Corporate eLearning

January 27, 2016

8 Key Elements Of Using Action Mapping In Online Training

Action mapping in Online Training is the most direct way to improve workplace performance and develop measurable goals. In this article, I'll highlight the 8 essential elements that every online training course based on action mapping should have to be truly successful.

by Christopher Pappas

January 26, 2016

3 Ways Online Training Providers Can Use Gamification In Their Courses

If you’re simply taking a game and apply it to online training, you’re doing gamification wrong! For example, think of gamified training that’s based around a word search or a board game. These forms of gamification can be expensive to create and often offer little value to the learner. Instead, you need to find ways to use gaming elements to create better experiences that are not possible with traditional learning mediums.

by Li Whybrow

January 24, 2016

5 Top Tips To Maximize Your Compliance Training Experience

The reality of compliance training for most organizations goes something like this: Legal responsibilities and regulatory requirements continue to increase, budgets shrink, and seat time pressures rise — not quite the formula for a winning training solution. Here are 5 top tips for maximizing your compliance training experience.

by Fionnuala Courtney

January 20, 2016

4 Learning Evaluation Models You Can Use

How do you know that the learning programs you put together work with your learners and the particular context of your organization? When you attend a conference session or read a blog about the latest craze, how do you know if it really is a useful approach or just hot air? Learning evaluation can help answer these questions. So how do you evaluate learning?

by Andrew Downes

January 20, 2016

The Art Of Application Learning

Is it possible to drastically reduce expenditures and time spent training, especially for application learning, simply by switching to more modern methods? The answer is yes.

by Julia Bespala

January 19, 2016

Creative Instructional Design: Featuring 3 Innovative Onboarding And Induction Examples

All of us are aware of the impact of well-designed onboarding and induction programs. Today, several organizations prefer an eLearning-based approach to deliver them. They seek learning strategies that can deliver high impact programs that can induct new team members quickly and efficiently. With changes in learner demographics that now include Millennials in significant numbers, organizations are looking at more engaging and immersive formats that appeal to this profile.

by Asha Pandey

January 17, 2016

3 Ways To Test And Improve Online Training

In today’s competitive online training landscape, it’s essential that you listen to learners and consistently find ways to test online training and improve learning experiences. Let’s look at 3 areas in which you can focus your efforts: Quality assurance testing, acceptance testing, and engagement analytics.

by Li Whybrow

January 16, 2016

5 Training Resolutions For 2016

We start the year with the best of intentions, but resolutions are difficult to keep when life gets in the way. But 2016 can be different with specific, achievable resolutions and mechanisms to track your progress. Here are 5 training resolutions that our team at Versal came up with to make 2016 the best training year ever.

by Carlos Cuadra

January 14, 2016

Why Companies Need To Address Unlimited Users With Their Trainings

In coming across online training platforms with unlimited user models, you might have wondered what their advantages are. In short: Adding unlimited users to your training academy is highly profitable and saves a lot of effort! The following 3 examples show how every company can grow using a scalable learning platform.

by Annika Willers

January 12, 2016

6 Online Training Mistakes That Drive Corporate Learners Crazy

Ready to turn your online training course into an effective, enlightening, and engaging online training experience? Looking for ways to draw in your corporate audience and give them all the online tools they need to succeed? If so, read this article to avoid the 6 top online training mistakes that drive corporate learners absolutely crazy.

by Christopher Pappas

January 11, 2016

Migration From Flash To HTML5 - Warning: You May Be Losing Money

If you are reading this, you have decided to adopt mLearning or mobile learning and are evaluating an efficient way to migrate your legacy Flash content to HTML5. Your objective is to provide enhanced flexibility and a better learning experience to your learners. However, there are several issues that you must be aware of as you move forward with migration from Flash to HTML5. Otherwise, you may be losing money in the process and might not meet the required ROI on your investment.

by Asha Pandey

January 7, 2016

Mindfulness And eLearning: New Age Ideas In A Digital Age Of Teaching

My team was asked to design a suite of eLearning for a 30-day program teaching learners the value of mindful practice, as well as techniques and strategies to achieve and maintain mindfulness. While demand for self-care is coming, it’s only a matter of time before teaching mindfulness is an industry standard. Here are some things I learned about teaching new age ideas in a digital environment.

by Rob Sanderson