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Why microlearning is not just about mini training videos

Ed App

Our packed schedules not only exact a heavy toll on our mental and physical wellbeing but also provide significant challenges for incorporating corporate training into workflows. By its very name, microlearning addresses this pain point in delivering critical corporate training in shorter, sharper bursts.

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Don't Dump Your L&D in a Downturn: Do These 3 Things Instead

The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

Embrace Evaluation Remember that training you held earlier in the year? If your training evaluation doesn’t go past level one, you’re not alone. ASTD findings show that almost all organizations (92 percent of respondents) use the first level of evaluation which measures participant reaction. Very few organizations (17.9

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Professional Organizations and Career Options

Experiencing eLearning

Note that ATD used to be known as ASTD, the American Society for Training and Development.). Businesses need the training and are more likely to have dedicated training departments where instructional designers have a place in the process. Some positions are a combination of instructional design and classroom training.

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ILT, eLearning Tools, Visual Learners, KM, monitter, & T&D Magizines

Big Dog, Little Dog

Past performance suggests no change in the level of instructor-led training, at least, according to the most recent ASTD State of the Industry Report [1]. Despite a steady climb in the availability of e-learning, the overall percentage of instructor-led training is nearly unchanged: 71.97 percent of all training in 2003 to 6.39

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Time Estimates for eLearning Development

Experiencing eLearning

I find it helpful to refer clients to these sources, especially if they think training development should take barely any time. For example, let’s say a client asks me to convert an existing full day training program to self-paced e-learning. A “full day” or training in this case means 6 hours of actual content.

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Can microlearning save eLearning?

Ed App

We are starting to see that online training doesn’t always equate to quality learning and employee engagement. Think of microlearning lessons like stations on a train loop network that interconnect and allow the student to double back. Microlearning in action. Traditional eLearning. It is about precision rather than ‘dumbing down.’

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Long Live?

Tony Karrer

To be fair to Saul, he points us to some important numbers from the ASTD State of the Industry Report: Despite a steady climb in the availability of e-learning, the overall percentage of instructor-led training is nearly unchanged: 71.97 percent of all training in 2003 to 6.39 percent in 2003 and 70.58 percent in 2008.