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Your E-Learning Course Needs Better Checklists

LearnDash

Checklists can be a helpful learning aid—when they’re used correctly. Ask enough people how they feel about checklists, and you’ll probably notice that most fall into one of two camps: they either love them, or they hate them. For such a simple tool, checklists evoke strong reactions. Some will swear that they can’t get through their day without a checklist to keep them on task.

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Virtual Training Delivery Success: Tried and Tested Tips

Infopro Learning

There has already been a steady increase in the number of employees who worked remotely. Before the events of this year more 4 million people were already working from home at least part of the time (1). However this year we have seen a large jump in remote teams due to recent events. The impact of Covid19 on the world of L&D has been significant.

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The mind science behind microlearning

Upside Learning

Are you a fan of Pringles chips? Ever wondered what goes into their making? Let’s try to summarize the 20-minute process of making one tube of Pringles in less time than it takes for one chip from the neat pile to travel to your mouth. Here we go: one-third water + two-thirds potato flakes; four […].

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Say Your Final Goodbye to Flash

eLearning Brothers

2020. It’s been quite a year. But if there’s one 2020 curveball that shouldn’t be a surprise.it’s the end of Adobe® Flash. As previously announced in July 2017, Adobe will stop distributing and updating Flash Player after December 31, 2020.

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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 Can Custom Interactive Training Content Improve Remote Training Effectiveness?

eLearning Industry

While eLearning has emerged into our lives for good, it is essential to understand the basic principles of custom interactive training content. Also, in this article, we will examine how this can help boost remote training effectiveness. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Scaling Up

E-Learning Provocateur

In Roses are red , I proposed definitions for oft-used yet ambiguous terms such as “competency” and “capability” Not only did I suggest a competency be considered a task, but also that its measurement be binary: competent or not yet competent.

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Top 8 Online Course Trends for 2021

LearnDash

Wondering what skills are in demand right now? Here are some of the most popular course trends to prepare for 2021. It’s been a red-letter year for online learning. At a time when workforces across the globe have moved online and a rocky economy has caused many to search for ways to improve their attractiveness on the job market, e-learning has provided an accessible and flexible solution.

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How To Build A Leading eLearning Platform In 5 Steps

eLearning Industry

During COVID-19, eLearning has proven to be the most reliable solution to numerous problems rising with the global lockdown. Therefore, building an online learning platform can answer many challenges if it is done right. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Measuring Impact (or not)

Clark Quinn

So I saw a twitter thread pointing to an argument about how ROI is dead. And, well, that’s largely okay with me. However, the trigger for the post was from the results of Chief Learning Officer 2020 State of Learning report. And, when I saw them, I saw some problems. The question is whether we’re measuring impact, or not. I’d like to go through them and evaluate each.

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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 2020 Is Different & Top Tips from 16 Years of Holiday Stressbusters

InSync Training

For the past 16 years it’s been an InSync tradition to offer a free “Holiday * Stressbusters” session in late November. It’s meant to be a helpful, mostly-lighthearted look at ways of coping with things particular to the holidays: too many parties with too much food and, ahem, beverage, the feeling of being overwhelmed by so much planning and buying and wrapping and whatnot, dealing with the tensions of family gatherings, etc.

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5 top employee skills organizations will look for in 2021

Gyrus

Organizations today need personnel with new-age skills as the operating dynamics for businesses across all industry sectors undergo a paradigm shift. Read the blog to know about some must-have skills for employees for the future.

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7 Tips To Vet Leadership Development Program Vendors And Maximize Value For Money

eLearning Industry

Choosing the right outsourcing partner shouldn’t be stressful, costly, or time-consuming. In this article, I share 7 tips to qualify leadership training program vendors. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Unprecedented Impact: 5 eLearning Industry Trends You Need To Know In 2020

Lambda Solutions

Our eLearning experts weigh in and analyze 2020’s unprecedented impact on eLearning industry trends in 2020 so that you can take full advantage of new and expanding opportunities. The eLearning industry at a glance…. It’s without a doubt that the entire world has been affected by the pandemic in some way or form. Organizations have had to cope with changes in the environment physically and technologically being forced to dive into alternative ways to adjust.

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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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Celebrating National Thank You Note Day Throughout the Year

ej4 eLearning

National Thank You Note Day is officially celebrated on December 26th, but don’t you think expressing written gratitude is a good habit anytime? I think the spirit of this day is focused on a handwritten note, but I would argue that a thank you email can be effective, especially in the workplace.

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How to Support a Successful Healthcare LMS Implementation

TOPYX LMS

Healthcare training software is an invaluable asset to all healthcare companies. Not only does it allow healthcare organizations to provide remote training options for workers, which is vital as companies feel their way through the COVID-19 pandemic, but it can also lower the cost of healthcare training. Additionally, an LMS is scalable and often makes tracking training and managing certifications much easier for healthcare administrators.

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We Need To Talk About Learning Transfer

eLearning Industry

You are not just designing training, you are designing what someone will do after training. These tips will help your designs to inspire post-training behavior. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Allen Interactions is a Winner of the 2020 Training Magazine Network Choice Awards!

Allen Interactions

St. Paul, MN (December 2, 2020) —Training Magazine unveiled the winners of the 2020 Training Magazine Network Choice Awards, a crowd-sourced vendor awards program that recognizes outstanding training products and solutions. Allen Interactions is thrilled to receive winning recognition in the areas of Custom Content/ Program Development and Gamification.

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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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Four Ways to Utilize Customer Education To Deliver Dynamic Results

Dashe & Thomson

In recent years, customer education and training has become a large part of the learning and development field. Companies are beginning to understand the utility of an educated customer base and are developing training solutions to improve business outcomes. A relatively novel idea, customer education focuses on ensuring clients have the resources they need to succeed when interacting with your corporation.

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4 Ways to Overcome Employee Onboarding Challenges During the Pandemic

TOPYX LMS

Onboarding new hires during a pandemic is no small feat. Not only is there mass stress over COVID-19, but many employees are working and training from home. Companies around the globe must adjust to the new normal if they want to continue to successfully onboard people as the health crisis plays out. Organizational leaders can solve onboarding challenges caused by the pandemic in a variety of ways.

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4 Foundations of Successful Remote Onboarding in 2021

Wisetail

Even in the best of times, building a remote onboarding program can be challenging. Luckily, we here at Wisetail know a few things about onboarding. Check out these four keys to successful remote onboarding from two of our experts, and make sure you’re prepared for the year ahead. The post 4 Foundations of Successful Remote Onboarding in 2021 appeared first on Wisetail LMS.

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A small nudge for the learner; a giant push to build a productive habit

Upside Learning

Is there a connection between the image of a fly and learning? There is! Enter the urinal at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. This is where you will see the famous fly, strategically placed inside the bowl. Result? The unsanitary target helped to ensure that relieving men hit the mark and got the message. The airport […].

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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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Post Traumatic Growth: The 4 W’s of Organizational Trauma Informed Communication

Allen Interactions

Post Traumatic Growth: The 4 W’s of Organizational Trauma Informed Communication. We live and lead in a time of chronic crisis, swimming upstream in an unyielding wave of stress inducing events. Circumstances change quickly and often, making communication during a mass scale crisis not a simple, linear activity. Thriving during this time requires leaders to deftly shift their communication strategies, priorities, and tactics.

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10 Emotional intelligence training courses

Ed App

Emotional intelligence is a term that has seen a lot of use lately. It is often cited as a necessary skill to succeed in the modern workforce where interpersonal relationships can have a big impact on your career. So, we must do what we can to better understand, empathize, and come to agreements with those around us. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the top emotional intelligence training courses out there.

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8 eLearning Trends And Predictions For 2021

eLearning Industry

When it comes to eLearning trends, 2021 promises to call many traditional ways of thinking into question. These are our predictions for 2021 trends. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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eLearning Outsourcing: Key Drivers

Upside Learning

For ages, cost savings has molded most eLearning outsourcing decisions. However, with the change in the eLearning outsourcing landscape cost is just one aspect when it comes to eLearning outsourcing now. For most organizations, eLearning outsourcing is a strategic activity and hence other factors like ‘expertise in the ever-changing tools & technologies landscape’, ‘faster times […].

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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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Upskilling is Key to Your Business Recovery Strategy | Degreed State of Skills Report 2021

Degreed

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the global skills crisis cost trillions of dollars in lost GDP. . Now, millions fear that the crisis as we’ve known it is worsening — that the gap between high skill jobs and the skilled workers available to fill those positions is growing at a faster rate. . Navigating this conundrum is of the greatest talent challenges of our time.

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Free Sales Tools Reps Can’t Live Without

Xyleme

Like the elusive Yeti or the Loch Ness Monster, free sales tools might seem like the stuff of folklore. Sure, everyone claims to have a sighting—but do they really exist? As intrepid salespeople, we wanted to investigate once and for all. What we discovered might surprise you. Free sales enablement tools do exist—and they’re actually pretty good. Since many sales brands are pivoting to product-led growth, spurred on by a culture of try-before-you-buy, sales reps have a plethora of free sales pro

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3 Habits To Innovate During A Pandemic

eLearning Industry

This pandemic is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do things differently; to think differently. You now have implicit permission to try anything even marginally viable and no one will hold it against you to make it a reality. The time has come for you to be an innovator before the window closes. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.