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Learning Management Systems

November 18, 2019 | Sponsored

How Managers Can Improve Onboarding New Hires

The words stressful, boring and overwhelming are often used to describe employee onboarding. But onboarding doesn’t need to be a drag. In fact, it could be your greatest weapon in the war for talent. Learn how to create the best onboarding experience, and retain top talent because of it!

by Nikos Andriotis

Corporate eLearning

November 18, 2019 | Sponsored

What Is Personalised Learning? 5 Ways That Personalisation Improves Engagement With Learning

On the face of it, the phrase seems self-explanatory: personalised learning is learning specific to the needs of individual learners. My learning isn’t your learning. However, personalised learning approaches can vary quite a lot depending on who exactly is doing the personalising.

by Emma Whiteside

Learning Analytics

November 18, 2019 | Sponsored

6 Training Evaluation Questions To Ask Before Implementing Learning Analytics

It never bodes well to dive into the unknown without preparation. To define, design and enable learning analytics, it’s essential to have a clear strategy in place. Prep yourself with these evaluation questions before you dive into learning analytics.

by Ayesha Habeeb Omer, Ph.D

Mobile Learning

November 17, 2019

Challenges And Benefits Of Delivering Content On Smaller Screens

Those who design mobile learning must understand the typical constraints for consuming content and performing tasks on a smaller screen, including screen size, interruptions, connectivity loss, split attention, higher interaction cost, and increased cognitive load. Despite these constraints, many of which you can reduce with good design, there are also major benefits. These benefits, however, are likely not to be what most organizations are currently doing or planning on doing.

by Patti Shank, PhD

Microlearning

November 17, 2019 | Sponsored

How To Adapt Your Microcontent To Your Employees' Social Needs

Humans meet many of their social needs at work. Read about how your learning program can be adapted to help meet social as well as general learning needs.

by Shannon Hart

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

November 17, 2019

7 Ways Social Learning Facilitates Knowledge Sharing And Talent Development

Social learning turns every employee into an in-house expert and lifelong learner. In this article, I explore 7 ways social learning facilitates knowledge sharing in your organization.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

November 17, 2019

Leave The Old Behind: How To Phase Into Modern Digital Learning

Organizations need to embrace modern digital learning techniques and technology if they want their L&D programs to be effective once again. As to how to go about phasing into modern digital learning from their old ways, this is what will be discussed in this article.

by Debadrita Sengupta

Game-Based Learning

November 16, 2019

7 Game Mechanics To Look For In Your New Gamification LMS

You’re already sold on gamification, and you’re willing to incorporate it into your online training strategy. What must-have LMS features will help you realize your vision? In this article, I highlight the top 7 game mechanics to look for in your new gamification LMS.

by Christopher Pappas

Instructional Design

November 16, 2019 | Sponsored

Comparing The Differences Of ADDIE And Agile In Learning And Development

While there are many training course creation methodologies out there, two of the most widely used are the ADDIE Model and the Agile Framework. Read on to learn the major differences and see which model is best for your needs!

by Andrew Hughes

Corporate eLearning

November 16, 2019 | Sponsored

How Can L&D Deal With The 180-Degree Turn In Training Development?

I wanted to know which trends matter in learning and which don't. This article contains a high-level overview of my findings captured in my learning quadrant.

by Kasper Spiro

Learner Engagement

November 16, 2019

Does Gamification Truly Help Learners Acquire Knowledge?

There have been many misconceptions about whether gamification in eLearning is still as useful as before, or maybe it's dead. These misconceptions have been making waves in eLearning and hindering some organizations from using gamification as their learning strategy.

by Naveen Neelakandan

Learning Management Systems

November 15, 2019

5 Essential Support Tools To Add To Your Corporate Compliance Training For External Partners

External partners, and that sometimes includes customers, have a special set of training needs. What support tools can you offer to ensure these needs are met and corporate compliance is maintained?

by Christopher Pappas