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Revolutionizing Employee Training: McDonald’s POS Training Simulator

Epilogue Systems

Gone are the days of monotonous lectures and shadowing seasoned cashiers. But its impact goes beyond just button-mashing. So, take a page out of their playbook, ditch the dry textbooks and fire up the training simulator. It took careful planning, development, and a willingness to break the mold.

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10 Ways To Learn In 2010

The eLearning Coach

Some sites crowd-source the answers while others use mentors to answer questions in their area of expertise. Here are a few: Amazon’s Askville , Yahoo Answers , Answerbag , Gotta Mentor , BlurtIt , and WikiAnswers. Imagine a great lecture with no tests, papers or deadlines. That’s right. Watch Documentaries.

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What Can You Expect in 2013?

CLO Magazine

Imagine a baggage handler accessing a job aid on his or her bag tag scanner or a copy machine service technician connecting via the machine interface to a live, virtual mentor. Collaborative learning also can be informal discussion groups in Yammer, rating content on SharePoint or mashing up a video.