IT Training Department Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In other words, the training can be highly tailored to only include what employees will use rather than everything about the software. Not only that but with quality custom software simulations online training can be more effective. No IT department or software deployment can be completed without proper training.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

In other words, they’ll see how they should use it in their work with scenario-based learning and realistic software simulations. You can likely use an instructional design consultant to help you decide if training is the best way forward. Sometimes, those are useful for certain types of IT training, just not software.

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2023

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IT Training Department Blog

MAY 15, 2023

If you needed to do something in a piece of software lately, how did you find out how to do it? Maybe you looked for a video but that’s not exactly the most efficient way for software support. And the best type of training for a software launch? Ya right huh!? My guess is that you looked for a help article.

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Instead of relying on the help desk as much or people finding support resources on their own, we’ll explore an approach to addressing this challenge by focusing on training and empowering employees from the get-go. Enhanced productivity for employees as they spend less time on support calls.

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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.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

With some lively writing for eLearning and weaving some scenarios into training, scenario-based learning can work wonders. Instead of sitting through hours of lectures or completing monotonous eLearning modules, employees can partake in realistic scenarios where they can apply their knowledge and skills in a hands-on manner.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

If your employees aren’t fans of eLearning, then you likely shouldn’t try to force them into eLearning. If your organization doesn’t have an LMS and can’t use any of our suggested methods of serving digital training without an LMS , then eLearning isn’t the answer.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Most people will accept the new software and desire to use it the best way they can for their job. But, they’re only going to be in that group as long as you provide the support they need whether training or some other type of support. Bad things happen if software training is inadequate.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 28, 2023

The idea that older generations require a different approach to learning than their digital-native counterparts sounds logical and therefore has been promoted. For example, many surveys of employees we’ve seen from organizations say that employees prefer self-paced eLearning courses more than instructor-led training.

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

If you’re familiar with our work even at a surface level of our digital training solutions from our website, you’ll notice instructor-led training isn’t anywhere to be listed. There’s nothing digital about in-person training and it simply doesn’t fit training for IT software, systems, or procedures.

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Without good training for company technology, employees don’t have the skills to use it right and don’t feel supported by the company. Make it clear that learning and development are valued and supported by investing in it and promoting it. The key word here is correctly.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

to know the ins and outs of the software. For an organization to truly stand out in the digital age, they need to develop employees’ skills to utilize technology effectively and efficiently. It can be engaging and entertaining with a bit of good writing for eLearning or training videos. Allow for feedback and review.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Most people will accept the new software and desire to use it the best way they can for their job. But, they’re only going to be in that group as long as you provide the support they need whether training or some other type of support. Bad things happen if software training is inadequate.

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

It’s also what rapid development tools have done for some eLearning. It’s easy to think corporate technical training involves grabbing a tool like Stepsy or iorad and making many software tutorials. Software tutorial videos aren’t ideal for learning company software.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

But that’s not even good enough for many because the preference is switching to eLearning and for good reason, especially for technical training. eLearning is preferred by most employee and it’s also the most effective way to train employees in most circumstances.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

But we’re not here to talk about content overload in eLearning or any other type of training. So, if you’re ready to master your corporate technical training programs and set your employees up for success in the digital age, let’s dive into the fascinating world of cognitive load theory.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

How you write the content for both eLearning and training videos makes all the difference in how engaging and relevant the content is. We created an eLearning course on office ergonomics that you could otherwise say is an inherently boring topic. It’s not true, though. So, the training must be dry and boring, right?

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

How you write the content for both eLearning and training videos makes all the difference in how engaging and relevant the content is. We created an eLearning course on office ergonomics that you could otherwise say is an inherently boring topic. It’s not true, though. So, the training must be dry and boring, right?

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IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

What Is A Self-Paced Course You may know it as a self-paced course, digital course, eLearning, or something else entirely. 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.

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Best of eLearning Learning. 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. Subscribe to the Best of eLearning Learning for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

I used to use the built-in tools that Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate come with for building software simulations. The purpose of this article is here to change your mind so hopefully you keep an open mind and at least weigh the options of ditching the old worn-out software simulation tools of Storyline and Captivate.

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eLearningArt

AUGUST 2, 2017

Use the Tell ‘n Show method: a headline with a single point and media to support it. Sketch out your presentation on a notepad (regular or digital) and plan out the whole thing. Here’s a quick and easy one I share in my PowerPoint for eLearning 101 classes: Want to move something just a smidge using the arrow keys?

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