IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

This post explores why locking eLearning navigation is likely a massive misstep in the quest for effective online education. By restricting navigation, not only do we impede the natural flow of exploration, but we also risk stifling the innate curiosity that drives effective learning. It also becomes more effective.

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IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Technical enablement is the process of providing employees with the tools, resources, and training they need to effectively use company technology. You might say that technical enablement refers to providing employees with the tools, resources, and training they need to use company technologies effectively.

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IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Just like there are habits of highly effective people in general, there are habits of highly effective instructional designers. Covey’s seven habits of effective people is that you must “begin with the end in mind.” One of Dr. Stephen R. ” That habit also applies to creating corporate IT training.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Every business’s success lies in its employees’ abilities to execute their jobs effectively. That includes effectively using corporate technology confidently and with the proper knowledge rather than always fumbling around. Employees won’t use company technology effectively without proper training.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By empowering employees with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate and utilize corporate technology effectively, you can make sure all employees are equally as prepared and ready for new digital tools. And that starts with ensuring that every employee has the skills and knowledge to effectively use company technology.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

With new technologies emerging at an unprecedented rate, many employees find themselves lacking the necessary technical knowledge to navigate this digital era effectively. Technical training in the workplace is essential so keep reading to learn how it can be effectively used to reduce or even eliminate the digital skills gap.

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2023

PT: How to Unlock Learner Excellence with Personalized Learning Effective business leaders are concerned with improving talent retention, effectively integrating new artificial intelligence (AI) tools, improving competency modelling and more. Monday, December 4, 2023, 8 a.m.–9 Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 9 a.m.–10

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Otherwise boring corporate technical training can become immersive and interactive experiences that simulate real-life situations. Scenario-based learning provides a dynamic and effective way to enhance corporate technical training. We like creating a safe environment to learn with software simulations.

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Streamlined communication channels for more effective problem-solving. The Transformational Power of Effective Training and Efficient Processes Effective training plays a pivotal role in reducing help desk calls. Offer hands-on training sessions : And by this, we don’t mean actual hands-on the real software training.

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IT Training Department Blog

MAY 15, 2023

That’s because training is never meant to teach you how to be a master, it’s just meant to help you use what you need to do your job effectively, accurately, and efficiently. With good and custom software training , employees will have the tools they need to do their work effectively, efficiently, and accurately.

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IT Training Department Blog

JULY 31, 2023

With good corporate IT training, employees will transition quickly and effectively to new systems and technologies without disruption to their daily tasks and operations. Employees better equipped to use the new system with the right processes can do their job more effectively and efficiently.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 3, 2018

When effective, authentic assessments not only provide significant prompts to engage learners in the experience, they also help to equip learners with the skills they need to transfer their knowledge to the workplace or community where it is most applicable.

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It could save time and resources, eliminating the need for human trainers or instructional designers. In company IT training, it is crucial to have subject matter experts as well as instructional designers who possess extensive domain expertise and can provide real-world examples and insights.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

There’s infinitely more that can be done in Google too including how to find the best information and use it more effectively. Other Google products such as Drive, Docs, and Sheets aren’t as simple as needing no instructions or training. Bad things happen if software training is inadequate.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

There’s infinitely more that can be done in Google too including how to find the best information and use it more effectively. Other Google products such as Drive, Docs, and Sheets aren’t as simple as needing no instructions or training. Bad things happen if software training is inadequate.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

An instructional designer isn’t experienced and allows the subject matter expert or product owner to overload the training. Understanding cognitive load theory thoroughly is essential for the effective design of corporate IT training programs. This is where cognitive load theory comes into play.

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

Watch the demo software tutorial on the iorad home page. It’s pretty basic and, frankly, wouldn’t be very effective for more than an extremely simple tutorial with little to no additional context. Software tutorial videos aren’t ideal for learning company software.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

Learning and development can have an immense and powerful effect on your company’s success. Companies with effective employee training programs are better positioned to retain staff, reducing turnover rates and saving the organization money, time, and resources. I hope you said learning & development.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

Learning and development can have an immense and powerful effect on your company’s success. Companies with effective employee training programs are better positioned to retain staff, reducing turnover rates and saving the organization money, time, and resources. I hope you said learning & development.

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

While many of our instructional design professionals have worked on projects for instructor-led training, IT Training Department simply doesn’t do it. There’s nothing digital about in-person training and it simply doesn’t fit training for IT software, systems, or procedures. Not in any capacity or any situation.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

From the beginning, workplace training has gone through many evolutions from not many formalized processes before World War 2 to the more formalized processes we have now thanks to instructional design and the processes behind it. Even with technical training such as software training things have changed a lot.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Ensuring employees don’t forget their training can be the difference between an efficient and effective workforce and a disjointed and unenthusiastic one. Not only that but by leaving some tasks to performance support, the things taught in training are that much more effective. That’s how we build custom software training.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This technique has been proven to be effective in combating the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve and enhancing learning retention. Employees may struggle to perform job tasks effectively if they forget crucial information or skills. Let’s take a look at making training time effective first. Another pretty negative impact?

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Clive on Learning

JULY 4, 2007

Firstly, I've been doing some more work on the script for The 30-minute masters which, if you remember, aims to teach the essentials of instructional design to subject matter experts in no more than 30 minutes. Two situations recently have got me thinking about e-learning authoring tools.

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IT Training Department Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This will ensure that employees can do their jobs effectively, are more comfortable in the workplace, and keep learning better ways to use company tech. Imagine employees are equipped with the latest technological tools but lack the necessary skills to utilize them effectively. The result?

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A friendly popup appears, guiding you through the app’s features and explaining what everything is and how to use them effectively. Sometimes that could mean a good software simulation but that also often means providing employees help while they’re doing tasks in company software.

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IT Training Department Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

With effective gamification, you can significantly increase employee engagement. That’s why I say it has to be effective and with purpose, though. You can even use decision-making strategies in software simulations that make them more realistic and help employees understand how their decisions affect outcomes.

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IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Then there are things like software simulation courses that allow you to learn a new system at your own pace and may have additional information about that software. When we work through our process for creating effective eLearning , we create no more than five objectives (main goals). Don’t skip the A or D ADDIE.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

Learning experience design = good instructional design. What are you doing if you’re an instructional designer and not creating an impactful, value-packed learning experience? That’s not sufficient to engage and educate employees on company technology effectively. In fact, it was rarely the case.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Trainers for instructor-led training aren’t necessarily all about writing, which is why instructional designers are ideal for the job. Tieing a story into your content will improve the effectiveness and memorability of your training content. A good trainer sure can talk to their trainees, though!

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Trainers for instructor-led training aren’t necessarily all about writing, which is why instructional designers are ideal for the job. Tieing a story into your content will improve the effectiveness and memorability of your training content. A good trainer sure can talk to their trainees, though!

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Obsidian Learning

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

How-to step-by-step demonstration/instruction (e.g., Making employees aware of resources, such as an internal consulting department . Screen capture software simulations. For large change efforts, using credible peers as change champions can be extremely effective. fatality prevention) . Building soft skills (e.g.,

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Instructional Design and E-Learning Blogs - Experiencing eLearning , July 6, 2010 Back when I wrote my instructional design careers series in 2007, I was only aware of a few blogs by instructional designers. Recently I came across this discussion on LinkedIn – best book for beginning instructional designers.

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