The painful truth is that many of us associate online training or e-Learning with some degree of soul-crushing agony. Whether you’ve been the training designer faced with a cascade of e-Learning technical snafus and challenging project stakeholders, or the learner faced with rambling text-filled pages and lame/irrelevant quiz questions, the painful memories of a lousy training experience linger far longer and more intensely than the learning itself! So how can you design training that helps trainees really retain their learning – without all the therapy bills? Read more
In our world of rapid-everything, no matter how experienced you are, it’s easy to lose sight of the end goal when you’re formulating a training plan and objectives. In this post, I’ll revisit a training design 101 topic that can trip-up even the best of us from time to time – training for ideas vs. training for actions. Read more
Concepts like collaboration, innovation, problem-solving, leadership, and resource allocation – these are essential skills in successful game play and in the workplace. But that being said, most of us aren’t game designers. So what are some practical ways the rest of us can leverage games to add more impact to our training? Read more
Beyond being entertaining, stories have the ability to touch our imaginations and emotions and affect our behavior. Because stories are so powerful, they can be a highly effective way to grab your audience’s attention, present content in a relatable context, and make training “stickier.” In this post, we’ll look at some pointers for effectively using stories in training.
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What’s standing between your Trainees and your training objectives? Oftentimes it’s complexity. Whether it’s the volume of information or a SME who thinks everything is important, there is usually more information to convey than is practical. Combine that with a short timeline and you’ve got a classic training conundrum. Enter the infographic. Well-designed infographics convey messages in a way that eases comprehension; they capitalize on our innate understandings of the world around us to help build context and retain information. Read more
