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Smart Companies Support Informal Learning

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“It’s critical that training and development professionals not go overboard with command and control when they support informal learning. And since informal learning makes up the bulk of learning inside organizations, this could be a truly perilous move.” ~ Patti Shank, Director of Research at The eLearning Guild.

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7 Tips To Incorporate Informal Learning Into Your Corporate eLearning Strategy

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Informal learning is impromptu. In this article, we’ll share 7 tips to use informal learning into your training strategy. How To Incorporate Informal Learning Into Your Corporate Training Strategy. How To Incorporate Informal Learning Into Your Corporate Training Strategy. Create A Goal-Centered Game Plan.

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The most updated and informative e-Learning community on Twitter

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News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/28/2010 The most updated and informative e-Learning community on Twitter On Twitter exists a resourceful community of e-Learning professionals. Hi Ed, could you please provide me with a link to his Twitter account?

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Must-have skills for User Experience (UX) design in eLearning

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Learners should find information on natural instinct , without asking questions about navigation. The most important information to be clustered on the top left the corner, along with accompanying images. This could be reflecting back, discussing an issue in a group or applying the information to their personal surrounding.

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The HR Challenge: Analyze Your Corporate Training Needs

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The human resource department has a rich information on each employee, their aspirations and their needs. Is the content organization violating the cognitive overload theory (providing too much information in one screen). Are you providing training incentives (recognition, awards, online mentoring opportunity etc?).

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Creating eLearning Focus Groups: A Practical Guide

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Often, however, we select individuals who are able to comment on only a few aspects of the eLearning course: they provide invaluable feedback on the course aesthetics, but may not have much to say about the content, inevitably creating an evaluation gap. Provide multiple time slots for all members to vote on.

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Evaluating Your eLearning

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On the whole, this structured analysis provides a comprehensive support to the training developers and facilitators who work in teams to create game-like trainings. As adult learners they would prefer meaningful and relevant information. This means separating information from “need to know” to “good to know”.