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Soft Skills Training that Actually Isn't Do you remember taking a "soft skills" training class earlier in your career? Perhaps a sales skills training course? A leadership communication skills class? I'm betting you spent the majority of your training time listening to an instructor, watching a few video segments and taking some notes. What percentage of the time in your class was focused on role plays or other behavioral learning activities that allowed you to practice the skills you were supposed to learn? Lack of Skill Practice Shrinks Training Effectiveness

A View into the Future of eLearning As more organizations are discovering the advantages of eLearning, there is a greater push to take instructor-led courses online. The challenge of course, is how to do this effectively. Fortunately, we have arrived at a point in time where technology now supports the promise of the virtual classroom. From the time personal computers entered the workplace, this has been a goal of training developers. The future is now here. http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/companies/item/459-a-view-into-the-future-of-elearning

eLearning 101 Part 3: Development Roles This section includes the roles and responsibilities that are included during the development process. Some roles are mandatory during any course development process, while other roles may be optional depending on the needs of the course. All roles should be identified and assigned at the beginning of the project. Every person involved in the project should be notified at the beginning of the project of his or her role. Note: one person may have multiple roles. It is a good standard of practice to form a committee to identify the roles and expectations of each team member and to have each person accept their role in writing to ensure they understand the requirements of the position. See communication log example, free download at the bottom of the article.

Upcoming Guild Academy Live Online Training Courses Articulate Storyline Basic Live Online Course. http://elearningindustry.com/save-time-and-travel-costs-with-new-guild-academy-live-online-training

eLearning Authoring Revisited - Learning Objectives and Adaptive eLearning Many eLearning courses are like a PowerPoint; click the page and move ahead. These are linear courses that measure progress based on screens viewed, and upon completion report a pass or fail to the Learning Management System. But you don't have to settle for this anymore! http://elearningindustry.com/elearning-authoring-revisited

Why Do Employees Forget Their Training? Even the best looking online training courses will fail if they don't take into account long-term knowledge retention. While easy to deliver, there is a responsibility to ensure that the information not only becomes a skill but an innate habit. Well developed elearning courses can help to stem the outward flow of knowledge.

6 Secrets for Quick and Cost-Effective e-Learning Development Are you developing an e-Learning course on a tight budget? Do you have a limited amount of time to create a course that will still dazzle your learners? If you're nodding your head yes, then you're not alone. http://elearningindustry.com/6-secrets-for-quick-and-cost-effective-e-learning-development

A virtual learning environment is a medium of learning where learners go through courses, study materials and learning aids through an online medium. It can be browser-based or a virtual training session through Zoom. Virtual learning offers activities, interactions, and resources within a course structure and provides different levels of assessment. Given this context, learners can access learning materials through peer-to-peer collaboration networks such as forums. As social learning is a continuous process of learning from other people within and outside the organization, it can be integrated into virtual learning through various means.

13 Free Udutu Video Tutorials Udutu Online Course Authoring Tool is perfect for corporate trainers, software trainers, human resource managers, curriculum designers, sales professionals, account managers and small businesses. Would you be interested for a list of 13 Free Udutu Video Tutorials? http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/free-elearning-resources/item/414-13-free-udutu-video-tutorials-authoring-tool

Top 5 eLearning Communities at Google+ that you should join Do you believe that it is important to talk about stuff you are into with professionals who love it too? Are you interested in educational technology, eLearning development, and Massive Open Online Courses? http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/general/item/429-top-5-elearning-communities-google-should-join

When you're working online and you access a text heavy web-page that scrolls for 5 pages, what is your initial reaction? To most of us, a text-heavy page filled with a long list of resources and activities is not inviting or enticing. The same is true for students and online courses.

Advanced eLearning Authoring Tools have made eLearning Development Easy The rapid and extensive advances in technology have brought on incredible innovation in all fields of human interest. The impact of the same can be seen in the e-learning space, and these days, this specialized segment is breaking new ground continuously.

Microlearning in corporate training is not "eLearning-lite". So, just splicing the existing 30 minutes eLearning course into 5 nuggets does not create Microlearning nuggets.

Stuck in inflexible pages, much of today's learning material remains trapped in traditional formal vehicles like eLearning courses or presentations. As a result, learning content - and the time and effort that goes into it -is often poorly leveraged. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Gamification has become an important strategy to take learning design and thus learning itself to the next level. In my experience, using the right gamification strategy has helped organizations to engage their audience better and reap better results on their training investments. I will be sharing some gamification strategies in this blog.

Instructional Designer for a contract assignment onsite in Newark, DE. Part-time; (3) days a week (20 hours a week) Start: Asap. Duration: 2 to 6 months Our client is looking for an experienced Instructional Designer to work on a variety of mandatory healthcare courses: Requirements Instructional design Authoring Tools: Articulate, Lectora, Adobe Storyline Experience working in non-profit or corporate organizations Experience with learning evaluation approaches and systems such as MTM is desirable Experience working with social media is desirable Professional consultant skills and attitude Educational degree in instructional design or related field is desirable For consideration, please send your resume to: Sheila.gott_sc@aptaracorp.com www.aptaracorp.com

eLearning professionals can use one or more Google tools from the following list to achieve better learning outcomes. Better learning outcomes comes from collaborative learning and highly interactive eLearning courses that are carefully planned. Always remember that a learning tool or simply a software is the median. We as eLearning professionals give value to any tool based on the way that we use it. The limit is your creativity!

Would you like to minimize the time to create an online course? Would you like a mobile-friendly design? Several professionals at the eLearning Industry ask me "Why to use TalentLMS"? Here are my thoughts!

List of Authoring Tools: Part 3 At the List of Authoring Tools: Part 3 you will find 37 Authoring Tools for the creation and development of online courses. Total number of Authoring Tools 127! Ultimate List of Authoring Tools Authoring Tools *11 Free Authoring Tools for eLearning *List of Authoring Tools: Part 1 - 50 Authoring Tools *List of Authoring Tools: Part 2 - 40 Authoring Tools *List of Authoring Tools: Part 3 - 37 Authoring Tools http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/tools/item/390-37-authoring-tools