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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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In this webinar, Laurel McKenzie, Senior Behavioural Scientist with CoachHub, and Marie Barnes, Principal Analyst with Brandon Hall Group, will explore the critical role of coaching in supporting ongoing and future changes within businesses. Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 10 a.m.–11 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 10 a.m.–11

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When people feel supported by their employers through training opportunities, they are more likely to feel valued and motivated in their roles. That could mean creating realistic software simulations or in some circumstances venturing into even more complex (and expensive) methods.

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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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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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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 14, 2022

That can be something like a role-play activity or even software simulation where the user inputs data. And when the people are outside of the course, there should be some support to practice the task in a real-world setting. Practice the task. E-learning courses often are weak on practicing the task more than once or twice.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

That comprises self-paced courses (eLearning), training videos, in-app support, and even performance support that’s delivered digitally. At the center of modern digital training is eLearning. While digital training in the self-paced form (eLearning) can be relatively expensive, there are benefits.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

That comprises self-paced courses (eLearning), training videos, in-app support, and even performance support that’s delivered digitally. At the center of modern digital training is eLearning. While digital training in the self-paced form (eLearning) can be relatively expensive, there are benefits.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The net result is that you cannot record the screen, either in software simulation or in video demo recording mode.     Restart Captivate and see if you can record a software simulation.   Jennie Ruby, CMT, CTT, COTP, is a veteran eLearning developer, trainer, and author. Jennie has an M.A.

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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

For example, many surveys of employees we’ve seen from organizations say that employees prefer self-paced eLearning courses more than instructor-led training. Let employees practice learning the software. That’s only easy to do with a realistic software simulation. The ideal solution?

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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

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

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

APRIL 24, 2023

It can be engaging and entertaining with a bit of good writing for eLearning or training videos. Similarly, an employee might understand the basics of customer relationship management (CRM) software, but unless they learn how to use the software to achieve customer success, the training won’t make much of an impact.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2023

Only self-paced eLearning can accomplish this by recreating a system in a safe environment that walks people through processes while having them do it. We went over some of these in our post about how we saved an organization millions by converting vILT into eLearning. That’s not very custom after all.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Engagement Employees are always more engaged in their job when they know what they’re doing and feel supported. When employees are supported with that knowledge through good training then they will be more engaged in their work. Performance support can help with that but only so much.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

That means performance support is the perfect option. Performance support is often overlooked as a form of training but it’s one of the most important and effective ways to train employees. Just refer to the job aid, checklist, quick reference guide, or whatever other type of performance support available.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2023

But we’re not here to talk about content overload in eLearning or any other type of training. This is why performance support is so essential , it’s a great tool to help employees perform their job while making training more effective. Anything that doesn’t need to be used regularly should go into performance support.

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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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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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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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eLearningArt

AUGUST 2, 2017

Use the Tell ‘n Show method: a headline with a single point and media to support it. 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? He also blogs frequently about eLearning, PowerPoint, and presentations.

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