Axonify

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The human brain can only hold about 7 pieces of information for less than 30 seconds. Microlearning was established to remedy the glut of information blasted at modern employees over multi-hour training sessions, which often resulted in them forgetting most of what was taught to them. Microlearning: What is it good for?

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Axonify

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The human brain can only hold about 7 pieces of information for less than 30 seconds. Microlearning was established to remedy the glut of information blasted at modern employees over multi-hour training sessions, which often resulted in them forgetting most of what was taught to them. Microlearning: What is it good for?

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Axonify

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Even though Christmas has passed, you can still get into the holiday spirit with Jane’s Countdown series of free learning resources on her Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies blog. You’re definitely not alone in your gameplay based on insight shared in this blog post from Karl Kapp.

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Axonify

AUGUST 1, 2018

And if that was the only time she ever told me that information, you’d better believe I’d be making mistakes and forgetting to floss. With traditional training, information is delivered all at once, which can be both overwhelming and unmanageable for associates. Even as adults, our brains can only absorb so much in one sitting.)

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Axonify

JANUARY 6, 2017

Blog: [link]. Blog: [link]. Website/Blog: [link]. Blog: [link]. Collecting information is one thing; distributing it in a meaningful and easily assessable way is another! Blog: [link]. Blog: [link]. Josh Bersin. Industry Analyst. Principal and Founder, Bersin by Deloitte. Josh_Bersin. Website: [link].

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Axonify

MARCH 24, 2017

Questions can be used to facilitate understanding and retention and supply the motivation to apply new information. Thanks for reading my monthly curated insights on the Axonify KNOWledge Blog! By the way, what did you think about this blog post? Great questions yield more than just correct and incorrect answers.

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Axonify

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In fact, the three most popular articles on my LearnGeek Blog are about microlearning. Full disclosure: Biz Group is an Axonify partner, and their philosophy is somewhat informed by my own. Do you want to fill your next conference session? Just put “microlearning” in the title.

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Axonify

APRIL 21, 2017

The existence of bad information (a.k.a. Unfortunately, it’s all too common for people to get sucked into the misinformation vortex nowadays, especially when bad information either confirms an existing bias or just sounds too good NOT to be true. . Thanks for reading my monthly curated insights on the Axonify KNOWledge Blog!

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Axonify

APRIL 21, 2017

The existence of bad information (a.k.a. Unfortunately, it’s all too common for people to get sucked into the misinformation vortex nowadays, especially when bad information either confirms an existing bias or just sounds too good NOT to be true. . Thanks for reading my monthly curated insights on the Axonify KNOWledge Blog!

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Axonify

MAY 26, 2017

With an event this large, it’s usually impossible to sum up the experience in a short blog post. Organizations continue to struggle when trying to provide on-demand access to information that can help employees improve performance in the moment of need. Check out my blog post on the 4 dimensions of adaptive learning for more insights.

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Axonify

JANUARY 29, 2016

JD authors his own Just Curious Learning Blog and speaks regularly at the industry’s top learning conferences. ” It can be extremely challenging or impossible to locate and correlate information from various business units, including sales, customer service, quality, HR, L&D, etc., Is this your challenge?

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Axonify

JANUARY 8, 2016

We expect more businesses will start to move away from the traditional firehose method of delivering learning and, instead, separate training content into two groups: Information that employees need to know in their heads versus information they simply need at their fingertips to do their jobs better. Written by Laura Martin.

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Axonify

MAY 26, 2017

With an event this large, it’s usually impossible to sum up the experience in a short blog post. Organizations continue to struggle when trying to provide on-demand access to information that can help employees improve performance in the moment of need. Check out my blog post on the 4 dimensions of adaptive learning for more insights.

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Axonify

JANUARY 8, 2016

We expect more businesses will start to move away from the traditional firehose method of delivering learning and, instead, separate training content into two groups: Information that employees need to know in their heads versus information they simply need at their fingertips to do their jobs better. Written by Laura Martin.

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Axonify

JULY 7, 2017

Video also helps people solve complex problems with the ability to convey detailed information in a highly contextual format. Beyond simply communicating new information, I have used video to tell immersive stories, engage people in discussion and share practical ideas. But it’s not just about entertainment.

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Axonify

MAY 31, 2017

One of the big reasons curation has become such a buzzy term is the overwhelming volume of information available in today’s world. Information is often much less accessible than in real life, especially in an employee’s moment of need. The information exists, but it’s often difficult to find or it’s locked in people’s heads.

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Axonify

MAY 31, 2017

One of the big reasons curation has become such a buzzy term is the overwhelming volume of information available in today’s world. Information is often much less accessible than in real life, especially in an employee’s moment of need. The information exists, but it’s often difficult to find or it’s locked in people’s heads.

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Axonify

JUNE 9, 2017

Because it’s almost impossible to get new employees back into formal training once they get into the operation, L&D front-loads as much information as possible into the limited time allowed. Subscribe to the Axonify Knowledge Blog for updates as our #onboardingSOS series continues!

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Axonify

MAY 1, 2015

It’s just that your brain is wired to learn and remember more information when it is presented in bite-sized pieces, rather than lengthy, drawn out discourse. So, when putting together employee training, think about how you can chunk information or hold shorter, more focused sessions instead of doing lengthy CBT. Want to hear more?

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Axonify

APRIL 24, 2015

By assessing employee confidence levels when they are asked to recall information, this prompts employees to consider how confident they are that their knowledge is correct. Note: We’ll be chatting more about performance support in future blog posts]. Phase 3: Sustain. New Training Techniques Work in Harmony.

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Axonify

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Lori Niles-Hofmann posits this idea as part of her recent blog post exploring the strategic value of data to improve learning design practices. In addition to using data to inform learning strategy, we must train everyone involved, especially frontline managers, on how to best use data in their decision-making.

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Axonify

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Lori Niles-Hofmann posits this idea as part of her recent blog post exploring the strategic value of data to improve learning design practices. In addition to using data to inform learning strategy, we must train everyone involved, especially frontline managers, on how to best use data in their decision-making.

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Axonify

JANUARY 29, 2016

JD authors his own Just Curious Learning Blog and speaks regularly at the industry’s top learning conferences. ” It can be extremely challenging or impossible to locate and correlate information from various business units, including sales, customer service, quality, HR, L&D, etc., Is this your challenge?

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Axonify

JANUARY 29, 2016

JD authors his own Just Curious Learning Blog and speaks regularly at the industry’s top learning conferences. ” It can be extremely challenging or impossible to locate and correlate information from various business units, including sales, customer service, quality, HR, L&D, etc., Is this your challenge?

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Axonify

JANUARY 8, 2016

We expect more businesses will start to move away from the traditional firehose method of delivering learning and, instead, separate training content into two groups: Information that employees need to know in their heads versus information they simply need at their fingertips to do their jobs better.

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Axonify

MAY 27, 2016

We were also honored with the award for Best Island Booth during the expo, thanks to our display as well as the friendly and informative support we provided to attendees who stopped by. And it was—at least at first.

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Axonify

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

We’ve spent a few weeks now talking about the concept of modernizing corporate learning through our webinar and blogs series. It was looking to ensure its mutual fund reps (an increasing number of whom were millennials) remembered critical information about their portfolio in order to meet revenue targets more consistently.

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Axonify

MAY 27, 2016

We were also honored with the award for Best Island Booth during the expo, thanks to our display as well as the friendly and informative support we provided to attendees who stopped by. And it was—at least at first.

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Axonify

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Building on Charbel’s post, Brian applies the discipline of design thinking to posit how it can inform and improve instructional design moving forward. In this blog post , Chris offers an introductory glossary for common ID acronyms. Design Thinking: Instructional Design Reimagined. by Brian Melven.

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Axonify

JULY 21, 2016

In this blog post, Donald outlines a variety of potential conceptual applications for AR in support of learning – both workplace and academic. Of particular note is Donald’s focus on AR as a means of providing additional context for helping people understand complex information.

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Axonify

JULY 21, 2016

In this blog post, Donald outlines a variety of potential conceptual applications for AR in support of learning – both workplace and academic. Of particular note is Donald’s focus on AR as a means of providing additional context for helping people understand complex information.

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Axonify

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Our hope is that you can leverage this information to assess your current onboarding practices and begin the transformation to a continuous learning and support experience that will drive capability, confidence, engagement and results. Throughout our onboarding blog series, we’ve tried our best to write in practical terms.

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Axonify

APRIL 7, 2017

But, if there’s already so much information out there to help us, why do we continue to fail our new employees by providing inadequate onboarding experiences? Well, that’s a lot BIGGER question than I can address in a single blog post. Subscribe to our blog to make sure you know when our latest post hits the site.

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Axonify

JULY 1, 2016

For my June curated insights blog post, I have collected a few different perspectives on what it means to foster a modern learning culture. Jane is my go-to thought leader when it comes to modern workplace learning, and its not just because modernworkplacelearning.com is one of her awesomely informative websites.

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Axonify

JULY 1, 2016

For my June curated insights blog post, I have collected a few different perspectives on what it means to foster a modern learning culture. Jane is my go-to thought leader when it comes to modern workplace learning, and its not just because modernworkplacelearning.com is one of her awesomely informative websites.

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Axonify

JANUARY 26, 2018

That’s why I wanted to do something a bit more practical for our curated January blog post. Trends can certainly show us what’s coming down the pike for our profession, but they don’t always align to where you are as an organization and as a professional.

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Axonify

MAY 6, 2016

Last month, I shared a blog post about the need to understand your organization’s learning culture before attempting to introduce a new approach, such as microlearning. In my corporate L&D work, I have used tactics like blogs, user-generated video and scripted stories within instructor-led sessions to help share these stories at scale.

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