March, 2020

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7 Tips for Training Athletes, Dancers, and Martial Artists Online

LearnDash

How to help your learners advance their physical training through online courses. Covid-19 has placed many brick-and-mortar studios in a difficult position. Physical disciplines such as dance, martial arts, or other forms of athletic training aren’t compatible with social distancing guidelines. As such, instructors have had to close their doors for the health of students and staff alike.

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8 Tips to Help Your Learners Succeed in Their First Online Course

LearnDash

Are your students struggling to finish their semester from home? Here are some online study tips to help them out. Many universities around the country are finishing their semesters online. For students who have never taken online courses before this can be a new and disorienting experience—not least because their professors are also teaching online for the first time.

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Developing Online Programs Efficiently and Effectively

CourseArc

We are facing unprecedented challenges with the spread of the COVID-19 virus. As entire departments and schools migrate to virtual classes, there is an increasing demand for online learning and working. At CourseArc, we excel in developing tools so that online learning is a seamless extension of face-to-face programming. Many of our clients are champions of high-quality online learning and are already creating and deploying content for their learners.

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Top 12 COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Resources for Restaurants and Retailers

PlayerLync

The world as we know it has changed dramatically in a matter of weeks. With each new day comes new statistics, new precautions and policies, and an increasingly long list of businesses that are being required to shut their doors amid COVID-19 concerns.

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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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Top Content Providers For Rapid eLearning (2020)

eLearning Industry

Developing high-end corporate training on tight deadlines and at a low cost is becoming more important than ever in today's fast-paced and unpredictable markets. In this article, I'll share why rapid eLearning content development is key to saving time and resources for your organization. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Focus on Leadership Development to achieve Organizational Goals

Infopro Learning

Focusing on developing high-potential leaders by giving them opportunities to learn, improves employee performance and benefits your organization in numerous ways. In a recent survey, 86% of employees in modern workplaces reported that they want more training and development opportunities at work. (1) What is even more interesting is that one of the top reasons they want more training is to improve their performance and to take on more challenging roles.

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Streamlining Branching Scenario Planning and Design

Experiencing eLearning

This week, I was originally scheduled to be at the Learning Solutions Conference in Orlando. The eLearning Guild wisely canceled that conference due to the pandemic. I’m sad to miss seeing so many folks, but it was absolutely the right choice for the Guild to cancel and keep everyone safe. I’m also disappointed that I won’t be giving my scheduled session on Streamlining Branching Scenario Planning and Design.

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4 Red Flags That Signal It's Time To Optimize Your Online Course

Client Engagement Academy

So, you’ve got a lot invested in the online courses you’re offering … not only the money you’ve put into them but plenty of effort and enthusiasm. You had high hopes and great expectations, but lately … maybe not so much. You’re simply not seeing the results you anticipated.

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Coronavirus Update

CourseArc

A Letter to CourseArc Clients, We know that our clients are champions of high-quality online learning and are already creating and deploying online content for your learners. As CourseArc users, you are already e-learning trailblazers and most likely will have an easier transition to fully online. However, we are all facing unprecedented challenges with the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

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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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People-Centered: How An LMS For Workforce Development Personalizes The Online Training Process

eLearning Industry

We always think of customization as a good thing, but it takes an investment of both time and money. How does using people-centered LMS personalize the online training experience for employees? And is it worth the resources? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Using LearnDash with Live Webinars: A Guide

LearnDash

Many of our users want to offer live webinars through their course for learners. Here’s how. One of the most common questions we get from our users has to do with running a webinar. Specifically: what platform to use, and how to set it up with their LearnDash course. Scheduling a webinar and posting the session videos to your course page are relatively straightforward once you’ve chosen your webinar platform, but knowing which is the best option for your course is more difficult.

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5 Common Virtual Learning Issues and Solutions

Learning Rebels

COVID-19 notwithstanding, there are many benefits to consider when making the shift to a virtual learning platform from traditional instructor-led delivery. Consider advanced flexibility, productivity savings, and the ability to make your virtual learning programs part of a blended solution. However, organizations encounter challenges that prevent employees from experiencing the best that virtual learning can deliver.

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6 more examples of Augmented Reality

E-Learning Provocateur

Busted any ghosts lately? About this time last year I published one of my most popular blog posts, 20 real-world examples of Augmented Reality , in which I shared examples of what people in the real world are currently doing with this emerging technology – in contrast to the promise of what we could be doing. I’d like to share with you half a dozen other examples that I’ve stumbled upon since then.

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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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Apply These Motivational Design Principles to Every Online Course

Client Engagement Academy

Let me ask you a question: “Are you a finisher or a quitter? Now be honest here. Think back through your life at all the things you’ve started. Maybe you started college or piano lessons or a diet or an online course. Did you finish? You might be surprised to learn that few people finish what they start. It’s not that they’re bad people or that they don’t have compelling goals.

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How to Use Online Training During a Home Quarantine

ej4 eLearning

Companies are temporarily closing brick and mortar offices and having employees work from home in efforts to slow the transmission of COVID-19. This raises new issues around productivity, communications, and processes. The benefits of online training are highlighted with a new twist during these self-imposed home quarantines. Training doesn’t have to come to a halt with employees being dispersed.

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7 Ways To Find The Best eLearning Companies For Your Online Training Course

eLearning Industry

eLearning outsourcing requires a high level of trust. You must be able to rely on the eLearning vendor to carry out your vision and not go over budget. So, how do you find the best eLearning companies for the job? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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7 Benefits of E-Learning Videos

LearnDash

E-learning videos help educators take their courses to the next level. E-learning videos can help enhance the overall learning experience, giving a deeper explanation for certain concepts or providing students with easy-to-follow visuals that are simply not communicated as well by text. While they are more labor-intensive to create than written content, they can pay-off by being more engaging and valuable to learners.

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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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Tips to Level-Up Your Virtual Learning Game

Learning Rebels

Time to think differently about your virtual learning applications. COVID-19 has taken over all aspects of our lives and has created a new normal. There is understandable concern about travel and traditional instructor-led training and virtual learning is again a topic of conversation. (This post was originally created for Litmos, and has been updated).

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Navigating the Journey to Teaching and Learning Online

CourseArc

A New Paradigm. Schools all across the country (and globally) are closed. Administrators and teachers are faced with the daunting task of having to move traditional face-to-face courses online. Students are trying to stay connected with their classmates and their peers. They are seeking (demanding) interactive content that is stimulating and informative.

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E-learning Activities That Don’t Suck!

Spark Your Interest

There’s a lot of boring e-learning out there. If you’ve been guilty of this in the past you have no excuses now. Start by creating better e-learning activities. In our article, “The Dummies Guide to Developing Online Learning” we listed several e-learning activities. Now, we provide successful online activities for self-paced e-learning. Ones that will elevate the quality of your online course.

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Concern for Employee Health at Home

ej4 eLearning

During an extended period of working from home, I get concerned about employee health and safety at home. This is especially important during the coronavirus pandemic quarantine with the added fear and anxiety we are all feeling.

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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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3 Key Features To Evaluate When Deploying Your eLearning Courses

eLearning Industry

The deployment of eLearning content is just as crucial as the content creation itself. Before you deploy, here are 3 features to take into consideration. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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FAQs: Top 9 Things You Need to Know about LearnDash

LearnDash

New to LearnDash, or considering using it as your LMS? We’re here to clear up the top 9 misconceptions about LearnDash before you get started. We get a lot of questions from new users and buyers who are considering our LMS for their online course. For many educators, this is their first experience putting together a website, let alone an online course.

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List of Free Tools and Resources for Learning Experience Designers

Origin Learning

Learning Experience Designers working in large organizations have all the necessary software and tools that they need to create eLearning. The post List of Free Tools and Resources for Learning Experience Designers appeared first on Blog - Originlearning.

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An Introduction to LTI

CourseArc

The LTI standard was first released in 2010 replacing the outdated Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) standard. Released in 2000, SCORM required the tool or application to be saved in a static downloadable package (.zip file) that couldn’t be updated dynamically. Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) is a standardized framework for enabling learning platforms (tool consumers such as Blackboard) to integrate with third-party learning applications (tool providers such as Course

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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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Shifting to virtual? Here are 10 ideas for starting up remote instruction

Allen Interactions

Offices, schools, and colleges everywhere are shutting down for days or weeks to slow down the spread of COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus. For many involved in training and education, work and classes are expected to continue, even in institutions or organizations that have rarely supported distributed learners before.

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Coronavirus Precautions for Employees

ej4 eLearning

Information about the coronavirus changes daily. Yahoo now has an entire tab dedicated to the topic in their navigation. Fears of the spread of the virus shut down the Louvre Museum. Communicating coronavirus precautions to your employees will help manage their fears so they can take preventive actions to be safe and give them peace of mind.

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Tips And Strategies To Create A Roadmap To Transform Your eLearning Programs

eLearning Industry

Whether you are a novice L&D professional creating your first eLearning program or a seasoned professional refreshing an existing one, read on! In this article, I share tips and strategies for creating a roadmap to transform your eLearning programs. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.