PRINCIPLES
The frameworks (cognitive, emotional, and individual) suggest the following principles for content and learning:
• The learning should focus on important skills that the learner leaves with. Learning should make a difference in their ability to meet their own goals, and it should be actionable. Teaching just abstract knowledge or frameworks leaves people with what cognitive science calls “inert knowledge” that learners can pass tests on, but don’t access at appropriate application situations (it may be retained, but it isn’t transferred).
From the category archives:
E-Learning
Key Aspects of Developing Engaging e-Learning – Part 2
The Power Selling E-Learning Experience: Consultative Selling for Document Technology Representatives
Organizations are always looking for ways to reduce traditional training costs, mainly travel and lodging costs. In today’s highly competitive markets, being able to reduce these costs, as well as to reduce a salesperson’s time out of the field is a huge benefit for the entire organization. Two industry leaders have collaborated to launch a great solution to this recurring issue entitled, The Power Selling E-learning Experience, by Steven Power and Knowledge Anywhere.
Hosted (SaaS) Vs. Licensed Cost Analysis of a Learning Management System/Learning Content Management System (LMS/LCMS)
There are two ways a company may purchase a learning management system/learning content management system (LMS/LCMS). They can license the software and host it on their own servers internally, or they can purchase a hosted service where the software is hosted on the vendor’s servers.
The hosted vendor service option is also called SaaS. SaaS (vendor [...]
Low-hanging fruit: taking your elearning to the ‘next level’ on the cheap
The arguments are hard to ignore and the reasons to move beyond ‘training’ are myriad. Things are moving faster, information is doubling at a rapid rate, the ability for products and services to be copied is down to almost minutes. No matter how entrenched your industry, or how deep your pockets, imminent threats are promised. [...]
Improving On-The-Job Training with LMS and e-Learning Tools
Learning Management Systems (LMSs) and e-Learning authoring tools can help with all parts of on-the-job training. Depending on your organization’s needs, you can use an LMS to track and manage one or more parts of the OJT process.
Helping your Training Organization Survive and Thrive Through the Recession
Charlie Gillette, CEO of the leading eLearning company, Knowledge Anywhere discusses techniques to keep training organizations thriving through the recession.
Bellevue-based Knowledge Anywhere Acquires Warehouse Intellect
Acquisition Extends Knowledge Anywhere’s Solutions and Enterprise Customers Base
The Online “Training” Myth
Online “training” is acceptable and even preferred when the desired outcome is to educate.
Doing the real training is required and perfectly feasible, even with large groups of people when the desired outcome is acquiring skill and proficiency.
Four Things to Consider Before You Decide to Write Yourself
It is important to ask yourself four main questions before writing and developing e-learning content.
Learn and Save Brings Savings and Tutorials To Consumers and Companies Alike
New Consumer-Oriented Site Provides Financial Relief in the New Year. Learn And Save provides thousands of how-to tutorials paired with great consumer coupons.