Appsembler

JANUARY 28, 2019

What is the ROI on your software training? Is your training viewed as a cost center, or a revenue generation machine? Training can be very beneficial for your business, generating revenue both directly and indirectly. Aside from the business benefits of offering software training, for example –– 68% of users are able to use the product more while 56% use more product features/functions –– if you get it right, offering training courses can help you generate revenue, instead of costing your busine

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Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

JANUARY 26, 2019

As an experienced technology and HR analyst, I’m always a little skeptical about new tools. In the case of Virtual Reality (VR), I played around with the cardboard VR from the New York Times , but never really thought it was ready for prime time. Wow, was I wrong. About a year ago I went. Read more» The post VR Enters Corporate Learning With A Vengeance: And The Results Are Amazing appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 29, 2019

Learners will have better outcomes with the right kind of support from their instructors. One of the biggest struggles online educators have in growing a successful online business lies in engaging and retaining the learners who have already signed up for their course. Online learners frequently feel out of touch and disconnected , and these feelings can be enhanced by unintentional communication mistakes from the educators themselves.

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QuoDeck

JANUARY 30, 2019

One of the major challenges HR and L&D professionals face is getting the employees to get interested in the learning programs. Games or rather game-based learning can help here. This article will focus on how a company can market its so-called boring learning programs and make them interesting. Using Games To Market Your Learning Program. Getting your employees interested in your learning program is a herculean task.

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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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The Simple Shift

JANUARY 30, 2019

What if everyone in your organization was regularly engaging on your ESN? And not just the ESN but also in a Chat platform too? You’d be pretty excited. And when I say “engaging” I mean more than a GIF here and a “like” there but real responses and content in text form, sentences written with […].

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CommLab India

JANUARY 29, 2019

Looking to evaluate eLearning? This infographic gives you information on the different approaches that can be followed for evaluating the effectiveness of eLearning courses.

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eLearning Industry

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Sometimes, even the best eLearning design teams need a little inspiration. Take a look at 3 brilliant examples of eLearning to give your team fresh ideas for the year ahead. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Wizcabin

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Lack of employee engagement has always been a top issue for learning managers. Many organizations like google, American express and John Lewis has come up with employee engagement strategies to overcome the user resistance to new technologies. Studies show that the value of learning engagement is so profound that the learning outcome and effectiveness is directly linked to user engagement.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 31, 2019

How valuable is online training for businesses, and how can they calculate ROI? You’ve heard a lot about online learning, but how do you know it’s the best solution for your organization? Many businesses have ample need for more efficient training, whether it be for new hires, continued learning, or leadership development. However, it’s not always clear to these organizations how they should address this need.

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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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Lambda Solutions

JANUARY 30, 2019

Every year, it seems like more and more media outlets are ready to announce the end of the traditional classroom — that desks and chalkboards will soon be discarded to make way for flipped classes, digital workspaces and social learning. The truth is, the best educational technology doesn’t replace the traditional classroom, but enhances it. Through the latest educational innovations, teachers and students now have better access to quality resources and effective learning methods than ever befor

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eLearning Industry

JANUARY 28, 2019

As eLearning professionals, educators, or trainers, we realize that high learner engagement comes from immersive and interactive learning experiences and not from non-interactive page-turner courses. But using interactive templates to build engaging modules comes with its own set of challenges. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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B Online Learning

JANUARY 30, 2019

One of the many skills that eLearning designers need is the ability to write clear and engaging audio scripts. Good narration should complement […]. The post Tips for Writing Audio Scripts appeared first on B Online Learning.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 28, 2019

Experience is hard to come by. Your first online course is something you can only learn by doing. Are you prepared for your online educational debut? That’s a bit of a trick question. They answer is: you’re not, and you won’t be until you actually gain some experience. And unfortunately, experience is not a thing you can gain second-hand. At a certain point, you have to reconcile yourself to some rough edges as you fine-tune your course.

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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

JANUARY 29, 2019

I was listening in to a webinar on trends in higher education. The speakers had been looking at different higher ed pedagogy models, within and external to institutions. It became clear that there was a significant gap between a focus on meeting corporate needs and the original goals of education. Naturally, it got me to think, and one link was, not surprisingly, wisdom.

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eLearning Industry

JANUARY 29, 2019

Want to know if your custom eLearning is hitting the mark? That depends on the mark you set! Writing effective learning objectives is a crucial step in custom eLearning design. Let us walk you through 4 top tips to get you started in the right direction. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 29, 2019

Virtually There Session Recap. More likely than not, your organization now has a global component. Whether you work for a Fortune 50 company with regional offices all around the globe, or a small startup with a single team in a different country, the demographics of your training audience have changed. How do you adapt to this new modern workplace reality?

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B Online Learning

JANUARY 30, 2019

One of the many skills that eLearning designers need is the ability to write clear and engaging audio scripts. Good narration should complement […]. The post Tips for eLearning Scriptwriting appeared first on B Online Learning.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2019

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretsky. This quote, over-used to the point of being a cliché, is still relevant. I was just reading Simon Terry’s amusing and insightful post on ‘best practices’ (against them, of course), and it reminded me of this phrase. He said “Best practices are often racing to where someone used to be”, and that’s critical.

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eLearning Industry

JANUARY 31, 2019

Most research on the development time for online learning predates today’s easy-to-use course authoring tools. Here's a look at how you can determine the estimates for how long it takes to create an eLearning program, how much it will cost, and the ROI (Return On Investment) it will bring you. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Lambda Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2019

Game-based learning and gamification are often talked about interchangeably when it comes to eLearning, but they are not the same. So what does each term actually mean, and how is each implemented into a learning system? From online education to employee training, learning through games has become an important way of training and teaching. The practice is quite a disruption in the marketplace.

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CommLab India

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Revamping old eLearning courses to match the learning requirements of tech-savvy learners is inevitable. This blog gives four signs to identify when it’s time to revamp eLearning courses.

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Mike Taylor

JANUARY 30, 2019

It is *CRAZY* cold around here today but that won´t stop us from exploring a mountain of great free tools that can make your elearning better. Later today, I´ll be part of the eLearning Guild Spotlight event, ¨ Get the Best Free Tools to Make Great eLearning ¨. My session, ¨ Tools for Thinking Outside the Course ¨ (1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern) will highlight some great options for making your eLearning better.

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eLearning Industry

JANUARY 30, 2019

Gamification was set to take the world by storm. And yet, many bold predictions from the influential 2011 Gartner Hype Cycle report about the gamification industry did not materialize. So was it just a fad? Or is the best yet to come? Let’s take a look at where things stand in heading into 2019. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 29, 2019

Educational institutes have been practicing the traditional teaching method since ages. Most of us are familiar with the traditional model where one teacher is teaching fifty students at a time. No-one knows if those fifty students are able to understand what is being explained or if they are even paying attention to the lecture. This style of teaching is not considered very effective today.

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BrightCarbon

JANUARY 31, 2019

As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, right? This is definitely something we live by here at BrightCarbon as we always aim to use less text and more visuals to make our presentations powerful and engaging. So, if you’re looking for new ways to enhance your presentations, why not start with the pictures? Both PowerPoint and Google Slides offer some great image editing tools that are so easy to use you don’t need to be an expert to make your presentation look striking, but w

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EdCast

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

3 Types of Organizational Change L&D Professionals Should Implement in 2019 Learning is key to a company’s success. Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, said, “An organization’s ability to learn and translate that learning into action rapidly is the ultimate competitive advantage,” per Allen Comm.1 L&D professionals can increase learning and optimize corporate wellness […].

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eLearning Industry

JANUARY 29, 2019

With the maturing of the usage of gamification for learning, there is a buzz on NextGen gamification solutions. In this article, I share 4 possibilities on the NextGen gamification solutions that can build upon your current approaches. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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CommLab India

JANUARY 27, 2019

Despite being the need of the hour, rapid eLearning is still viewed with skepticism. What are those myths that derail its adoption? Check the myths and the reality in this infographic.

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