Employee Engagement

August 6, 2015

Emotional Engagement: How Positive And Negative Emotions Affect eLearning

Using gamification adds fun to your eLearning course and increases engagement from your employees at an emotional level. In this article I will share some thoughts I gathered from reading a few interesting articles on how strategies like gamification and scenarios are effective in creating emotional engagement.

by Christie Wroten

July 30, 2015

Engage Your Learners with Digital Storytelling

“What’s the story, morning glory? What’s the word, hummingbird? Have you heard about Hugo and Kim?” These lyrics from the classic musical Bye Bye Birdie reflect our natural desire for stories and news. Storytelling itself is an age-old art form, but digital storytelling… now that’s big business today. Incorporating digital storytelling into your eLearning content can help you increase learner engagement.

by Stephanie Ivec

July 29, 2015

Active Learning In Online Training: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

Active learning is one of the most effective ways of learning indeed, but creating an online active learning environment requires careful attention. In this article, I’ll explain what active learning is, what are its best practices, and most importantly, how to integrate it into your online training course in order to increase your employees’ engagement, motivation, and performance levels.

by Christopher Pappas

July 29, 2015

Learning And Development’s Vital Role In Nurturing Engaged Employees

When it comes to top learning organizations, we found that they commonly possess 7 habits that build staff engagement. Read this article to find out what these habits are and how Learning and Development can help foster more engaged employees in today's ever-changing environment.

by Laura Overton, FCIPD, FLPI

July 23, 2015

Employee Online Training: Back To School For Corporate America

Back to school! Back to school! Bells are ringing. Birds are chirping. But inside the office, it’s just another Monday. People are indifferent. Now’s the time to relive the back-to-school nostalgia with annual employee online training. Below is some A+ advice for gearing up.

by Max Yoder

July 16, 2015

Employee Engagement Versus Employee Energy

I read a really interesting article recently from Chief Learning Officer (CLO) about minions. You know, those little yellow guys with the weird overalls and obnoxious, yet cute laughs. Even if you don’t have children, you can’t get away from advertisements featuring these minions. They are everywhere—on billboards, in television commercials, on t-shirts, and in CLO articles. So why is a respected learning organization like CLO writing about an animated children’s movie character? It’s all in the name of engagement.

by Stephanie Ivec

July 14, 2015

Positive Reinforcement In Online Training: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

Positive reinforcement in online training can not only increase an employee’s belief in their own capabilities to perform work tasks successfully, but also it can enhance their learning motivation and engagement. In this article, I’ll share 4 benefits of using positive reinforcement in online training, as well as 5 tips on how to use it more effectively.

by Christopher Pappas

July 13, 2015

Why Rich Media Matters For Learning And Development

Sometimes, when the budget gets tight, one of the places Learning and Development professionals think they can cut is graphic design. But the truth is rich media makes a big difference to the success of your corporate training programs, and you should care about how your programs look because they impact effectiveness.

by Jayme Jenkins

June 27, 2015

Top 5 Tips For Innovative eLearning Development

Amongst the challenges that Learning and Development teams and Learning Consultants face today, the top 2 pertaining to training would be: 1) How to increase the efficacy of training?, and 2) What learning strategies should be adopted to ensure that the learning and business mandates are met? In this article I will outline 5 tips for innovative eLearning development that will help organizations improve efficacy of training by making the learning stick.

by Asha Pandey

June 26, 2015

Creating An eLearning Incentives Program For Your Employees

Creating an eLearning incentives program can be a great way to encourage your employees to continue learning. Here's how to build one your employees love.

by Adrienne Erin

June 24, 2015

Engaging Your Staff With Interactive eLearning Courses

How can you engage your employees in taking interactive eLearning courses? In this article I will show you 3 ways to convince your staff that interactive eLearning courses will not only enhance their knowledge and skills, but also boost their work performance.

by Hemina Shah

June 21, 2015

6 Tips To Use Positive Reinforcement In eLearning

Reinforcement can be a powerful tool in eLearning. However, it is a double-edged sword. While positive reinforcement can get learners on the right track, negative reinforcement can veer them off course. In this article, I’ll share everything you need to know about positive reinforcement, including how to use it in your next eLearning course design.

by Christopher Pappas