December, 2019

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The Biggest Online Course Creation Pitfall You Must Avoid

Client Engagement Academy

There are a lot of mistakes you can make when building a course, but there’s one in particular that I see repeatedly. This mistake happens to people that you wouldn’t expect it to happen to. It happens to experts, to teachers filled with enthusiasm, and to people overflowing with excitement to teach their topic. Passion and enthusiasm are a huge advantage because they are contagious feelings that pass on to students.

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How to Remove Nice-To-Know Information From Your eLearning

Tim Slade

When you’re starting work on an eLearning project, it’s not always clear what information should and should not be included in your eLearning course. How can you separate nice-to-know information from must-know information, especially when it’s a topic or process you aren’t familiar with? While you might assume your subject matter experts will help you with this, don’t hold your breath!

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Microlearning, xAPI, And Training ROI (And Other Jargon) Is Not A Thing

eLearning Industry

Are you desperately seeking to build business credibility for your learning initiatives? Stop using, creating, or trying to impress decision-makers with fancy learning terminology. Speak in terms they understand and respect. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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6 Soft Skills Employers Look for in Every Candidate

Infopro Learning

What are soft skills? No matter the position, organization or industry, people work with other people. Soft skills are what enable us to effectively communicate and work with each other. By developing soft skills, we can better work together and contribute to a more productive workplace. These six soft skills are what employers look for when interviewing candidates –. 1.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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30 articles from 2019 to take us into 2020

Jane Hart

During 2019 I shared hundreds of links to useful articles, posts and resources but here are 30 (listed in chronological order) that I believe highlight 3 key themes for 2020.

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Checklist: Critical Success Factors You Need to Incorporate Into Your Online Course

Client Engagement Academy

Maybe you’re a seasoned online course creator, looking to make your courses more profitable. Or maybe you’re just starting out, completely overwhelmed by the idea of creating a course from scratch. Whatever the case, to achieve the maximum potential of your online course business, you need to “bake in” these critical success factors. After more than 30 years working with global clients, I’ve realized that low course completion rates (and their students’ level of online engagement) is a problem t

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How Learning Paths Help to Create Structured Learning Programs

Docebo

Managing an increasing number of learners on their development journey is no small feat. Not only do you have to create new learning content and analyze the progress of each of your learners, but you also have to spend hours assigning them a selection of relevant courses. This is where learning paths will be your saving grace. As many roles in an organization overlap, certain skills sets are shared, or many courses are mandatory for all employees, sequenced learning paths save you a lot of time

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7 Personalised Learning Challenges L&D Managers Face

eLearning Industry

Every learning strategy should be bespoke to the organisation that creates it. But we have identified here 7 key strategic action points that will maximise the potential for personalised learning. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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6 Promises Your Managed Learning Service Provider Must Fulfil

Infopro Learning

94% of employees would stay at a company longer if it invested in their career. – Workplace Learning Trends LinkedIn, 2018 1. With the growing momentum in the eLearning market, organizations keep on increasing their training budget and investing in people. Though the impact of a learning and development program cannot be ignored, candidates can relent the efforts that a well-defined training project asks for.

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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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Why Use Knowledge Checks in Your Corporate Training Program

TOPYX LMS

Training is incredibly important to your employees. A survey mentioned by Your Training Edge indicated that 70 percent of workers claim training directly influences their decision to stick with their current employer or look for a new job. 1 The source also reported that 74 percent of participants involved in another long-term study “assert that lack of training is the biggest hurdle in achieving their full potential at work.

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Leverage Your LMS in Employee Onboarding

Absorb LMS

When you show up at a party, you want to feel welcomed. It’s the same when you start a new job. Onboarding is a company’s way of helping people know why they’re there, connect with other people and make them want to stay. The onboarding effort pays off: Data shows that 91% of companies who kept their first-year workers had an engaging onboarding experience.

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MIKE TAYLOR – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS (PART 2)

Learnnovators

The post MIKE TAYLOR – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS (PART 2) appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Case Study: Conversion of Flash Based Complex eLearning Courses to HTML5

Swift eLearning Services

Here is a flash to HTML5 conversion case study where we have converted the complex animated flash based legacy elearning course into HTML5 compatibility content.

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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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In-House SME, Too Busy; External SME, Too Elusive: A Catch-22

eLearning Industry

Subject Matter Experts ensure eLearning courses are technically accurate. However, getting their time is a hard task. This article takes a close look at this issue and offers an effective, quick solution for rapid eLearning. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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How Much Does It Cost to Develop an Online Course?

learnWorlds

Whether it’s worth to create a course or not is a question that many people so eagerly want to get an answer to. But, how much would it cost? And, is it profitable? The short answer is “YES it can be quite profitable!” The long answer requires a more in-depth analysis. Creating and selling online courses is a highly profitable business with the potential to open up a passive stream of income.

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When Crafting a Manufacturing Training Program, Don’t Forget the Basics

TOPYX LMS

The manufacturing industry is in the midst of a significant growth spurt that will create 4.6 million new jobs over the next 10 years 1. One of the challenges fast-growing manufacturing companies will face in the future is training large numbers of new hires. By creating effective manufacturer training that is easily accessible to employees, companies can ensure their workers remain competent and productive despite major organizational growth.

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What Is the Difference Between Hybrid and Blended Learning?

Cloudshare

Years ago, learning was consigned to the classroom. Students sat down, took notes, interacted with the instructor, discussed with peers, and finished tests in a physical location. While many thrived under this setup, not everyone prefers this type of learning. The same principle applies to training in a B2B setting. We live in a world of on-demand services and internet-connected devices, so focusing on a lengthy lecture probably isn’t a suitable way to learn for most.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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8 Benefits of Creating Microlearning Videos Based on Social Learning Elements

Obsidian Learning

In a recent blog article, How to Adapt Your Microcontent to Your Employees’ Social Needs , we discussed the importance of addressing social needs at work, and how you can use your microcontent to both educate and to engage/build community. In this article we’re going to narrow the focus specifically on the medium of learning videos as microcontent you can adapt to support social learning.

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Membership Site Examples: Inspiration For Your Members Area

AccessAlly

Membership sites come in all in flavors, shapes, and sizes. From mobile app memberships to recurring drip membership sites: you'll see how to use them to deliver online trainings, communities, and everything in between.

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Combating Employee Disengagement And The Science Behind It

eLearning Industry

By tapping into what motivates people, you can combat disengagement. Use the following 5 tips, which are based on psychological, neuroscience, and behavioral research in the workplace, to help combat employee disengagement. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Measuring the Success of Your E-Learning Modules – Three Essential Areas to Assess

Capytech

Measuring the Success of Your E-Learning Modules – Three Essential Areas to Assess. Measuring the success of e-learning courses – or any type of course you deliver – is a complex topic. One of the reasons for this is there are so many variables you need to consider. For example, if the goal of your e-learning module is to increase sales, you could measure success by analysing sales figures before and after learners complete the course.

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7 Steps to Consider When Implementing a LMS

How Do You Choose the Right Learning Management System? Choosing the perfect Learning Management System can be complex for organizations. Initially, you might ask questions like, "When is the right time to adopt an LMS?" or "Which LMS is the best fit?" Once you've made your LMS selection, your next query is likely, "How do I go about implementing it?

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Corporate eLearning Norms and Trends: Where Should You Focus?

CommLab India

Are you curious about new-age eLearning trends? Which of these trends is best suited for your eLearning program? Read to know more.

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Augmented Reality in Learning: What Is AR And How Will it Revolutionise Training?

Growth Engineering

What is augmented reality? Remember Back to the Future 2? Marty takes a stroll around the world in 2015 and is suddenly startled by a digitalised shark from Jaws 19. This is augmented reality. Digital elements are overlayed real-world situations. Unfortunately, 2015 is long gone and we still haven’t got digital sharks jumping out at […]. The post Augmented Reality in Learning: What Is AR And How Will it Revolutionise Training?

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Pinpointing the Right Skills to Activate Performance

Degreed

“The only way to survive is to continuously transform into something else. It’s this idea of continuous transformation that makes an innovative company.” Ginni Rometty, CEO, IBM. Technology is everywhere , transformation is everywhere, and we’re using technologies to drive business transformations constantly. Many organizations ponder “the future of work” but the reality is that the future is already here, it just manifests itself differently throughout the global economy.

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Church’s Chicken Awarded Winner of Success Story of the Year for LTO Results

discoverlink

At LinkUp 2019, Cajun Operating Company (Church’s Chicken®) was awarded the Success Story of the Year for an e-learning competition that resulted in double-digit sales increases on a limited time offer (LTO). The Atlanta-based quick-service restaurant chain with nearly 1,400 locations also achieved a 10% higher product mix, raised guest satisfaction scores by three points, improved communication with team members, and doubled engagement with their restaurant visit app.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.