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Informal Learning For Beginners: Are You Ready To Engage Your Telecommuting Teams?

eLearning Industry

What is informal learning and how can it benefit your geographically dispersed staffers? This article covers the basics, benefits, and key characteristics. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Chunking Information to Design eLearning

B Online Learning

Chunking refers to the strategy of breaking down information into bite-sized pieces so that human brain can easily digest the new information. Miller first coined the term ‘chunking’ in his 1956 paper, The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on our Capacity for Processing Information.

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MANAGING INFORMATION OVERLOAD

Learnnovators

The common wisdom amongst instructional designers is to avoid creating an information overload. It’s far worse when we turn that folksy wisdom on ourselves and cap our professional development by avoiding information overloads ourselves! And as with so many things, practice in learning new things helps a lot.). Make it easy.

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Coping with information

Clark Quinn

The subtitle basically explains it: The 5 powers for success in a world of exponential information. It’s not the only model for information management given the increasing challenge, but it’s a worthwhile read if you’re looking for help in coping with information deluge. Recommended.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. From identifying critical functions to enhancing your digital training experience, this guide ensures you're well-equipped to make an informed decision.

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Learning Over Time Vs Information Dumping in the Workplace

Capytech

Learning Over Time Vs Information Dumping in the Workplace When a new worker joins your organisation, there is a lot of information and skills they need to learn. Your training strategy can take two different directions – allowing workers to learn over time or providing them with everything at once.

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[Podcast] Virtual Learning: The Numbing Effects of the Information Age

InSync Training

In this episode, we turn our attention to the numbing effects that the information age can have on virtual classrooms and learner experiences. Are you bored yet?

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Why B2B Contact and Account Data Management Is Critical to Your ROI

Businesses are realizing that it isn’t just about the volume of data they have available; it’s about the accuracy of information. You'll learn about: The true cost of bad (and good) data. The best ways to learn how to achieve clean, consistent data. How data impacts your organization as a whole.

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How Formative Assessment Supports the Learning Journey

Speaker: Todd Theobald, Noel Gomez, Marcus Painter

Join educators and assessment experts as they discuss the role of formative assessment in student learning, how formative practices can guide the teaching and learning cycle, and the positive impact assessment can make on your classroom. Using assessment data to make informed decisions about instructional strategies.

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How to Build a Knowledge Base with LMS for Advanced Learning Outcomes

Creating a knowledge base using LMS is an optimum learning solution that paves way for knowledge generation, organization, distribution, and assessment, all possible on a single platform. It can further be used to conduct learning and development programs in organizations to impart 360-degree information at ease.

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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. They can deliver your images and videos and indicate what your learners need to learn. Welcome a dynamic, personalized learning companion forevery team member.

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Blended Learning: Deliver Employee Trainings That Pack a Punch

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Founder and Chief Freedom Officer at LearningToGo | Hartmut Hahn, CEO & Co-Founder at Userlane

While there are many options for training your employees, people learn and retain information differently, so what works well for one group may be ineffective for another. According to research, 82% of learners prefer a blended learning approach. Thus increasing ROI, employee retention, and improving workplace culture.

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Digital Learning Tips and Tricks from Neuroscience

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Chief Freedom Officer, Learningtogo

Does digital media work differently in the brain than information coming in from "the real world?" What does neuroscience tell us about digital learning - and what does that mean for the way you design and deliver learning experiences? How the regular use of social media as an information source impacts the brain.

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The Triple Bottom Line of Learning

Speaker: Jerry Zandstra, Co-Founder, Inno-Versity, and Miriam Taylor, Chief Learning Strategist, Inno-Versity

Traditional return on investment (ROI), while a long standing and important concept in the business world, often falls flat when it comes to showing the full picture of a learning initiative. You will learn: The three groups in your company with a real stake in eLearning.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Keeps the consumer of information at the forefront of the UX.