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Learning Goals and Objectives in Course Design

learnWorlds

Learning goals are broad, general statements of what we want our students to learn and provide: Direction, Focus, and. Cohesion. Setting goals gives us a real road map to where we want to go. The same when we provide goals to learners. Learning goals are the heart of a course design and need to be made clear at the planning stage. An instructor can use those goals as a roadmap to prepare an online class.In this article, we are going to explore in-depth the role of Learning Goals and Objectives i

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Why Off-the-Shelf E-Learning Can Be Valuable

Capytech

Why Off-the-Shelf E-Learning Can Be Valuable. You have two main choices when getting a new e-learning course. You can either develop the course from scratch, or you can get an off-the-shelf e-learning course. Both have benefits – this article focuses on the reasons why off-the-shelf e-learning can be valuable. Remember, though, the right solution will depend on your needs.

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Lesser-Known Benefits of Employee Training Uncovered

ProProfs

Businesses with a strong work culture of learning enjoy employee engagement and retention rates of around 30-50% higher than those that don’t, says Robert Half International, a global human resource consulting firm based in California. In fact, ample opportunities for learning and development are key to overall business success. Apart from upskilling employees and delivering higher profit margins, employee training brings many not-so-obvious long-term benefits to enterprises.

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What Is An AI Virtual Assistant And How Can It Benefit The L&D Field?

eLearning Industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) allows machines to perform tasks—some more complex than others—without human supervision, and AI virtual assistants are becoming a valuable tool for Instructional Designers (ID) This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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4 reasons to use an authoring tool for corporate training?

Ed App

Authoring tools help to reduce the expenses and time it takes to develop eLearning courses. They give business owners the power to create courses that are engaging and use various methods, such as gamification, to create training programs that their employees actually want to participate in. Here are the top four reasons authoring tools are used for corporate training.

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Shift from Flash to HTML5: How it can yield immense paybacks

Upside Learning

It’s official that Flash will be making an exit in 2020. On first thoughts, that may seem like a long time. But you may be surprised to know that it is actually not! So, it’s about time that you begin work on the switching process from Flash to HTML5, if you haven’t started already. Since […].

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8 Best Practices Every eLearning Team Manager Should Follow To Save Time And Money

eLearning Industry

By optimizing the resources and using the right tools, you can bring down eLearning development time and cost considerably without compromising quality. Here are 8 best practices that would help you create eLearning faster and save money. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Motivation Revisited – Getting Learners to the Virtual Classroom is a Shared Responsibility

InSync Training

Designing and delivering an engaging learning experience is an effective way of keeping people in the virtual learning experience once they've started, but getting people to enroll and attend in the first place is a matter of motivation. Motivation is an entirely different animal than engagement, and as learning professionals, it's our responsibility to "set the stage" such that learners show up ready to engage.

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Getting Ready for the Next Disruptions in Training and Education

Learningtogo

Google the term “disruption” and you will find many results. It seems that everyone is trying to attach their product, service or training to this buzz word, often inappropriately. What will be the next truly disruptive innovation for the learning profession? Let’s start with a few definitions so we’re all speaking the same language.

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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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CX on your mind? Make sure your frontline employees are on board

Axonify

One of my favorite shows to attend every year is NRF because it provides such an amazing window into the Next Big Thing(s) in retail. While a few themes stood out to me at this year’s conference—including going back to basics and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in making smarter decisions—it was very clear … Continued. The post CX on your mind?

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Top Tips For Building A Great Content Plan

eLearning Industry

We are all aware that some clients may struggle to get their content plan off the ground. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Modern Learning, How Do We Love Thee?

InSync Training

Let us count the ways! Valentine’s Day encourages us to fill our hearts with love and our bellies with chocolates. Not a team to ignore tradition, InSync, hit by cupid’s arrow, considered all the reasons we adore the modern blended classroom. Whether a learner or learning industry leader, a facilitator or designer, manager or new practitioner, we can all find something that gives us training butterflies.

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Fish & Chips Economics

Clark Quinn

A colleague, after hearing my take on economics, suggested I should tell this story. It’s a bit light-hearted, but it does make a point. And I’ve expanded it here for the purposes of reading versus listening. You can use other services or products, but I’ve used fish and chips because it’s quite viscerally obvious. Good fish and chips are a delight.

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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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The Optimism Bias – How Your Brain is Keeping You Alive in Crazy Times

Learningtogo

Is your company trying to reduce healthcare costs by encouraging your employees to adopt healthy habits? It may want to include having an optimistic world view in its wellness program. (Or not.).

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Why Pilot Evaluation In eLearning And How To Go About It?

eLearning Industry

Time and money have been spent in developing and conducting your eLearning evaluation. While combing through the results, you struggle to find relevant insights due to skipped questions or uniform responses. Pilot Evaluation in eLearning helps in early identification of skewed results, bringing rigor to evaluation. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Avoiding an Information Dump when Planning Your Course

LearnDash

Overwhelming learners with too much information at once can cause them to abandon your course. In the excitement of writing your first course lesson, it’s all too easy to become carried away by all the content you want to include and lose sight of how overwhelming it might be for a new learner. As a subject matter expert, there’s obviously a lot you know and want to share with your learners about your course.

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Getting brainstorming wrong

Clark Quinn

There’s a time when someone takes a result, doesn’t put it into context, and leads you to bad information. And we have to call it out. In this case, someone opined about a common misconception in regards to brainstorming. This person cited a scientific study to buttress an argument about how such a process should go. However, the approach cited in the study was narrower than what brainstorming could and should be.

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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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3 Ways LMS Training Programs Reduce Turnover for Retail Companies

TOPYX LMS

Retail companies experienced a 65 percent turnover rate among hourly employees in 2018, according to Daily Pay. 1 Retail distribution positions and corporate positions also had significant rates of turnover. A contributor to Small Business Chron said that some retailers have reported up to a staggering 100 percent rate of staff turnover. 2.

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4 Types of Entrepreneurs Who Should Start an Online Course

Client Engagement Academy

Knowledge is more accessible than ever thanks to online learning. In addition to giving millions of people around the world access to industry insight, the online course market has also given entrepreneurs the opportunity to get paid for sharing their knowledge. If you’re reading this post, chances are, you are an entrepreneur looking to start […].

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Stop Planning, Start Doing

LearnDash

Perpetual planning will kill your business. I think many people are drawn to starting their own business not because they want to be known as “an entrepreneur” but because of the benefits that come with entrepreneurial success. Specifically, not having a boss and controlling your own time. Both of these benefits were driving factors in my entrepreneurial journey.

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Camaraderie as a Prelude to Collaboration as a Prelude to Business Impact

The Simple Shift

Reflecting on my recent ATD TechKnowledge presentation I found one issue dominated; “how do I get people to share more work related content in our ESN?” This was somewhat of a nice surprise as it was not the typical “leadership buy-in” need. Yet, when you really think about it, this is STILL about leadership as […].

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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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4 Tips for Using Blended Learning to Deliver Effective Corporate Training

TOPYX LMS

Blended learning is becoming one of the top learning approaches companies use to deliver employee training programs with.¹ In the corporate world, the term ‘blended learning’ refers to a method of training that delivers L&D programs partially online and partially in a physical classroom space/via live instructor. A blended learning program is essentially a hybrid learning strategy that provides employee learners with the best of both the tech world and the classroom.

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The Benefits of a Cloud-based LMS for the Healthcare Industry

Lambda Solutions

Training and education play a crucial role in ensuring patient satisfaction, accurate diagnosis, and a safe and compliant workplace. Healthcare training can be challenging since it must be customized to each role. Here is why a cloud-based Learning Management System is the best solution to address this challenge.

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The Definition of Sales Insanity

ej4 eLearning

Albert Einstein is credited with saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.”.

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Top 7 Innovations in K-12 Education

Kitaboo

The education sector has undergone significant changes in the last decade. It has also evolved rapidly with the changes taking place in the digital world. Today, you would find most of the schools and universities using digital aids in classrooms. By incorporating technology into K-12 education model, institutes are aiming to improve the teaching and learning processes in schools and universities.

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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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How Learning Management Software Improves Competency Management

TOPYX LMS

Forty percent of U.S. employers are unable to find workers who are skilled enough to fill entry-level positions.¹ This points to a skills, or competency, gap that can cause serious problems within an organization.

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Mobile Learning Solutions with Flash to HTML5 Conversion – Case Study

Swift eLearning Services

Let’s see a case study where we have successfully exhibited the legacy content conversion services. Company’s Outline: A prominent e-commerce company having a diversified experience of providing fast moving goods to its customers approached us to convert their existing Flash courses into HTML5.

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6 eLearning Trends: What Can We Expect Going Into 2019 And Beyond?

eLearning Industry

In this article, we’ll explore the 6 most popular trends that are likely to become more entrenched in eLearning over the next few years. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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