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Competency-Based Learning: How to Bridge the Skills-Gap

Association eLearning

Competency-Based Learning: How to Bridge the Skills-Gap was originally published in the IACET blog as a guest post by Digitec President Jack McGrath. By providing competency-based learning and delivering this through an association.edu model, associations can address the skills-gap, while: – Supplying a skilled workforce to industry.

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Bridge the Skills-Gap with Competency Based Learning

Association eLearning

You can help your members over the skills gap with competency based learning, career focused training, and micro-credentialing. According to a 2014 Gallup survey , only 11% of business leaders believe that college graduates have the necessary skills and competencies to succeed in the workplace. How do I know? So, why bother?

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#LearningFlow Saturday Survey No 2

Jane Hart

Here is the 2nd Saturday Survey from @TheLearningFlow. Follow this Twitter account for a daily social micro-learning activity based on learning-related news from the Web. //. Social learning'

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4 Ways Micro Certification Can Build Your Course Offerings

LearnDash

What is micro certification, and how can it help your certification program? Micro certification is just what it sounds like: mini certification courses that allow learners to break their certification process into smaller, more digestible steps, or else gain certification in specialized areas that are most relevant to their needs.

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3 Strategies for Sure-Fire Micro-Learning Success - Tip #127

Vignettes Learning

For trainers and designers, this means a shift in how we should view learning and content. From “all content is important,” I propose we should focus on learning that helps learners perform their jobs. Focus on Micro-Actions Micro-actions are very specific actions that learners do which result in improving their performance.

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Utilizing Corporate Training to Train and Engage a Remote Workforce

Infopro Learning

Most forward-thinking organizations have realized this means that they have to improve their training and learning strategy to – taking special note of their mobile or remote employees. In another survey it was found that 99% of respondents said they would like to work remotely at least some of the time for the rest of their careers. (2).

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Micro-Learning Leads to Rapid Skill Acquisition - Tip #134

Vignettes Learning

Some economists and academics reject the idea of a skills crisis, but survey findings say otherwise. We Have a Skills Gap Most (or 61% of) employees who responded to this Udemy survey think there is a skills gap; 54% report that they lack needed knowledge to do their current jobs. Below are 4 strategies to learn new skills fast.