Corporate eLearning

March 31, 2014

Corporate Training Tips: Designing for Global Audiences

In today’s global economy, we often find ourselves designing corporate training — be it e-learning, m-learning, or classroom (ILT) — for audiences around the world. Keeping some important considerations in mind during the design process will ensure your training delivers on its objectives, no matter where your audience is located.

by Cindy McCabe

March 31, 2014

Can Your Training Sell?

Corporate training already breaks the bank. Is there a way to utilize courses to bring back the Benjamins? Consider customer training: it’s table stakes if your product or service has any sort of learning curve. Your customer training may be a cost center, but it doesn’t have to be.

by Randhir Vieira

March 31, 2014

The Evolving Role of Trainers in Corporate Learning

With the emergence of newer platforms of learning, the worth of one-to-one interactions in learning cannot be over-stated. The trainer plays a pivotal here – a role which is nevertheless evolving with the changing needs of the corporate learners. In the corporate scenario, the trainer now plays multiple roles to suit the needs of the modern workplace learner.

by Heena Nanda

March 27, 2014

4 Ways to Personalize Your Online Training

Online training has a bad—and incorrect—reputation for being impersonal, boring and lifeless. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Good online training can be personal and engaging. And it’s also full of life—in a recent survey, 72% of companies included said that e-Learning keeps them up-to-date with changes in their industry, which helps them remain competitive within their niche.

by Christie Wroten

March 4, 2014

3 Strategies that Build Long-Term Memory in Corporate Learners

If your corporate learners forget what they learned right after training, were they even trained at all? It’s one of several questions more L&D managers should be asking themselves. These three research-based learning principles should be central to learning design when the goal is retention.

by Steven Boller

March 3, 2014

Motivation in Learning: Encouraging Active Engagement by avoiding the QFNS

This article explores the premise of what to consider for providing an active learning experience. Also, what pitfalls we must avoid when approaching our learners so as to motivate and fully engage them in the learning process.

by Mark Nathan Willetts

March 1, 2014

4 Questions That Drive Learning Results

All learning includes the asking and answering of four questions. These questions form a cycle of learning. This four-part cycle applies to learning anything. Check the article to find more!

by Jeanine O’Neill-Blackwell

February 25, 2014 | Sponsored

7 Ways to Improve Your Compliance Culture without Breaking the Bank

Millions of dollars are spent on compliance training every year. Though necessary and crucial to organizational success, many organizations are struggling to keep up with new trends due to budget constraints. Here are some great tips for improving your compliance training programs without breaking the bank.

by Steve Lowenthal

February 24, 2014

How to Increase Training Engagement with Corporate Sustainability

Corporate sustainability and social responsibility (CSR) is making waves in Fortune 500 companies, so why haven’t HR and Learning & Development teams caught on? Don’t miss opportunities to infuse CSR messaging into training to increase engagement and impact. 

by Andrei Hedstrom

February 9, 2014

The 70-20-10 Model - Today, Tomorrow and Beyond

This is part of an exclusive interview that Charles Jennings gave to Learnnovators. In this interview, Charles shares his insights on the significance of the 70:20:10 Model for organizational development in today’s world. He also shares his advice to learning designers on the techniques to scale up to meet the challenges of designing learning interventions for this informal and social learning age. Equally valuable is his advice to Chief Learning Officers (CLOs) who wish to implement the 70:20:10 Model in their organizations. Charles’ foresights on the future of organizational learning are truly thought provoking. Read on…

by Ravi Pratap Singh

February 3, 2014

Level 4 Training Evaluation

Prudence dictates that investment decisions for any new project, whether it is commercial or non-profit in nature, must be predicated upon a solid business case of value delivery. While some social programs might be justified even though there might not be a monetary value to them, most initiatives in the business world are tied to demonstrable value, either in productivity or monetary terms. Corporate training initiatives fall within that category.

by Marina Arshavskiy

February 3, 2014

Learning versus Rules and Regulation Training

Corporate eLearning can be divided into two categories: learning and "rules and regulations" training. This article talks about the differences between the two categories, why the distinction is so important, and the key challenges in developing good Rules and Regs training.

by Mary Hetherington