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How an LMS Can Promote Business Agility in the Age of COVID-19

TOPYX LMS

COVID-19 has made it clear that the only thing consistent in the business world is change. Having an agile mindset concerning business practices helps organizations become more confident in the face of uncertainty, which can lead to better business outcomes. According to HelpNetSecurity.com, 1 other organizational benefits of business agility include: A greater competitive advantage.

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6 Insider Secrets To Be A Good Online Instructor

eLearning Industry

Online trainers are largely invisible, but they’re still relevant for virtual education. What can you do as an online instructor to enhance the experience for yourself and your online learners? In this article, I share 6 insider secrets of how to be a good online instructor regardless of your experience level or niche. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Microlearning Best Practices

eLearning Brothers

Workers are busier than ever, and with many companies going remote, it’s difficult to get your team to sit down and take a formal eLearning course.

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7 benefits of letting your employees work from home

Poll Everywhere

If you manage a team of employees you might have had to let them work from home recently due to the coronavirus pandemic. Or maybe you’ve been looking around at recent trends and pondering such a shift anyway. Regardless of. The post 7 benefits of letting your employees work from home appeared first on Poll Everywhere Blog.

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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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Why Your Employees Need Mobile Training

LearnDash

Many training courses assume that employees are sitting at a desk. Here’s why that mindset is holding you back. Many companies are invested in developing online training for their employees. However, if those companies are failing to consider how their training materials work on a mobile device, they could be under-delivering training materials.

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6 Instructional Design Strategies for a Seamless ILT to eLearning Migration

CommLab India

Are your doubts on the effectiveness of online training stopping you from ILT to eLearning migration? Rely on engaging instructional strategies like gamification and storytelling for successful ILT to eLearning migration.

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Continuing Education during Quarantine

Beyond Campus Innovations

In the efforts of continuing education among quarantine, Beyond Campus Innovations has been given the opportunity to offer over 500 undergraduate and graduate courses from a regionally accredited, large, national leader in online education. This opportunity provides advantages and increases of value to educational institutions in attracting and retaining more students.

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Agile Learning 101: From the basics to successful training

TalentLMS

No, it’s not your idea: the world is, indeed, changing at breakneck speed. Yesterday’s hot new tech release is today’s old news — and today’s shocking new development is tomorrow’s normal. It’s not just about playing catch up with technology and investing in the latest tools. There’s an internal shift as well: from the way we work to the way we communicate and learn, our daily habits also change along with the times.

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How the right training and communications keeps retail moving

Axonify

If there’s one word that best describes 2020, it’s “change”. This year has brought a whole host of adjustments for everyone across the globe. New shopping behaviors. New roles (both at home and in the workplace). New ways to socialize. And a new-found appreciation for our frontline workers. Essential may have not been a word … Continued. Copyright © 2020 Axonify Inc. - All rights reserved.

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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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Top 5 No-Code Tools for eLearning

Devlin Peck

The no-code movement introduces thousands of new tools that we can use to design and develop eLearning. These tools make it possible to develop fully-functioning software without writing a line of code, and they provide easy-to-use graphic interfaces so that we can “code” visually.

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What Is Gamification In eLearning And Why You Need To Include It In Your Training Programs

eLearning Industry

Gamification elements provide enjoyment, challenge, and opportunity. eLearning gamification entices, motivates, challenges, and empowers learners so they willingly achieve higher objectives. It is more than entertainment, although games need to be fun. Games lead to deeper engagement, and that brings better retention and changes in behavior. Learners explore concepts, make strategic decisions, receive immediate feedback, and willingly re-engage after unsuccessful attempts.

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Short Sims by Clark Aldrich: Book Review

Experiencing eLearning

In his book Short Sims: A Game Changer , Clark Aldrich provides a system for creating engaging, interactive learning experiences quickly (in about 40 hours of work). Clark provides multiple examples so you can play through the Short Sims yourself to see the possibilities. What are Short Sims? Short sims are similar to branching scenarios and simulations, but with some specific characteristics. “Short Sims are a new type of educational media–five to twelve minutes long–with few

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YES! LearnDash Memberships Have Arrived!

LearnDash

LearnDash Groups evolve to include membership capabilities. Create levels, sub-levels, sell access, award group certificates, and more! “Do I need a membership plugin or platform in order to use LearnDash?” I cannot tell you the number of times we get asked this from people who are interested in using LearnDash. (The answer to that question is “no”, LearnDash has course content protection built-in).

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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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Q&A with Andrea Biraghi: How Docebo made an accessible learning platform

Docebo

Accessible e-learning is more than just following web accessibility guidelines, or web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. Our learning programs are most powerful when everyone becomes stronger from them. The best talent in your organization could be left behind if learning is not inclusive, which could mean that you’re preventing a subject matter expert from being born in-house who could eventually help others replicate success.

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Myths, publishers, and confusion

Clark Quinn

On twitter the other day, I was asked how I could on one hand rail against myths, and on the other work with orgs who either sell or promote DiSC and MBTI. The problem, it appears, was a perception that I’m deeply involved with orgs that perpetuate the problem. I thought I’d try to clarify all this, and make sense of myths, publishers and confusion.

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Everything You Need To Know About MailChimp Email Marketing To Sell Online Courses

Lambda Solutions

Discover why email marketing is important and how to get the best results using MailChimp for marketing online courses and growing your brand.

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Should You Use a Subdomain for LearnDash?

LearnDash

Whether or not you set up your e-learning course on a subdomain has implications for SEO and user experience. One question that can be a stumbling block for new users is whether they should host their course on a subdomain of their website or as a regular subdirectory. This can be a difficult question with significant implications for the rest of your site, and as such, we felt they were worth digging into.

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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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Reskilling, upskilling, cross-training: Which strategy do I need?

Axonify

How can we do more with less? This question is going to come up a lot over the coming months as organizations adapt to the next normal. Operational agility will be essential for business survival. As budgets tighten and disruption continues, managers must be ready and willing to shift employee roles to focus on business … Continued. Copyright © 2020 Axonify Inc. - All rights reserved.

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3 Surprising Ways eLearning Fosters Workplace Diversity and Inclusivity

TOPYX LMS

Diversity in the workplace matters. It’s important that companies both hire diverse employees and nurture a diverse company culture that supports those employees. “When companies recruit and retain a diverse pool of people, it brings about different benefits to the company as well as its employees,” according to 6Q. 1 Benefits include increased productivity and creativity, better profits, higher levels of employee engagement, less turnover, greater cultural insights, improved company reputation,

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Paradiso lms vs Sunbird LMS

Paradiso

Paradiso LMS vs Sunbird LMS: Which LMS Better Suits your Learning Needs? When it comes to achieving excellent learning experiences, it is essential to select an LMS which fulfills all your learning needs. So, the question arises, Paradiso LMS vs Sunbird LMS, which is better out of the two? Comparing both the LMSs can help you to decide which LMS platform is a better alternative.

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An L&D Challenge?

Clark Quinn

A colleague and friend posted about masks, and I weighed in. He suggested that it’s really a learning issue. I’m not sure I agree, but I thought it might be interesting to explore. So here’s an L&D challenge to consider. First, masks make sense , scientifically. They reduce the chance that someone might contaminate someone else.

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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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Allen Interactions Named Top 20 Custom Content Development Company

Allen Interactions

June 25, 2020— Allen Interactions is thrilled to receive winning recognition as a 2020 Top Custom Content Development Company in Training Industry's Top 20 annual awards program.

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The LMS implementation checklist that works (& how to do it yourself)

Docebo

From start to finish, LMS implementation requires a lot of heavy lifting. It’s a team effort, and you can’t just close your eyes and hope that things will fall into place. You need all of your people ready to hit the ground running and set to strategize to make your LMS dreams come true. We wanted to offer our two cents on the matter, so… voila! Your LMS implementation checklist is below – you can thank us later.

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Upside Learning Features in Training Industry’s Two Top 20 Companies Watch List for 2020

Upside Learning

Upside Learning Solutions, a leading provider of Custom learning solutions has been listed in the Training Industry, Inc’s – Top 20™ Custom Content Development Company Watch List and Top 20™ Training Outsourcing Company Watch List for the year 2020 yet again. This is the fifth time that Upside Learning has been recognized as a leading […].

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Easily Convert Adobe Flash eLearning to HTML

B Online Learning

With the Adobe Flash cutoff date December 2020 approaching we’ve had alot of interest from people that have content that was built using […]. The post Easily Convert Adobe Flash eLearning to HTML appeared first on B Online Learning.

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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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First Aid Training Courses Contribute to a Healthier, Safer Workplace

ej4 eLearning

Have you ever taken a first aid training course? I’ve had friends and colleagues learn first aid in health classes in school, or through their kids’ scouting programs, or during a course of instruction to get certified for something else (child care, scuba diving instructor.you name it). Rarely do I hear about people receiving quality first aid training in the workplace.

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The LMS implementation checklist that works (& how to do it yourself)

Docebo

From start to finish, LMS implementation requires a lot of heavy lifting. It’s a team effort, and you can’t just close your eyes and hope that things will fall into place. You need all of your people ready to hit the ground running and set to strategize to make your LMS dreams come true. We wanted to offer our two cents on the matter, so… voila! Your LMS implementation checklist is below – you can thank us later.

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Upside Learning Features in Training Industry’s Two Top 20 Companies Watch List for 2020

Upside Learning

Upside Learning Solutions, a leading provider of Custom learning solutions has been listed in the Training Industry, Inc’s – Top 20™ Custom Content Development Company Watch List and Top 20™ Training Outsourcing Company Watch List for the year 2020 yet again. This is the fifth time that Upside Learning has been recognized as a leading […].

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