InSync Training

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Learners have the opportunity to engage with resources in all their moments of learning need , and instructional designers have the ability to address each learning objective authentically. How do we expect learners to navigate the experience thoughtfully and completely? We have to provide them with a map – a course map !

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InSync Training

MAY 9, 2017

How do you capture your audience’s attention when so many factors provide distractions? Recently, guest BYTE speaker Mark Harter answered this question and provided pro-tips accumulated from years of practical experience.

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InSync Training

MAY 2, 2022

Virtual training solutions leader InSync Training today announced a new virtual training model, the InQuire Engagement Framework™, a three-prong approach to maximizing engagement of all learners in the virtual classroom.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The art in design is that of keeping learners accountable in authentic assessment that ensures students' success in the virtual classroom. We know learners attain more when given the ability to learn in authentic ways, but we believe that assessment is a key piece in the art of keeping learners accountable. Easy to say!

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InSync Training

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Karl Kapp, gamification expert and friend of InSync Training, recently helped BYTE session attendees "solve the case of the disengaged learner," and provided detailed recommendations for effectively including games in our instructional designs.

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InSync Training

JUNE 14, 2016

Several months ago, Jennifer Hofmann’s presentation “ How to Engage Modern Learners ,” explored the differences between Push training and Pull learning. Traditional training focuses on the Push – formal scheduled programs that provide planned, siloed instruction.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A remote workforce only thrives when remote learning is effective, and that means L&D practitioners must design and deliver learning solutions that ensure ‘no learner is left behind.’. To accomplish this, we must consider not only the provided learning environment (Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex, Adobe Connect, etc.)

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InSync Training

MARCH 24, 2016

On Tuesday, March 8, Training Magazine Network (TMN) provided InSync Training President Jennifer Hofmann with a platform to share “How to Engage Modern Learners: When to Push and When to Pull.” Of course not, because we’re modern learners and we have a lot of choices in how we learn.”. Training Magazine Network Session Recap.

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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's the job of the training professional to ensure that the adult learner is motivated to participate. It is generally understood that lecture by itself is not the best way to transfer knowledge to the adult learner.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 26, 2023

During each session, their focus is providing participants an engaging experience through quality audio/video streaming as well as assisting facilitators in delivering content effectively. By working with a producer on your training team, you can ensure learners have optimized outcomes.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

We're crafting learning campaigns and journeys that support learners in all their formal and informal moments of need. This innovative approach acknowledges that each learner is unique, with a distinct path to follow. Instead of merely designing courses, we’re now creating immersive experiences.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 31, 2022

This puts a spotlight on the need for organizations to offer quality training programs and the importance of supporting and empowering their training team to provide quality training programs - so that they never have to guess at what quality virtual training looks like. For 15 years, InSync Training has been an IACET accredited provider.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 24, 2023

Before writing off adding a producer to your roster as an unnecessary extra cost, consider the value they can provide to your content, your learners, and your training function. But the importance of the producer often gets overlooked.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Such practice, coupled with meaningful feedback, can help ensure that learners understand material correctly, that they can find it - retrieve it - when needed, even after time has passed, and that they can apply it to real-world situations.

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InSync Training

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Which developments resonated with modern learners? Where did learning provide innovative value to our companies? Organizations, learners, and practitioners alike began to embrace the possibility of building skills outside of formal events. How did training evolve?

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InSync Training

APRIL 2, 2020

To start, we recommend purposefully increasing learner engagement in virtual learning sessions. Scenarios provide an easy, quick, and thoughtful way to foster environmental engagement, nurture emotional engagement, and stimulate intellectual engagement.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 16, 2020

When organizations started to adopt the virtual classroom in the 1990s, the focus was on the technology-driven benefits it could provide - Reduction in travel cost, less disruption to learner schedules, and the ability to share subject matter expertise in a much more immediate and relevant way.

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InSync Training

MARCH 10, 2021

Facilitators need to be especially vigilant in order to ensure their learners are positively connected to the learning experience. She ties EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT to EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, and discusses how important it is to the workplace, providing techniques to help facilitators nurture emotional engagement. on March 10.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 6, 2019

This process “uses interactive situations to engage non-engaged learners in active learning strategies.”. Designers leverage available technology to create experiences in which learners can solve problems and interact with provided situations to learn new skills.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 9, 2018

Organizations focused on looking outside of the traditional learning box, looking to find ways to support learners in every moment of learning need, not just during formal instruction. There was a recognition that learning isn’t over just because the LMS indicates the learner completed a course.

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InSync Training

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Our learners perceive traditional training as outdated and ineffective. But, blended learning provides an opportunity to change minds. Learners regain control over their learning experiences and prioritize the skills they most need to build. Folks, training has a reputation problem.

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InSync Training

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Recently, we explored the theory behind how facilitators can quantify and qualify learner engagement in the virtual classroom. A theoretical foundation provides a jumping off point for practical application. For virtual facilitators, effectively “reading their audience” ensures learning actually happens.

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InSync Training

MARCH 26, 2019

Grabbing and keeping learners’ attention remains steadfastly at the top of the priority list for most trainers. Distractions abound in and out of the classroom – what can we do to provide the most interesting, engaging experience possible? Virtually There Session Recap. Expert Sharon Bowman believes Brain Science holds the answer.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 10, 2019

They provide support for learners in their informal moments of need on the job. Job aids provide key information when things go wrong, when launching new internal systems or processes, when employees want to learn more, or when it’s time to complete an especially complex or uncommon process. Virtually There Session Recap.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 23, 2018

How do we get our learners to care about our training programs? Learning Strategist, Enzo Silva, and his colleague Kate Tronvig provided Virtually There learners with an easy-to-follow process during their popular session, “You May Not Be Walt Disney, But You Can Draw and Animate.”.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Learners expect relevant information provided as soon as they need it. Has your experience in Learning and Development changed in the last 10 years? Without a doubt! We turn to Google, rather than a three-day training course when we encounter challenges or changes in our daily lives.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 16, 2018

Organizational boundaries keep growing and becoming more fluid, and as our learner base disperses around the globe, training programs have to adapt appropriately. Multi-method delivery , or the simultaneous support and instruction of non-co-located learners, provides a popular and effective solution in the modern workplace.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The live online training environment does not provide a carbon copy instructional experience to the traditional classroom. Oftentimes, you cannot “see” the learners. You just became a virtual learning facilitator or your organization has made the leap from face-to-face learning to the blended virtual classroom. So now what?

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InSync Training

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In a previous post , we provided some insight into the trending topic of microlearning. But, we need to make sure that it is done the "right way" for our learners. What’s Really Important? Because it's so popular and supports the way business is being done, there's lots of movement in the industry to put it into action.

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InSync Training

JULY 23, 2019

With multiple two-hour live, online sessions and self-directed activities supporting thousands of learners in Company X’s offices across the global training program , logistics proved to be a veritable logic puzzle. Recently, the InSync Team worked with a large corporate client on an extensive blended virtual program roll out.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Every day we tell stories, to ourselves, our learners, and our customers. Stories provide us with the opportunity to influence that cycle and drive behavior. During her recent Virtually There session, Christine defined the "Art of the Nudge," key storytelling elements, and guided learners in writing their own customer hero story.

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InSync Training

OCTOBER 9, 2019

We know virtual classrooms include technology bells and whistles designed to promote learner engagement. Whether you provide production support in your organization’s live online learning events, or you would simply like to create smoother virtual sessions, try applying a few simple approaches for seamless programs. The best option?

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InSync Training

JULY 10, 2014

Globalization, new learning technologies and dispersed workforces have provided us with a much more diverse learner base than ever before. Today''s virtual learning platforms are creating global classrooms. Are you ready? Naturally, the virtual classroom paves the way for working with these global audiences more easily.

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InSync Training

DECEMBER 14, 2017

We can provide that support by putting the blended learning puzzle together correctly. How can we encourage people to interact with the content in a way that makes the most sense for them, when it’s most relevant to them?

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InSync Training

MAY 25, 2017

Microlearning provides a viable approach for many training content pieces and learner support resources. Carla Torgerson provided a helpful use case that will guide you towards best practice during her informative BYTE session, Embracing Microlearning in Your Ecosystem. My topic’s too complicated to teach in five minutes!”

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InSync Training

JUNE 28, 2017

Blended learning provides a thoughtful solution to outdated, formal training. With blended learning , we can support learners when and where they need information – even when they’re between live learning events.

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InSync Training

JULY 10, 2018

Never before have learners had greater access to information, a greater drive to discover answers for themselves, or a greater number of demands on their time. Formal training no longer provides the end-all-be-all solution for our organizations. The modern learning landscape presents a unique set of challenges.

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