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How Online Learning Is A Powerful Recourse During The COVID-19 Pandemic

eLearning Industry

"While temporary school closures as a result of health and other crises are not new, unfortunately, the global scale and speed of the current educational disruption are unparalleled and, if prolonged, could threaten the right to education." – Audrey Azoulay, the UNESCO Director-General. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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How to build a highly effective remote team

Poll Everywhere

The coronavirus outbreak has forced more than 1.5 billion people across the globe to shift to remote work. As chaotic and challenging as this transition may be, the bright side is that working remotely has many business benefits. Remote teams. The post How to build a highly effective remote team appeared first on Poll Everywhere Blog.

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Pro Tips for Working from Home Effectively

Litmos

If you clicked a link to read this, you’re likely working from home. Since mid-March, because of the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have been sent home from our offices and asked to work remotely, suddenly becoming remote workers. Many of us were already working remotely — one analysis of 2018 U.S. Census data found that five million workers were already working from home full or part-time.

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20 things I’ve learned from 20 years of learning measurement

CLO Magazine

There’s something about a new decade that naturally makes us look back and reflect. I started reflecting on my measurement journey, which started 20 years ago, when a chief learning officer recently asked me if his training was having an impact on the business. Today, with the benefit of 20:20 hindsight and dozens of exceptional clients who invited me to help them advance their measurement practices, I offer my reflections on 20 things I’ve learned over 20 great years.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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Why Self-Care Matters Even More When You’re Working From Home

eLearning Brothers

For some, the transition to remote work is easy and they can remain productive and contribute to their team effortlessly. The flexibility and independence can be very exciting and freeing for some people. You have more autonomy over your schedule and ultimately fewer rules to follow.

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Crisis often drives successful change

CLO Magazine

Businesses need to use COVID-19 to prepare for future long-term emergencies, because this pandemic won’t be the last. This means more than stockpiling hand sanitizer and face masks or learning how to conduct meetings on Zoom. It means rethinking how we work and how we organize business. COVID-19 is exposing weaknesses in the global economy and our collective resilience.

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Using Webinars to Remotely Train Your Staff for as Little as Zero Cost

Capytech

Using Webinars to Remotely Train Your Staff for as Little as Zero Cost. The coronavirus emergency has dramatically, albeit temporarily, changed the way we live and work. While medical professionals and others on the frontline battle to care for the sick and save lives, businesses in other industries are looking for solutions that enable operations to continue while staff practice social distancing.

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5 Signs Your Gamification Strategy Isn't Working (And How To Fix It)

eLearning Industry

Companies even as big as IBM and Deloitte have incorporated gamification into employee training with great results. But despite the many successful gamification examples, getting it right on the first attempt isn’t always easy. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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How Online Leadership is Changing in Higher Education

TechSmith Camtasia

The following session was presented at Educause 2019 by Eric Fredericksen, Associate Vice President, University of Rochester; Richard Garrett, Chief Research Officer, Eduventures, National Research Center for College & University Admissions; and Ron Legon, Executive Director Emeritus, Quality Matters. Who manages online programs at most universities?

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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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Battling 2020’s Viral Outbreak—A Case Study For ‘Why eLearning?’

AbaraLMS

Amidst the chaos, panic, and ramifications of misinformation and unpreparedness, the recent viral outbreak unearths problems with the way information is distributed and accepted. Moreover, it’s a prime case to study the importance of eLearning and what makes it the need of the hour. The following article attempts to link the outcome of a [ ] The post Battling 2020’s Viral Outbreak—A Case Study For ‘Why eLearning?

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How to train remote employees: The training topics and tools you need

TalentLMS

Remote work is a hot topic in the business world today, with an astonishing 66% of companies allowing it. Why? Among other reasons, remote employees are more productive than their in-house counterparts. To achieve the desired level of productivity and efficiency, though, your remote workforce needs to train. How to train your remote workforce. Who are these mysterious strangers known as remote workers?

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Coronavirus, Learning, And Crisis Management.Opportunity Knocks

eLearning Industry

We're living in a rapidly changing world and your business leaders are looking to you to help inform, educate, and communicate the changes taking place. Are you ready to do so? Are you prepared to take on the challenge? Amid a crisis, this is learning's opportunity to prove its strategic value. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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How to Use Group Leaders and User Roles in LearnDash

LearnDash

Need to give certain users special privileges without making them full admins? Here’s how assigning user roles can help. Online courses of all sizes frequently run into issues where they need to give different users special privileges and permissions to run their course more effectively. Doing so effectively means knowing how to set up User Groups and designate Group Leaders in ways that will accomplish the goals you want for your course.

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What Is a Performance Learning Management System (PLMS)?

If you're reading this you're probably ready for better organizational learning and performance. A Performance LMS allows you to continually assess and improve learners based on their specific company and role-based capabilities. In the whitepaper, we’ll also answer questions such as: What exactly is a PLMS? I have just started exploring capability building or am not yet ready.

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Working From Home during the Pandemic

Experiencing eLearning

I normally plan out the topics for my blog a month or two ahead of time. According to my plan, this week should be an update of one of my old posts. But right now, nothing is really going according to plan. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown off everyone’s normal schedule. How people work is changing. I’ve got some tips based on my experiences working from home.

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Invest in Human Capital Transformation for Global Outreach

Infopro Learning

There are three major shifts in today’s workforce that are creating new challenges for business leaders. Fortunately, these challenges all have one thing in common. They can be solved by investing in human capital transformation to train the new global workforce. The increased use of automation and advances in information technology have changed the kinds of jobs that are available.

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7 Ways To Find The Best eLearning Companies For Your Online Training Course

eLearning Industry

eLearning outsourcing requires a high level of trust. You must be able to rely on the eLearning vendor to carry out your vision and not go over budget. So, how do you find the best eLearning companies for the job? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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6 more examples of Augmented Reality

E-Learning Provocateur

Busted any ghosts lately? About this time last year I published one of my most popular blog posts, 20 real-world examples of Augmented Reality , in which I shared examples of what people in the real world are currently doing with this emerging technology – in contrast to the promise of what we could be doing. I’d like to share with you half a dozen other examples that I’ve stumbled upon since then.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Discover2Learn

Jane Hart

Activities and Resources for self-isolation and beyond Be curious – Explore – Discover new things – Have fun – Learn Use your self-isolation time to invest in your future. Reduce boredom and anxiety. Discover2Learn.

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Your Authoring Tool Isn’t Just For eLearning Anymore

ej4 eLearning

As people around the world work from home in quarantine, think about new uses for your eLearning authoring tool to fill your communication needs with video. E-mail is a dependable channel but it can lack the human touch that video can deliver. Webinars and video chat calls are useful alternatives but not everyone has access to those tools.

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The Rise Of eLearning For SMEs And The Opportunities That Go With It

eLearning Industry

In the modern era that we live in, the SMEs out there need to be aware of the common eLearning opportunities that are available out there for them. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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FAQs: Top 9 Things You Need to Know about LearnDash

LearnDash

New to LearnDash, or considering using it as your LMS? We’re here to clear up the top 9 misconceptions about LearnDash before you get started. We get a lot of questions from new users and buyers who are considering our LMS for their online course. For many educators, this is their first experience putting together a website, let alone an online course.

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Navigating Recruitment Agencies: A TA Leader Strategy Guide

Navigating the realm of recruitment agencies isn’t always easy. As talent acquisition has evolved, so have the challenges in managing agency relationships and spend. If you've ever felt in the dark about rogue hires, elusive budget spends, or questioned which agencies truly deliver, this guide is your beacon. Dive into our exploration of the most common agency-related challenges and strategies tailored for 2024's hiring landscape.

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3 Ways Learning Management Systems Help Organizations During COVID-19

TOPYX LMS

The novel Coronavirus, which causes a respiratory disease called COVID-19, has spread rapidly across the globe and resulted in the loss in over 20,000 lives at the time of this publication. 1 It has also led to widespread job loss and caused productivity to plummet in the workplace due to disruptions in the way employees work, increased stress concerning COVID-19, and reduced hours.

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How I work

Clark Quinn

So, I work from home. A lot. And lots of folks are providing advice for those who have to make the shift in these interesting times. Rather than talk about what you should do, however, I thought I’d share what I do. So this is how I work. This is my workspace. That’s a convertible desk, so I can be standing or sitting. That varies depending on what I’m working on, how I feel, etc.

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The Making of a Zoom Mini-Conference

The Simple Shift

With all the attention on using Zoom these days I figured I’d share how we used it at my local ATD chapter to provide a semi-formal online learning event with the video meeting tool. Last October we executed a 1/2 day conference using Zoom Video Conferencing platform (for meetings). It went really, really well. And […].

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Now is the Time to Earn Your Employees’ Trust

Docebo

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” This old saying aptly applies to the COVID-19 crisis. Everything in the workplace has changed, but what keeps employees motivated and what employers and leaders can do remains the same. As employees adjust to how, when and where they work, it’s a great opportunity for employers to do a better job at what they already know is important.

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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.