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Technology Options for Developing and Leveraging Staff Knowledge and Skills

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Of course, foundation knowledge or skills should always be couched in learner’s context so that they can understand how the information relates to them. Guidance through mentoring or self-assessment can help reaffirm to a learner what they know, and make obvious the gaps in skills that require attention.

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A Functional Perspective to Managing Change in Learning: Part 3

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This disconnect affects how practitioners transition to learning technologies; how they perceive learning design, learning outcomes, their relationship with learners, and their prioritisation of reporting and analytics. Finally, learners will usually travel the path of least resistance. Assessing learning outcomes.

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End User Perspective to Managing Change in Learning: Part 5

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I will examine the topic from the perspective of both corporate learners and paying customers. There needs to be an imperative for the learner to go there. And, once they are there, the learner needs to think it is valuable. Engage an end user focus group to help you to understand expectations. Managing expectations.

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Seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy

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Integrating these technologies into a learning strategy can help the technologies be adopted into other parts of the business. As learners of an online program become more comfortable sharing their thoughts and experiences on discussion forums, they also become more familiar with the principles of online knowledge sharing.

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Seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy

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Integrating these technologies into a learning strategy can help the technologies be adopted into other parts of the business. As learners of an online program become more comfortable sharing their thoughts and experiences on discussion forums, they also become more familiar with the principles of online knowledge sharing.

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Self-Service Learning – What we need to think about

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ASTD’s December 2011 T&D Magazine features a discussion on Self-Service Learning (by Patricia A McLagan), and the role of L&D to “help learners make learning more effective, efficient, productive, innovative and fun” (pp 37).

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E-Learning courware or LMS – Which comes first?

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Some tools provide an automatic email function, enabling learners to send an email when they have passed an assessment. Run an evaluation to help uncover your LMS requirements prior purchase. A LMS consultant who does not have any afiliation with a specific LMS can be helpful in getting your priorities clear. Purchase a LMS.

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