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10 Tips for Using Synchronous E-Learning Synchronous e-learning can deliver incredible results with learners enjoying the experience and you achieving your training goals. As with most training strategies, however, you must make sure you use best practices when deploying synchronous e-learning courses. Below are 10 tips to help you get the best possible result when using synchronous e-learning. Before getting …

8 Tips When Using E-Learning for Onboarding Onboarding incorporates all the steps and actions your company takes to get a new hire up and running. In other words, it’s essential whatever your business and whatever type of job you recruited the new employee for. All too often, however, onboarding processes don’t meet the same standards that companies set themselves in …

The Principles of Learning and How You Can Adapt Them to E-Learning The Principles of Learning describe the factors and situations that facilitate learning and help people retain information. There are six principles: Readiness Exercise Effect Primacy Recency Intensity Let’s look at each as well as how you can use them when developing an e-learning course. Readiness This principle applies …

Instructional Design Best Practices When Developing E-Learning Courses Instructional design involves taking a structured approach to creating an e-learning course. The objective is to facilitate and help the learning process. To achieve this, it is important to follow instructional design best practices when developing e-learning courses. We defined instructional design in detail and discussed its importance in a previous blog, …

What is Instructional Design in E-Learning Instructional Design in e-learning involves designing courses in a way that makes it easier for learners to acquire new skills and knowledge. Instructional design does this my making e-learning courses more effective and efficient as well as making them practical and visually appealing to learners. Okay, that could be a definition you apply to …

How to Write a Business Case for Outsourcing E-Learning Development If you have responsibility for training in your company, one of the best ways to convince senior management to outsource e-learning is to build a business case. Without a strong business case, senior management might look at e-learning as simply a cost, without looking at the benefits. Also, they may …

11 Tips for Creating a Learning Culture in Your Organisation Creating a learning culture in your organisation is about much more than having a training policy and a range of training programmes. Instead, a learning culture is where you get buy-in from employees at all levels to improve their KSAs – knowledge, skills, and abilities. Creating this learning culture will …