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49 Tools for Learning & Development: the Must-Read Book for L&D Pros

CrossKnowledge

CrossKnowledge is proud to be a sponsor of the new book by Jan Rijken and Nick van Dam, 4 9 Tools for Learning & Development , which is quickly becoming the must-read book for L&D pros. If you’re an L&D professional, you face a rapidly changing industry and endless daily challenges. It’s an exciting time and the technology of L&D is constantly evolving, but you probably need help staying on the cutting edge of today’s best practices. 49 Tools for Learning & Development, a boo

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The apex of innovation

E-Learning Provocateur

There’s a maxim among pub pool players that the consumption of beer will improve your game, until you reach a tipping point whereby the alcohol flooding your bloodstream diminishes your mastery of the cue. Funnily enough, it’s not just an urban myth. While The Watsonia Bugle cheekily reports an empirically generated (but alas, fictional) bell curve , the effect of ethanol-induced relaxation and confidence on the players of time-rich sports has some actual science underpinning it.

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How to boost employee wellbeing with training?

Gyrus

For an organization or a company, employee wellbeing plays a vital role in the overall performance level of the office as it could be seen that their working pace and productivity rate solely depend on their mental and physical wellbeing.

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Building Resilience In The New Normal: How Leadership Training Programs Address Emerging Challenges

eLearning Industry

In this time of great uncertainty, there’s a longing across businesses and society for things to return to normal. But what is normal and can or should we go back to it? The evidence suggests not. Instead, we should recognize that change is now the norm and we must create leadership training programs to meet the challenges it brings. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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LearnDash Achievements Now Includes Highly Requested Features!

LearnDash

Introducing new functionality for your achievements, the direct result of your feedback! A few months ago, we rolled out the new LearnDash achievements functionality for your online courses. All of you have provided us with fantastic feedback on new features and improvements you wanted to see, so today we’re pleased to announce an updated which introduces exciting new functionality to power up your LMS website!

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LearningFOMO

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

We recently discovered a new phenomenon regarding personalized/adaptive learning. Participants of personalized/adaptive learning report Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) some of the Learning(content). We call it LearningFOMO.

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The Science of Designing for The Virtual Classroom

InSync Training

How the Design of the Virtual Classroom Can Also Align Business Goals, Objectives, and Learner Intent. Even in an (almost!) post-pandemic age, the face-to-face classroom is often considered to be the best environment in which to deliver training, and when that option isn’t logistically or economically feasible, it’s only then that we look to the virtual classroom or a blended learning option to meet our training requirements.

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Why Learner Experience Should Be the Top Priority of Your Course

LearnDash

To become a successful online educator, your learners have to have a successful experience in your course. If you’ve spent much time in the world of online learning, you’ve probably noticed that there’s a lot of industry advice out there about how to grow your course : how to price it effectively , how to manage your email marketing lists , how to market your course to new audiences , how to create an effective sales strategy , and so on and so forth.

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Can Your Corporate Training Keep Up with a Mobile or Remote Workforce?

TOPYX LMS

Your employees are on the move. In fact, much of the global workforce is mobile. This is because more employees than ever are working from home, which has enabled many to travel and take their work with them.

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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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How To Increase Employee Engagement Using an LMS

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

It’s all too easy to disengage from work these days. You can scroll Instagram. Gossip with your team. Scroll Instagram to avoid hearing your team gossip. Watch the clock until 5pm on the dot, when you’re straight out the door.

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How Brain Science is Transforming Virtual Training

InSync Training

In the past few years, you may have seen the term “brain science” used to introduce some (purportedly) new and improved approach to instruction, whether it be a design, instructional technique, or instructional delivery methodology (e.g., virtual training). As with many terms of art, the meaning of “brain science” lacks some precision – indeed, readers must infer the meaning from the context, whether it be marketing materials, research, or instructional guideline.

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The (Post) Cognitive Perspective

Clark Quinn

I’m deeply steeped in the cognitive sciences, owing to a Ph.D. in cognitive psych. Fortuitively, this was at the time my advisor was creating the cognitive science program (and more). So I’ve a bias. Yet I also have a fair bit of empirical evidence that taking a cognitive perspective accomplishes things that are hard to do in other ways.

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Why Nonprofits are Turning to eLearning Post-COVID

TOPYX LMS

What types of organizations do you think are most likely to utilize an LMS system as the COVID-19 pandemic plays out? If you were to answer “most organizations,” you would be correct.

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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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Looking to Host Your Own LMS System? Here’s What

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

If you’re looking for more oversight of your online learning content, you may benefit from hosting your own learning management system (LMS).

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Docebo Flow: Built to empower always-on learning cultures

Docebo

There’s a longstanding mission in L&D and enablement circles, spanning back for at least a decade, to find new and innovative ways to drive adoption of learning and enablement programs. The thinking goes like this: the more people engage in learning opportunities, the more knowledge they gain and the better they are at their jobs. When people are better at their jobs, the company would reap the benefits – both financially and productivity-wise – regardless of whether they are ins

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Unraveling Digital Skills Gaps in the Modern Workplace

Dashe & Thomson

The emergence of virtual learning environments over the past two years has led to unprecedented advances in organizational processes, collaboration, and business development. Many organizations have found that virtual workspaces allow for greater employee engagement, task management, and scalability. Unfortunately, this sudden boom in digital work has also come with new challenges, the most important of which is the emergence of digital skills gaps.

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Learning Experience Design: The X Factor – Experience

Wisetail

Reskilling and upskilling are essential to a company’s future, and since the pandemic hit the ability to reskill is paramount. See how one Wisetail client, Philz Coffee, used its learning platform to respond to opportunities presented by this challenging year. The post Learning Experience Design: The X Factor – Experience appeared first on Wisetail LMS & LXP.

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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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How to Design Online Courses – 6 Graphic Design

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

Before we plunge into online course design, let’s imagine that we are at a zoo or a museum where there are classes of small children on field trips from their school. It’s chaos in a lot of ways, isn’t it? Although the kids are supposed to be with their teacher or leader, there are always a couple of them lagging behind, packed tightly together, or floating around with everyone else.

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More Inclusive Characters to Amp Up Your Learning

eLearning Brothers

I often get asked what I mean when I talk about inclusivity and accessibility in learning. When I explain what inclusivity and accessibility mean, I try to put it in terms that are easy to understand and meaningful to myself.

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Choose Your Own Adventure: 3 days with Articulate Storyline

B Online Learning

Remember the children’s book series Choose Your Own Adventure? The child reader is the protagonist making choices to determine the story’s plot. I used to love reading those books because I […]. The post Choose Your Own Adventure: 3 days with Articulate Storyline appeared first on B Online Learning.

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How To Make Your Learning Course More Accessible In 2022

Lambda Solutions

The eLearning industry has grown hugely as technology has improved and internet access has spread throughout the world. When a virus emerged sending society into a justified panic, the result of office and school closures furthered that growth If your movement is limited but you want to continue your development, online learning is your best option by far.

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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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Business Simulations: Building the Necessary

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

There are many ways to explain the impact of a business simulation for learning.

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How Will Gyrus’s Top Learning Management System Make You An Industry Leader?

Gyrus

Most companies are employing advanced technology to train their employees. Why are you leaving behind? Get Gyrus’s top learning management system to become an industry leader. Read this blog to know more.

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L&D Go Beyond Podcast: Innovation in L&D

Upside Learning

The fifth episode of the L&D Go Beyond podcast has Amit Garg speaking with Phil Reddall, the Head of Learning and Capability Systems at Thames Water, UK. Phil is passionate about efficiency, effectiveness and impact of people/HR services; especially in learning. During the conversation, Phil shares how he believes that the focus of innovation should […].

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How to Engage Management in Your Instructional Designs with Amy Kay Czechowicz

dominKnow

Amy Kay Czechowicz joined Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC to talk about how she reduced attrition in her training sessions by engaging management as part of the planning strategy, and more.

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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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Attitudes of nursing faculty members toward

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

Our transition to an “information society” means that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become integral to our lives. ICT has also become an essential aspect of medical institutions and healthcare settings.

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How The Pandemic Has Changed eLearning

eLearning Industry

While many eLearning platforms were already accustomed to working remotely and delivering their product online, they were far from unaffected by the pandemic. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Truly White-Label Online Academy for Your Business

learnWorlds

Did you know that consistent brand presentation can actually increase a company’s revenue by an average of 23%? Statistics don’t lie. In today’s fast-paced, ultra-challenging business landscape, you have to do anything possible to stand out from the competition. Establishing and promoting your online school’s brand should be your number one priority.