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5 Way to Make Online Training More Engaging

Mindflash

Online training designers are not the only ones constantly searching for ways to create more engaging content. In an effort to increase engagement in online training, instructional designers can l earn a few things from the content marketing profession on how to create engaging content. Use Pictures. Keep Content Brief.

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Instructional Design Best Practices: 10 Things You Need to Know

eLearningMind

Share on twitter. When learning experiences are optional and initiated by the learner, learners are obviously more motivated to learn. The hard part comes when learning is mandatory—yet important—such as compliance training for job safety, corporate security, OSHA, HIPAA, etc. Share on facebook. Share on email.

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Why Training has a Bad Name (and how we can change it)

Learning Rebels

You’ve just been informed that you’ve been signed up for “training” What is your immediate thought? Maybe this time I’ll learn something. Maybe the training experience won’t be so bad. I always get something out of training sessions! How has training become the scourge of the people?

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Use your LMS to automate onboarding

SkyPrep

Using your learning management system (LMS) to automate onboarding can significantly reduce costs, shorten your onboarding process, and make it more efficient and appealing to new workers. Your organization’s onboarding process may include various levels of training and information sessions. According to one report , the average U.S.

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Google Walkouts Over Women’s Rights

KnowledgeCity

Worldwide outrage over Google’s mishandling of credible sexual misconduct allegations and general mistreatment of women workers reached a boiling point Thursday , resulting in thousands of employees hitting the street in a global wave of Google walkouts to demand change from the search engine behemoth.

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48 Books Every Aspiring Chief Learning Officer Should Read

TalentLMS

I might be biased, but being part of the learning and development community is not only fascinating but rewarding. But it’s also the reason that to be the best trainer/ training manager/ chief learning officer, you have to keep your learning and development top of mind too. Learning books (4).

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Learning Goes Social

CLO Magazine

New technology is empowering employees more than ever to control their own learning and development. As corporate America continues to embrace social tools for learning and development, social learning has shed its reputation as a transient industry buzzword.