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If you want your company’s eLearning efforts to have tangible impacts on the bottom line, the best place to start is aligning training and learning objectives with business goals. This critical alignment task has been mentioned in a variety of past articles, including business goals examples for employees to get eLearning results. Be sure to check out these previous articles:
No one likes to fail. Most people don’t want to fail. In fact, many people suffer from a constant fear of failure. And yet, failure happens. It’s really not a matter of if but more a matter of when. The big question, however, is what you do with failure when it inevitably happens to you or your team. Some of you who are reading this are already feeling uncomfortable, aren’t you? After all, failure tends to be a taboo subject, and speaking openly about it rarely occurs. But avoiding the topic of failure hurts more than it helps. By tackling the issue of failure head-on and with courage, you can turn your epic eLearning failures into success. Continue reading
The human brain is undoubtedly the most complex organ we have in our bodies. Scientists are still learning about its 100 billion neurons or so as well as the tasks it performs every minute of every day. The brain is amazingly adaptable. It can restructure itself, create new pathways, and reorganize itself, which it does when the brain learns.
Back in 2013, the eLeaP blog launched for the first time. At the time, we already appeared to be well into the online learning revolution. In retrospect, the industry was only beginning to take off and many of the things we now take for granted about online learning were still emerging. This post looks at just five things that have changed since 2013 when we first launched the eLeaP blog. Continue reading
Summer is almost here, which means employers are looking for seasonal workers in many cases. Using a learning management system can help employers maximize the time seasonal workers are on the job, and below is an overview of some things to keep in mind when it comes to hiring and training seasonal employees. Continue reading
In our previous post, we covered some pros and cons of creating an online course to sell it or using it in a sales funnel. We also covered some of the basics, such as answering “what is a learning management system.”
If you’ve read that post, and you’ve made it to this one, it’s likely something you’re still seriously considering. Continue reading
According to The Training Journal, language learning is set to be a top corporate priority this year. The Training Journal cites the importance of language learning specifically for UK-based companies, especially because of Brexit. There’s relevance to this trend for U.S. companies as well, however.
If you’re a veteran retailer, you know what’s waiting after Thanksgiving Day festivities with family and friends. You’ll get up early, well before dawn, and at work to find dozens and even hundreds of customers already camped outside your retail outlet waiting to take advantages of those special deals reserved for door crashers only. By the time you roll out, over twelve hours later, you’ll feel like you’ve just weathered a major storm. So, how do you prepare? To begin, watch these training videos. Continue reading
Remember when MOOCs were the wave of the future? What about setting up a classroom or campus on Second Life? Perhaps, you made a huge investment in gamification? The reality is that like all other aspects of education, trends come and go in online learning. That’s why knowing when to buy in and to what extent is important. But first, a short history of predictions, outcomes and lessons learned.
What’s in a color? Well according to color psychology theories, a lot. When you’re designing training and eLearning materials for your employees, the colors you utilize can make a big impact on how the material is received, comprehended and even retained.
But what exactly is color psychology, how does it pertain to corporate training, and why is it so important. Continue reading