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Broad and Deep Instructional Design Skills

Experiencing eLearning

In instructional design, we have both broad and deep skills. Job descriptions have also been expanding to encompass more skills, especially more technology skills, as noted in “ Digital Skills Dominate Job Ads for Instructional Designers. “ Core skills. T-Shaped skills. Updated 6/22/2020.

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Social Media for eLearning Professional Development (Part 1)

eLearning Brothers

I recently attended the Society of Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) annual conference where 15,000 HR professionals gathered to share best practices, learn new skills, and improve the HR profession. Thanks to social media we have some great suggestions for how you can continue to develop your skills for free!

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Soft skills are more valuable than hard skills

CLO Magazine

We know some people don’t like to use the term soft skills, implying that the skills may be inferior. While core skills or power skills may be better, soft skills is the term most people understand and use. Three important data sets suggest executives consider hard skills to be more valuable than soft skills.

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Navigating the Future of L&D: Top 5 Skills You Can’t Ignore

Learning Rebels

Source: RedThread Research] If this doesn’t serve as a wake-up call for the L&D community to reevaluate their strategies and skills, nothing will. Here are five key skill areas that every L&D professional should focus on for future success: Agile Approach Data Analytics Curation Technical Acumen Business Acumen.

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Digital Learning Tips and Tricks from Neuroscience

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Chief Freedom Officer, Learningtogo

Does digital media work differently in the brain than information coming in from "the real world?" Tune in to learn: How the brain responds to digital media (and how you can use this response to increase learner attention). How the regular use of social media as an information source impacts the brain.

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8 Skills to Include in Remote Employee Training

LearnDash

What skills should you include? And to meet this growing need, online educators should think about what skills might need the most support as businesses make remote work a key part of their office culture moving forward. It takes organization, thoroughness, and strong people skills to guide a team from start to finish.

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Thriving in a VUCA world: Balancing tech transformation with soft skills

CLO Magazine

Other skills, such as soft skills, are important to the success of technological transformations. This is when soft skills (more recently referred to as “power skills” or “people skills”) need to balance any technology transformation. Yet, power skills are still required. Transformation equates to change.

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