5 Tips to Make Blended Learning a Success in Your Organisation Blended learning is a training strategy where you combine e-learning content and modules with more traditional instructor-led elements. The e-learning part of the course is self-directed by the learner, while the instructor-led elements are typically live, whether in-person or virtually. Blended learning can be suitable for a range of …
Challenges of Developing a Learning Culture and How to Overcome Them
Challenges of Developing a Learning Culture and How to Overcome Them The shelf life of skills is getting shorter and shorter, with the average now believed to be less than five years. As a result, it is essential for companies in the UAE and Saudi Arabia to ensure employees continuously improve existing skills and develop new ones. Developing a learning …
Strategies to Improve E-Learning Knowledge Retention
6 Strategies to Improve E-Learning Knowledge Retention When you create an e-learning course or any other type of training material, the aim is to transfer knowledge, enable the use of new skills, and change behaviours. However, according to Gartner, employees apply just 54 percent of the new skills they learn. This is in an era where technologies and working practices …
E-Learning Gamification Dos and Don’ts
E-Learning Gamification Dos and Don’ts Gamification involves adding features to your e-learning courses borrowed from the gaming industry. The aim is to enhance engagement, improve the learning experience, and enhance knowledge retention rates. However, simply adding gamified elements to your e-learning course is not enough. As with all aspects of e-learning design and development, gamification must be done right. Here …
Merrill’s Principles of Instruction Explained
Merrill’s Principles of Instruction Explained Instructional design is about creating learning experiences that ensure not only the acquisition of knowledge and skills, but also their application. There are several instructional design models that exist to help in the creation of training content, including e-learning content. We’ve been looking at some of the most popular in this blog series. In this …
Main Benefits of Microlearning
9 Main Benefits of Microlearning Microlearning is a term that can sometimes be associated with smallness. However, the only thing small about microlearning is the length of the content modules (or chunks) that make up a microlearning course. In all other aspects, a microlearning training course can be as big, complex, and challenging as required. What are the benefits of …
Why is the Metaverse Important?
Why is the Metaverse Important? All right, today I want to talk about why I feel the Metaverse is so important. Let’s get into it. The first reason I think the Metaverse is very important is because if you look at the large technology companies in the world, those like Meta, recently renamed from Facebook, Google, even Apple, which will …
Developing a Future-Ready, Skills-Based Workforce with E-Learning
Developing a Future-Ready, Skills-Based Workforce with E-Learning The modern workplace is in a state of constant change as work practices evolve and organisations respond to market conditions, customer expectations, and competitive realities. However, the pace of change over the past number of years has significantly increased. The need to continuously develop a future-ready, skills-based workforce has never been more important. …
Essential Steps for Developing a Future-Ready, Skills-Based Workforce
Essential Steps for Developing a Future-Ready, Skills-Based Workforce Organisations across all industries and sectors in the UAE and Saudi Arabia face the challenge of continuously preparing for the future. Workforce skills are an essential component. How do you make sure you have the skills you need not only today, but tomorrow? What are those skills and how do you develop …