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The Case for eLearning in the Workplace

TOPYX LMS

eLearning is one that’s here to stay. Over the years, eLearning has become one of the most popular styles of learning in the workplace. eLearning helps adult learners keep and later use crucial training information. The Relationship Between eLearning, Microlearning, and Information Retention. We call this microlearning.

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How to get everyone to write like Ernest Hemingway

Making Change

Probably everyone on your team agrees that elearning should be concise and lively. I included Better Homes and Gardens and Family Handyman because they cover a lot of the same territory that elearning does: they motivate you to make a change and tell you how to do it. Use strong verbs instead of wimpy “is.”

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Why you want to focus on actions, not learning objectives » Making Change

Making Change

Learning objectives are wimpy. Instead, to create elearning that changes real-world behavior, we have to first identify what people need to do, and only then decide if there’s anything that they need to know. See action mapping and the Elearning Blueprint for lots more on this.). What’s an action?

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The Case for Self-Paced Learning in the Workplace

TOPYX LMS

Compared to a traditional learning situation in which students may read huge amounts of textbook pages in one sitting, microlearning may seem a little wimpy. eLearning prevents organizations from having to pay for classroom space, in-person instructors, paper products, and utilities (heat, electricity, water, etc.).

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How to Write the Perfect Learning Objective

OpenSesame

Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post is part of a blog series on creating eLearning courses by Sharlyn Lauby, SPHR, CPLP. And clients don’t want wimpy objectives. Wimpy objectives use what are considered to be weak verbs. Sharlyn is a HR pro turned consultant with more than 20 years of professional human resources experience.

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Keeping Up - April's Big Question

eLearning Cyclops

I also like to make occasional visits to Google Labs and Adobe Labs to "keep up" with the tech tools they are working on and to test drive any beta versions available.