We recently gave you a list of 7 educational podcasts that aren’t mind-numbingly dull. We showed you the mine of useless (yet amazing) facts that is the QI Podcast; we introduced you to those potty-mouthed guys over at Cracked; and we let the orators fight it out (with words) on Intelligence Squared. But that, kind friends, was only an appetiser… Sadly, the podcast universe is lousy with poorly produced, rambling boredom factories, but there are still a few pockets of hope. As always, you can count on your friends here at Growth Engineering to sort through the rubbish and find the hidden gems. So here we go with another TEN morsels of mind-expanding earfood for your enjoyment. 1. TED Talks The home of Ideas Worth Spreading is your best source of enlightenment for pretty much any topic you can think of. Here, you’ll find industry experts going into depth about their topic and letting you know why it matters. 2. BBC World Service - The Forum You can always count on BBC Radio to teach you something you hadn’t expected to learn. The Forum poses a topic and lets a board of three lead thinkers discuss the topic in depth. 3. A History of the World in 100 Objects Again, the BBC comes to the rescue, hoovering up ignorance as it goes! This series is hosted by Neil McGregor, the director of the British Museum, and his own awe of the subject comes through perfectly. In each episode, a seemingly mundane historical artifact is examined, as well as its impact on history. 4. Radiolab On the Radiolab podcast, science and philosophy collide head-on, but it’s not the senseless wreck you might expect. Instead, each episode takes one big idea and weaves a tapestry of people and stories around it. 5. The Infinite Monkey Cage What? Another excellent reason to listen to BBC Radio 4? Featuring Robin Ince and everyone’s favourite keyboard player/astrophysicist, Brian Cox, you can enjoy the full sciencey wonder of the podcast without any risk of accidentally catching the Archers. 6. 99% Invisible This is a great podcast for anyone with even a marginal interest in design or architecture. The premise is that 99% of great design cannot be seen and exists in the background and the history of its creation. The episodes rarely exceed 25 minutes and some of them are as short as 4 minutes, so you’ve no excuse not to squeeze one into your day. 7. Freakonomics Radio If you’re one of those people who assumed that economics was a boring topic, then this podcast will change your mind. No, really! Following in the footsteps of the Steven Levitt’s book of the same title, Freakonomics Radio exposes the stranger side of economics whilst encouraging creative thinking. 8. Back to Work If you’re always looking to improve your productivity, Back to Work features interviews and discussions centred around professional development, communication and anything else you can think of that might make you work more effectively. 9. Good Job, Brain! If you’re a fan of a good pub quiz, but you’re sick of the same old Premier League questions that you never know the answer to, you should check this podcast out. Good Job, Brain! is part quiz show and part trivia-mill and after only a couple of episodes, you’ll have enough quirky facts to earn yourself a reputation as Quirky-Fact-Guy. 10. How to Do Everything This podcast does exactly what it says on the tin - if you want to know how to clean your tyrannosaurus rex, or how to make the best use of your pet dolphin, then you’ll find a few pointers here. It also includes practical information that people might actually find useful. So there you have it - 17 of the best podcasts for teaching you things you never thought you’d learn. The next time you’ve got a mountain of clothes to iron, pop one of these on and take a step closer to the genius you always knew you could be. We don’t like to toot our own trumpet too much, but we like to think we’re experts when it comes to making learning fun. Enjoyment is just one of the essential pieces of the engagement puzzle. To find out how to use the power of engagement to satisfy your every whim, download the Art of Engagement white paper by clicking the button. If this article has made you smile and changed your life in subtle, yet meaningful ways, you can subscribe to our email alerts and we’ll let you know whenever we post something similar. Just pop your address in the box below.  

When we feel empowered, it’s as though we can accomplish anything. There is no task too difficult, no mound of paperwork too tall, no coffee round too large and no training programme too daunting. When we’re empowered, we feel motivated to push our self-development forward and become the best ‘us’ we can possibly be. Employees shift from having to be closely managed and led to ultimately being self-directed and motivated in their own development. Creating a culture of empowerment in your organisation takes work, but is well worth the effort. Once you’ve established an empowered workforce that is passionate about achieving goals, smashing targets and powering through training courses, you’ll find it gets easier and easier to move forward. It’s like pushing a barrel up a hillside. It’s tough going; your back aches, your calves burn and you’re out of breath. But once you tip the barrel over the crest of the hill gravity takes over and it begins to move under its own steam. Like with most things in life, hard work pays off. Here’s why you need a culture of empowerment that will have your employees happy, motivated and determined to push their personal and professional development skyward: 1. When it comes to training and development, the strength of a company’s culture is the biggest predictor of impact. In other words, the more empowered an organisation’s employees are, the more behavioural change is seen and the greater the success of the training programme. 2.  Strong learning cultures are: - 46% more likely to be strong innovators in their market - 37% more likely to list employee productivity as a strength - 34% more likely to get to the market before their competitors - 18% more likely to currently be a market share leader in one or more of their markets (Credit: Bersin.com) 3. There’s a positive relationship between empowerment and workplace learning. This means that once employees have completed formal training programmes, they are more likely to successfully continue their learning journeys when back at work. This has the huge benefit of tapping into the 70% of our learning that occurs ‘on the job’ (compared to 20% through observation of others and 10% by formal training). It’s such a massive bonus that it directly relates to… 4. Securing the best darn ROI ever! Securing ROI - return on investment - is an important but often unachievable task of Learning and Development departments. The reason for this is that, generally, most training plans focus on only one area of learning: formal learning (like classroom training, workshops and eLearning units). But as we saw above, employees in empowered learning cultures do make the effort to tap into the 70% of learning that occurs on the job. It enables the learners to continue their learning journeys on their own, in their own time, both on their Learning Management System and in the office, store or out in the field when they get back to work. There are many more benefits of empowered company cultures, so it’s really something you should think about: here’s how you can start to create an awesome company culture. If you’re interested in finding out just how an empowered company culture helps to secure return on investment on your training spend, click the button below!  

We’re in the business of making people happy. We engage learners, take the strain off L&D departments, boost organisational profit and are generally quite a nice bunch of people. So it’s heartbreaking for us when we talk to companies for the first time and hear how sad - devastated, even - they are with their current classroom training programmes. It’s tough because we can’t believe they’ve been suffering for so long; their employees are demotivated in their learning, the managers don’t really believe in their training plan and the business is suffering for it. To be honest, we just want to give them a big hug, a cup of tea and a choccy biccy to cheer them up! But the thing is, it’s not the classroom that’s the problem. Sure, that probably sounds strange coming from an online learning company - most would probably say, "Well, there’s your problem: classroom training doesn’t work." But we’re more honest than that. We know that classroom training can work. If it’s done properly. And how do we do that…? People complain that children - and adults - can’t pay attention in classrooms, but then they get home and spend two hours straight exploring the world of Halo and learning new skills in Grand Theft Auto. Imagine if we could take the desire to learn and the dedication required to do so from video games and plant it in classrooms. It would solve all our training problems, right? Luckily, the technology is available to us to make this a reality. Developments like faster processor speeds, better internet speed and touch-screen tablets have opened up a whole new mode of learning. Here are FIVE ways you can bring technology into the classroom to engage, motivate and boost learning: 1. Videos A feast for the eyes! Using videos in classroom training can really help to capture learners’ attention and get them engaged with the content. That’s not to say you should just plonk your learners in front of a television and watch their eyes go square; that’s the route to a classroom catastrophe. 2. Webquests Whether you think of your learners as Hobbits to send on an adventure or as James Bond to go on a covert mission, webquests can add an element of excitement to your lesson. Set learners a task that they can’t simply work out - they’ll have to do a bit of digging, use their Google Fu and uncover the answer themselves. They’ll be much more likely to retain what they learnt if they make the effort to find the answer! 3. Wiki Make the webquest count by getting learners to upload their findings to a class ‘wiki’ (a purpose-built page like on the popular online encyclopaedia site, Wikipedia). This gives more meaning to their quest and makes double-triple sure that they won’t forget what they learnt! 4. Multimedia presentations Hands up if you’ve had to sit through an excruciatingly boring slideshow presentation. Ok, ok, you don’t have to put your hand up - your colleagues might think you’re bonkers. But you know what we’re talking about, don’t you? White slides filled to the brim with reams of text, probably too small to read without squinting. Ugh! Gosh darn it, just add some colour, an image, embed a video - anything to put us out of our misery!! Making presentations more visually appealing and stimulating is a sure-fire way to secure a better ROI on your classroom training spend. It’s not rocket science. 5. ‘Interactive’ classrooms Ooh… Now what do we have here…? That’s right - your friends at Growth Engineering have done it again. We’ve turned the traditional classroom on its head and combined the best bits of online learning with real-world training! When organisations use a Learning Management System to complement real-world training, a whole host of possibilities heretofore impossible are opened up: learners can take tests during the lecture and teachers can get real-time results. Lessons can be tailored to reflect how much is being learnt, and any difficulties are picked up then and there. Classroom events can be created, managed, amended and populated with attendees all with the click of a button. When classrooms are interactive, learners turn from zombies into active learners; they’re excited and raring to go. Want to learn more about interactive classrooms? Of course you do! Check out our hot-off-the-press white paper on the power of the interactive classroom. Booyah.  

This week’s Learning Hero is Vicki Davis, founder of Cool Cat Teacher - the only place to go if you want to teach better! We write a lot about learning and education. Most of the time, we focus on how learners can achieve more from online learning and how business leaders and managers can use the power of online learning to improve their productivity. We know who is teaching the learners, but who is teaching the teachers? Vicki Davis is the founder of Cool Cat Teacher, a blog which focuses on making people better teachers. A full-time teacher and mother of three, Vicki still makes time to curate one of the best online resources for teachers that the net has to offer. She has a passion for improving student engagement which chimes with our own desire to make learning as fun and interesting as it can be. Besides providing plenty of ideas, resources and articles, Vicki maintains a solid presence on social media and a community of like-minded teachers has grown up around her. We love the way she’s always willing to engage with her community and share the best content that the industry has to offer. This is just the kind of social learning that we can only applaud! Her weekly online radio show, Every Classroom Matters, includes weekly interviews with other learning professionals. Here, she looks at topics as diverse as using Google Drive in education, teaching creativity and our own personal favourite, gamification in education. The episodes rarely exceed 12 minutes, so we can see that Vicki understands that attention spans aren’t as long as they used to be - an important thing to remember if you plan on teaching anyone anything. Vicki is full of great tips about being the best teacher you can be (as well as avoiding becoming a terrible teacher!). One of the things we admire the most about Vicki is the way she embraces technology and other methods of teaching. She is constantly pushing the boundaries and exploring new ways to help teachers keep their students engaged, whether it’s through social media, video or the use of games. Cool Cat Teacher is a great place to visit if you’re interested in becoming a better teacher, but there are plenty of interesting articles for everyone else. So stop by and have a look, or you can follow Vicki on twitter and stay abreast of the latest developments in the world of teaching. If you don’t already, you can follow us and keep up to date with the world of online learning brought to you by the makers of the world’s #1 Gamified Social LMS, or alternatively, you can learn a little more by taking an Academy tour. To sign up, just click the button below.  

Drumroll, please… We’d like to introduce this fabulous video put together by Tech Data in praise of the TD Academy. But first, let’s set the scene… The stars of the show: Tech Data Corporation is a wholesale distributor of technology products. Azlan is the Enterprise Specialist Distribution Division of Tech Data. It’s Europe’s largest value-added distributor of infrastructure and networking products. Hewlett-Packard (HP) is a multinational information technology corporation providing hardware, software and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises. The problem: In 2013, HP and Azlan set an aggressive growth target. They realised that if they wanted to hit it, there would need to be some serious investment in training and development to quickly upskill both organisations. They set four goals: 1. Increase solution selling 2. Improve the understanding of HP Solutions and how they are sold 3. Improve support and training for new product launches 4. Outgrow the market and all competition The solution: Azlan responded to the goals by partnering with Growth Engineering (Hello! That’s us!) to create the Tech Data Academy and launch the ‘HP Sales Excellence Programme’. Here’s the finished product (we’re mighty proud): We’re really chuffed that Azlan Tech Data made this video. We think it showcases the functionality of our Academy nicely, and it’s a joy for us that Azlan Tech Data want to share the Academy with the world! Hurrah! It just goes to show how engaging and exciting gamification on Learning Management Systems and in eLearning can be. If you want to find out more about our Academies, join an Academy Webinar Tour by clicking the button below!  

When we first came up with the idea to make real-world classroom booking easier, we didn’t realise just how popular it would prove to be. Now, years after it was first introduced, it has gone through many iterations, improvements and technological leaps to become a behemoth of features, functionality and fun. Here’s how the Academy Platform LMS’s ‘Interactive Classroom’ feature helps to make real-world learning that much easier: Step 1. An Academy Admin creates a classroom event in the ‘Content’ area. They name it, set the location, date and time, set the tutor and specify the resources that will be needed (flip charts, interactive white boards, projectors etc). Step 2. They set tests, assessments and assignments related to the content, which can be set to be taken during the classroom event or pushed to the learner at a later date. Step 3. They invite learners! This is very easily done; Admins simply enter the name of the learners they think would benefit from the training and once they confirm their selection, learners are automatically sent an email to alert them of their invitation. Step 4. Before the classroom training event, tutors can double check who will be attending, make sure they are prepared and, if necessary, alert them of any changes to the day’s events. Step 5. During the day’s training, tutors can pause the lesson for learners to take the related tests and assessments. Learners will log on to the Academy Platform LMS and take the tests that have been pushed to them. The assessments are then marked instantly. This real-time reporting is fantastic as it means tutors can instantly see whether the learning content has been taken on board by learners. It allows them to see any gaps in learners’ knowledge and can help to narrow the focus of the classroom event to topics that might be more tricky. Step 6. After the classroom training ends, tutors can review learners’ progress and fill out feedback forms instantly on the LMS. It’s seriously simple to keep on top of your employees’ professional development! Step 7. We’re passionate about constant improvement, so not only can tutors give feedback on individual learners, but the learners can review tutors and courses, too. This gives a higher level of visibility of the course’s structure, content and enjoyment, and helps tutors and Academy Admins to tailor the classroom events to learners’ needs. You don’t have to worry about whether the classroom training event has been a success - your learners will tell you! There you have it - seven steps to classroom heaven! With our Academy Platform LMS, it really is as simple as 1, 2, 7 to set up classroom events and reap the rewards of an engaged workforce. Want to find out more about our multi-awarding winning Academy Platform LMS, which was recently ranked the best NextGen LMS and the best Gamified LMS in the world? Click the button below!  

You’ll have heard the saying, "Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime." But it’s easier said than done, sometimes. What if the chap finds it tricky to learn new things? Maybe he has a short attention span, or is so clumsy and thumb-fingered he can’t tie knots in the line properly? Don’t worry: everyone can learn, given enough time, dedication and effort. It’s one of life’s great joys that almost all of us can achieve whatever we set our minds to. The trick is to train ourselves to become more adept learners; more savvy students; better boffins. Here are 5 ways you can become a better learner when you’re thrust into the scary-at-first world of online learning: 1. Make time for learning Rome wasn’t built in a day, and you won’t learn everything you need to if you try to cram all your training into one short day, either. How can you expect the learning content to seep into all the crevices of your cranium if you give it a flash-in-the-pan learning experience? Make sure you dedicate enough time to your learning - you’ll certainly see the benefit. 2. Set goals Setting realistic, solid goals - or ‘SMART’ goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound) - means that we get more done. Goals allow us to see at a glance what we need to do and, when combined with to-do lists, give us the oversight and motivation to crack on and get things done. To make them even more motivating, you can even gamify your goals! 3. Gamify your learning In addition to gamifying your goals, you can add elements of gamification and game mechanics to your learning, too. Whether you reward yourself with a chocolate bar for completing an eLearning unit or with a trip to the cinema when you smash the associated tests and assessments, you’ll find your motivation kicks into overdrive when you gamify your learning. That’s why we love gamification here at Growth Engineering. Not only do we apply gamification features to eLearning units, but we also add it to our Learning Management System, too - so all aspects of a learner’s learning journey are gamified. 4. Think outside the box We’ve already written about how important it is to think outside the box - it opens us up to all sorts of new experiences and possibilities that we hadn’t even considered before. And, whaddya know, it also helps us learn new things, too! So keep an open mind and embrace your natural questioning nature; you never know when it’ll pay off and you’ll uncover something truly incredible. 5. Teach someone else There are two ways we know for sure that we’ve learnt something: we can apply it in our day-to-day lives (more about that here), and we can teach it to other people. The reason that our Learning Management System is so great at getting learners to really understand what they’re being taught and retain the information is that we understand the importance of social learning. When learners log on to our LMS, they can communicate with their fellow learners, share their ideas and collaborate on projects. So if you’re not sure whether you’ve understood something fully, hop on board the LMS and check your knowledge by pitting yourself against your colleagues! Social learning is really the next step up when it comes to online learning and professional development. Download our new Social Learning White Paper and find out more by clicking the button below!  

Do you remember the last time you sat down with the express aim of learning something new, bolstering your existing knowledge base or improving your skillset? How did you feel? Whilst you may find the idea of self-development enchanting, it’s unlikely that you found the process quite so exciting. The thought of entering the classroom, booting up a piece of online learning, reading a study guide or learning a new language through an audio-book probably doesn’t fill you with a sense of giddy joy. After all, there’s a lot of hard, oftentimes boring work to be done before you get to reap the rewards. Sometimes it’s tough to conjure up the motivation. Winston Churchill once said, "Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." What worries us is that this is the attitude many of us have towards learning and development. What is it about traditional methods of dispensing information that make people shy away from learning new skills and developing their knowledge? It boils down to this: we view learning as ‘fun’ or exciting but give the process or experience that creates this end goal a serious case of stink eye. If only we could learn without actually having to learn. It would be the educational equivalent of having your cake and eating it too. But why can’t the act of taking in new information, practising it, applying it and retaining it be enjoyable? This isn’t the Matrix. We can’t plug you into a computer terminal and instantly teach you everything you need to know about Kung Fu. But we can make the process of learning less of a chore. In fact, if we approach it the right way, we can even make it fun. The benefits of this approach are clear enough. Fun has a positive effect on learners’ motivation levels, determining what we learn and how much information we retain. This is important. Learning is not a one-off event. It requires repetition and dedication. Making the experience fun helps to keep learners curious and encourages repeat visits. We remember being herded around school like cattle, stuffed into uncomfortable chairs, teased by our bored classmates and lectured to by our teachers. But think about the teacher or role model who sticks out most in your memory. Was it the teacher who spent lessons reading to you from a dusty old textbook, or the teacher who cultivated a joyful atmosphere, made the learning experience fun and actively engaged his students? Let’s take another example that proves that fun can be an effective motivator. Given the choice between the escalator and the stairs, most of us will choose the former. It’s not that we’re all lazy slobs, it’s just that there’s no real compelling reason to drag ourselves up a staircase, when there’s an easier, more convenient method of getting from A to B readily available. But what about if you add fun to the equation? As part of their ‘Fun Theory’, Volkswagen put this to the test, by transforming the stairs leading out of a Stockholm subway station into a giant fully-functioning piano keyboard. Those who chose the stairs over the escalator were treated to their own musical composition. Anybody who has seen the Tom Hanks’ movie Big will appreciate the novelty here. As a result, 66% more people than normal chose the stairs over the escalator. This just goes to show: fun can change the way we behave in situation that we previously found to be a chore. Fun is a transformative force. And fun filters through everything we do here at Growth Engineering. There’s a reason our Academy Platform has been voted the world’s best Gamified NextGen LMS - it’s because we take the time to make the learning process fun. Our learners deserve to use a Learning Management System that makes them smile; that they enjoy logging on to and that they come back to time and again. And they deserve award-winning eLearning modules packed full of fun gamification features to capture their attention and get them learning. It’s really that simple: our Academy Platform LMS is the most fun and engaging in the world because we understand how people learn. Want to find out more? Download our free white paper all about how gamification secures engagement on our LMS!  

Some people see online learning as an uncool cousin. You know, the kind that wears socks with his sandals, gets his dinner down his Tshirt and cracks the lamest jokes. Others consider it to be like a scary aunt - the one that pinches your cheek just that bit too hard and leaves lipstick smears on your forehead. We’re here to tell you that online learning is neither lame nor terrifying. Once you get to know it, it’s pretty cool and exciting. Done right, online learning is like the new kid in class that everyone wants to get to know. They’re unique, interesting and so much cooler than all your other classmates that you’ve known for years. Here’s what makes online learning that much better than regular, boring, dusty-textbook-and-strict-teacher learning: Online learning makes learning fun again. There is so much awesome technology available to us that eLearning units become more elaborate and exciting, user experience is that much smoother and tailored, and online Learning Management Systems are more like a playground where learners can get together than a graveyard where they keep to themselves and have a pretty rotten time. Online learning is super-duper fun because it’s gamified - take our Academy Platform LMS, for example. We’ve added a huge heap of gamification to make the experience of logging on, learning, taking tests and developing knowledge more enjoyable for learners. Badges create a sudden explosion of joy in learners’ hearts; points stack up to create more and more excitement; learners ‘level up’ at just the right time to a) keep them engaged and motivated by showing their hard work is paying off and b) encourage them to push harder for the next ‘level’. Even the leaderboards on our Gamified Social Academy Platform add an element of fun to the proceedings. How often during a classroom event can you monitor who is doing best? Who is chasing whom off the top spot? Who is the expert at this particular subject? Who is trying hardest, who is putting in the extra hours and who needs a bit of extra encouragement to make the grade? Another benefit of online learning - there are too many to mention right now! - is that nowadays it doesn’t have to be lonely. It used to be that Learning Management Systems were simply ships for delivering eLearning modules. Learners would hop aboard, take the eLearning unit and then hop back off. They wouldn’t see anyone else; wouldn’t get to share their excitement at learning new things or collaborate on projects. How sad! Now, though, online learning is much more social. Our Academy is a very friendly place; we just love getting learners together, enabling them to chat about the learning content, discover new topics that interest them, work out tricky subjects between themselves and share interesting findings. And the best bit? We’ve gamified the social aspects of online learning, too - the more learners chat and collaborate, the more points they get; the more they advise other learners, the higher up the ‘Top Contributors’ leaderboard they climb to be crowned Mr (or Miss) Clever Clogs. Our Academy Platform LMS is a seriously great place to hang out. Let us show you - RSVP to the Academy Webinar Tour and see what a fun Learning Management System looks like!  

What is an LMS? We know that the world of online learning can be a bit confusing sometimes. That’s why we’ve put together this article as a kind of introduction into Learning Management Systems. We hope you find it helpful! Don’t forget, you can always drop us an email or use the comment box below if you have any further questions. Firstly, you can think of a Learning Management System as an electronic school. In a school, you enrol students, conduct classes, track attendance, administer tests and exams, and provide certificates when learners have passed the syllabus. And whaddya know, that’s exactly what you do with an LMS, only electronically! You can use your Learning Management System to do everything you would in a school environment, plus more: Add your employees as ‘Learners’ (aka enrol them in school) Assign learners to groups (aka put them in classes) Add eLearning units (aka set your curriculum) Set learners or groups their learning tasks (aka syllabus) Create and manage classroom training events too (aka a normal school day) Monitor and report on learners’ progress (aka the letter your mum gets if you skip too many classes!) Assessments and tests (aka exams) Qualifications (aka certificates, graduation ceremony) ‘Experts’ area (aka one-on-one teaching) Gamification (aka a gold star for being awesome) Social learning ‘Insights Area’ (aka extra study sessions in the library or afterschool club) Why should I bother with a Learning Management System? An LMS should be as integral to your business as word processing or spreadsheet software. This is because a Learning Management System: Provides a one-stop portal for managing training in your company Sets clear expectations for the learning culture within the organisation Defines the company’s expectations on work ethics Offers various reporting features for full visibility on the training activities Enforces accountability through reporting by role, function, geographic territory Cuts costs of training administration enormously Encourages social learning and on-the-job training, which together make up where 90% of our knowledge comes from What will the LMS allow me to do that I can’t already? Actually, if you don’t already have a Learning Management System, you can still do most of what the LMS does… It’ll just take you longer, be more expensive, and won’t be as effective. Think about the difference between digging a hole using a spade or using a bulldozer. The LMS is your bulldozer. It can: Easily report on and measure the progress of learners, individually and as groups Provide a scalable way of reporting on eLearning and other training Survey employees to assess engagement and performance Provide and report on induction and compliance training What are the core functionalities of an LMS? Typical functionality within a standard LMS includes: Full reporting on training activity and progress against goals Email notification and alerts (allows managers or trainers to send training notifications, which are sent to the users’ email address and appear on their learning dashboard when they log on to the learning portal). Content management to manage SCORM-compliant eLearning Tests, assessments, surveys - creation of limitless tests, assessments and surveys to understand staff competence. Typically this is used to roll out organisational competencies and raise standards of performance Reporting suite including graphical dashboards showing what users are doing when and where Login areas of Users, Managers and Admins Multiple hierarchies available so that managers only see their teams Badges, country leader boards Experts area Insights (social learning) area How will it save money and deliver improved training results? A Learning Management System is a fantastic tool that will save your company money and secure a really great return on investment by: Knocking the training administration costs out of the way Providing scalable infrastructure for additional training for new employees Offering global reporting at a glance, and allowing an easy way of seeing how each territory is doing Cultivating a culture of professional and personal development Acting as a visual testament to the employers’ commitment to building and nurturing the human resources Encouraging continuous ‘informal’ and ‘social’ learning to make the training content stick Securing real and lasting behavioural changes There really isn’t much that a Learning Management System can’t do these days! When you combine all the ace reporting, next gen functionality and fun gamification features, you’ll get an LMS that will revolutionise your L&D programme. Want to find out more about what an LMS can do for your business? Download our white paper by clicking the big button below!