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E-Learning is a uniquely transformative force which has direct bottom line impact. However Elearning has to be done right to ensure its vast advantages are realized in organizations. Get the latest thought leadership in Elearning.
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The Value of Medical Simulations and How to Improve Their Effectiveness
This week George Washington University announced a ribbon cutting for their newest addition to the School of Nursing—a skills and simulation laboratory. The 3,000 square foot lab is being dubbed a virtual hospital, with beds for ten which are filled with mannequins simulating patients, ranging from babies to the elderly. Some of the mannequins are […]
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The Case for Soft Skills Training and Best Practices for Delivery
Soft skills—buzz phrase or something you should be focused on? There’s debate floating around about whether or not soft skills training is valuable.The Value of Soft Skills Consider this research regarding the value of soft skills: A Salesforce study showed that of all new hires who fail at their position within the first 18 months, […]
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Should You Hire Inexperienced New Hires? And If You Do, How to Train Them?
Newbie job seekers often hold the fear that they’ll be passed over in favor of more experienced talent. Sometimes this is true: employers are looking for the most experienced talent available, but there is also something to be said for fresh, inexperienced employees. Advantages of the Underqualified Hire Perhaps one of the most obvious advantages of […]
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All About CRMs and How to Make Online Training Effective
A customer relationship management system is one of the most important things many businesses invest in. Most e-Commerce companies use them, but they can also be valuable for small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Is Over Hiring an Effective Recruitment Strategy?
When farmers plant a field, they generally plant more than they intend to harvest. Wine growers, for example, “green harvest” excess grape clusters, typically from younger vines, to ensure that the remaining grapes are able to fully ripen. The same holds true in other agricultural niches. If one fails to thin out their beet crop, […]
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Exploring the Future of LMSs: Mobile Augmented Reality
Most people now more or less understand virtual reality. In short, virtual reality replaces the real world with a simulated world. By contrast, few people still fully understand and appreciate the concept of augmented reality, despite the fact that a growing number of applications (both commercial and educational) rely on augmented reality applications. At its […]
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Training Essentials for the Manufacturing Sector: Part 1
In the manufacturing sector, training was once primarily carried out informally and on the job. In short, it was a sector where new workers were often expected to learn the ropes from experienced workers on the shop floor, often with little guidance or oversight from managers. Today, a growing number of manufacturers are developing formal […]
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eLearning TrendWatch: Personalized Learning
Every learner is a unique human being with his or her own needs, interests, skill levels, and so on. The challenge for learning professionals has always been to what degree learning can be tailored to the individual learner.
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Closing the Digital Divide One Step at a Time
Recently, President Obama announced plans to connect thousands of low-income Americans to the Internet with the roll-out of a new program designed to bring Internet access to Americans living in public housing. ConnectHome is an extension of the government’s already established ConnectED initiative. President Obama’s announcement coincides with the Council of Economic Advisors’ new report […]
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eLearning Trend-Watch: Corporate MOOCs
The eLeaP blog often reports on the latest trends in eLearning and corporate training, but with the rapid evolution of such trends, it’s important to keep you up-to-date on the latest developments beyond our initial reporting. That’s what the eLearning TrendWatch is designed to do. In this first installment, it’s time to take another look […]
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Blended Learning: When and How to Use it
In today’s increasingly digital world, it’s all too easy to just assume that eLearning is always the way to go. But it’s worth remembering that the choice you face isn’t a black-and-white, either/or choice between eLearning and traditional learning. They can be mixed together as well, which is called blended learning. And sometimes that’s the […]
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The ROI of Learning Part 5: The True Costs of Learning
In my last article I went over some actual examples of how to calculate both a benefit/cost ratio and an ROI for a learning initiative that was focused on boosting retention (reducing turnover). I mentioned in that article that it’s important to make sure you cover your bases when determining the cost of learning. In […]
