Planning Onboarding Training for New Employees Training is an essential part of the onboarding process for new employees. Too often, however, the delivery and/or implementation of that training is haphazard, with each new employee experiencing something different. Even when onboarding training is well structured, that structure is often weighted towards ticking boxes rather than ensuring the new employee is equipped …
Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Content for Your E-Learning Course
Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Content for Your E-Learning Course Curating and preparing content is an essential step in creating an e-learning course. One of the most important elements is often the written content as this determines how the course will ultimately develop. Even when you work with a professional e-learning course developer, you will almost always need to provide the …
12 Microlearning Myths and Why They’re Wrong
12 Microlearning Myths and Why They’re Wrong Microlearning is about presenting content in short bursts. Each burst of content is focused on a specific learning outcome, with each burst coming together collectively to make the whole. It’s popular with a lot of professionals involved in corporate training, but there are also many myths about microlearning that have developed over recent …
Tips for Writing E-Learning Scripts
17 Tips for Writing E-Learning Scripts If you’re including a narrative in your e-learning course or you have a video or animation that needs a voiceover, you’ll need a script. In fact, the script you write is crucial to the quality of the course. The following 17 tips are essential to produce high-quality and engaging e-learning scripts that facilitate the …
A Brief Guide to Using Voiceovers in E-Learning
A Brief Guide to Using Voiceovers in E-Learning Voiceovers can enrich and improve an e-learning course. They are helpful when creating content elements such as videos or animations. You can also use them to guide a learner through a module, or as part of gamification or scenario elements. Adding a voiceover to your e-learning course is not as easy as …
Mistakes to Avoid When Getting Feedback for Your E-Learning Course
8 Mistakes to Avoid When Getting Feedback for Your E-Learning Course A key part of training is constantly working to improve your courses. In fact, you can improve even the most effective courses in your library. One of the best tools you have available as part of this improvement process is feedback. Getting feedback is not as simple as just …
E-Learning Myths Debunked
14 E-Learning Myths Debunked Even though e-learning is a well-established method of training in many businesses and industries, there are still several aspects of it that are misunderstood. This has led to a range of different myths being repeated. Here are 14 of the most common e-learning myths debunked. Myth 1: E-Learning is Just for Millennials People of all ages …
Tips to Get the Most from Subject Matter Experts When Developing E-Learning Courses
12 Tips to Get the Most from Subject Matter Experts When Developing E-Learning Courses Does the creation of an e-learning course you are planning require the involvement of a subject matter expert? Subject matter experts, or SMEs, and their contribution to your course can determine its success. It’s important, therefore, you get the interaction right from the start. In practice, …
Tips to Make Compliance Training Work Using E-Learning
6 Tips to Make Compliance Training Work Using E-Learning Compliance training is a legal necessity, but it is also important for the smooth running, competitiveness, and profitability of your business. It’s therefore important that your compliance training works. How can you achieve this, particularly in relation to delivering compliance training with e-learning? There is lots of advice already on the …