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Posts from August 2009

Your E-Learning Checklist

What should you look for when making your e-learning selections? The following is a checklist that should help you through that process. First of all, we know that knowledgeably designed e-learning can save you money: 1. It takes 25-60% less time than traditional classroom instruction 2. It achieves 50-60% greater retention than traditional classroom instruction 3. It allows more employees to be trained in a shorter period of time 4. It empowers...

Big Jay’s Story

“Big Jay,” as he was known in the community, dropped out of school in the tenth grade. He decided that school had failed to serve his needs, and felt that getting out in the world and earning money would be more of a help to his mother and younger brothers and sisters. Big Jay had to weigh his career options and turned to what he found to be the most expedient choice:...

Evaluating Your Initiatives

Periodically, you should step back and honestly evaluate your e-learning initiatives. In doing so there are several results you should examine. Have your enrollments increased, decreased or stayed relatively flat? Your learners are telling you something about your offerings. Word of mouth is communicating to you in a positive or negative way. People will endorse your selections if they feel that those offerings have value to their future success, and the attendant...

Why (Some) E-learning Falls Short

E-learning as a term has been with us for about a decade now but has failed to meet the high expectations of American business and industry. Clearly, at this point in time, it has fallen short of its promise. Why? Two major reasons. First it has failed to meet the ROI requirements of business. Much of the e-learning hype has been directed at eliminating the classroom and its attendant personnel and space...

How To Do PowerPoint (If You Must!)

Some of you have asked that I address PowerPoint presentations as many of you are assigned the task of preparing them for your own organization. As I have stated previously, PowerPoint presentations are NOT training tools. At best, they convey information, although their effectiveness in doing even that is limited. Its most favorable characteristics are its ease of use and the short learning curve required. Unfortunately, those same characteristics result in questionable...

Training . . . It Ain’t What It Used To Be!

Let’s start our week with a brief overview of media training in the last three decades – an evolution that allows us to confidently say, “Training . . . It Ain’t What It Used To Be!” First came the videos. Less expensive and somewhat more efficient than text book/one-on-one instruction. Most importantly, the videos spoke to learners in their own learning culture, a giant leap forward. Videos, however, demanded a classroom and...