eLearning Brothers

MAY 5, 2022

In this webinar, Betty Danowitz discusses onboarding in hybrid workplaces. Danowitz describes a hybrid workplace as “some level of combination of in-office and remote working.”.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 19, 2022

In our previous post, we discussed a new learning approach—microlearning. The tactic involves breaking down concepts into smaller, bite-sized chunks in order to help learners retain more information. One RPS study found that microlearning improves an individual’s focus and long-term retention by 80%.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 19, 2022

In our previous post, we discussed a new learning approach—microlearning. The tactic involves breaking down concepts into smaller, bite-sized chunks in order to help learners retain more information. One RPS study found that microlearning improves an individual’s focus and long-term retention by 80%.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 11, 2021

As I discussed in my last post , Human Centered Design (HCD) provides us with a valuable process to assist us in empathizing with our learners so we can better meet their needs. For this post, I’d like to focus on the core of how to achieve this—developing empathy for our users.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 13, 2020

In this webinar, Rich and Todd discussed ways to answer the question: How do we help workers adapt through the training and development opportunities we provide? Our custom development team's co-founders, Rich Vass and Todd Cummings have decades of experience in supporting workplace learning initiatives for dozens of businesses worldwide.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 14, 2020

We were joined by Mark Rivera, Talent Development Partner at Lloyd’s for a webinar discussing ways to make sure your organization’s learning culture is positive, productive, and business-building. What’s the learning culture like in your organization?

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 14, 2014

In the meantime, I satisfied my coding fix by reading one of his blog articles, which discussed ways to debug your code and found it helpful. Although the article was written for web developers, it has many useful principles for eLearning developers as well.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 1, 2017

In last week’s webinar, Andrew Townsend and Thomas Reyes-Cairo discussed some of the green screen Camtasia templates in the eLearning Brothers Stock Video library , and some of the best practices for using them.

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eLearning Brothers

DECEMBER 19, 2017

At DevLearn 2017, Andrew Scivally hosted John Blackmon of Trivantis, Akshay Bharadwaj of Adobe, Michael Alcock of gomo, and Tonya Smolentseva of iSpring Solutions to discuss what the future of eLearning authoring will look like in the next decade. What major pitfalls can we aim to avoid?

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 11, 2018

We recently hosted a Storyline webinar with Bill Milstid, eLearning Brothers Senior Designer/Developer, discussing how to become more proficient in the tool using shortcuts, hotkeys, and more! Ready to speed up your development? Bill shared a ton of great development shortcuts that he uses to save time every day.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 10, 2018

Discussions of workplace harassment are taking center stage in the news right now, and this is a topic where prevention is definitely the best medicine. Drew will discuss: – What problems can be solved by Customizable Courseware. Using Customizable Courseware to Prevent Workplace Harassment.

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Last Tuesday we welcomed Danielle Wallace, Learning Director with Beyond the Sky: Custom Learning Solutions , to a webinar discussing this topic. From copyright, to advertisements, to extraneous content, to resource constraints…all of these can be issues with streaming video.

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eLearning Brothers

JULY 12, 2018

Bill West, Executive Director of Custom Services here at eLearning Brothers, and Dr. Michael Allen, the Founder and CEO of Allen Interactions, discussed these new instructional techniques, and some ideas to increase the quality and effectiveness of eLearning. Watch webinar. Elevating eLearning Design. Bullet points. Stale narration.

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eLearning Brothers

MARCH 9, 2018

For example, if your goal is mastering a new authoring tool, 2 positive actions would be attending 2 webinars a month about that tool, and joining discussion boards for users of that tool or run by that tool company. For example, if you’re trying to learn Adobe Captivate, the Adobe Captivate discussion forums are a great place to start.

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eLearning Brothers

JUNE 12, 2017

She joined us to discuss some advanced tips and tricks for Fluid Boxes, part of the newly released Captivate 2017. During the webinar, Pooja used this sample Captivate project to demonstrate the techniques she was discussing. Some of the highlights included: Proper use of Static fluid boxes.

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eLearning Brothers

MARCH 14, 2018

eLearning Brothers welcomed two guest speakers to our webinar “stage” to discuss Learning DevCamp 2018. Do you know what to expect at Learning DevCamp 2018 ?

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eLearning Brothers

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

For a recording of another webinar discussing our Customizable Courseware Scenarios, click here. This webinar was the first of a 3-part, hands-on Customizable Courseware rebranding series. To check out a sample module, you can grab one from our free library.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 10, 2017

Last week, eLearning Brother’s Executive Director of Custom Services , Bill West, hosted Richard Lowenthal of The Game Agency in a webinar discussing the benefits of games in eLearning. Eight seconds: That’s the time you have to grab an employee’s attention. Five minutes: That’s how long you can hold it.

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eLearning Brothers

MARCH 7, 2018

In this week’s webinar, we had our friends from The Game Agency stop by to discuss several game mechanics from their interactive gaming library and identify how to most effectively pair them with your learning objectives to improve learning outcomes.

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eLearning Brothers

MARCH 21, 2018

You can create an internal social channel for employees to share info and start discussions. Motivate Cloud not only encourages peer-to-peer discussions but offers a voice from management to employees and vice versa. This feature is available for broad team collaboration OR one-on-one mentoring between managers and employees.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 17, 2018

Our senior designer, Stacey Wilhelmsen, touched on some elements of color while discussing visual hierarchy principles. It sparked a great discussion and many more questions about color from the audience, so today I’m going to talk a little bit more about various ways to use color in eLearning.

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eLearning Brothers

MARCH 26, 2018

This is the first part in a series discussing different ways to deal with video in eLearning. Last week we brought Andrew Townsend, our Video Evangelist, and Bill Milstid, our Senior Developer, together to present in a webinar all about eLearning video!

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 2, 2017

” Well, last Thursday I presented a webinar in which we discussed some ideas for creatively looking at the templates in our Template Library in order to answer this question. Have you ever looked at one of the eLearning Brothers templates and thought, “Gee, I wish they had a template that fit my needs instead of this one?”

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eLearning Brothers

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Other topics discussed were how to better use Storyline to make true games for eLearners, the development process, and the time required to make such a large project come to life. Earlier this week, we held a webinar featuring our newest and most exciting Storyline Game Template!

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 15, 2018

Discussions of workplace harassment are taking center stage in the news right now, and this is a topic where prevention is definitely the best medicine. Effective anti-harassment training goes a long way toward prevention.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 5, 2018

Sam joined us earlier this week for a webinar discussing how to get along with your LMS and how to get solid value from it. Yours probably doesn’t do everything you want it to, but you can still learn to get along. That’s where Sam Rogers of Snap Synapse comes in.

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eLearning Brothers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Integrating social media tools such blogs, microblogs, and discussion forums can be a great way to engage learners in higher levels of critical thinking, while also helping to build positive relationships across teams.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 18, 2017

In the webinar you’ll hear Chris Willis, our Senior Product Manager, discuss the reason soft skills are so important to have. Along with our press release , we also held an informational webinar outlining what a great asset this new product is!

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eLearning Brothers

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

If you’re looking for a free tool to enable quick conversations that can be organized by discussion topic, Slack does just that. Another bonus: comments are immediately visible, so it can feel like you’re having a discussion about a design, even though you’re not standing next to each other. It also allows you to share documents.

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eLearning Brothers

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

In fact, journaling is an important tool because it encourages reflection, critical thinking and group discussion. Questions utilized during the module to facilitate discussion should be open-ended, but focused enough so that they encourage student participation, while assuring that specific learning objectives are met.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 22, 2018

Karl will discuss how to leverage the elements of games to create engaging and motivating experiences for learners and he’ll discuss why games for learning, how to tell if you are adding too many games and if the concept of gamification has passed its prime. Games, Gamification and Game-Thinking: Making an Impact with Learners.

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The recording of that webinar is posted below: For a recording of another webinar discussing our Customizable Courseware Scenarios, click here. This webinar was the 2nd part of a 3-part series on using the 3 most common eLearning development tools to customize your courseware.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 24, 2017

In this recording of last week’s webinar, Bill West, Executive Director of Custom Services here at eLearning Brothers, and Dr. Michael Allen, the Founder and CEO of Allen Interactions, discussed these new instructional techniques, and some ideas to increase the quality and effectiveness of eLearning.

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 21, 2014

These are the types of questions we should be asking ourselves and then create discussions with all our L&D communities. We should be having these gut checks and these discussions. How can we raise the standard of eLearning for the industry? We should be improving the standard of the eLearning industry.

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eLearning Brothers

JULY 12, 2017

To begin, we need to lay the foundation for this discussion. So, now that we’ve laid a foundation for this discussion, you’re ready to present the idea of responsive courseware to your team. The topic was quite well-received and I figured that more people would be interested in hearing about it. Laying the Foundation.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 9, 2018

Discuss Lifestyle Changes/Behaviors to Minimize Stress. Following this course, participants will be able to: Define Stress. Identify Types of Chronic & Acute Stress. List Personal Stress Triggers. Describe Negative Impacts of Stress. Let’s take a quick look at the course.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 26, 2016

Here are three clues that indicate your organization is ready for eLearning: Leaders and managers will engage in discussions to reinforce the learning. An organization’s eLearning readiness depends on managers and leaders being willing to connect and engage with employees in discussions around the topics covered in eLearning courses.

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