There’s a commonly held belief amongst employees when it comes to training: it’s a punishment. Training is something that’s seen as a necessary evil in the workplace, leading to a feeling of reluctance or even resistance. Continue reading
There’s a commonly held belief amongst employees when it comes to training: it’s a punishment. Training is something that’s seen as a necessary evil in the workplace, leading to a feeling of reluctance or even resistance. Continue reading
Narration can be valuable to include in your e-Learning. It helps guide learners through a course, it provides additional information, it adds a more interactive element to training, and it also personalizes the experience. Continue reading
In our last post, we discussed how valuable PowerPoints can be when you’re designing online training for employees. Let’s say you have a collection of PowerPoints on-hand that you’d like to transform into interactive, engaging e-Learning. How do you go about doing that? Continue reading
So you’re considering leaving your old, outdated employee training methods behind and instead going the way of e-Learning.
This means you have to scrap those PowerPoint presentations you worked so hard on, right?
Not quite. PowerPoint can be a valuable and advantageous tool to use when authoring your e-Learning. Continue reading
There’s no denying the value of a webinar for training. Research conducted by Wainhouse Research, commissioned by Citrix Online, showed the following about webinars and their value in the training world:
One of the biggest areas of resistance toward employee training comes from an unexpected place.
It’s not always the employees themselves who are hesitant to engage in a culture of learning.
It’s the C-suite.
High-level executives tend to be reluctant to embrace an emphasis on employee training, and it’s often up to training managers and HR professionals to convince them it’s a worthwhile endeavor. This can be particularly true when a company is considering a leap to a new style of training—e-Learning for example. Continue reading
One of our frequent tips to readers and clients here at eLeaP is to include at least some type of feedback within your e-Learning modules. Feedback is an important component of not just e-Learning but employee training in general. Without feedback, your employees are left without a sense of awareness in terms of how they’re performing. This often means not only does training not resonate as strongly as it would when paired with feedback, but there’s also little basis for improvement. Continue reading
Collaboration is an incredibly valuable workplace tool, particularly when it comes to training employees, yet it’s frequently overlooked.
With collaboration, you can strengthen not only the comprehension and retention factor of your employee training, but it’s also an important way to onboard employees and make them feel like a part of the workplace team. Continue reading
You’ve gotten your team on-board; you’ve selected your learning management system platform and you’re ready start designing exciting and relevant employee training.
So what’s the next step?
Most e-Learning professionals would say the next step is creating a storyboard. Continue reading
Your new employees have completed their onboarding and now their training is complete, right?
The answer is always no. Continue reading