February, 2021

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7 Reasons Your E-Learning Website Needs a Blog

LearnDash

Blogging is one of the oldest marketing tools on the Internet—and still one of the best. If you’re like many of our users, you may have put hours into developing your course, and are now faced with a common conundrum: how do you attract learners to sign up? Without a pre-established audience, progress might be slow. But there is a proven way to build that audience—and sustain it for years to come.

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Top 5 Reasons To Invest In Rapid eLearning

eLearning Industry

There are many situations where rapid development is the best-fit option. It has a lot to offer to organizations looking for an efficient and cost-effective solution that is flexible enough to benefit mobile learners. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Scenario-Based Learning Q&A with Devlin Peck

Experiencing eLearning

I had the pleasure of doing a Q&A session on scenario-based learning with Devlin Peck recently. Devlin was a great host, and the community asked a number of thoughtful questions for me to answer. Watch the recording. If the video isn’t embedded above, you can watch the recording on YouTube or on Crowdcast. Questions answered. The attendees asked some great questions.

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Performance Consulting: The L&D Solution You Didn’t Know You Needed

Infopro Learning

As we move forward into the new year, many businesses are looking for ways to improve employee performance. Many organizations are reviewing their L&D programs to see where changes can be made. One of the best strategies your organization can use that is often overlooked is working with a performance consultant. There are three highly effective ways a consultant can help your organization improve employee performance.

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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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Double defence

E-Learning Provocateur

In a past life I worked with a fellow named Jim who was very good at what he did. As what I would term a “trainer”, he was well versed in face-to-face delivery and widely respected in the business as a subject matter expert. He had also racked up quite a tenure at the company, so he was considered something of a stalwart. In my own role, though, I could see what Jim couldn’t: the incoming wave of e-learning.

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4 Learning Theories Every Online Educator Should Know

LearnDash

Because understanding how we learn influences how we teach. If I had to guess, I would say that most online educators don’t think of themselves as “instructional designers.” They usually view themselves as subject matter experts —they know their area very well, and are starting an online course to share their expertise with others who are interested in learning it.

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eLearning Development And The Importance of Testing

eLearning Industry

Developing eLearning applications requires a rigorous approach to testing much like any other software, but there are additional needs that must be considered when testing eLearning applications. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Zoom Fatigue - Webcam Use

InSync Training

I’ve been delivering online synchronous training for over 10 years and working almost exclusively remote for the past 3 years. So why am I so exhausted at the end of every work-from-home day for the past 11 months? Other than my kids ALSO being home for the past 11 months, I can point to one other thing that is different - my webcam. Before last March, I didn’t even have a working external webcam.

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5 Ways AI Can Enhance Your Corporate Training Programs

Infopro Learning

There is no denying that recent events have greatly impacted the way we work and learn today. Recent surveys suggest that between 25-30% of the workforce will continue to work from home at least part of the time after the pandemic dust settles (1). 98% of organizations today now have some form of virtual training available to employees (2). It is expected that the demand for online learning solutions that provide flexibility will continue to grow this year.

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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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How Southwest Airlines empowers their frontline to improve customer experience

Axonify

The pandemic hit travel and hospitality hard: many businesses have lost between 70-90% of revenue in the last year. It’s never been more clear that the organizations that will thrive in the future are the ones who differentiate on experience. Ginger Hardage, former SVP of Culture and Communications at Southwest Airlines, knows a thing or … Continued.

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Dr. RAJINI SRIRAMAN WALKS THE POSH TALK WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

Dr. RAJINI SRIRAMAN WALKS THE POSH TALK WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT Dr. RAJINI SRIRAMAN: Dr. Rajini Sriraman is the Vice President – HR & Admin at Esskay Design & Structures Pvt. Ltd. She is a senior psychologist and a human resources leader with over 20 years of versatile organizational expertise. Dr. Rajini is a people-oriented, passionate facilitator and a competent communicator who has created robust development programs that led to sustainable people and organizational transformations

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How to Make Better Use of Synchronous Sessions

LearnDash

Synchronous (a.k.a. “live”) sessions are some of the most time-intensive work you can do as an educator. How can you make them more useful? As an educator, time is your most valuable resource. It’s the one thing you can’t scale easily as your course audience grows, and the main limiting factor in keeping you from reaching your goals. There just isn’t enough time.

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Complexity In A VUCA Environment

eLearning Industry

Complexity is one of the elements of the VUCA model. By understanding the complexity of your environment, you can help both your team and your organization grow. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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Shock Your Learners!

InSync Training

Keeping learners engaged - it’s the boundless task as a facilitator. There are a whole heap of ideas and tactics that work but here’s one I have used that may be a bit different… Shock your learners! Embarrass yourself! Give them what they never expected, SING loud and proud??.

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How can Big Data Analytics help in delivering personalized learning

Gyrus

Big data analytics tracks individual performance, automates assessments, boosts knowledge retention, and increases training ROI. Here is how you can deliver personalized learning with Big Data Analytics.

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5 core principles of modern frontline communication

Axonify

It’s never been more important for frontline employees to feel ready for anything before each shift. And having solid frontline communication and training strategies are the key to preparedness. Unfortunately, traditional frontline communication tactics, such as pre-shift huddles and time clock postings, can lead to oversights, misinterpretation and mistakes.

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Falling Head Over Heels for Online Learning: The 5 Love Languages of the Instructional Designer

CourseArc

Online learning can conjure some strong love-hate emotions in learners everywhere. Those who are leery of online courses have likely been burned by a bad course experience or burned out trying to create a great course experience for learners of their own. At CourseArc, we are lovers of all things online learning and we have noticed some common traits amongst our team members and the instructional designers wo rking for many of our clients.

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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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8 Skills to Include in Remote Employee Training

LearnDash

You’re building a training course for remote workers. What skills should you include? Over the past year, workforces around the globe have transitioned to remote environments in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Although the vaccine rollout indicates that the new, post-pandemic normal is coming, one thing that seems clear to many is that this new normal won’t mean a return to office environments as they once were.

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What Is SEL? 3 Ways Social And Emotional Learning Influences Employee Behaviors

eLearning Industry

Social and Emotional Learning is an integral part of human development. But how can you incorporate it into your online training strategy and create a meaningful connection with learners? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Surviving Long Online Days

InSync Training

Lynette Van Steinburg has been contributing to the InSync Training team as a virtual producer since 2018. In this blog post, she shares some tips to help both the learners and the trainers stay focused without getting burned out.

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The Importance of Safety Training: It Saves Lives

ej4 eLearning

Imagine one day a family member goes to work but never comes home. The shock and grief. Lives changed forever. The importance of safety training is that it saves lives. It’s the right thing to do.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Can your employees go beyond the checklist?

Axonify

Checklists are great! Everyone can benefit from a good checklist. Recipes. Store opening tasks. Equipment repair instructions. Emergency evacuation procedures. Step-by-step guidance is a great way to make sure routine tasks get done and known risks are mitigated. That said, people don’t become great by just following the checklist. Think about your top performers.

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Make it Meaningful: Process

Clark Quinn

In this fourth, and final, post about making it meaningful , I talk about process. You need to systematically acquire the necessary additional information to make learning experiences work. And, of course, to then use them. All explored more in the workshop. And, as always, the text. This is the fourth (and final) post about how to ‘make it meaningful ’.

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The Top 5 Employee Skills to Focus on in 2021

Gyrus

Right from multinational enterprises to medium and small scale businesses, an LMS has become an innovative business tool that saves them not just money, but time as well.

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7 Types Of eLearning Templates EVERY eLearning Pro Should Have In Their Personal Library

eLearning Industry

Some graphic designers worry that templates destroy originality and spawn copy-cat products. Is it possible to use them as an edge in eLearning course development? And which are the must-haves for your personal eLearning library? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Interactive Learning

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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5 Ways Generation Z Can Benefit from M-Learning

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

If you have stumbled upon this article, there’s a big chance you’re reading it from your mobile phone. Whether it’s ordering food or watching cat videos, people use their mobile phones for absolutely anything these days. According to Statista, there are over 3.8 billion smart-phone users worldwide as of 2021. Consider this, the global population […].

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Virtual Onboarding: How To Do It Right

Paradiso

Introduction. Owing to COVID-19, there’s no doubt that for many enterprises, virtual working has become a way of usual business–a fact that raises an important question: “How are businesses hiring new employees in this remote style of working? More importantly, how are they training and setting up employees to rise to the work requirements?

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How Zappos created a best-in-class customer and employee experience

Axonify

If delivering a great customer experience is challenging when you’re face to face, tackling customer concerns over the phone takes things to a whole new level. Any contact center agent will tell you this is no small feat, with long wait times, multiple transfers and a flurry of miscommunication making the experience frustrating on both … Continued.

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