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What is Cognitive Load, and Why Does It Matter for Corporate Training and Development?

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Cognitive load is an important concept in instructional design, and it gives us good evidence as to why traditional corporate training—think 60-minute sessions led by an instructor in a classroom or 30–60-minute video—are so taxing, and why we remember only a fraction of the information presented that way.

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What is Blended Learning, and Why is it Important?

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Perhaps you yourself have tried to incorporate it into your training programs. According to Wikipedia: “Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through delivery of content and instruction via digital and online media with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace.”.

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First Aid Training Courses Contribute to a Healthier, Safer Workplace

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Have you ever taken a first aid training course? I’ve had friends and colleagues learn first aid in health classes in school, or through their kids’ scouting programs, or during a course of instruction to get certified for something else (child care, scuba diving instructor.you name it).

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4 Best Practices for Keeping an Organized eLearning Video Library

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Instead of wasting time digging through titles, they’ll either select titles that don’t apply to them, or they won’t use the training at all. Once your training initiative is viewed as a fad or a flavor of the month, you lose credibility and your employees suffer.

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When is Self-Directed Learning Right for Corporate Training and Development?

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So why on earth would a company want to allow self-directed learning for its own corporate training? In my years of talking to companies of about eLearning and Learning Management Systems, I have found that many training departments want control over the training process. For some companies, the answer might be obvious.

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The Cost of an Ineffective Training Program

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They don’t have the opportunity for proper training. Some of these aspects are difficult to tailor to every employee, but providing the necessary training shouldn’t be one of them. leave their jobs within the first year because of poor training. Companies are spending more and more each year on training costs.

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Lessons in Creativity from DevLearn 2018

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Whether your job description or title includes words like training, eLearning, instructional design, talent, safety, or performance, we all need to be creative in our jobs, specifically when creating training content.

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