Showing posts with label Training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Training. Show all posts

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Organizational Developmental: A trip to Boston pt 2

I wanted to actually go through and have a non-eventful trip. And try to learn something about a process called onboarding along the way to increase my professional skill set. Of course, things do not go as planned and it made the event more complicated than it needed to be unfortunately things happen or turn out like that. Being the new person, I really could not just take control or offer too many suggestions because I did not have all the data to give a proper assessment. As the say experience is the best teacher and within this event there were a lot of issues that occurred that I believe could be easily handled or eliminated from occurring the next time around.

From an organizational development perspective, it is required, necessary to baby step and focus on smaller problems or issues that can be fixed immediately, in a short span of time or with a limited amount other resources. I realize that I went through a crash course of training but in the near future I will be assigned to different events on my own. And after I lose the training wheels I will be able to make adjustments or add certain accompaniments that will streamline some of the processes that I immediately identified as ineffective or not as efficient. In other words, it is important as you start your own training process in an organization to not try to reinvent the wheel in your first couple of months there.

Because as much as you want to change the world there is simply too many x-factors or variables to truly state definitively that the "solutions" you are proposing are correct or would be effective. With time and some trial and error you can develop the right methodology or procedures that will make your organization a better place it simply takes time, patience and a couple of implementations to get it right.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “Top 5 Aspects to Consider Before E-learning Development” article

The CommlabIndia community is another group decided to easy, cheap solutions to meet an organizational needs within the various aspects of Organizational Development whether it is training sessions or meeting presentations. In this article: “Top 5 Aspects to Consider Before E-learning Development” which lists five important points considered important in knowing, or acknowledging before moving ahead with a new training program.
These are the five aspects that as a trainer or creator of an E-Learning program must consider in the development stages:

1. Readiness for online training

2. “Clearly defined” organizational training goals and objectives

3. Information and skill sets employees need 

4. Motivating factors to encourage employees

5. Provision of support to employees

To increase the ROI for the organization in regards to the training program, a proper measurement of it, and to increase the success of the training program. Understanding the motivating factors behind an organization's employees is a fundamental mantra in Organizational Development knowing what is important to employees can improve the way they achieve their overall professional goals (plus your training program).

If you want to know more just click the link here:
http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning-development/elearning-development-aspects-to-consider

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “Creating Device Mockup Templates and Placeholders for E-Learning #161” article

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In this article: “Creating Device Mockup Templates and Placeholders for E-Learning #161” is an article that discusses how to use the custom mockups you created for your various presentations and E-Learning documentation. In the article, it lists resources on how to make:
  • Mobile phones
  • iPads and tablets
  • Laptops
  • Monitors and iMacs
Learning how to make your (own) graphics can streamline the creation process plus save your organization money on paying for costly images to use online or on the organization's web service. Although this may save a couple of dollars at first it will save a lot of money in the long run, through repeat usage of the mockups that you made as a result.
Just click on the link here to learn more:
https://community.articulate.com/articles/device-mockup-templates-elearning

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “Powerpoint: Branched Scenario Template” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.

In this article: “Powerpoint: Branched Scenario Template” is a free download easily customized template with graphics and fonts already added to the PowerPoint template. Just change around a couple of things such as the text and you can have your own Powerpoint quiz ready for during or after your training session.

Just click on the link here to learn more:
https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-branched-scenario-template

Click here for the font:
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/bebas

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “PowerPoint '13: 5 Things to Know Template" free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In this article: PowerPoint '13: 5 Things to Know Template is a free download easily customized template with graphics and fonts already added to the PowerPoint template.

It is simply a great way to illustrate your projects and presentations with that extra zip that will garner your learner’s attention and help keep them focused and alert during a lengthy or even short training session.

Just click on the link here to learn more:

https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-13-5-things-to-know-template

Click here for the fonts:

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lato
http://www.1001freefonts.com/bebas_neue.font

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Organizational Clarity: "Who Should Review Your E-Learning Course Before Launch?" article

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In this article: “Who Should Review Your E-Learning Course Before Launch?” briefly discusses who should review your proposed training program for your organization.
  1. Your project sponsor
  2. SME
  3. Corporate legal counsel (if your organization is big enough to have one!)
  4. Global reps (only if your organization is global)
  5. Safety or compliance expert
  6. Quality leader
  7. IT and LMS specialist
  8. Content editor/usability tester
  9. Pilot trainees
Having all of these individuals giving their feedback for your new training program can help it avoid technical, legal and usability issues this will save the organization from wasting precious resources. Plus, following the advice mentioned from this article will help you build credibility with these various groups, and build avenues of communication that will be required later on when trying to gain workable feedback to determine the Return on Investment for the organization.

Just click on the link here to learn more:
https://community.articulate.com/articles/who-should-review-your-e-learning-course-before-launch

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Organizational Clarity:"Instructional Design Best Practices – A Comprehensive Guide" article

From the CommlabIndia community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email, I received was a link to: “Instructional Design Best Practices – A Comprehensive Guide” by Gitika Nagra.
These are the eight great points for Instructional Design when it comes to E-Learning projects listed in the article: 
  1. Set clear learning objectives
  2. Make navigation simple and easy
  3. Make the course interesting and engaging
  4. Include effective audio
  5. Include scenarios
  6. Include challenging quizzes
  7. Provide quick and explanatory feedback
  8. Provide rewards
When you want to create a successful program to present to a client or for your organization, following these steps or even adding a couple of these steps to your programming will help give it structure. While keeping everything, flexible and engaging, interaction is the clue here, and these helpful tips keep your learners on point. By adding a little extra here and there, the learning process becomes that much easier and interesting for your trainees and clients.
If you want to know more just click the link here:

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “PowerPoint: 4 Customizable People Illustrations” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.  In this posting upon the site is “PowerPoint: 4 Customizable People Illustrations” by Ashi Tandon.
This is Professional at Articulate has posted a free download for presentation usage in Microsoft PowerPoint, you can change the look of these “people” as you desire but it’s another free tool for those of you on a budget (students, non-profits, etc.) to utilize for own heart’s desire.

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “Powerpoint: 4 Title Slides to Inspire Your Next Project” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.  In this posting upon the site is “Powerpoint: 4 Title Slides to Inspire Your Next Project” by Nicole Legault. This is Professional at Articulate has posted a free download for presentation usage in Microsoft PowerPoint, 4 various backgrounds for you to use in your next meeting or training class.
Just click on the link here, take a look and download away! à https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-title-slides-to-inspire-you

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “More Friendly Illustrated People” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.  I received to an article called: “More Friendly Illustrated People” this is a free download in .ai  (Adobe Illustrator File) and .png (Portable Network Graphic) of illustrations of characters for presentation usage.
You can find more illustrated people to download here as well:

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “Choosing the Right LMS: 6 Essential Aspects You Can’t Ignore” article

I was reading an article about online learning to make any programs I may develop in the future become more user-friendly and inviting to the trainees I want to reach. This article called: “Choosing the Right LMS: 6 Essential Aspects You Can’t Ignore” by Heera Edwin is purchasing the right learning management system for your organization in order to have effective e-learning sessions while meets the organization’s goals and training needs.
When it comes to replacing an existing Learning Management System, or if the training was being transferred to an online application process, this article briefly explains how to choose the best LMS for your organization. When more and more organizations are choosing to deliver training online, being able to determine the best type of LMS being selected and used, is often critical. Oh and do not forget cost too, many organizations hardly think of these and a few other factors that could determine what the best choice for them is.
Please click on the link for more information:

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “10 Free Mockup Device Templates for E-Learning” article/download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In this week’s email I received a link to: “10 Free Mockup Device Templates for E-Learning” this is article engages ten creators that have developed electronic images to make training sessions and the training program more engaging overall.
These ten designer examples, some you can download other you can just view the project to get a general idea of what to do in your training program. I, of course, love the ones you can download because this means you can use these projects for your usage and thereby have a template for future programs all that is needed is some adjustments. The ones you can download are created in Microsoft PowerPoint format so you can use these templates past training presentations and use them in reports, training manuals, or even for daily Training and Development notices.
Just click on the link here to learn more: https://community.articulate.com/articles/free-mockup-device-templates-elearning

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “How to Bust 3 Common Training Myths” article

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In this week’s email I received a link to: “How to Bust 3 Common Training Myths” this is article talks about training and how to overcome some of the misconceptions that as trainers we may have when it comes to analyzing the success of a training program.
These are the three myths that the article discusses:
Myth #1: More Clicking Means More Engagement
Myth #2: The More Reviewers, the Better the Training
Myth #3: People Only Learn Through Formal Training
The way basically to overcome these myths is to have a “highly interactive” course and engage all the stakeholders involved with the training program. Understanding how people learn can allow you as the trainer to develop solutions that enrich their experience as a learner, makes your job easier and helps the organization increase it Return on Investment from the program.
Just click on the link here to learn more: https://community.articulate.com/articles/how-to-bust-3-common-training-myths

Organizational Clarity: “Tips for Using Sound Effects in E-Learning” article

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In this week’s email I received a link to:
In this week’s email I received a link to: “Tips for Using Sound Effects in E-Learning” this is a great article that refers you to how to use sound effects in your training program properly. From having the Proper Rights and Attribution to understanding how to use the right sound effects can affect the learning experience of your audience, therefore, Knowing Your Audience is key and the article discusses that as well.
Just click on the link here to learn more: https://community.articulate.com/articles/tips-for-using-sound-effects-in-e-learning

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “Powerpoint: Color Blocks Template” free download

From the Articulate community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “Powerpoint: Color Blocks Template” by Nicole Legault for a free download.
This Microsoft PowerPoint presentation download was made with the 2013 version of PowerPoint made up of five slides: One main slide and four additional slides. This would give any presentation to a sponsor or a group of learners an extra flair and organization that is usually needed to keep the flow going and help with explaining the subject matter properly.
It's a free download that has already had the font, organization, colors, etc., all done for you all you have to do is add text and personality, and viola! You will have a fantastic Microsoft PowerPoint presentation without that much effort expended while looking like an “expert” to everyone around you!
If you want to know more and download this PowerPoint just click the link here:

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “Course Seat Time Estimator” free download

From the Articulate community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “Course Seat Time Estimator” by Mike Schwind for a free download.
This a Project Management & Planning download which will help anyone in the Training and Development department with trying to figure out how long their participants, the learners will take to complete the program they have designed. This can be remarkable in trying to determine the number of resources needed to be applied to the program before the organization gives the final “green light” for approval. Even though by this point most organizations have given approval all programs are subject to retooling, and this spreadsheet is a great tool during that process as well.
If you want to know more and download this Spreadsheet just click the link here:

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “Game-based Learning to Promote Safety in Hazardous Areas” article

From the CommlabIndia community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “Game-based Learning to Promote Safety in Hazardous Areas” by Ashok Kumar K. Well, this is an article that deals primarily with industries that involve hazardous processes, so the training being interactive with the learners is a step forward than learning on the job.
Because as the article states learners do get bored when they just have to sit and listen to procedures and practices that deal with safety, so to combat this using an immersive learning experience will help.
These are the five aspects in the article that deal with game-based E-Learning training sessions:  

1. Hazards Hunt

2. Simulation Games

3. Gaming Elements

4. Gamified Assessments

5. Provision for Feedback


These last two aspects will tell you if the gaming experience is working with your training program or not, the feedback you gain form your learners will only assist in making your training programs better for the learners and the organization. If you want to know more just click the link here:

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “MP4 – Making Flash-based E-learning Videos Universal” article

From the CommlabIndia community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “MP4 – Making Flash-based E-learning Videos Universal” by Phani Madhav. I must admit I do love MP4 formats when viewing any types of video the quality is close to DVD format and is usable on different types of avenues such as desktops or smartphones.
This article discusses why you should use MP4s to create Flash training programs and use instead of Flash, mainly due to the certain devices cannot use Flash effectively plus you can add subtitles (as mentioned in the article) to the videos which help with multilingual or international audiences.  Keeping the audiences involved and maintaining their interest in the material you are presenting is key so using MP4 format will assist you to avoid presentation problems as mentioned in this article.
These are four other advantages listed in the article when using the MP4 format:

1.       The quality of MP4 videos is near identical to those of original DVD videos 

2.       Content published in the MP4 format can be streamed on mobile devices

3.       Videos published in the MP4 format can be shared very easily on mobiles 

4.       MP4 can be used to develop videos for multilingual learners

If you want to know more just click the link here:
http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning-development/mp4-for-universal-elearning-videos

Organizational Clarity: “25 Creative Image Effects for Stock Photos in E-Learning #156” article

From the Articulate community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “25 Creative Image Effects for Stock Photos in E-Learning #156” by David Anderson.
This article ties 25 projects that emphasizes the use of creative image effects for stock photos when you are using them in the E-Learning process. This allows you to bring the learner’s attention to the object or main idea of the presentation, this helps the learner maintain a visual of the subject matter and retain the knowledge learned at that time.
Each link is simply discussing the methodology or reason each presenter took as they approached this issue, in maintaining the focus of the learner. They are very brief so even though this article gives you a lot of links and examples it is really not that time consuming, you may even find some ideas you can use in your own presentations.
If you want to know more just click the link here:
https://community.articulate.com/articles/image-styles-and-effects-in-elearning

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Organizational Clarity: “Less Time? Less Money? Think ELearning Authoring Tools” article

From the CommlabIndia community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “Less Time? Less Money? Think Elearning Authoring Tools” by Aruna Vayuvegula.
In regards to Rapid authoring tools, this article gives you a workable reason why E-learning should be used at your organization along with how easy creating E-Learning for your employees can be. This article also discusses the point where how training employees when there is a high turnover rate in your organization can be a waste of money. Training is an investment, employees are an investment for the organization, and usually a very costly one, so when employees leave in a few months of arriving in the organization it becomes a problem when projecting budgets for not just the training department but the entire organization.
Rapid authoring tools help solve the problem of training new employees by allowing the organization to have training sessions available anywhere and anytime. Establishing E-learning in an organization can take the material covered in existing classroom course content into an online program that the employees can easily access. This cuts down on costs for the training department when it comes to setting up rooms for training sessions, trainers for hours to present the material, etc., this becomes positive when dealing with high turnover rates in an organization.
As this article explains budgets, external factors and other various issues can become a reason for organizations to move towards E-Learning processes, and it gives a compelling argument why your organization should move towards this avenue.

If you want to know more just click the link here: