With the current situation and social distancing norms, more organizations are preferring online mode of learning or are looking to convert their existing ILT to eLearning programs. In this blog, I will share few best practices on converting ILT sessions to impactful eLearning to impart knowledge and concepts quickly. Introduction With COVID-19 taking a grip over the world, organizations […]
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Types of Microlearning: Making the Most of Short, Focused Bursts of Instruction
Organizations large and small face the difficult task of continually ensuring their employees are up-to-date on the latest compliance training, the various aspects of their products and services and are encouraging an ethical and positive corporate culture. It’s impossible to continually take employees away from their mission critical tasks to attend lengthy, time consuming training […]
How to Improve Training Outcomes with Microlearning Interventions?
Attention spans and the forgetting curve contribute to learning fatigue and less impactful training. The need of the hour is outcomes-based training that helps the learners in the moment of need. What’s better than microlearning to implement this? In this blog, I will focus on how to improve training outcomes through microlearning interventions. The Forgetting Curve […]
5 Microlearning Formats to Use in 2020 for Maximum Impact
Microlearning has emerged as a great model to impart knowledge and concepts quickly. In this blog, I will discuss the five microlearning formats that we recommend for delivering high impact microlearning. In one of my previous articles, “Make Your Microlearning Interventions Work To Achieve Your Training Goals”, I mentioned that for microlearning to be truly […]
How to Fill Soft Skills Gap while Onboarding
Onboarding is both a nervous and an exciting experience for a new employee. A new employee brings to the table varied technical know-how. However, soft skills are an area where a new employee may require training. In this blog, we will look at how to fill the soft skills gap while onboarding a new employee. […]
Microlearning: What Is It Not?
Introduction Many feel Microlearning is chunking large volumes of content to shorter pieces, while some opine that Microlearning is 5 minutes of video. Are these really Microlearning or is there more to Microlearning than what meets the eye? In this blog, I will share my understanding of what is not Microlearning and what makes for […]
Theory to Practice: Actionable Microlearning Tips
Having well-trained and knowledgeable employees is essential for any growing business. It is your job as a learning and development manager to ensure your team is properly trained and educated. As technology and your industry changes, you will need to change the way you provide information to your employees. For years, learning and development managers […]
How Microlearning & Gamification Can Improve Corporate Efficiency
Introduction There’s no question about it: technology has opened up worlds of possibilities. No longer are we tiptoeing past the novelty of advanced systems, but we are moving straight into streamlining its application across all areas of study. Whether studying for the GMAT exam to get into business school or a company training program to […]
How To Make Your Induction And Onboarding Training More Effective With Microlearning
Introduction You may be wondering how can Microlearning be used to support the Induction and Onboarding training? Microlearning can be used to reinforce the key aspects of company culture, code of conduct, products, and services. In my experience, I have seen Microlearning working well for a variety of onboarding situations. In this blog, I will […]
Use Microlearning To Train Your Frontline Employees Better
Microlearning is an important way to reinforce key concepts or act as a performance support tool in the moment of need. Using platform-driven interventions, Microlearning modules can be provided to help frontline employees get mastery of the knowledge required to perform their day-to-day tasks. In this blog, I will share some examples of using Microlearning […]