Wed.Jul 13, 2016

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The 7 Ingredients of Successful Training Companies

Administrate

We encounter a lot of different training companies within a variety of industries at Administrate. Despite the wide range of training on offer, we often notice commonality in how successful training companies deliver quality training. These tried and tested methodologies, well-refined processes and approaches to business form a definite recipe for success.

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Montana Is For Millennials #INDIETECH

Wisetail

Montana is a paradise for Millennials and they represent the foundation of a vibrant and growing economy for the state. The post Montana Is For Millennials #INDIETECH appeared first on Wisetail.

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I’m Glad Millennials Scare Learning and Development

Association eLearning

The learning and development (L&D) world seems to be confused by, if not outright afraid of, millennials. Curious about the ruckus, I did some research. And admittedly, as a millennial, I was curious to see what there was to see. What I discovered surprised me. The rush to understand millennials isn’t really about millennials. They’re the catalyst, but they’re not the source.

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Unlock your learner personas to deliver tailored training content

Docebo

Understand your learner personas and deliver personalized training content with these tips. Tailoring your elearning content to your learners will benefit them and your organization. But before you can personalize content to your learner personas, you must know who they are, and what makes them tick. While important for success, customizing content to learners is a struggle for 53% of companies, a Brandon Hall Group study titled ‘The State of Learning and Development’ found.

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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

As a training manager looking to amplify your team's results, Knowledge Avatars are the next level. Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. Knowledge Avatars are versatile and adaptable personal coaches! They can be customized with your company's knowledge via a simple upload of your data.

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30 Day Brainstorm Challenge Day 3 – Blueberries and Training

Learning Rebels

Day 3 of our 30 Day Brainstorm Challenge and it’s blueberry season in the States. What do blueberries and training have in common? Guess you’ll have to watch and see… In the comments – Let’s brainstorm, what are some of the key foundational skill sets a learning professional must know to be successful in the field – and be of benefit to their organization?

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Part 3: Managing Virtual Classroom Strategy Implementation Challenges

InSync Training

Recently InSync Training worked with a multinational software company to maximize the value of their existing learning content by transitioning it to the virtual classroom and blended learning. During this process, we discovered seven specific areas that we needed to address to facilitate this transition. We believe these challenges are universal to virtual classroom implementation.

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Evolving ISD Adoption for a Performance Paradigm

Living in Learning

What if the "I" in "Instructional Systems Design" was changed to "Intentional Systems Design"? Am I suggesting the application of lipstick on the traditional ISD pig, or something radically different? Yes! Both! We need core ISD expertise reshaped with the "Intent" to drive sustained workforce capability beyond the classroom to a new ground zero – the Point-of Work.

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Mobile Learning Poised to Dominate

LearnDash

At this point everyone in the elearning industry takes mobile learning seriously, and with good reason. Mobile learning is on the rise and looks like it will be for the foreseeable future. This is especially true given the increase use and accessibility of mobile devices. In fact, it is estimated that the number of smartphone users alone is going to reach 2.08 billion people as of this year , and time spent on these phones will grow to roughly 3.15 hours per day !

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‘Checking’ In

Clark Quinn

As a personal reflection, the value of checklists and forcing functions can definitely be understated. As I mentioned , last week I went into the woods for a few days. And while the trip didn’t live up to our plans, it was a great experience. However, there was a particular gap that points out our cognitive limitations. So, I have a backpacking checklist.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Here’s why Gamified Onboarding works Brilliantly!

Paradiso

Onboarding is Brutal… For any rapidly growing organization more business and more revenue translates into an increase in hiring. And this increase hits the HR department the hardest. The HR needs to help new hires to adapt as well as excel in their new workplace. This often means that new hires have to follow long convoluted induction sessions, apart from complying with many other final onboarding processes.

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How Are You Providing Performance Feedback in Your eLearning?

eLearning Brothers

If you create eLearning, you know how important it is to measure its effectiveness. You, your organization, and your learners don’t want to spend time—or money—on training that doesn’t provide a solid return. Most instructional designers and training professionals use the Kirkpatrick Model as a standard for evaluating the effectiveness of training.

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Operating in High Risk Countries? Tips to Educate Employees on the Bribery Act

CommLab India

The Bribery Act has seen its fair share of cynical glares, deep sighs of disbelief, and ha-ha’s from certain countries where bribes are a part and parcel of their business culture. Organizations conducting business operations in these countries might not take this law very seriously. So, how to make this old habit die fast and spread awareness about the Bribery Act in countries such as Russia, Mexico, India, China, etc.?

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Companies Should Invest in Employees’ Higher Education

CLO Magazine

Thanks to escalating competition to attract top talent the business case for companies to offer their employees tuition benefits has gained momentum over the past decade. At the same time, there’s been an increased push to use the practice to drive social good, given the growing need for workers with 21st century knowledge and skills. Now there’s a new piece of evidence that could propel corporate support for employees’ higher education to a new level: investing in employee tuition benefits also

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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6 Benefits of Outsourcing E-learning

CommLab India

E-learning has become an integral part of the training initiatives in organizations today. Many organizations are turning to the outsourcing option to meet their e-learning needs. According to a report by Global Employees, outsourcing, “…increases the chances of deriving maximum value out of an investment.” E-learning development requires the design and development of training modules for different verticals.

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INFOGRAPHIC: The Neuroscience of Learner Engagement

Growth Engineering

Needless to say, if you want to launch a successful learning platform, you need to make sure your employees will actually use it. As far as we’re concerned, if an LMS is going to keep your employees returning, it needs three things: gamification, social functionality and personalisation options. If you’ve been following us lately, you’ll know that we’ve been doing a lot of research into the neuroscience behind these three essential elements.

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Where Have All the Learning Portals Gone?

CLO Magazine

Fifteen years ago, the learning field thought the learning portal was going to be a powerful tool to drive employee performance improvement. Now when I look around, it is hard to find the 2016 “All Star” learning portal. While almost every learning management system provides a central entry page for each learner, these systems tend to be fairly nondynamic and only lightly personalized.

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Immersive Learning and Online Ethics and Compliance Training – The Perfect Fit

CommLab India

The objective of a compliance and ethics training program is to educate employees on rules, regulations, and ethical behavior. There are many situations employees come across in their daily jobs where they are not sure what is acceptable behavior and what is not. Topics such as kickbacks and bribery, accepting gifts, insider trading, safeguarding a company’s assets are just a few examples of what are generally covered under the compliance and ethics training program.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

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The Truth about Creating eLearning Content

Accord LMS

This article reviews the process of selecting best of breed eLearning Content Authoring software. The roles of learning management and content creation in creating a successful blended learning program are explored.

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Gamification Pitfalls: Meaningful Rewards or nothing

Eat Learn Repeat

Why Rewards? Rewards can change behaviors. This morning, I woke up to this picture on my whatsapp messenger.This meme is about the recently launched mobile game Pokemon Go. If you haven’t heard about the game yet, you might start wondering what does a mobile game has to do with maintaining physical fitness. Pokemon Go is an Augmented Reality based mobile game which requires you to physically walk around places to collect various pokemon characters using your phone camera.

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The Truth about Creating eLearning Content

Accord LMS

This article reviews the process of selecting best of breed eLearning Content Authoring software. The roles of learning management and content creation in creating a successful blended learning program are explored.

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The importance of learning in uncertain times

Rob Hubbard

by Tess Robinson, Director, LAS. The UK’s recent referendum on whether we should stay in the EU produced a shock result that has led to political and economic turmoil on an unprecedented scale. The VUCA acronym (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) has never felt more apt in this country. This is not to say, however, that all is lost. The organisations that will survive and prosper are those who are well-prepared for change and who can focus on it positively.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Review: TruScribe's Whiteboard Animation Software Solves the Dilemma of Not Enough Video Content by John Parsons

LearningGuild

TruScribe’s Whiteboard Animation Software provides a new DIY tool for creating original training videos at a reasonable cost.

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With record-breaking summer heat, are your employees staying safe?

Skillsoft

Learn how heat safety training for your employees can help reduce heat-related illnesses and fatalities this summer.

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5 Benefits of Virtual Instructor Led Training (vILT)

Infopro Learning

We all love videos but hate trainings, especially when they are long, one-sided and bombarded with repetitive information and poor presentation skills. The e-learning industry is highly experimental by nature. As instructional designers, we love to mix common with exceptional; perceptions with reality, and subtle with crucial in order to come up with effective learning strategies.

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Top LMS Features You Should Be Using (but may not be)

Inquisiq

Consider implementing these four LMS features to vastly improve your online training program. When you were first deciding to purchase your LMS, do you remember the extensive list of features that was offered by the LMS provider? Now that your learning management system is deployed and operational, chances are, you’re probably not utilizing all of those higher level LMS features.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Find your perfect LMS. Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. With so many options available in the market, how do you ensure you make the best choice? This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. Compiled by industry experts, these questions will help to clarify your needs, prioritize your most essential features, and guide you through the evaluation process.

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How to Record High Quality Audio for E-Learning

E-learning Uncovered

We all recognize the sound of poor quality audio when we hear it. Whether it’s unwanted static, an echo, or ambient room noise, bad audio can distract your learners from the content in your e-learning course and prevent them from clearly receiving your message. Although I am a big fan of using professionally recorded narration, the cost alone can prevent this from being an option for many people.

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Pathway to Excellence through eLearning Programs

TalentLMS

How do organizations achieve excellence? What major factors and key roles need to be considered when creating learning and development programs (L&D) that lead to excellence? In this article, we’ll share with you the primary factors and stakeholders that enable an organization to achieve excellence. By definition, excellence implies an above-standard quality of performance or work.

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Articulate Storyline: Displaying Notes Pane in Specific Slides

CommLab India

Articulate Storyline, a widely preferred e-learning rapid authoring tool, helps develop engaging, learner-centric courses. By default, it offers a Notes tab in the GUI of the e- courses to display the audio transcript. But what if you don’t want the notes pane to appear in some slides? Well, here is a way out. Step 1: First uncheck the Notes tab in the Player properties.

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