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The Gamification of Corporate Training

Association eLearning

Although gamification and game-based learning have been around for a few years, only recently are training departments beginning to take these learning and engagement methods seriously. The perception that playing games isn’t really training still lingers in the minds of the c-suite. out of a possible 5.

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10 Training Theories

Ed App

Getting a clear grasp of different training theories will allow you to build more meaningful content and more effective training programs for your employees. Here, you’ll find a quick rundown of 10 training theories, emphasizing their key concepts and how you can apply them to achieve your training objectives.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. The focus is on the training event itself and the follow-up to that event. Company executives are typically interested in the bottom line, not how well their employees apply the learning from a training class.

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Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? At first I couldn’t think whether I actually applied how training was delivered to these different types of learners. The students directed their own learning.

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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

I said in my last post that Kirkpatrick’s four levels were all about the training itself rather than how the training affects organizations. He suggests evaluation checks throughout the training?skill skill practice, role plays, and training simulations?with with a post-test to measure learning for the entire program.

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What is social learning and how to benefit it?

Wizcabin

Furthermore, according to a study by Bloomfire , about 70 to 90 percent of all workplace learning occurs informally. Earlier, in some of our posts, we mentioned some important points regarding social learning. What is social learning? As earlier mentioned, the concept of social learning has been around for a very long time.

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48 Books Every Aspiring Chief Learning Officer Should Read

TalentLMS

But it’s also the reason that to be the best trainer/ training manager/ chief learning officer, you have to keep your learning and development top of mind too. We hope that you’ll find at least one (or maybe a few more than that) that aren’t in your training bookshelf already. Learning books (4). Learning books.