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Six Reasons Corporate Organizations Prefer E-learning to Train Their Employees

CommLab India

billion in 2012. As per a Brandon-Hall Study, training through e-learning typically requires 40% to 60% less employee time compared to a traditional classroom setting, the reason being it can be done asynchronously and whenever the employee needs it, that means work hours are not wasted. Scalable: eLearning courses are highly scalable.

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Online training in empathic mode

KnowledgeOne

Fuller (2012), since the opportunities for spontaneous interaction are multiplied in the current context of online training, it is all the more necessary for teachers to adopt an empathic approach to ensure that learners’ expectations are clear and their learning is meaningful. 42; Dupont, 2010; Dussarps, 2015).

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Are Your Training Methods Outdated? Survey Says: Yes

Mindflash

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)/Cornerstone OnDemand Learning and Talent Development Survey 2012 (yeah, that’s a mouthful) asked British training professionals about what techniques they view as effective and which ones they actually use. But according to a new survey, many training managers in the U.K.

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eLearning Thought Leaders: Mark Lassoff

eLearning Weekly

Our courses are delivered three ways– an instructor supported, asynchronous option that includes lab exercises, code listings and hours of video lecture is our least expensive and most popular. Leonardo DiCaprio was on there for a season as well– He played some runaway that family adopted. eLW: Who played the kids?

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Current state of Gamification in the LMS Market

eLearning 24-7

2012, still minimal. . The point to it all is that the industry usually is really, really slow on adopting to the latest. Instead of penalizing your learners for not completing a course (if you allow non-linear asynchronous aka self-paced), allow them to accrue points as well. With gamification though, it is quite different.

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The Advent of Mobile Learning Technology

Upside Learning

By 2012, it’s predicted that smart phones will outsell desktops, notebooks and net-books put together. It seems the younger members of the workforce prefer synchronous (real-time) collaboration tools over asynchronous tools. This will radically change the way we live and learn, mobile learning is here now and real.

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Top 47 Posts and 10 Hot Topics for February

eLearning Learning Posts

Related posts: Watchitoo combines asynchronous video. Thus, limited education resources would better be devoted to adopting other educational practices that have a strong evidence base, of which there are an increasing number. Planning to implement informal learning? Good Practice , February 2, 2010 The set up up was perfect!