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Maximizing the ROI on Employee Training With Mobile Learning – TLNT
No executive in their right mind would argue with the fact that employee training is a basic business necessity. When organizations experience growth, change or competitive pressure, gaps emerge between what employees know and what they need to know in order for the company to remain relevant in the marketplace.
Employee Engagement Matters for E-Learning – E-Learning Magazine
According to most definitions, an “engaged” employee is a high-quality performer who takes personal responsibility to work toward the success of an organization. Imagine if all your learners fit this definition. Such a population would likely look forward to training, proactively request clarification as needed, and eagerly apply new skills on the job.
Building Mobile Learning – Learning Solutions Magazine
Mobile learning, properly done, is a natural fit to the challenges that enterprises and their employees are facing. Mobile learning and information applications are small, and you should tightly target them to solve particular performance problems. This means that these applications are relatively fast and cheap to create, while paying off in almost immediate results.
Automotive Industry Experiments with New Learning Models to Innovate as Sales Fall - HR Magazine
The automotive industry has been hard hit by the recession with production levels down and falling sales but it continues to innovate with competitive advantage and the sector is looking beyond the classroom to new learning models and media to address these skills more efficiently and effectively.
E-Learning to Benefit from New Technologies – Virtual College
The e-learning industry is set to develop as a result of new technology arriving in the sector later in the year, according to the International E-Learning Association (IELA).
As always, if you have some great industry news or blog posts you would like to share, please let us know!
It is no secret that e-learning is quickly becoming the solution many organizations turn to for delivering cost effective and successful training programs. However, many organizations are too quick to invest in impressive looking software such as an authoring tool or a Learning Management System (LMS) because they are convinced that this software is the one-stop solution to developing effective e-learning programs. What organizations don’t understand is that without a clear understanding of how to use these tools or the capability to implement their functionality, their e-learning programs are sure to fail.
