InSync Training

OCTOBER 24, 2017

You are probably familiar with the premise that most of the learning we do is informal. According to: Training Industry : The 70:20:10 Model for Learning and Development is a commonly used formula within the training profession to describe the optimal sources of learning by successful managers.

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InSync Training

JUNE 11, 2019

Applying adult learning principles to peer-based interactions is interesting to me, so I thought I'd give it a quick read. They want their prior knowledge to be respected. This weekend I read an article, How to Work with Adult?Learners: Learners: What to keep in mind when teaching your?peers. Relevance is of the utmost importance.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 24, 2017

As learning practitioners, there’s an expectation that we will adapt to and support this new way of life through our training programs. Thanks to blended learning , we can support this new vision for the digital age. Our approach to the mobile learning (mLearning) evolution matters.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Reality (aka science) dictates that people can only ingest and retain so much information, regardless of how well-designed a learning activity may be. Then, given the relative unpredictability of the modern workplace, employees may or may not have immediate opportunities to apply their new knowledge when they get back on the job.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 26, 2023

Virtual classroom producers allow your training team to access the specialized knowledge needed for successful virtual learning. The Decision is Made to Outsource – Now What? Before any sessions begin, you can benefit from their expert guidance on how best to tailor design elements and reduce potential risks associated with delivery.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Measuring the impact of gamification or game-based learning can seem challenging. How do we know if gamification motivated our team to learn more? Before we can answer those questions, we need to look back at the alignment of our gamification and game-based learning strategies with our original learning objectives.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Some organizations have been teaching and learning this way for over a decade, and are ready to bring their virtual learning design and delivery to the next level to ensure virtual delivery is meeting, and potentially exceeding, the traditional classroom experience. Virtual Classroom Learn Anywhere'

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InSync Training

MARCH 6, 2018

During the day these highly knowledgeable people would work on their projects, and in the evening they would gather at a hotel to eat, drink, and share ideas together. Social learning facilitates creativity. Krøyer and Anna and Michael Anker and more, but other forward thinkers were involved as well.

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InSync Training

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Back in 1922, Thomas Edison once predicted that the motion picture would transform the way we learn: "I believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks.".

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

My knowledge of blogging was initially acquired as a graduate student for a social media course. The blog that I started in graduate school, TechCommGeekMom , is still going strong five years after it was started, and is still considered one of the top blogging voices in the technical communication and e-learning fields.

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InSync Training

JUNE 9, 2023

The Virtual Facilitator is the term for the ‘face’ of the live online learning: out front, with the learners, teaching content. The term encompasses more than just “imparting knowledge.” In truth, we can only ever facilitate learning. So why aren’t they referred to as teachers?

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InSync Training

JANUARY 17, 2018

Creating the right learning environment constitutes an important step in the modern instructional design process. Without an authentic setting , training programs fail, and learners don’t gain the knowledge they need to perform their jobs effectively.

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InSync Training

JUNE 29, 2018

You don't have basic knowledge of learning theories, design theories, and strategies you can target and influence your instructional designs. Modern learners require modern approaches, and when you start off as a Subject Matter Expert , you very rarely get support around the “brain science” piece of training.

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InSync Training

JULY 14, 2014

In this post we''ll explore cognitive presence and roles we play on the critical inquiry path leading toward higher levels of learning. This installment will focus on cognitive presence and a practical inquiry approach to helping our learners acquire knowledge and confirm understanding. Pedagogy'

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InSync Training

JUNE 2, 2022

Jane Bozarth, Director of Research for The Learning Guild and Dr. Charles Dye, Technical Director, Research and Evaluation, at InSync Training, as they explore the myths of learning styles and generational learning. It's an active, informed, and FUN 30-minute conversation that will contribute to your knowledge of the field.

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InSync Training

APRIL 1, 2015

This post was originally written by Sunder Ramachandran on his blog Learning Experiments. Webinars (term for web-based seminars, presentations, lectures or workshops) are an interesting and effective medium for knowledge transfer and learning. Blended learning Webinars' Many thanks for sharing.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 23, 2017

These new ways that we access information, contribute content, interact, communicate, collaborate , and create new knowledge is made possible by new technologies and innovations in old ones.

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InSync Training

MAY 20, 2015

Blended and virtual learning make it easy for the learner to make decisions about when to engage or disengage. It is generally understood that lecture by itself is not the best way to transfer knowledge to the adult learner. It's the job of the training professional to ensure that the adult learner is motivated to participate.

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InSync Training

MARCH 14, 2019

We spend a lot of time at InSync considering how to design, develop, and deliver great virtual and blended learning solutions. Creating content is only half of the learning development story. The other half is developing a plan for evaluating the learning. But how do we know they are, indeed, GREAT?

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InSync Training

JUNE 13, 2019

Does your organization’s learning function struggle to improve long-term performance of employees? So what can we do to move from training to knowledge transfer and sustained improvement? Virtually There Session Recap. Would it surprise you that this result occurs with consistent frequency?

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InSync Training

MARCH 6, 2017

Good interactive learning environments with individualized feedback can often be cost-prohibitive. It might be too expensive to integrate real interactivity into a blended learning program , or to develop good case studies, or to provide individualized and specific feedback for each learner.

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InSync Training

APRIL 27, 2017

Perpetual learning embraces the idea that every moment presents an opportunity to create new knowledge or build on existing skills. In the traditional model of education and training, students learn from professors by physically attending classes at specified times.

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InSync Training

MARCH 7, 2018

Microlearning possesses a clay-like quality: you can mold it to support any moment of learning need. Addressing a critical knowledge area in an in-person, formal learning event? Use microlearning! Striving to informally help learners with a process back on the job? Share a microlearning resource!

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Learning does not just happen. The success or failure of knowledge transfer and behavior change depends on many factors such as engaging facilitation, thoughtful instructional design, and purposeful training deployment and management. And, many would argue, that underlying all of those elements lies a bedrock of neuroscience.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 31, 2017

Why do you suppose we bring people together to learn? Or is it perhaps to provide opportunities for deeper learning through collaboration? Two or more people practicing new skills and applying new knowledge.). Is it merely to allow a Facilitator the opportunity to lecture to a multitude of people simultaneously?

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InSync Training

MAY 26, 2016

Recently InSync Training worked with a multinational software company to maximize the value of their existing learning content by transitioning it to the virtual and blended classroom. Many other organizations are undergoing this evolution, with seasoned learning professionals assisting the process.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 26, 2017

Last week, we looked at knowledge and content EdTech tools and apps. This week, we continue our series by diving deeper into communication and interaction tools and apps that will help you support your blended learning campaigns.

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InSync Training

MAY 26, 2014

If so, then you should be showing your work, and sharing the wealth of knowledge that you (and all of us) tend to hoard. What I learned today Read all about it Publication Announcement,' Do you work? Do you ever talk about your work?

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InSync Training

AUGUST 18, 2016

Recently InSync Training worked with a multinational software company to maximize the value of their existing learning content by transitioning it to the virtual and blended classroom. Many other organizations are undergoing this evolution, with seasoned learning professionals assisting the process.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Sometimes creating a community of practice or personalized learning network is not a project goal or objective, but we know that putting one in place will certainly promote knowledge and skill acquisition in our learner’s moments of need. We use social media to share content, communicate, and interact.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 5, 2016

Recently InSync Training worked with a multinational software company to maximize the value of their existing learning content by transitioning it to the virtual and blended classroom. Many other organizations are undergoing this evolution, with seasoned learning professionals assisting the process.

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InSync Training

JULY 21, 2016

Recently InSync Training worked with a multinational software company to maximize the value of their existing learning content by transitioning it to the virtual and blended classroom. Many other organizations are undergoing this evolution, with seasoned learning professionals assisting the process.

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InSync Training

JULY 13, 2016

Recently InSync Training worked with a multinational software company to maximize the value of their existing learning content by transitioning it to the virtual classroom and blended learning. Many other organizations are undergoing this evolution, with seasoned learning professionals assisting the process.

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InSync Training

JULY 2, 2015

Establishing yourself as an effective instructional designer or facilitator requires that you are knowledgeable, effective, and dynamic in the virtual and blended classroom. Unfortunately, while navigating new and emerging technologies, focusing on learning needs can sometimes fall to the wayside.

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InSync Training

JUNE 9, 2016

Recently InSync Training worked with a multinational software company to maximize the value of their existing learning content by transitioning it to the virtual and blended classroom. We believe these challenges are universal to virtual classroom and blended learning implementation.

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InSync Training

JULY 14, 2016

Recently InSync Training worked with a multinational software company to maximize the value of their existing learning content by transitioning it to the virtual and blended classroom. Many other organizations are undergoing this evolution, with seasoned learning professionals assisting the process.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

A working knowledge of the features of the online classroom will simplify the process of designing virtual and blended learning. Based on the whitepaper, Virtual Classroom Tool Design Basics: A Virtual Engagement Primer , this video provides a high-level summary of the tools available on most platforms.

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