What You Need to Know About Working Memory One of the things that frustrates many organisations when it comes to training is rate of retention. In other words, when the training is well-received, but the learners then forget what they’ve learned in the days, weeks, and months that follow. Understanding working memory and how your e-learning course impacts it is …
Are Your Learners Intrinsically or Extrinsically Motivated? The Difference is Crucial You probably already understand the importance of motivating your team to ensure maximum levels of performance. You will also understand that you must motivate different individuals in different ways, i.e. what works with one person won’t necessarily work with another. Motivating your team to learn is no different. In …
Bridge the Right Gap: Knowledge, Skills, or Motivation? Why do learners need the training you plan to deliver to them via an e-learning course? This is an essential question to answer before any design work begins. This is because the answer will determine the direction of the design, the content of the course, and, ultimately, the final product. There are …
How to Make E-Learning Courses More Accessible There is a widespread myth about accessibility. This myth is that accessibility is all about making e-learning available to people with disabilities. This is, of course, an essential and important part of the accessibility question. Accessibility is about much more than this, however. After all, everyone who completes your e-learning course will be …
The Four Ms of Successful E-Learning Courses The four Ms of e-learning will help you make your courses as successful as possible. Think of each of them like a pillar, when you have all four in place, the structure will be much more stable. The four Ms are: Meaningful Memorable Motivational Measurable Michael Allen talks about the Ms in his …
How to Make E-Learning Courses on Dull Topics Engaging and Interesting Running training courses on topics that are dry, dull, and heavy is not easy. Trainers and trainees can become frustrated leading to poor results and negative feedback. Luckily, it is possible to make e-learning courses on dull topics both engaging and interesting. It takes planning and creativity, but the …
Four Essential Tips for Outsourcing E-Learning Development There are lots of benefits of outsourcing e-learning development. This includes: Your e-learning courses will have more technically advanced functionality Your courses will have the input of education and training professionals who understand the best ways of helping adults to learn Your courses will look professional and visually appealing The cost of development …
11 E-Learning Pitfalls to Avoid You can easily find lots of information on what you should do with e-learning courses. Heck, I write about these sorts of topics myself right here on this blog! What about the pitfalls and mistakes that businesses make when creating e-learning courses? Below you will find the 11 most common e-learning pitfalls you should avoid. …
The Power of a Flexible Online Training Strategy Employees respond to training in a more positive way when courses are relevant to their immediate needs, easy to access, and fast to complete. How can you do this, though? After all, each of your employees will have different needs, they will access training in different ways, and they will progress through …
A Very Capy 2017 2017 sure was a heck of a year for Capytech. I’ve heard in a few places that it takes about 1000 days for a business to really start to get traction – and that’s proven fairly true for us as well. We got going late in 2013 and I went full time at the end of …