Tue.Jul 19, 2022

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Research Says: Trainers Need Training Too!

InSync Training

The COVID era saw us rushing to move training to virtual formats taking trainers, teachers, and subject matter experts along with us. Often this was a hurried affair focused primarily on the technology – how to manage audio and video, turning features like chat on and off, basic troubleshooting, that kind of thing. Referred to as “emergency remote teaching”, this kind of instruction often prepared those charged with training and teaching to read slides and otherwise deliver mostly-scripted conte

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Training with Branching Scenarios

Experiencing eLearning

How do you use branching scenarios in instructor-led training, rather than self-paced elearning? I think there are a couple of possibilities for doing live training with branching scenarios. These could work for either classroom-based training or vILT (virtual instructor-led training). For example, you can use branching scenarios in training as a full group with discussion or polls, in small groups, or outside of class as a discussion prompt.

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What’s New In LearnDash: Import/Export is here!

LearnDash

We’re pleased to announce the latest feature to come to LearnDash, Import/Export! Import/Export is the easiest way to transfer your existing LearnDash data into a new site or server and is the best way to migrate to LearnDash Cloud. Below, we’ll explore how to use this new feature and when you might be likely to implement it. How Does it Work? First you’ll need to upgrade to LearnDash 4.3 or above.

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Templates as content model extensions

Clark Quinn

I’ve been touting content models for, well, years now. Interestingly, I’m currently doing some more concrete work on them, from the bottom-up. Instead of looking at top-down implementation of governance and structure, the focus is on guidance for creating resources at scale. Yet the two are related, and I think it’s worth looking at templates as content model extensions.

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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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L&D Go Beyond Podcast: Bridging the Gap between Learning and Performance, with Charles Jennings

Upside Learning

The 23rd episode of the L&D Go Beyond podcast has Amit Garg – Founder and CEO of Upside Learning Solutions speaking with Charles Jennings – a leading thinker, practitioner, and consultant in the field of organizational learning on ‘Bridging the Gap between Learning and Performance.’ Charles Jennings is recognized as one of the world’s leading […].

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How the Science of Learning is Applied to eLearning for Effective Online Training

CommLab India

Designing learner-centric eLearning courses is both art and science. In this article, we will go through how the science of learning can be applied to eLearning for effective online training.

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6 Top Ways To Successfully Run A One-Person L&D Department With Collaborative Learning

eLearning Industry

In this article, we delve into the 6 top ways L&D leaders can successfully run a one-person department with the help of collaborative learning. From shifting your mindset to performance-driven L&D and leveraging the creator economy, we’ll show you how you can single-handedly help your organization. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Employee Attrition: Everything You Should Know

Paradiso

Employee Attrition – The critical factor to keep in check. With a whopping 86 % of employees planning to resign in 2022 , the great resignation is likely to continue unabated. For better work-life balance, overall well-being, and happiness, 61% are willing to accept a lower salary or forego a pay raise or promotion. Unhappiness is cited as the reason for resignation by only 11% of those who have resigned or plan to resign.

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How Authoring Apps Can Help You Create Your Best Writing And So Much More

eLearning Industry

Authoring apps can help you create your best writing, keep a detailed daily journal, and so much more. Here’s why the right apps are important. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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Building a radical transparency culture: Q&A with Newmont Corporation

Interactive Services

The ability for organizations in the mining industry to truly assess culture is critical for keeping pace with rising stakeholder expectations, managing supply chain challenges, and meeting updated regulatory guidance. In fact, data from the LRN Benchmark of Ethical Culture reveals that mining organizations have clear areas of strength and also opportunities to improve their cultures.

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4 Ways That Skill Development Strategies Attract And Retain Top Talent

eLearning Industry

Learn why skill development is such a crucial part of employee engagement, and how it can help you hold on to your top talent. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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How Flagger Force used eduMe’s Beekeeper Integration to Improve Safety and Compliance

Edume

How do you ensure safety and compliance among a highly dispersed frontline workforce? How can you create training that is engaging, relevant and delivered right at the point of need?

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The Best Things Begin On Balconies: A Celebration Of Our 10th Year

eLearning Industry

As eLearning Industry kicks off its 10th-anniversary celebrations, we look back on our beginnings and the company core values that shape us. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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Email template: Asking for post-training feedback

TalentLMS

Training is essential if you want to boost employee performance and productivity in your business. It’s also useful if you want to get customers and external partners accustomed to your product, processes, or services. But how can you be sure that training works and brings the results you want? Which actions should you follow next if you want to make your learning courses more effective for your needs?

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Degreed Partners Help Scale Learning

Degreed

One of the core attributes of Degreed is our open ecosystem. This open ecosystem enables and encourages integration with third-party technologies and learning content providers, allowing our customers to connect their existing resources to the Degreed LXP. Our open ecosystem also allows us to continuously add new premium partner content and applications so customers can enjoy and personalize their learning experiences.

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SEL training: It’s not just for kids

ansrsource - Accelerating Better Ways to Learn!

For the past two decades, the majority of social and emotional learning (SEL) efforts have focused on younger learners in the K-12 space. The mission of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), the apex body for SEL standards, primarily focuses on SEL up to high school. However, as CASEL itself noted in […].

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Build a scalable online tutoring business with Virtual Classroom API

BrainCert

Virtual classrooms serve as the core of online degree programs-a convenient, central location at which you can complete your university coursework. The purpose of this guide is to help you discover the best computer software that works in much the same way as a physical classroom.  Learning from a virtual classroom offers many benefits that traditional college degree programs are unable to provide, though campus-based education and online education share many fundamental similarities.

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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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Strategies for Implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning System in Ghana’s Public Universities

Academia

Educational institutions on a global scale are taking a major turn towards digital transformation and institutions are getting more systematic, aligned, and effective using technologies like ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning , SIS – Students Information System , and more. . Ghana’s education system is also changing rapidly, and public institutions here are choosing ERP/SIS for overall management and growth.

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How to Align L&D efforts with your Business Initiatives?

Paradiso Solutions

Businesses usually fail to understand how effective training efforts can aid in the accomplishment of their corporate objectives. Every organization’s Learning and development(L&D) department is responsible for strategizing excellent training methods aligned with business initiatives to make their people competent enough in the ever-growing environment.

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What is institutional knowledge and how to successfully harness its value?

Matrix

If there’s one word that sums up the reality of managing today’s workforce, that word is challenging. The latest PWC report found that 65% of employees are looking for a new job. Furthermore, 88% of executives say they see higher turnover than usual. The same report states that “ the challenge ahead lies in addressing culture, as companies define their work environments.” Consequently, culture is the key to transformation, and an essential aspect is preserving it.

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How I Use Rise 360 as My Presentation Tool with Zoom

Rapid eLearning

A guest post by Elizabeth Pawlicki , Senior Manager, Training Programs at Articulate. Like many of you, we have a ton of zoom meetings and often I’m tasked with presenting information or training sessions. My initial inclination was to build something in PowerPoint or Google slides, but I switched to Rise 360 and haven’t looked back. I find that even though Rise 360 is designed to be more of a traditional e-learning course , it really does lend itself as a great presentation tool.

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How to Fix the 10 Biggest Mistakes in Gamification

Speaker: Stephen Baer - Chief Creative Officer, The Game Agency (a division of ELB Learning)

Are you using gamification as part of your L&D strategy? SMART! According to multiple studies, gamification strategies have been proven to increase engagement, improve knowledge retention, and get stellar results, but what if your results just don’t hit the mark? According to instructional designers interviewed by The Game Agency, some errors are very common when implementing gamified learning.

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Forget “hiring better” – what about “onboarding better”?

TLNT: Training and L&D

Put yourself – if you will – in the shoes of a person on their first day of a new job.

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Top 3 Advantages of Investing in eLearning Translations

CommLab India

Do you want to train your team that is spread out throughout the world? eLearning translations can improve the learning of your globally dispersed workforce. I'll discuss the advantages and importance of translating your courses in this blog.

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Listen Up: Six Different Types of Audio in eLearning

LearningGuild

Listen Up: Six Different Types of Audio in eLearning. danielle-walllace. Tue, 07/19/2022 - 08:00.

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How User Experience (UX) Can Make or Break Your Consumer Applications?

Kitaboo

While designing consumer applications, it is important to factor in the end-user experience with the consumer app – what the app hopes to achieve, why it is being built in the first place, and how it should be built so that it maximizes the consumer interaction and experience. The user experience (UX) thus guides the development of the consumer application at all stages of the design process including prototyping, wireframing, and final implementation and delivery. .

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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 Can a Strategic Workforce Planning Template Help Grow Your Business?

Acorn Labs

By now you’ve heard of workforce planning , what it is and why you should be using it to grow your business. But one thing you’re probably still wondering is how you can make the process of workforce planning less overwhelming. Well, this is where you might find a workforce planning template to be useful. In this article we’ll discuss how a workforce planning template can be used in your workforce plan to help you grow your business.

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An interview with a CU Boulder MS-EE alumnus John Trytko

Coursera

Learn how performance-based admissions, affordability, and flexibility of the MS-EE program with CU Boulder helped John Trytko achieve his goals. An interview with CU Boulder Graduate John Trytko. John Trytko graduated with a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. We recently spoke with John regarding his background, active role, and overall experience with the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MS-EE) program, hosted by Coursera, and how

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Bridging The Widening Skill Gaps Of Knowledge Workers

Disprz

Knowledge workers are an intangible asset of a business; however, without the right skill set, they fail to capitalize on lucrative opportunities. The skill shortage leads to poor performance and often affects the business goals. Whether it is BFSI or IT, every industry is challenged by the digital disruption that’s triggered changes in customer behavior.