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Knowledge vs. Information…Which is it?

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Is there a difference between Knowledge and Information? As training professionals are we sharing information, teaching knowledge, or both? Last week I was discussing Commercial Lending training with various designers from financial institutions and someone mentioned how we aim to give knowledge not information.

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5 Ways to Kill an eLearning Course

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If a learner has actual tasks and objectives to meet in the course, they are more likely to retain their new knowledge because they have actually put it to use. Keep things concise and feed the information to the learner in manageable bite-sized chunks. Overpowering Visuals. Visuals should work with the material, not distract from it.

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Three Secrets to Memorable eLearning Experiences

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In the grand scheme of things, it’s training information delivered electronically. We’ve all seen it: content, next, content, next, knowledge check, content, next, until you finally reach the end of yet another lackluster course. For knowledge checks, use activities versus traditional multiple choice or true/false questions.

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For Courses That Make a Difference: Remember Your CBAs

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Yet, for all our efforts in creating learning objectives that indicate engaged learning, oftentimes the course itself ends up being little more than an “information dump.”. One simple suggestion is to ask the client, “What do we want learners to DO with the information they’re going to learn?” They just want to present information.

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eLearning Brothers Wins Two Coveted DevLearn DemoFest Awards

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As we focus on reaching learners where and how they desire, industry leaders are seeing measurable results in improved retention of information vital to company productivity.”. A University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute (UMDI) study found that 90% of students who took this course saw a significant increase in financial knowledge.

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Immersing Learners in Engaging eLearning Assessments

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When effective, authentic assessments not only provide significant prompts to engage learners in the experience, they also help to equip learners with the skills they need to transfer their knowledge to the workplace or community where it is most applicable. What type of knowledge do you require your learners to have? Custom Solutions.

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Webinar: eLearning Brothers and The Game Agency Bring You: The Training Arcade

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The Training Arcade is a library of fun, casual games that can be rapidly customized with your content to reinforce educational material, assess knowledge retention, measure overall teaching effectiveness, and improve learning outcomes. For more information about The Training Arcade : – Visit The Training Arcade page.

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