Online Training

July 24, 2015

5 Steps To Address Micro Learning Moments: The New Learning Journey - Part 1

There has been a lot of buzz in the learning industry about micro learning and about shorter learning experiences having a better impact with learners. Several companies are implementing learning production and distribution models based on targeted content nuggets or pills that let learners control their learning time and ensure that learning occurs at the time of need.

by Alfredo Leone

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 22, 2015

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet On Training Millennials

Employers today are full of anxiety over the growing population of Millennials in the workforce. Millennials make up almost half of the total workforce, with numbers still rising. At the same time, the generation of Baby Boomers is rapidly retiring. Business Insider reports that millions of these Baby Boomers have retired just in the last six years and 10,000 of them turn 65 every single day. With the Millennials coming in and the Baby Boomers going out, the climate of the workplace is shifting. While companies of all kinds want to appeal to Millennials and hire Millennials, they aren’t quite sure how to adapt to their differences. Read why training Millennials is a challenge worth taking.

by Laura Payne

July 22, 2015

Albert's Successful Training Story

Albert drove home from the board meeting feeling very pleased with himself. He had been praised by his chairman for the work he had put in since joining the firm two years ago, and had been given a complete endorsement for the five-year training plan that he had presented to the board that afternoon in Mumbai, India. As he drove home, he reflected on those two tumultuous years. Prior to joining his current company, he had worked for five years as production manager in a small company that manufactured plastic coat hangers in his native Gujarat, and had made a name for himself there. When he arrived here, the company was barely profitable, with high absenteeism, shoddy work practices, and little or no quality control. He immediately saw there were two problems; low morale and lack of training. Here is how his successful training method helped increase productivity.

by Heera Edwin

July 17, 2015

7 Instructional Design Tips For Effective eLearning

In this article I will share 7 Instructional Design tips for creating effective eLearning courses, so that you will be able to impress your target audience almost instantly, regardless of your eLearning design experience.

by Anand Timothy

July 17, 2015

Get The Most Out Of Retail eLearning

Using survey results from Towards Maturity we lay out some actions retail businesses can take to really benefit from eLearning, from embracing new technologies to prioritizing your learning objectives. Here is how you can take advantage of retail eLearning.

by Kate Pasterfield

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 6, 2015

How To Create An Effective eLearning Experience?

In today’s business scenarios, anyone may be able to create a simple online course; however, creating an effective eLearning course is a different thing altogether. eLearning is becoming a common area where employers can create their eLearning courses with ease; but using several media does not necessarily improve the effectiveness of an eLearning activity. Good Instructional Design is more critical to achieving learning effectiveness than special multimedia effects. In this article I will share a few things you need to know about creating effective eLearning courses.

by Soni Amit K

July 4, 2015

4 Ways To Set Up An Enterprise eLearning Program With Multiple Objectives

In some cases, there may be no clear single objective to the eLearning program. This is especially true in the case of enterprise platforms that cater to a wide variety of users. In this article I will share 4 ways in which you can design an enterprise eLearning program for an audience with unique objectives.

by Kumar Venkatesiah

July 4, 2015

4 Ways Online Training Increases Productivity

Companies embrace online learning as a successful means of heightening the productivity of their employees. In this article I will share 4 ways in which online training increases productivity.

by Roz Bahrami

July 2, 2015

eLearning 101: Getting Started With Online Training

When I first started working at Trivantis, I had the hardest time explaining to my friends and family exactly what an “eLearning authoring tool” was. Most of the time I settled on “You know when you have to sit at a computer and take a course that tells you not to sexually harass your coworkers? That’s eLearning.” Everybody gets that, and everyone laughs. I’m so funny, right? (No.) But there’s so much more to eLearning, or online training, or virtual learning, or mLearning, as people are starting to call it these days.

by Stephanie Ivec

July 2, 2015

Why The Net Generation Is Paving The Ways In Which We Learn And How We Will Learn, Now And In The Future

There is value in knowing about the science behind learning. Having a scientific perspective on how we learn explains why the Net Generation expects technology-based learning at work and virtual training will play a key part in workplace Learning and Development.

by Mark Rose