IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Do your employees know how to use it effectively in their jobs? Bridge the gap between employees’ existing skill sets and what they need to do their jobs with current company technology. That means they’ll be better equipped to do their jobs and fulfill their job responsibilities.

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IT Training Department Blog

JULY 31, 2023

Not only that but good training with custom eLearning can minimize the time it takes to learn new skills as well as offer a level of realistic practice that doesn’t exist in instructor-led training, one reason we don’t create instructor-led training for technical topics. There are many benefits associated with technical training.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In an increasingly technology-driven job market, having strong digital competencies can set individuals apart from their peers and open doors to new opportunities. When employees are trained in these systems, they can enhance their digital literacy and become more proficient in using these tools and technologies for their jobs.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

What creates more value, technical documentation or employees trained specifically how to use technology for their job? Instructional designers use learning theory and experience to develop training materials that are focused on specific needs such as training videos , eLearning , help articles, simulations, and more.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Technical training also improves employee morale and productivity as staff can be confident that they are being given the right tools to do the job. Technical training involves providing employees with instruction and guidance on how to use technology and apply it to their job. Sometimes a quick job aid is all you need!

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IT Training Department Blog

JULY 10, 2023

No, really, go back and cut even more out until you’re left with only the necessary information for employees to do their job, do it better, or fix what they’re doing wrong. If any content in an eLearning course doesn’t directly help one of those three things then you’re doing it wrong.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Then there are those courses that have you click through an application to perform a task but provide 0 context and just tell you to click here, then there, then here. With some lively writing for eLearning and weaving some scenarios into training, scenario-based learning can work wonders.

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IT Training Department Blog

MAY 15, 2023

Maybe you looked for a video but that’s not exactly the most efficient way for software support. Either way will get the job done but neither one is likely as efficient as knowing what to do because you were trained on how to use the system. That would probably be eLearning which is typically what we prefer in most (but not all!)

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

With high performers, if you improve performance 1%, big impact. Novices need more formal learning; Practitioners need to fill in the gaps mostly with informal; Experts’ main job is informally sharing what they know. Most CLOs don’t think CoPs do their jobs at all. supportive learning environment.

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Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

1) The ADDIE Model. The ADDIE Model is an instructional design theory that we have mentioned before on this blog. ADDIE stands for Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate. ADDIE works well in the development of online training because it can be used in such a wide variety of formats.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Technical training also improves employee morale and productivity as staff can be confident that they are being given the right tools to do the job. Technical training involves providing employees with instruction and guidance on how to use technology and apply it to their job. Sometimes a quick job aid is all you need!

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 7, 2015

He was the founder and CEO of Authorware, a revolutionary eLearning authoring tool. What are the latest trends in organizational learning & development, and performance support? How do you think existing learning models need to evolve further to support workplace and social learning? How exciting is the scenario?

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 16, 2019

Marina Arshavskiy’s Instructional Design for ELearning was recommended by another student, Alisa, who says “I will definitely keep using it after I graduate.”. eLearning. Leaving ADDIE for SAM is a favorite in the field. Patti Shank’s Write and Organize for Dee per Learning is about how to write to better support learning.

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IT Training Department Blog

MAY 18, 2023

It’s instructional design but you could use an agile mindset in your process using a real instructional design framework like ADDIE. That silly thing we call ADDIE, which by the way is anything but silly, is a comprehensive process that goes beyond what could be agile in the instructional design process.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 6, 2006

The question this month is: Are ISD / ADDIE / HPT relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to-performance, and informal learning? If you look at the shift between eLearning 1.0, As I've pointed to before: Course and Courseware are Fading - The Future of eLearning. Courses and Courseware?

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Limestone Learning

JUNE 28, 2021

Erika Lamont, managing director of Connect the Dots Consulting, will discuss how to evaluate and give feedback to leaders who are new to the organization and not sharing a physical space with their people or colleagues. In this interactive session, you’ll co-construct knowledge by discussing: What is a Community of inquiry?

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EI Design

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

In this article, I outline 7 aspects that helped us get nominated for eLearning Industry’s Top 10 eLearning companies for 2018 (for the 4th consecutive time) and strike Gold. 7 Aspects That Helped EI Design Reach The Top Position Among eLearning Content Development Companies For 2018. Facilitate effective application on the job.

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Learnnovators

MAY 15, 2015

Lousy eLearning needs to become a thing of the past. What they have is a training strategy, and training is no longer enough on its own to support the changing needs of today’s workforce. ” ― Anthony Altieri in his post here. “ And it’s the black box of the ADDIE model. ” – Connie Malamed in her post here.

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SweetRush

JULY 28, 2022

In our article Comparing Off-the-Shelf vs. Custom eLearning Solutions: Which Is Best? , we took an honest look at the benefits and potential pitfalls of buying a ready-made eLearning solution versus building something from scratch with a custom eLearning solution provider. Let’s begin with off-the-shelf eLearning.

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Petra Mayer

OCTOBER 4, 2021

From Cloud to Scorm, to Authoring tool to Microlearning – eLearning has become a full-fledged industry. There are a number of factors that embody eLearning, helping it become a driver for personal and professional advancement. In eLearning, it caters to the development and promotion of standards adapted to education and training.

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IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The A and D contain essential steps that instructional designers must perform to create effective instruction. There’s the agile crowd who wants to jump right in, then there are those who think ADDIE can’t be iterative (it can). ADDIE may be an old instructional design model, but it isn’t outdated.

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Learnnovators

MAY 15, 2015

Lousy eLearning needs to become a thing of the past. What they have is a training strategy, and training is no longer enough on its own to support the changing needs of today’s workforce. ” ? Is it any wonder that organizations are confused about what we do, when we can’t even get consistent with something as simple as a job title?

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2017

Performance-Focused Smile Sheets by Will Thalheimer explains why most of our training evaluations don’t provide useful data and explains how to fix it. Read my review of Performance-Focused Smile Sheets. eLearning and Blended Learning. Performance Consulting. Read my full review about this practical book.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Performance support is one of the most powerful types of training possible. Often it’s forgotten for more favored types of training such as eLearning or videos. Videos and eLearning require a high level of investment. You’ll learn about how performance support can be put to the best use.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Anything that will help employees regularly remember or even better use the information they’ve learned will maximize performance improvement and make sure training is contributing to projects and organization growth. We’ll go over that a bit more but it is exactly what it sounds like but with a performance twist.

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Learnnovators

MAY 1, 2015

This approach will help them look at learning problems in new ways, and also to conceive, design, and develop learning and performance support solutions that are creative and innovative. The Basics of Design Thinking in eLearning : What is the basic idea behind design thinking in e-learning?

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 7, 2009

It’s always fun at this time of the year to look back at what’s happened in the world of eLearning. This also contributed to the Hot Topics and eLearning Trends for 2009. You can see more detail of how this works here in Curator Editor Research Opportunities on eLearning Learning (and see how you can be involved).

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

And I feel honored that social signals came in granting my post on eLearning Strategy top spot. Top 35 Articles on eLearning Strategy - eLearning Technology , November 1, 2010I’ve been recently working on lots of eLearning strategy consulting engagements and one of my colleagues asked me to provide a set of resources around this topic.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Ive seen jobs that require a MA/MEd/MS in ID even though those individuals in those jobs dont design instruction. Teasdale responded: "What it means to be a consultant." "You the usual controversy erupted. You betcha!

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

When we’re new and just getting started with elearning, we need templates and project plans to guide us. On the other hand, experienced developers rely less on those resources because they have more experience and a deeper understanding of what it takes to create an elearning course. Think of it like driving around town.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. And then there are consultant-types who focus on performance improvement within organizations, of which learning and training is a key component -- and thus technology. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew! Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. What about Component Display Theory , Elaboration Theory , the Conditions of Learning , Learning Hierarchies , the ARCS model, 4C/ID , ADDIE , ASSURE , Schema theory , Cognitive apprenticeship , Social Learning theory , or Cognitive flexibility

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Ive seen this trend with my company as well: Laurence Wilson, who runs an independent e-learning consultancy, recently employed this approach on a project for recruitment giant Vedior. Next, the author provides a short case-study.

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IT Training Department Blog

MAY 14, 2024

What’s the fastest way to ensure employees have the necessary resources to use company software to do their job effectively? That means employees can keep a short guide in their back pocket (not literally) and reference to help them get specific jobs done. Training, right? Isn’t that effective?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. This is a big consulting project -- a first for me -- in which we have this amazing opportunity to work with a large organization to help them define their e-Learning strategy. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew! Take the Survey!

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

Everybody simplifies everyone else’s jobs, thinking they’re easy compared to what they do. That’s the case with most tools that make a job easy. It’s also what rapid development tools have done for some eLearning. Rapid development should never be the singular goal when creating eLearning.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 19, 2015

Instructional Designer, eLearning Consultant, Feature & Technical Writer. In many current training scenarios, mobile eLearning typically supplements a traditional online or partially online course, or it may completely replace these standard learning delivery options. Builds a community of learners with support.

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