People learn most of what they need to do their jobs by just doing their jobs. However, we don’t learn EVERYTHING we need to perform at our max from experience alone. Problems arise. Shortcuts develop. New skills are required for the next role. As organizations strive to do more with less and the pace of change continues to accelerate, time for additional training almost always goes by the wayside. As a result, organizations are slow to learn and become more easily disrupted. But what if training didn’t always require lengthy chunks of time people never have? What if the opportunity to develop fit snugly into 5-minute gaps in the average workday? What if training was a regular part of the day - like brushing your teeth?

Among the many ways to learn in an academic environment, use of the virtual simulation is a method worth considering for the impact it can deliver and the lasting, useful learnings.   

Accessibility is not a "nice to have." It's necessary to ensure that the materials we provide offer all learners equal access and the ability to learn without hindrance. Web accessibility standards like Section 508 and WCAG provide guidance and best practices, but in some cases, simply complying with the standards is not enough. Most current authoring tools offer ways to add closed captioning for the hearing impaired, or to set "tab order" and "alt text", two basic means for supporting assistive devices such as screen readers. But many designers and developers don't think beyond those basics and are unfamiliar with the issues that individuals with disabilities face, or the frustrations they experience.

Have you been thinking of creating virtual reality courses but have no time to learn how to use a new tool? Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh to learn how to create interactive virtual reality-based training using Adobe Captivate (2019 release). You will learn how to easily import 360° media assets and add hotspots, quizzes and other interactive elements to engage your learners with near real-life scenarios.

In the olden days, we would create courses that presented the content the stakeholders believed the learners needed to know. Things are different today. Learners want personalization and don’t want to waste time on things they don’t need.  Adaptive learning creates personalization through complex algorithms to provide acceleration and remediation, but not all content is suited for that. Could there be a way to modify our current one-size-fits-all approach and create courses that meet everyone’s needs? Leveraging the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)  allows us to put processes in place to extend the model of ADA requirements and Section 508 compliance and not only provide  alternatives for visually, auditorily and physically challenged learners, but consider the needs of the experienced learner who may want to explore more, and support the ESL learner who may require scaffolding to be successful for course completion. UDL allows designers to develop adaptive courses that personalize the experience for each learner, allowing one design framework to satisfy many learner requirements.  

Connecting improvement in business measures to the program is a critical first step in demonstrating value for the money; but the next question is, What's the improvement worth? Return on investment (ROI) is a single metric that can answer that question in terms that resonate with decision makers.  Join Patti P. Phillips, president and CEO, ROI Institute, as she describes

How to use video in your sales enablement practice to help your reps ramp up more quickly, sell more efficiently, and share best practices more easily. Click below to download this White Paper.

Do you use PowerPoint on a day to day basis? Would you like to get more done? Get better results? It's possible! This online PowerPoint masterclass is perfect for anyone struggling to make their slides stand out.  

High-performing employees are 400 percent more productive than the average performer. Yet they comprise less than 5 percent of your workforce. The reason? Because organizations aren’t focused on what it takes to develop high-performing employees: coaching.

Companies in the top tier of employee engagement outperform their peers by 147% in earnings per share and have a 90% better growth trend than their competition. However, 87% of global workers are disengaged, sleepwalking though their day and giving you zero discretionary effort. They don't trust your leaders, they don't feel an emotional connection to your workplace, and they are only doing what they have to do to get by.

In times of unprecedented change and disruption, organizational agility is crucial to effectively cope with complexity. This webinar explores why traditional models and frameworks for dealing with change fail and what learning leaders can do to enable employees to thrive despite uncertainty.

As companies stare down the challenges of ever-increasing compliance regulations, unpredictable turnover, and growing cultural and learning style changes among employees, businesses are looking for new ways to scale and support their training efforts. 

This webcast will reveal five key strategies to implementing a successful training program that positions managers to engage, develop, and retain top talent. Coaching is much like a foreign language and requires practice and application; therefore, this webcast will teach very specific methodology of how to not only train managers but what support requirements are needed to help them transition from management to management coaching.

For training content to be effective and engaging, it needs to be continuously adaptive to your company's and your employees' changing needs. Download this infographic, and learn the questions to ask content providers to ensure they are the right fit. Click below to download.

Gone are the days when advanced degrees and decades of experience were the only indicators of a stand-out candidate. Today, 80 percent of CEOs seek a much broader range of skills in their company ’s workforce. New research from the Institute for the Future, in conjunction with Cornerstone OnDemand, shows that candidates now must possess not only the technical skills that enable them to engage with constantly evolving technologies, but also the social skills that make them forward-thinking, team-oriented and goal-driven. To attain these skills, workers at every level must become lifelong learners, constantly self-evaluating and finding opportunities to gain new skills. For employers, hiring or nurturing these workers internally presents challenges. From a recruiting perspective, knowledge gaps are making open positions increasingly difficult to fill. According to a new report from Deloitte Insights, more than half of employers say they consistently can’t fill open positions, because without a minimum number of years experience or the right certifications, applicants are simply not qualified enough on paper. Internal candidates face a similar obstacle—they often lack the skills needed to make the leap to a new role. Still, HR teams have to somehow fill over six million vacant jobs. To do so, they’ll have to rethink not only how they hire, but also how they enable learning and development within their organizations. They’ll have to start evaluating internal and external candidates based on their potential, seeking workers with a combination of soft and hard skills that make them adaptable to change, eager to learn and full of promise. How can employers identify and nurture these individuals? In this guidebook, you'll learn what to look for in new workers, and how to help your current workforce develop the skills they need to thrive. With seven articles on everything from hiring the most auspicious candidates, to helping employees build skills for stepping into open leadership positions, our featured articles will enable your organization to cultivate your existing team, onboard promising talent and stay ahead of the skills gap by embracing the idea of lifelong learning. Click below to download this guidebook

Whether a manager or practitioner or both, you know that the success of the business you’re part of is based on people. The biggest cost in your organization is also your employees and they are the biggest asset. When they’re chosen well, intentionally developed, and provided with career options engagement soars. The business begins to fail if the wrong employees are chosen or the right employees are chosen but not developed.

One of the toughest things in managing a sales team is when you have high talent who is performing consistently well, how do you go about continuing to challenge those people, as well as retain their employment? When a salesperson is having good years, they become extremely marketable, and it positions the team to be vulnerable from having top talent stolen from them. This webcast will teach three specific strategies of how sales managers can use sales coaching to retain and develop top talent.

Got Mobile?  Our corporate learners are on the go constantly, which means we need to make training opportunities accessible from a wide range of locations.  Fortunately learning technology enables us to reach employees no matter where they work or travel.

The webinar will focus on best practices for employing virtual simulations and case studies for the most effective use in distance learning situations. This session addresses specifics on the role of virtual offerings in corporate learning programs, and the process to customize the timing of virtual deliveries with company-specific requirements to align with the overall learning objectives across a geographically dispersed population. 

Windows 10’s Creative Update now supports 3D objects and you can put them into PowerPoint 365! This is a game changer! You can rotate them, animate them and move them around. But some of the 3D objects you’ll find are pretty silly. Learn how to find, import, and use 3D objects to tell a meaningful story.

It's time to face the hard, data-driven truth that your corporate learning programs are likely serving your men better than your women.    Many organizations unknowingly perpetuate the gender leadership gap by giving more time, energy, and resources to helping men rise. In doing so, intentionally or not, businesses deny women opportunities to gain the critical leadership skills necessary for advancement—opportunities to which many men have always had access. This eBook provides actions companies can take to remove barriers preventing women from advancing, and highlights five core areas where women need increased access to learning and skill-building opportunities.  Click below to download.

Video is a unique beast. It’s more engaging than a training manual, but sharing it on your LMS (or worse, on YouTube) can create problems. It helps you scale your training worldwide, but every new recording is a pain to produce. And it would be ideal for just-in-time learning, if only it could be effectively searched.

With hyper-busy schedules and information overload, its critical for training professionals to find innovative ways to maximize the impact of corporate learning initiatives. On-demand video learning programs provide a flexible training platform for your employees and empower them to learn on their time. When combined with interactive content, they can also effectively transform expensive live training into accessible and high-performing training assets.

Games have always been great for elearning. Sometimes we design custom games to fit our organization’s culture or specific business need. Other times we reimagine classic games and redesign them for learning interactions or even full elearning courses. Designing a custom game takes a lot of time and effort and those projects are usually rare. If you’re interested in developing a game in Articulate Storyline but overwhelmed where to start, this session will ease your anxiety by exploring the fundamental building blocks of Storyline and how we can leverage them for interactive gameplay.