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Synchronous vs asynchronous elearning

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Examples of synchronous elearning are online chat and videoconferencing. Any learning tool that is in real-time, such as instant messaging that allows students and teachers to ask and answer questions immediately, is synchronous. What is synchronous learning?

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5 Blended Learning Activities to Consider for Memorable Corporate eLearning Courses

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For example, communication skills involve body language and other non-verbal cues. For example, troubleshooting a tech problem may involve a variety of skills and abilities that are missing from your corporate eLearning program. Typically, webinars are held through web conferencing software that features instant messaging tools.

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Your next employee training techniques are on this list!(Part 2)

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Aside from on-the-job training, another example of experiential learning is shadowing – an activity where a junior employee is assigned to observe how a more experienced colleague applies the required skills at work. MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses) are examples of such. There are two types of online elearning courses.

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6 Effective Ways To Increase Employee Productivity

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If your team produces some kind of artifacts for example (cakes, motorcycles, forensic reports, articles, customer care resolutions, etc.), If you run a web development shop, for example, then obviously having 10 customer websites delivered within a month shows increased productivity compared to a month where you only delivered six.

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Using social media for eLearning (a look at the top 6 social platforms)

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You can leverage this by incorporating it in your assignments as a light research tool (asking your learners to gather images related to what they’re studying, e.g. examples of buildings in various styles for an architectural course, etc.). Facebook is the Godzilla of social networks.

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Using social media for eLearning (a look at the top 6 social platforms)

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You can leverage this by incorporating it in your assignments as a light research tool (asking your learners to gather images related to what they’re studying, e.g. examples of buildings in various styles for an architectural course, etc.). Facebook is the Godzilla of social networks.

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7 Tips And Tricks To Send Online Learner Turnout To An All-Time High

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Aside from these basic communication tools, you can also include instant messaging, chat rooms, and social media groups. Even though communication on multiple communication platforms may sound time-consuming and labor-intensive, there is software that enables you to organize all messages in one centralized location.

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