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4 Handy Tips to Manage Cognitive Load in Online Procedural Training

CommLab India

Complex online procedural training can lead to cognitive overload. Explore tips to reduce this cognitive load on new hires in online procedural training.

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How Microlearning Delivers Huge Results

Absorb LMS

There’s no shortage of people who want to learn, as Google has shown us. The internet giant recently found that 70% of millennial YouTube users watched online videos to learn something new or discover more about a personal interest, according to Think With Google. Just a few months later, YouTube reported that this interest prompted Google to invest $20 million in educational content through its Learning Fund program.

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6 Effective eLearning Techniques For Large Enterprises

eLearning Industry

Creating a successful eLearning program requires techniques to engage your employees and contractors and help them retain knowledge. Large enterprises also need to be adaptable for different departments for a geographically-dispersed learner base. Here are 6 proven eLearning techniques for enterprises that work. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Solve Compliance Training Issues With These 3 Gamification Techniques

Absorb LMS

Compliance training makes up 12% of an organization’s learning programs, according to the “ ATD 2018 State of the Industry ” report. Unfortunately, according to Brandon Hall Group’s “ 2017 Compliance Training Survey ,” only about one-third of companies say those training efforts are effective. Given busy schedules and competing priorities, learners may put off these courses until the completion deadline is breathing down their necks—and then they might not per

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Chinese Ed Tech Companies Take Off: A Perfect Storm Of Opportunity And Growth

eLearning Industry

In this article, we will provide an overview of 4-key Chinese Ed Tech companies and describe an incubation center the Chinese government sponsors to support the development of new innovative learning objects and solutions. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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7 Tips To Cultivate A Proactive, Self-Starter Learning Culture

eLearning Industry

Do you need a team of go-getters who take it upon themselves to upskill and broaden their knowledge base? In this article, I’ll share 7 tips to develop a self-starter learning culture in your organization. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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6 Ways Companies Use an Employee App to Enhance Employee Engagement

Nvolve

An Employee App for engagement and communication provides countless benefits to both employees and employers. This video outlines 6 of the key ways companies are using an app to enhance their employee engagement. You are welcome to use the share link at the bottom of the video player to download or post via LinkedIn and email. All the best! The post 6 Ways Companies Use an Employee App to Enhance Employee Engagement appeared first on.

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How To Generate B2B Leads With An eBook: 4-Step Guide For eLearning Companies

eLearning Industry

Creating an eBook is considered to be premium content, and it comes at a relatively low cost. How can you plan and market your eBook so that it's beneficial to your business? In this article, I share 4 steps to maximize your eBook content and generate B2B leads. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | June 14, 2019

Mike Taylor

“A good man will not waste himself upon mean and discreditable work or be busy merely for the sake of being busy.” – Seneca. TGIF! I hope your week has been a good one. I´m not wishing away any time but I am looking forward to making my way LearningTechDay in Belgium. Here´s to everyone have something they’re excited about to look forward to.

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Interactive Learning

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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SweetRush Becomes First-Time Hermes Creative Award Winner With 4 Awards

eLearning Industry

SweetRush and its client-partners are named Hermes Creative Award winners, earning 2 Platinum and 2 Gold awards for video and web-based training. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Machines as Curators

OpenSesame

In a recent OpenSesame webinar David Wentworth, Principal Learning Analyst at Brandon Hall Group, and Diane Haines, VP of Marketing for OpenSesame, revealed best practices on how to get started with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to curate courses for your learners. The biggest challenge with curation is that it is still an overwhelming and time consuming process.

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Engage In Learning Launches An eLearning Course On Competition Law

eLearning Industry

The eLearning supplier, Engage in Learning, has added a course on competition law to its portfolio of eLearning courses. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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The Workplace Self-Training Paradigm

CLO Magazine

Much has been made of the abbreviation of employment tenure, now averaging just four years according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And it’s true, the notion of a mortarboard-to-gold-watch career has been largely replaced by at-will employment, outsourcing and automation. Educating workers for lifelong careers has been disrupted by the searing pace of change.

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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3 Ways to Tell When Your CE Medical Software Needs an Upgrade

EthosCE

As a CE director, one of your biggest challenges is making sure that your organization is getting the most out of its budget, and that includes optimizing the value of your current CE medical software. While you may be using many of the tips and tricks available to make your CE platform do its best work, how can you tell when it is time for an upgrade?

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New to eLearning? A Few FAQs to Get You Started

LearningGuild

New to eLearning? A Few FAQs to Get You Started. joanne-astorga. Fri, 06/14/2019 - 01:00.

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Top 10 Flipbook Software (Updated 2019 List)

iSpring Solutions

Flipbooks are great if you’re looking to showcase your content with style, but not just to create flashy, professional looking… Read More.

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First Annual Meridian Impact Eastern Summit Brings East Coast Clients Together

Meridian

The first Meridian Impact Eastern Summit, held last week, brought commercial & federal learning professionals together to share best practices, discuss ways to improve their training programs and how to leverage the Meridian LMS to achieve their organizations goals. Attendees gained valuable insight into existing client use cases as well as ways to increase efficiency and productivity in their respective work environments.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Switch to Blended Learning for Better Learning Outcomes

Hurix Digital

The impact of technology in transforming the classrooms of today has been phenomenal. Instructors are now adopting different teaching methods to fit the learning styles, interests, and expectations of the learners. This is one of the reasons why Blended Learning is becoming the preferred teaching strategy for instructors and learners alike. The rising popularity of the concept is because of the fact that it effectively combines the advantages of traditional instruction mode with online learnin

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Is a Shorter Workweek Right for Your Organization?

Avilar

Workplace productivity is a funny thing. The basic premise is that the more hours employees work, the more productive they are. But there’s a limit. At some point, employees become fatigued or disgruntled and aren’t productive. We’ve all heard, “Work smarter, not harder.” Some companies are taking that adage to heart, exploring the counterintuitive possibility that a shorter workweek could actually boost productivity.

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5 Defining Characteristics of a “Next Gen” LCMS

Xyleme

Learning organizations understand that they must evolve with the rapidly changing modern learning ecosystem. Much like traditional Instructor Lead Training (ILT) and eLearning courses are no longer enough on their own to truly meet the diverse needs (and preferences) of modern learners, from a business perspective, traditional Learning Content Management Systems (LCMSs) don’t provide enough efficiency or actionable business insights to help meet tomorrow’s business challenges.

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Top Ten Tips in Instructional Design

CourseArc

Check out our video blog on the top ten ways to improve the design of your online course. You can find the content used in the video here. Webinar Course Content. 1. Begin with the End in Mind. The first step in developing great content is to know what and why students are learning and how you are going to assess them. This seems obvious, but you would be surprised how many people start building content without thinking about this.

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Wake Up Your Customer Education Strategy With a New Approach to Content Sharing

Speaker: Tammy Rutherford, Ian McConnell

You invest a lot of time and energy into building training courses for internal use and for your customers and partners. As your reach grows, so does the number of LMSs you need to deliver training to, often both externally and internally. And chances are, you want to deliver that content in a way that’s compatible with every LMS, manageable for administrators, and easy for learners to access.

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