Learning Management & Talent Development Insights
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Gamification: Avoiding the struggle with employee engagement
One of the biggest complaints employers have in terms of training and development is an overall lack of engagement on the part of employees. It is difficult to increase the level of engagement employees feel toward corporate training materials, regardless of how important the information may be, and employees who do not feel engaged tend […]
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eLearning paves the way for improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness
Medical device manufacturing is a complex industry, primarily because of the amount of regulation it’s subjected to, on both a federal and state level. The bulk of these regulations stem from FDA guidelines and this has a major impact on everything from how equipment is operated to employee productivity. In a heavily regulated industry like […]
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Make it meaningful: Tips to evoke emotion in corporate eLearning
Are your training attempts falling flat? If you feel like your employees aren’t engaged, aren’t able to retain information and simply aren’t getting the most from your organization’s training and eLearning, there may be one big culprit: a lack of emotion.
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A Guide to Navigation Styles and How They Impact Your eLearning
Navigation is an important component of eLearning, because it serves as a framework and guide as to how the information will be presented to the learner. It really directs the learner through the entire process of what they’re learning, lets them know how they’re progressing, and gives them essentially a status report of what they’ve […]
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Want your eLearning to work? Follow these 8 essential writing tips
If you’re in the manufacturing industry, or really any industry requiring your employees to undergo intensive training and development, eLearning is your best tool for achieving your goals. eLearning provides opportunities to improve efficiency, overcome traditional barriers to the training process, and present material in a way that’s going to improve overall retention and comprehension. […]
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Comcast Nightmare Highlights the Importance of Quality Customer Service Training
A professional writer recently recorded his conversation with a Comcast customer service representative that could be described as nothing short of a nightmare. During the exchange, which the customer says he didn’t start recording until about 10 minutes in, the customer service rep essentially refuses to let him cancel his service. Finally the customer wins […]
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Mobile Learning: Make It Mobile With These Tips
With eLearning, it’s all about convenience, efficiency and tailoring customized learning that will help your employees be more effectively trained, and continually educated. One of the ways to accomplish all of these goals is through the use of mobile eLearning, in addition to traditional desktop eLearning. When eLearning also includes mobile components, employees can easily […]
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The Value of Effective Safety Training and How to Implement It
Just the phrase “safety training” is enough to strike dread in the hearts of an organization’s leadership team, and the employees alike. Why? Safety training tends to be incredibly boring and highly technical, which tends to spell disaster in terms of how well employees retain the information. Despite the pitfalls of safety training, this doesn’t […]
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Get Lean: eLearning for Manufacturing Automation and Lean Training
If you’re in any way associated with the manufacturing industry, you’ve likely heard the term “lean,” repeated over and over again in a professional context. While “lean” itself may seem like a buzzword, it does have a lot of important implications for the industry. Namely, manufacturing organizations strive to remain lean in order to become […]
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How To Encourage Employees To Engage In Online Training
If you’ve made the decision to introduce Employees To Engage In Online Training content into your corporation. Or organization you’re on the right path, but the next question becomes, “who’s going to develop the content?” Innovative eLearning platforms have made it significantly simpler to do your eLearning development in-house from a technical standpoint. But there […]
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The Why’s and How’s of Including Videos in eLearning and Training Materials
If you’re creating eLearning or organizational training materials and you’re on the fence about whether or not to include videos, the evidence is strongly in favor of doing so. Videos become tricky for some employers and creators of eLearning materials —they’re unsure of whether they’re necessary, if they’re worth the time it takes to create […]
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How Classic Learning Principles Impact eLearning
As eLearning has continued to gain popularity in the learning world, there is a pressing need to develop practical learning modules that enhance learners’ engagement and effective learning outcomes. Thankfully, a reliable means to achieve this is to incorporate classic learning principles into eLearning. These principles have been researched to a large extent, tested, established, […]
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