Category Archive For "LMS"
Video Exams: A New Way to Measure Skills Retention
Learning and development (L&D) professionals have long known the benefits of video learning, but do you know how video exams or video-based assessments can be leveraged as a knowledge retention tool? Before we answer that question, let’s revisit a brief history of video learning and consider some of its benefits. Blended learning approaches have proliferated …
Why LMS Hierarchies Should Be Designed for Today’s Organizational Structures
Today’s organizational structures—and work environments—are vastly different than what they were decades ago. As the importance of talent development increases in today’s workplaces, companies need learning programs that can adapt to the needs of evolving business structures, personnel changes, and complex relationships. To achieve this, companies should focus on the backbone of their learning management …
How to Find the Right Vendor for Your Organization
One of the most difficult decisions a business can make is choosing a vendor. When we say vendor, we mean any person or group outside of your organization that has been tasked to deliver a product or service to you. For example, a payroll software provider or a manufacturer would be a vendor. Choosing the …
LXP and LMS: How They Are Different, Yet Better Together
An accelerated reinvention of learning technologies is underway today. In 2020, the marketplace for talent platforms exploded. Many new categories have emerged—from learning experience tools and collaborative program management tools to micro-learning tools. Each category provides a different approach to learning and development, but one of the most exciting is the learning experience platform, or …
Measuring the Business Impact of L&D: Turn Insights into Action
This is the final part of a four-part series on how L&D teams can effectively demonstrate the business impact of their learning programs. Read parts one, two, and three for added context. As mentioned in part three of this series, if the bare minimum ‘table stakes’ metrics are all you’re tracking, you will never be …
It’s 2021 and You Need an LMS Yesterday: 5 Things You Need to Know
Online learning has a number of advantages for businesses challenged with the need to deliver effective, continuous training across their entire workforce. With so many employees forced to work remotely due to the pandemic, many businesses are also feeling pressure to make the shift toward purchasing an LMS. If you are one of those businesses, …
5 Reasons to Be Thankful for 2020 and Its Impact on L&D
How has your organization’s learning and development evolved this year? With so many disruptions, 2020 has been a catalyst for change. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the learning and development industry. L&D has consistently approached challenges with resilience like no other department has. In this special Thanksgiving episode, Matthew Brown reflects on …
3 Ways to Build Training for Maximum Impact
If you’re an experienced L&D professional, you’ll have spent a good portion of your career designing training that leaves an impression on your learners. But what strategy do you use to make sure your learning experience impacts all learners to its maximum potential? In this episode of The Learning Xchange, host Matthew Brown (Schoox’s VP …
Measuring the Business Impact of L&D: First, Honor the Reality of Now
This is part one of a four-part series on how L&D teams can effectively evaluate, measure, and demonstrate the business impact of their learning and development programs. To improve how L&D teams measure and demonstrate the business impact of training, they must first honor the reality that not only has it been a challenge to …
6 Tips to Make Corporate Training a Success with Your Employees
Many employees dread corporate training. Whether it’s a day-long breakout session, or training/e-learning that they must complete on their own time, poor quality corporate training can be time-consuming, boring, and valueless. Great corporate training should not be a task your workers dread. Learning is exciting, boosts engagement, and can significantly develop employees’ skills. The key …
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