilled means lost productivity and revenue. But vacancies can affect much more than your revenue. There are multiple direct and indirect costs, and it's crucial to adapt your recruiting strategies to prioritize the most costly open roles.

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How to Build and Scale Your Online Course Business with Freelancers

Thinkific

So, you want to build an online course business? Your first inclination may be to do it all yourself, but… The post How to Build and Scale Your Online Course Business with Freelancers appeared first on Thinkific.

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How right-fit frontline support helps top grocers stay competitive

Axonify

When Jim Donald joined Albertsons as CEO in 2018, he was tasked with a steep mandate: fix revenue and margin, update technology and take the company public after two previous misfires. His first priority was getting the frontline workforce, which makes up 98% of their 275,000 employees, engaged and on board with change. So, Donald … Continued.

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10 Things To Consider Before Your eLearning Course Goes Live

eLearning Industry

The below are broad-stroke areas that eLearning course developers must consider prior to going live with their courses. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Leverage Change Management Solutions to Improve Business Outcomes

Dashe & Thomson

2021 has been a year of change. In the past six months, many businesses have struggled to find a balance between keeping their workers safe and remaining productive and effective. Virtual work has created a new collaborative environment, and with it has come the adoption of new technology and processes. Many organizations were poorly equipped to deal with this new work environment, even though most of us know that many employees are more productive when they work from home.

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Accelerating Change in the Insurance Industry: Why You Need to Invest in Talent Strategy

This whitepaper brings together research, expert opinion and industry trend data to help senior leaders understand current challenges and future-proof their businesses. Inside you’ll find insights on: The big challenges: From automation to onboarding, we explore the big challenges facing the sector. Onboarding: You only get one chance to make a first impression.

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7 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Launch a Course

learnWorlds

The market for online courses is big and profitable and it’s growing fast with the ever increasing demands of the knowledge driven economy. The global interest in lifelong learning and the development of professional skills has pushed the knowledge economy one step further. According to a 2020 research report on global E-learning Market is expected to reach $374.3 Billion by 2026.

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Customer Service Training Mistakes to Avoid

Infopro Learning

Customer experiences have a significant impact on factors that directly affect revenue. They influence purchasing decisions, customer loyalty, and brand perception. It was recently found that improvements in customer experiences can lead to as much as a $1 billion increase over three years (1). This is likely why nearly half of organizations today are planning to make customer experiences a top priority (1).

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What the Research Says About the Pandemic’s Impact on Associations

WBT Systems

What the Research Says About the Pandemic’s Impact on Associations. Read more about What the Research Says About the Pandemic’s Impact on Associations.