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Corporate eLearning

June 5, 2015

Should Your HR Department Deliver Compassion Training?

More and more Human Resources departments throughout the United States are being asked to weigh in on the issue of compassion training, and often they are charged with the responsibility of determining how compassion training can be delivered to managers and employees.

by Roz Bahrami

Learning Culture

June 5, 2015

Organizational Culture Of Learning Needs To Change For The 70:20:10 Method To Work

Workplace learning comes in all forms. 70:20:10 is a great reference model, but finding success with it involves far more than just blending eLearning with classroom learning, or improving how you rate performance against training.

by Mark Rose

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

June 4, 2015

The LinkedIn Guide For eLearning Professionals

You are almost constantly online; But are you sure that you are successfully promoting your eLearning professional identity? LinkedIn is a social network that has been used by countless employers and business professionals to connect, hire, and market. With a bit of creativity and ingenuity, eLearning professionals are now using LinkedIn to transform their eLearning courses into memorable and highly collaborative online experiences. In this article, I'll share a LinkedIn guide for eLearning that will give you invaluable tips that will help you use this professional network for the benefit of your eLearning career.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Project Management

June 4, 2015

Before The Build: Working With Subject Matter Experts and Asking the Right Questions

Want your eLearning course to be successful? Henry Ford once said, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” Unless you live in the middle of the ocean or on a space station, you’ve probably driven past at least a few Ford vehicles today, so I’d say Henry Ford knows a little something about success! However, sometimes working together is easier said than done. From difficult Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to cranky coworkers, there can be challenges when you’re working with a group. That’s why it’s important to set a good foundation for collaboration and review before you even begin building your course.

by Stephanie Ivec

eLearning Benefits

June 4, 2015

Why Α Learning Management System Is Useful

A Learning Management System is a web-based application that allows educational institutions and companies to provide the target beneficiaries with informational content and educational resources. It is an effective and responsive way for industry experts and teachers to create, deliver, and manage their content, as well as monitor participation and assess performance among learners. 

by Hemina Shah

Custom eLearning

June 3, 2015

Developing Custom eLearning: 7 Benefits For Your Organization

A significant percentage of your organization’s budget goes into employee development. So, why not make the most of your resources by developing custom eLearning and provide your corporate learners with an online training experience that truly benefits them and offers the best ROI. In this article, I’ll discuss why and how custom eLearning development benefits your organization and improves employees’ performance.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Trends

June 3, 2015

Top 10 eLearning Trends For 2015

So, do you want on-trend, tech savvy eLearning? We’ve got you covered. Here are the top 10 trends for what’s hot in 2015 and beyond.

by Ruby Spencer, CTDP

Learning Management Systems

June 3, 2015

Personalizing Your eLearning Program Using An LMS

Ideally each training experience should be unique. On the one hand everyone likes to learn in a different way, as some people have a tendency to learn better when exposed to images, whilst others might prefer text or videos; on the other hand also companies have specific and unique needs that differ depending on their business goals. Read more to learn how to personalize your eLearning program using an LMS.

by Dario De Angelis

Learning Psychology

June 2, 2015

Enhancing Short-Term Memory: 5 Strategies For eLearning Professionals

Long-term memory may get all the glory, but knowledge retention and information recall wouldn’t be possible without the aid of its more temporary counterpart. In this article, I’ll discuss the basics of the short-term memory and I’ll highlight 5 strategies that eLearning professionals may follow in order to enhance short-term memory and, thus, to increase the effectiveness of eLearning deliverables.

by Christopher Pappas

Custom eLearning

June 2, 2015

Custom eLearning: 7 Tips For Aligning Learning To Business Goals

Learning and Development function of modern organizations needs to clearly find important links between learning and business objectives of the organization. It is now imperative to align custom eLearning efforts of employees and individual departments towards business success. It is important for the Learning and Development function to create a continual learning process that is beneficial both to the learners as well as to the organization. This builds the confidence and capability of workers as well as improves business results for organizations. The shared tips will help create successful custom eLearning initiatives for corporate training by aligning learning with business goals.

by Heena Nanda

eLearning Design and Development

June 2, 2015

How To Speed Up eLearning Content Development

If you’re the head of training, head of eLearning or part of a team that coordinates learning and development in your organization, you are probably already looking for ways to speed up eLearning content development. In this post, I’ll explain why speed is important and I will show you some ways you can speed up your eLearning content development process.

by Li Whybrow

Corporate eLearning

June 1, 2015

8 Tips To Measure Your Online Training Effectiveness

You may have devoted countless hours to fine tuning your online training strategy and rolling out your new online training courses, but is it really serving your performance goals and objectives? One of the many benefits of online training is that it allows you to collect valuable feedback about its virtues and vices before it is too late. In this article, I’ll share 8 tips on how to measure your online training effectiveness and thus never have doubts about whether your it is really helping your employees increase their performance.

by Christopher Pappas