Learning & Training

Theis Moerk, Vice President of Product Development at EPOS, a part of the Demant Group (a leading audio and hearing technology group), says: “It’s clear that companies have a responsibility to not only their business but their employees, to provide them with the best equipment to ensure optimum productivity levels as well as maintain their...

I was of the opinion that a good salesperson is the one who is a smooth talker and quick to answer questions even before you have them. Someone who will convince you to buy a product that you probably don’t even need. But the project burst for me when I got an opportunity to interact...

Looking for ways to improve the completion rates of your elearning courses? Want to make your online training content more comprehensive and easy to remember? Well, you should go for microlearning because it drives knowledge retention and improves performance. Nowadays the learners are overwhelmed with too much information. They get easily distracted by competing priorities....

IBM reportedly saved $200 million after it made a switch from traditional in-person training to an online training system. More than 70% of companies believe that online learning is key to their long-term strategy. By 2020, almost all employers plan to rely on online learning systems to meet the continuing educational needs of their employees. These...

The present era is dominated by interactive multimedia. Nobody wants to see static and one-dimensional objects and elearning is no different. In the technology space, people are extensively discussing the relevance of augmented reality (AR) and its varied applications. To many it may appear a bit “futuristic” in its approach, AR should be considered as...

Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do.  – Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist Have you ever been in a situation where you were compelled to use a machine with no clue about how to run...

In the past few months, I have encountered quite a few HR professionals who complained about the rising problem of involuntary attrition. While most of them were worried about the ballooning cost by losing talent, I was keen to find out the reason that makes an employee choose greener pastures. Although it is tough to...

Imagine a situation where you need to create an eLearning program or search for a suitable learning management system (LMS) tool to achieve your training objectives. You encounter the term “SCORM” and start thinking, “What is SCORM? Why is it important? What does it have to do with online learning?” First up, don’t worry! You...

In the world of online learning, discussion groups, discussion boards, discussion forums or threaded discussions are of vital importance. The reason is simple. A discussion forum offers a place to instructor-to-learner and student-to-student interaction to take place. It allows learners to share thoughts, ideas and even review them. Are you aware that there are 3.77...

In today’s digital age, the expectations of learners are diverse and highly individualized. Fortunately, the instructional methods capable of meeting their requirements are also evolving rapidly. The blended learning approach is one such method. It combines the engagement strategies of both traditional and non-traditional learning environments. So, learners get the benefit of synchronous offline learning...