Spark Your Interest
JANUARY 26, 2021
Customer Education is the most underestimated competitive advantage organizations have. And while traditionally it applied to businesses selling widgets or software, customer education now also applies to governments, and non-profits, who have a product or service. The benefits of customer education are many. As are the types of programs and the components you could choose to include.
TOPYX LMS
JANUARY 27, 2021
A survey shows that 48 percent of companies that use a learning management system (LMS) want to find a new or different learning technology. 1 Inability to scale, sub-par customer service, poor collaborative learning tools, high cost of maintenance, inadequate analytics -- these are just a few reasons why companies are dissatisfied with LMS platforms.
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Training Industry
JANUARY 26, 2021
A Look Ahead: Online Training to Bridge Skills Gaps - Read more by Hope Williams on Training Industry.
Limestone Learning
JANUARY 26, 2021
“ Heart, leaves, foliage ” by Bianca Mentil is licensed by Pixabay. February may be short, but all the better to get us into spring. This little month packs a whirlwind of free webinars to keep your motivation up — that is, if you have the time to tune in. There are some gems, though, so it’s worth checking out and spending a strategic hour or two learning something new!
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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.
Paradiso Solutions
JANUARY 25, 2021
Introduction. While e-learning authoring tools are a must – in every L&D toolbox – new technologies are changing the way we produce and deliver digital learning. Developing training content used to be a challenging task, but with the rise of fast-moving, written tools, it is easier than ever to create course materials. With the advent of new e-learning tools such as e-learning authoring tools, fantastic interactions can now be created in minutes that would have once required prog
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Experiencing eLearning
JANUARY 26, 2021
As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. I share these links periodically here on my blog. In this post, I share links on creating certificates in Storyline, the benefits of sharing your work, and tools for visuals and videos. Certificates in Storyline. For a recent project, I researched ways to create a printable certificate in Storyline with an expiration date 1 year after completing the module.
Infopro Learning
JANUARY 26, 2021
The last year had seen some extraordinary business shifts that were not expected for a very long time. While the insurance business was already undergoing a lot of significant changes before the pandemic, the novel Coronavirus added to the challenges that were underway. Many insurance organizations are still struggling with the evolution of technology and how businesses are transforming from being product-focused to customer-centric.
LearnDash
JANUARY 26, 2021
There’s a lot of free content online, but it can’t replace instructor-led learning. Recently someone left a comment on the blog asking a very provocative question. Our commenter wanted to know whether a certain type of course content was still relevant, given the number of tutorials learners could find for free on the same subject on YouTube. Although this comment was related to a specific type of course, the question applies to almost all online learning.
eLearning Industry
JANUARY 26, 2021
Learner journey or experience mapping is all about moving the focus of training from an Instructional Design to an experiential perspective for the learner. It maps learner experiences through various stages of progression, from building awareness of learning needs, to consuming learning and applying it on the job. To create learner journeys that work, we follow these six steps at the start of every project.
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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.
ej4 eLearning
JANUARY 27, 2021
Hiring the right person for an open position is critical to the success of your team. Hiring the wrong person can crush employee morale and productivity. This puts a lot of pressure on the interviewing process. Whether you are the hiring manager or someone on the decision team, you need to be prepared. How can you be a more effective interviewer? Follow these tips to improve your interview skills so you can find the next star on your team.
Infopro Learning
JANUARY 25, 2021
The way we work and interact has changed rapidly over the course of the year. The spread of Covid19 caused a significant number of employees to move into remote roles working from home. Business models have changed. The global workforce and number of distributed teams is still growing exponentially. Now as we move forward organizations are looking for ways to improve employee experiences.
Axonify
JANUARY 25, 2021
2020 turned retail upside down. Stores became fulfillment centers, and associates became safety champions and rule enforcers. The ways we shop changed, with a host of new options like buy online, pickup in store (BOPIS) and same-day ship from store. Policies and procedures changed on a dime in response to public health requirements and market … Continued.
Jane Hart
JANUARY 25, 2021
In MWL 2021 Back to Basics we looked at the 3 key strands of work: (1) Promoting continuous self-learning, (2) Supporting continuous learning from the work, and (3) Modern Training. But this will not be the sole responsibility of the L&D function. Learning in the modern workplace is everyone’s responsibility – with overlapping roles – as […].
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.
Allen Interactions
JANUARY 26, 2021
4 Lenses To Bring e-Learning Instructional Design Into Focus: Part 1 - Interactive Learning. This article was originally published by eLearning Industry. This is the first of a series of articles that I hope will apply a fresh approach to understanding CCAF e-Learning Instructional Design for interactive learning, performance-based learning, as a total package.
Infopro Learning
JANUARY 28, 2021
Organizations have had to adjust to all the changes this year rapidly has brought about. Whether you have changed your business model, expanded your workforce globally, or switched from in the office to fully remote teams, there was likely a lot of time and effort put into place to make the shift. As the dust settles and companies are planning for the coming new year, many successful businesses are looking for ways to improve employee performance.
InSync Training
JANUARY 28, 2021
In my previous post , I discussed the importance of strong design for virtual delivery, and how to achieve it. This post addresses the challenges you’ll encounter when proposing these design approaches to your stakeholders.
Clark Quinn
JANUARY 26, 2021
I was reflecting on a few things on terminology, buzzwords and branding in particular. And, as usual, learning out loud, here are my reflections. The script: So I’ve been known to take a bit of a blade to buzzwords (c.f. microlearning ). And, I reckon there’s a distinction between vocabulary and hype. Further, I get the need for branding (and have been slack on my own part).
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.
Raptivity
JANUARY 27, 2021
It is indeed amazing how swiftly businesses could transition to 100% remote learning last year – something that was in the pipeline for the longest time and yet never really prioritized. Every organization, big and small, has now adopted online mechanisms to continue with their employee engagement programs. This was crucial. Corporate training need to be consistently delivered as skills preparedness is critical when employees are needed to keep pace with shifting skill needs.
Gyrus
JANUARY 25, 2021
For businesses, LMS has become an aid that saves them not just money, but time as well. Here are the top benefits of future-proofing your workforce through upskilling and reskilling.
eLearning Brothers
JANUARY 27, 2021
Today’s employees are looking for growth and development opportunities in every position they take. You can improve your new hire retention by showing from the very beginning—during onboarding—that your organization supports its employees’ growth.
Dashe & Thomson
JANUARY 29, 2021
As talent development responsibilities extend beyond the Human Resources department, management and leadership teams express their needs for more support in developing their skills as well as their staff’s skills. Organizations that provide the proper training and resources and effectively partner with their L&D teams see increased performance and engagement and decreased turnover.
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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.
Nick Leffler
JANUARY 29, 2021
Yes, I have been completely absent from this blog for many years. Somewhere in early 2016 I think I just had a few too many things going on and it led to this website and my blog falling off. No more!
Allen Interactions
JANUARY 26, 2021
4 Lenses To Bring e-Learning Instructional Design Into Focus: Part 1 - Interactive Learning. This article was originally published by eLearning Industry. This is the first of a series of articles that I hope will apply a fresh approach to understanding CCAF e-Learning Instructional Design for interactive learning, performance-based learning, as a total package.
Lambda Solutions
JANUARY 26, 2021
2020 proved to be a sink or swim year for education. The forced shift to online alternatives for traditional in-person instructor-lead training has had mixed results, but for adult learning and continuing education that digital move towards blended learning & asynchronous learning has provided an incredible opportunity. Let’s face it: life under a pandemic is hard.
eLearning Industry
JANUARY 25, 2021
eLearning project leaders need to develop processes that leverage best practices from both the Instructional Design and software development fields. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
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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.
Mike Taylor
JANUARY 26, 2021
The way most people use PowerPoint is broken. Unfortunately, the PowerPoint interface guides people towards creating slides that contradict current research in cognitive science. To be effective communicators and teachers, we must change our slide design approach to align with proven principles that are compatible with how people learn. If you’d like to upgrade your skills and knowledge, here are the best people and places for you to plug into.
dominKnow
JANUARY 25, 2021
In this episode of Instructional Designers in Offices Drinking Coffee (#IDIODC) Adam Weisblatt joined us to talk about how we can begin to understand and create ontologies to help drive more in-depth analytics and reporting as part of our role in Learning and Development.
Clarity Consultants
JANUARY 25, 2021
While online classes are technically nothing new, many higher education institutions had to transition a significant portion of their courses with little notice due to COVID-19. As a result, many colleges and universities didn’t have much time for planning. However, most institutions were able to make the shift reasonably successfully, even with time constraints.
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