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Using PDF Job Aids for Just-in-Time Training

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When someone is on the job and needs an answer fast they don’t have time to go through a whole eLearning course. This is where job aids come in, especially PDFs since they can be printed out or accessed on a device without giving the viewer the ability to edit the file. Examples of Job Aids. Leave a comment. Tweet This!

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Competency-Based Learning: How to Bridge the Skills-Gap

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employers were having a difficult time filling jobs, and the survey ranked “Skilled Trade worker” as the toughest job to fill. – Of those job openings, 80% are classified as highly skilled, 20% semi-skilled. – Of those job openings, 80% are classified as highly skilled, 20% semi-skilled.

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Bridge the Skills-Gap with Competency Based Learning

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Some certifications would go a long way toward getting me to my goal of getting the job and being able to eventually become a foreman, but you only offer the courses I need occasionally, and I’m not sure if I can grow at company X without them. I got a job once I graduated, but lacked the applied knowledge to be great in my field.

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The Most Important Thing I’ve Learned From Instructional Design

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I think my most important takeaway is that no job is as easy or straightforward as it appears to the casual, outside observer. Even entry level and so-called “menial” jobs have best practices, safety regulations, etc. These things are easy to miss, or forget, if you’ve never done the jobs in question.

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eLearning Really Does Work, Find Out Why

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Additionally, the ability to prescribe curriculum that relates to just one job title means the content is more personal to them. Taking a course online allows a learner to move through the content at their own pace decreasing boredom and fatigue.

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Should Marketing Review eLearning Courses?

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Our profession does not guarantee that we know how to make a lesson stick so that it is applied on the job. In short, we are not instructional designers. Just because we think a course would be more visually interesting if more images were used on slides, doesn’t mean there is sufficient cause to add them.

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eLearning Trends for 2018

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Badges and leaderboards provide competition and excitement for a job well done. Gamification has been a talking point for a few years. Now continuing education and training providers are trying to motivate and engage millennial learners. Game-based learning is also on the rise, as organizations seek to engage and challenge learners.

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