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5 Ways to Prepare Your Learning Programs For Gen Z – The Mobile-First Workforce

Docebo

While Millennials made it clear mobile learning was a necessity, Gen Z will push your organization to perfect it. Generation Z (Gen-Z), a fresh-faced, straight out of college cohort is guaranteed to be even more disruptive than their Millennial counterparts in the world of work and learning, especially as it relates to the popularity and growth of mobile learning.

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How to Incorporate Self-Directed Learning in Your Online Course

LearnDash

Self-direction is one of the key attributes of an adult learner. How can you encourage it in your online course? Overbearing pedagogy is a recurring problem for many adult learners. As children, we’re usually taught in a way that emphasizes a “follow the teacher” mentality. The instructor lays out the lesson, delivers a lecture, sets homework, and marks grades.

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The Obvious (and not so obvious) Benefits of Online Employee Training and Development

TalentLMS

Interactive whiteboards were big news when they arrived on the training scene because they replaced the old chalk and duster as a key tool for teaching and learning. In the 21st century, the importance of online learning tools might just be making traditional classroom training a thing of the past. Today, the benefits of eLearning in the workplace are taking the world by storm.

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How to grow an elearning dream team: 8 things the best L&D leaders do

Elucidat

How do you set-up and nurture an elearning team that can efficiently create smart online learning, at the right quality and volume? We’ve pulled together our years of experience working across hundreds of elearning teams of every size and configuration – across the globe. We’ve identified 8 things that most effective teams have in place and turned them into tips that will help you develop your very own elearning dream team.

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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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Adobe Captivate 2019 Released – Bagged with All New Features

Swift eLearning Services

A booming sought software Adobe Captivate makes a hard impression with its astonishing features in its new release, Adobe Captivate 2019. The most buzzing feature in eLearning industry which is Virtual Reality is now available in this tool and makes your project stand apart.

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How to Use Branching Scenarios in E-Learning

LearnDash

Branching scenarios offer a dynamic way to build engagement and improve retention. Have you tried them? If you’re looking for a better way to test learner knowledge than your standard linear test, you’re not alone. While quizzes have plenty of applications, they can often become tedious for learners. More importantly, they often don’t do a good job of fully evaluating the depth of knowledge of a learner.

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Why CX tops my holiday wish list

Axonify

I love shopping. But holiday shopping? Well, that’s an entirely different beast. From the parking to cash-out lines, it’s an emotional rollercoaster that I’m sure many of you have experienced. The emotional retail rollercoaster. Last year’s rollercoaster started with an last-minute addition to my three-year-old daughter’s wish list—which just happened to be 2017’s must-have toy.

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How to Use an LMS to Promote Certifications During Corporate Training

TOPYX LMS

Certifications are often overlooked during corporate training simply because they require a lot of effort if done without a learning management system (LMS). This is unfortunate since employee certification: Drives results in an L&D program by setting defined standards for employees to meet. Measures employees’ skills and knowledge, providing feedback employers need to craft better training programs.

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12 Tips For Giving And Receiving eLearning Feedback

eLearning Industry

Feedback that is applied helps us create better learning experiences for our learners. Learn about some tips on giving and receiving feedback and why it is so important. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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The 5 Steps to My eLearning Development Process

Tim Slade

When I first started creating eLearning courses, I had no idea what I was doing, and I certainly did not follow any type of development process. However, over the years, I’ve since created a standard eLearning development process that I follow each time I create a new course. And while there are a lot of different methods and processes to eLearning development, I’ve found my eLearning development process works the best for me.

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Improve Your Work and Health in One Simple Step

InSync Training

I, like many of you, spend my work day at my desk. I’m lucky to climb the corporate ladder from a cozy home office, often kept company by my three Labradors. Recently, though, I stumbled across a scary fact courtesy of the world-renowned Mayo Clinic : “Any extended sitting – such as at a desk, behind a wheel or in front of a screen – can be harmful.

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5 Elements of an Effective Employee Training Program

TOPYX LMS

What does your employee training program look like? If it’s anything like most programs, it probably begins and ends with new employees. Unfortunately, many organizations don’t implement ongoing employee training programs that help their workers hone skills, learn new ones, and cultivate opportunities for advancement. They should. According to the Association for Talent Development (ATD), companies that provide comprehensive training programs experience 24% higher profit margins.¹ Not only that,

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Building A Successful eLearning Business Case, Part 1

eLearning Industry

When there are cuts to be made in the business world, the training budget is often the first on the chopping block. Whilst decision makers sharpen their knives, Learning & Development professionals are left to fight their corner. Training programmes are now expected to deliver the same results at a fraction of the price. This has left the door open for eLearning to make its grand entrance.

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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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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: Unified Systems Vs. Unified Performance

Living in Learning

If systems architecture is moving to the cloud…and it is happening in an ever-increasing pace…shouldn’t we move workforce enablement along with it? Before answering that, consider this…if moving to the cloud does not accelerate productivity at Point-of-Work, we’re still two oars shy of a rowing team.

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Fun and Games in Training: Lessons from Dr. Stephen Slota

InSync Training

When was the last time you had fun during a mandated training event? This loaded question plagues instructional designers and facilitators alike. Stakeholders know that training impacts overall organizational performance, making upskilling employees a high-stakes game. Without the proper instruction, teams may not achieve business-critical goals and, perhaps more detrimentally, become frustrated when they feel unprepared to handle the responsibilities of their roles.

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Complex thinking

Clark Quinn

An interesting article I came across brings up an interesting issue: how do we do complex thinking? Are some people just better at it? The short answer appears to be ‘no’ Instead, a couple of tools play a role, and I think it’s an interesting excursion. The article says that our brains are limited in thinking about complex situations.

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How To Lose Your eLearners In 5 Ways

eLearning Industry

If you have a passion, skill, or area of expertise that you wish to teach others, you can earn some extra income by creating an online eLearning course. Just creating the course is not enough. You have to plan, promote, and design it well enough to keep students interested and engaged. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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POINT-of-WORK: Where to Look for Performance Support ROI

Living in Learning

Adopting a performance support paradigm is a project that never ends. Why? Because the dynamics of the learning performance ecosystem we need to support never ceases being dynamic. We are choosing to adopt a paradigm that is directly aligned and impacted by the speed and the dynamic demands of business performance. What can be more dynamic that that?

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Helping Associates Find Their Sound

dVinci Interactive

Helping Associates Find Their Sound With more than 260 stores across the U.S., Guitar Center is one of the world’s largest retailer of musical instruments and equipment. The company also has a Music & Arts division with over 120 stores specializing in band & orchestral instruments for schools and students. As Director of Professional Development, Dr.

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Question: values?

Clark Quinn

So, I’m wrestling with how to characterize useful changes in an organization. I’ve been compiling a list of different tactics (e.g. implement coaching, show-your-work, support curation, etc), and want to map them to the changes you’ll get in the organization. I’ve wanted to tie them to another set of various outcomes: improved participation, innovation, etc.

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7 Tips To Choose The Right eLearning Translator For Your eLearning Course

eLearning Industry

Translating your eLearning course gives you wider global reach. But how exactly do you find the right eLearning translator to localize your eLearning content and make it easily digestible? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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Top Ways to Incorporate Gamification into eLearning

Lambda Solutions

Gamification is rapidly becoming an effective eLearning tool. It is defined as “the use of game design and mechanics to enhance non-game contexts by increasing participation, engagement, loyalty and competition.” For eLearning purposes, it serves as an aid for learning specific tasks using video game elements. At its core, gamification taps into people’s penchant for being competitive, collaborative, ambitious, and altruistic.

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MWL Newsletter No 78

Jane Hart

Posts, articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the week 12-18 August 2018.

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eLearning platforms in India, the solution to reduce cost and resources on your training programs

Paradiso

Training and learning are processes that companies all over the world have to implement. Lately, eLearning platforms in India have become a great tool for organizations to achieve those goals and get a better Return On Investment (ROI). It offers the users an interactive, personalized and updated eLearning experience. Organizations and institutions keep exploring effective ways to increase the motivation , knowledge and skills of their employees.

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Building A Successful eLearning Business Case, Part 2

eLearning Industry

In this 3-part article, we’re exploring the close relationship between eLearning and your training ROI. Here, we’ll discuss how the business benefits of eLearning are key to establishing your Return on Investment. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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Digital Badges: Creating Opportunities to Engage Learners

Lambda Solutions

When the pace of change is faster than the pace of learning, companies are challenged with the ever-widening gap between skills and ability to ensure employees are ready to tackle the next critical business challenge. To keep up with the accelerating pace of change, employers need new portable, inclusive ways to identify relevant skills and verified competencies.

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eLearning Brothers Enters the Inc. 5000 Hall of Fame

eLearning Brothers

eLearning Brothers joins a select group of companies as a 5-time honoree. AMERICAN FORK, UTAH (PRWEB) August 21, 2018. eLearning Brothers announced today that the company has been honored to enter the Inc. 5000 Hall of Fame by being listed on the Inc. 5000 list for the 5th year in a row. The Inc. 5000 list, a comprehensive list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies, is one of the most prestigious awards in business.

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18 Free eLearning and Graphic Design Resources

Dashe & Thomson

Everyone loves a freebie. The problem with many free resource sites is that you are often inundated with so much unusable garbage that it’s hard not to feel like you are wasting your time. Below is a collection of free eLearning design resources that I have personally found useful as an eLearning, web, and graphic designer.