The learning trend of 2018: always-on learning
Your career is probably going through a lot more change compared to your parents’ careers. The same goes for your skills. Times change, and for companies this means that real time and always-on learning is becoming the new standard. If employees are not able to continuously learn new, more general skills, wherever and whenever they […]
What are the five big problems with ‘free’ content?
There are many hidden costs to using free content as part of your business’s learning solution – see the five key ones below. Most of us take advantage of freely-available resources on a regular basis – whether it’s taking a quick refresher on uploading an image to a Word document or a step-by-step guide on […]
Social learning: feedback in e-learning
Even though it is often used in connection with social media, social learning is older and its scope broader than that. Canadian psychologist Albert Bandura defined it as ‘Learning through observing and imitating the behavior of others’ in 1971. Social learning is an important mechanism in e-learning, which works by looking at each other’s responses […]
Case Study – achieve results with digital learning
Training large numbers of users is often a daunting and challenging process, especially as there are so many different techniques, tools and training methods at your disposal. Many companies still use traditional classroom-based training effectively, and the “human touch” and group interaction capabilities are often seen as advantageous. There are disadvantages of this approach however, […]
How to measure communication skills online?
“Know thyself!” With this ancient Greek saying philosophers, authors and artists have been emphasizing the importance of self-knowledge for ages. Among them Socrates, Plato (in their dialogues) and, a little more recently, The Wachowski’s (in “The Matrix”). Knowing what your strengths are provides you with self-confidence and enables you to do even more with the […]
Digital Learning for an Evolving Workplace
The health and success of a modern company depends on people thriving in their given roles. And, just as importantly, employees need to feel that they are doing meaningful work, and doing it well. This means that in today’s hyper-competitive business environment, it’s imperative not only to identify and hire talented people, but also to […]
Elearning: Is that how YOU learn?
It seems to be the perennial challenge for L&D leaders: how do you get your employees to want to engage with elearning? It’s comparatively easy to get employees to complete online compliance training – you just threaten them. But for building the capability of knowledge workers, I still think elearning is yet to deliver on […]
How to Keep Remote Workers Engaged
In this blog post, I will explore the advantages and disadvantages of remote or home working, coupled with my own personal experience and some of the important considerations that employers and employees should be aware of before making any changes to their working environment. According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of home […]
6 Types of Visuals to Spice up Your E-Course
At this point, there really isn’t much need to go into detail on the ways in which visuals can enhance educational content. We’ve known since before the term elearning was coined that most people are visual learners, and that using visual content improves both understanding and recall. So, rather than addressing why, let’s revisit how. […]
How to turn digital learning content into revenue
With so much information freely available online, are there ways of harnessing your digital learning content to generate financial returns for your organisation? After working on just these challenges for many years, I’ve noted what I think are the top five opportunities that may give you a few useful ideas: 1. Sell your updates, training […]
Face-to-Face Learning vs. E-learning: The Debate
E-learning is certainly “having its day.” It seems as if everyone, from primary school students through corporate employees, are receiving this learning delivery format, from computer-assisted and enrichment activities for school-aged learners to more formal training among work forces. Still, there are those who still state that nothing can really replace the physical presence of […]
Cultural Resilience Is Not a Barrier to Elearning
Cultures influence the beliefs, attitudes, values, behavior of individuals. If you have heard of the term ‘culture shock,’ then you will also know that many immigrants, students, new employees, learners face this when they go to new countries, new schools, new workplaces respectively. Our capacity as individuals to learn and to be able to adapt […]
How Chatbots Can Re-shape Elearning Experience
Chatbots are everywhere. You interact with them on messenger apps and websites. Bots can be used for tasks ranging from product recommendation to front line customer service. Driven by AI, chatbots become smarter and smarter over time. This is thanks to machine learning. There’s hardly an industry that has not or will not be influenced […]
Tips to curate your content for Online Training
Creating an online training program is a prolonged activity. It involves creating loads of unique content in the form of online training courses. It is becoming increasingly important that training-related content is selected carefully and shared at regular intervals. During employee training programs, content is curated for different stages including pre, post and in-between training. […]
10 Ways to Boost Performance with Mobile Learning
Here are my 10 golden rules to design and deliver a flexible and effective mobile learning programme. 1. Content is King Yes, it’s a cliché, but it couldn’t be more pertinent than in the realm of mobile learning where it’s vital to have quality content that’s accurate, relevant, just-in-time and bang up-to-date. You need a strategy […]
Way the World Teaches With Artificial Intelligence
From past few decades, our educational system has been slowly adapting itself to the new age of technology. With every day something new is innovating, everyone needs to accept the new change and learn about it. The biggest change that a mankind is right now facing is the new age of technology i.e. Artificial Intelligence […]
Practice Makes … Slightly Better than Eric?
Last week I wrote about Miss Wall, my childhood piano teacher. I came to be reminiscing about her because, after a long period of not playing the piano at all, I’d spontaneously bought a new book of music, when we were supposed to be buying floor tiles. (Trago Mills sells everything!) These days, playing the […]
7 Ways to Improve Your E-course Accessibility
It is absolutely no exaggeration to say that elearning has caused extraordinary changes in education. Today, no matter where people are, regardless of economic status, and regardless of their backgrounds people can become educated on a wide variety of topics. In spite of this, there is one area where many elearning programs falls short. Accessibility […]
Incentivize your customers to complete training
Customer training is the process by which a company teaches purchasers how to use a product efficiently. Online teaching modules can include brief demonstrations, tutorials, or written information on specific product operations. This process delivers the precise learning users need when it is most relevant. Online customer training is most often provided to support software […]
Why online training is the future for startups
We’re all familiar with some kind of online learning, whether it’s a remote degree, a virtual math tutor, a MOOC, or an employee training course. However, some businesses have been slow to catch onto the online employee training revolution, opting for traditional classroom learning instead. Big mistake. While established businesses might be able to get […]
