Compliance training. It’s a word that almost everyone in your organization dreads because it feels like it’s just another box to check. But it doesn’t have to be. Many times, companies look to a generic turn-key eLearning solution for mandatory compliance training, but there are better options. Ones that will make your employees want to take your courses. Here are 11 ways to make your compliance training more exciting and ...

In our fast-paced world, it’s more important than ever to provide our employees with the resources they need, when they need it. And there are more choices than ever when it comes to buying a learning management system (LMS) for your small business.  The key to a successful employee learning experience is often selecting an LMS that meets your business’ unique needs. A Learning Management System (LMS) is a software you ...

From BP to KFC, huge companies all across the world are turning to virtual reality (VR) to train their employees. There’s no doubt that VR technology can take boring, traditional training and turn it into an immersive, hands-on experience. So why haven’t more eLearning companies jumped on the bandwagon? It’s clear that VR is more than just a passing fad. Now that products like Google Cardboard make a VR headset that’s a ...

We have been talking to a lot of prospects and clients that have current training materials created in PowerPoint, or in Flash, or PDFs. The content is rich, conveys the intent and then….then it is static and doesn’t enable user engagement and interaction. There is definitely a felt need for delivering content to the workforce on their own devices at any given time. This is a collaborative dance that needs to happen between ...

Global E-Learning market industry is expected to grow from $176.12 billion in 2017 to $398.15 billion by 2026. That beats the GDP growth rates of many countries! From videos to fully laid out courses, coaching, blogs, blended learning, mobile learning etc. alone made $46 billion USD last year, and that number is expected to increase 3% this year. But with an exploding number of learning sources with an overwhelming Social med ...

Train yourself to let go of everything that you fear to lose – Yoda. We have had a more than a year of HTML5 now. And this is happening right now…not in some galaxy far far away. Instant gratification. Instant learning. We expect and demand to access knowledge any time and anywhere. We want this on any device that we have on hand at this very moment. This has made responsive content design a critical factor in course creation. ...

While Gamification became a buzzword and an over-hyped usage across the e-Learning world, I silently wondered how much one could learn from games. Sure, there are games that invoke curiosity, there are some that evoke and provoke and make the grey-cells tickle. Experiential Learning aside, the various levels of games within the course really engages the learner at various levels. There are Memory Recall games, Cause and Result ju ...

Pick up the hints. Interaction with a prospective vendor can show and shed more light than reading up about them or viewing their work online. 1. What skills does the e-learning vendor offer? Are the skills that the vendor brings, something that is complementary to your team? Are they more proficient at it? There is comfort in knowing that a vendor can work on a particular skillset, but can also work with aligned skill sets? D ...

I have been asked a few times “How to make an e-Learning Course Successful”there are a lot variables, In my opinion what stands out the most is: Is the learner learning?Does the learner want to learn more? Here are 5 steps to help you improve  your next course. 1. Grab the learner’s attention This may seem like it is a difficult task to do via an e-learning course, we all know how to grab the learner’s attention in pers ...

The face of elearning is changing more rapidly and research by ASTD and other e-learning groups suggest that the latest trends in e-learning include: More user engagement in elearning than ever before than the boring one-sided approach Integrating user-based content like Wikis, Blogs, etc Integrating social media into the existing e-learning system, making it very user-centric and interactive Mlearning and the surge ...