learnWorlds

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Learning goals are broad, general statements of what we want our students to learn and provide: Direction, Focus, and. Cohesion. Setting goals gives us a real road map to where we want to go. The same when we provide goals to learners. Learning goals are the heart of a course design and need to be made clear at the planning stage. An instructor can use those goals as a roadmap to prepare an online class.In this article, we are going to explore in-depth the role of Learning Goals and Objectives i

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Capytech

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Why Off-the-Shelf E-Learning Can Be Valuable. You have two main choices when getting a new e-learning course. You can either develop the course from scratch, or you can get an off-the-shelf e-learning course. Both have benefits – this article focuses on the reasons why off-the-shelf e-learning can be valuable. Remember, though, the right solution will depend on your needs.

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ProProfs

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Businesses with a strong work culture of learning enjoy employee engagement and retention rates of around 30-50% higher than those that don’t, says Robert Half International, a global human resource consulting firm based in California. In fact, ample opportunities for learning and development are key to overall business success. Apart from upskilling employees and delivering higher profit margins, employee training brings many not-so-obvious long-term benefits to enterprises.

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) allows machines to perform tasks—some more complex than others—without human supervision, and AI virtual assistants are becoming a valuable tool for Instructional Designers (ID) This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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.

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Authoring tools help to reduce the expenses and time it takes to develop eLearning courses. They give business owners the power to create courses that are engaging and use various methods, such as gamification, to create training programs that their employees actually want to participate in. Here are the top four reasons authoring tools are used for corporate training.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

It’s official that Flash will be making an exit in 2020. On first thoughts, that may seem like a long time. But you may be surprised to know that it is actually not! So, it’s about time that you begin work on the switching process from Flash to HTML5, if you haven’t started already. Since […].

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

By optimizing the resources and using the right tools, you can bring down eLearning development time and cost considerably without compromising quality. Here are 8 best practices that would help you create eLearning faster and save money. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Overwhelming learners with too much information at once can cause them to abandon your course. In the excitement of writing your first course lesson, it’s all too easy to become carried away by all the content you want to include and lose sight of how overwhelming it might be for a new learner. As a subject matter expert, there’s obviously a lot you know and want to share with your learners about your course.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Designing and delivering an engaging learning experience is an effective way of keeping people in the virtual learning experience once they've started, but getting people to enroll and attend in the first place is a matter of motivation. Motivation is an entirely different animal than engagement, and as learning professionals, it's our responsibility to "set the stage" such that learners show up ready to engage.

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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.

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Learningtogo

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Google the term “disruption” and you will find many results. It seems that everyone is trying to attach their product, service or training to this buzz word, often inappropriately. What will be the next truly disruptive innovation for the learning profession? Let’s start with a few definitions so we’re all speaking the same language.

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

We are all aware that some clients may struggle to get their content plan off the ground. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Axonify

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

One of my favorite shows to attend every year is NRF because it provides such an amazing window into the Next Big Thing(s) in retail. While a few themes stood out to me at this year’s conference—including going back to basics and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in making smarter decisions—it was very clear … Continued. The post CX on your mind?

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Let us count the ways! Valentine’s Day encourages us to fill our hearts with love and our bellies with chocolates. Not a team to ignore tradition, InSync, hit by cupid’s arrow, considered all the reasons we adore the modern blended classroom. Whether a learner or learning industry leader, a facilitator or designer, manager or new practitioner, we can all find something that gives us training butterflies.

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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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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

A colleague, after hearing my take on economics, suggested I should tell this story. It’s a bit light-hearted, but it does make a point. And I’ve expanded it here for the purposes of reading versus listening. You can use other services or products, but I’ve used fish and chips because it’s quite viscerally obvious. Good fish and chips are a delight.

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Time and money have been spent in developing and conducting your eLearning evaluation. While combing through the results, you struggle to find relevant insights due to skipped questions or uniform responses. Pilot Evaluation in eLearning helps in early identification of skewed results, bringing rigor to evaluation. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Perpetual planning will kill your business. I think many people are drawn to starting their own business not because they want to be known as “an entrepreneur” but because of the benefits that come with entrepreneurial success. Specifically, not having a boss and controlling your own time. Both of these benefits were driving factors in my entrepreneurial journey.

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Learningtogo

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Is your company trying to reduce healthcare costs by encouraging your employees to adopt healthy habits? It may want to include having an optimistic world view in its wellness program. (Or not.).

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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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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

There’s a time when someone takes a result, doesn’t put it into context, and leads you to bad information. And we have to call it out. In this case, someone opined about a common misconception in regards to brainstorming. This person cited a scientific study to buttress an argument about how such a process should go. However, the approach cited in the study was narrower than what brainstorming could and should be.

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TOPYX LMS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Retail companies experienced a 65 percent turnover rate among hourly employees in 2018, according to Daily Pay. 1 Retail distribution positions and corporate positions also had significant rates of turnover. A contributor to Small Business Chron said that some retailers have reported up to a staggering 100 percent rate of staff turnover. 2.

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Client Engagement Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Knowledge is more accessible than ever thanks to online learning. In addition to giving millions of people around the world access to industry insight, the online course market has also given entrepreneurs the opportunity to get paid for sharing their knowledge. If you’re reading this post, chances are, you are an entrepreneur looking to start […].

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Learningtogo

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Every age feels like it is changing too fast for the people living through it. Take, for example, the automobile, the motion picture and the telephone. Within a short span of time, a single generation of human beings had to learn how to cope with these and other disruptive events. They laid the groundwork for […].

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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.

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The Simple Shift

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Reflecting on my recent ATD TechKnowledge presentation I found one issue dominated; “how do I get people to share more work related content in our ESN?” This was somewhat of a nice surprise as it was not the typical “leadership buy-in” need. Yet, when you really think about it, this is STILL about leadership as […].

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TOPYX LMS

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Blended learning is becoming one of the top learning approaches companies use to deliver employee training programs with.¹ In the corporate world, the term ‘blended learning’ refers to a method of training that delivers L&D programs partially online and partially in a physical classroom space/via live instructor. A blended learning program is essentially a hybrid learning strategy that provides employee learners with the best of both the tech world and the classroom.

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Lambda Solutions

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Training and education play a crucial role in ensuring patient satisfaction, accurate diagnosis, and a safe and compliant workplace. Healthcare training can be challenging since it must be customized to each role. Here is why a cloud-based Learning Management System is the best solution to address this challenge.

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ej4 eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Albert Einstein is credited with saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.”.

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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.

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Kitaboo

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The education sector has undergone significant changes in the last decade. It has also evolved rapidly with the changes taking place in the digital world. Today, you would find most of the schools and universities using digital aids in classrooms. By incorporating technology into K-12 education model, institutes are aiming to improve the teaching and learning processes in schools and universities.

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TOPYX LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Forty percent of U.S. employers are unable to find workers who are skilled enough to fill entry-level positions.¹ This points to a skills, or competency, gap that can cause serious problems within an organization.

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In this article, we’ll explore the 6 most popular trends that are likely to become more entrenched in eLearning over the next few years. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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