Signs That Your Employee Training Program Needs Improvement
“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” This famous quote by Zig Ziglar, legendary author, salesman, and motivational speaker, speaks volumes when it comes to employee training and development. What goals and expectations do you have in place for your training…
Increase Revenue with the Right Employee Training
Businesses can depend on properly trained employees to deliver high-quality performance and create increased revenue. With that being said, prioritizing professional development training strategies with an enterprising perspective will result in positive trends in your long-term profit margin. Whether you go with on-the-job, instructor-led, online…
How Learning Changes as We Age
There are obvious advantages to being young — health, energy, stamina, flexibility, and being able to process and take action quickly are just a few. While some companies are bent on hiring younger adults, there are obvious advantages of hiring older employees. Wisdom, life experience,…
Writing Better Questions to Assess Learning
Are you a public school teacher or a college professor? Are you a safety instructor in an industrial setting? Or are you an instructional designer who writes eLearning courses for various types of businesses? Whatever the case, if you convey information to others, how can…
How Coronavirus Has Changed Training
The coronavirus pandemic has demanded a change in almost every area of our human existence. Changes in workplace learning are among those demands, and businesses must consider them if they expect to maintain pre-pandemic momentum. Flexibility and creativity in employee development are of utmost priority…
Instructional Design Principles Provide Methods to Avoid Madness
“I have no idea where to begin!” How many times have you sat in front of a blank computer screen and pondered this thought? It is your job to write electronic learning (or eLearning) courses for students that you do not know personally and whom…
Part 6 of 6: Key Features to Look for in an LMS: Classroom Management
(Editor’s note: This is the sixth and final article in a six-part series on the six key features to look for in an LMS.) Whether cloud-based or in-house hosted, a key feature to look for in an LMS is its ability to provide useful classroom…
Part 5 of 6: Key Features to Look for in an LMS: Course Authoring Tool
(Editor’s note: This is the fifth article in a six-part series on the six key features to look for in an LMS.) Throughout this six-part series of discussing what key features to look for in an LMS, we’ve gone over four features; ease of use,…
Part 4 of 6: Key Features to Look for in an LMS: Learning Modes
(Editor’s note: This is the fourth article in a six-part series on the six key features to look for in an LMS.) As our six-part series develops, we’re examining another valuable key feature to look for in an LMS — learning modes. Along with ease…
Part 3 of 6: Key Features to Look for in an LMS: Tracking and Reporting
(Editor’s note: This is the third article in a six-part series on the six key features to look for in an LMS.) So far, in this six-part blog series, we’ve examined how Ease of Use and Curriculum Assignment can increase the effectiveness and efficiency of…
Part 2 of 6: Key Features to Look for in an LMS: Curriculum Creation and Assignment
(Editor’s note: This is the second article in a six-part series on the six key factors to look for in an LMS.) In this second installment of our six-week blog series, we’ll discuss why curriculum creation and assignment are key features to look for in…
Part 1 of 6: Key Features to Look for in an LMS: Ease of Use
There are multiple key features to look for when choosing an LMS that will enhance your training program. In this six-part series, we will walk through what elements to look for and explain how implementing six specific concepts into your query process is vital to…
