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Training Content Review Guidelines
Use this resource to guide your hands-on review of training content. Your expertise and knowledge in the content area is important to the development of accurate and useful training materials.
Category:How-To Guides/ManualsReads:178Uploaded:10 / 28 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionDocument Review Checklist
It's important to strive for quality, consistency, and effectiveness in all documentation projects. To achieve these goals, we have created the following review checklist to ensure accuracy when editing your documents.
Category:How-To Guides/ManualsReads:278Uploaded:10 / 27 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionMeasuring Training Effectiveness
Learning & Development business units are under siege and struggling with the effort of what appears to be a very confusing, elephantine challenge of measuring the effectiveness of their training interventions. We need clarity. We need a common sense approach. We need to step up our practice of corporate learning consulting. Let’s discuss existing principles to prove the value of Learning & Development (L&D) deliverables in a corporate environment.
Category:How-To Guides/ManualsReads:1,059Uploaded:03 / 07 / 2011ShareAdd to collectionImproving Employee Competencies
As businesses strive to increase competiveness in the new world economy, management can’t afford to waste their budget on one-size-fits-all packages. Training that’s poorly suited to learners’ needs falls flat. Competency-based training, in contrast, leverages existing skills, provides custom training for learners on the job and comes far closer to alignment with corporate goals. In this article, learn how you can renovate your workforce with training that zeros in on employee roles, areas of expertise and functional competencies.
Category:How-To Guides/ManualsReads:832Uploaded:09 / 29 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionMastering the Art of SME Management
As you know, building strong subject matter expert (SME) relationships during the training development process doesn’t just happen like magic. It requires impeccable communication, cooperation, careful planning, flexibility and stamina—just to name a few skills. As a representative of the training team, you are responsible for exhibiting these skills and for helping other members of the team develop them too. By working closely with the experts, you are able to obtain the information you need and put it all together in a way that learners can understand and remember.
Category:How-To Guides/ManualsReads:464Uploaded:06 / 22 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionMake It Happen: Instructor-Led to Blended Learning
Every day, more and more L&D organizations are deciding to transition their instructor-led training (ILT) programs to more blended solutions. The transition is easier said than done. A key is to keep the learners’ needs and desired learning results as the primary drivers of change, and use them as a guide to transforming the program.
Category:How-To Guides/ManualsReads:491Uploaded:05 / 17 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionStandards as Strategic Tools
How familiar are you with your industry's standards? Discover the benefits of using the expertise of your profession to establish benchmarks for best practice.
Category:How-To Guides/ManualsReads:282Uploaded:05 / 17 / 2010ShareAdd to collection10 Easy Steps to Target Your LMS Search
Selecting a Learning Management System (LMS) is a daunting task, and the exercise described in this article will assist you with the initial foundation of your research. In order to demonstrate that an LMS provides you with functionality vital to the success of your business, be sure to identify and gather as many of the key stakeholders as you can. This group will include people who will not only evaluate the Learning Management Systems, but who will also use the final one you select. In an ideal world, all stakeholders would take part in this exercise. In reality, this is hardly practical. Instead, create an LMS committee that includes at least one representative from each appropriate department or company division.
Category:How-To Guides/ManualsReads:448Uploaded:04 / 30 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionIn Consideration of Outsourcing
Have you considered outsourcing your training or documentation projects? When making this decision that can substantially impact your bottom line, keep the following considerations in mind. There is a clear difference between hiring fully-experienced consultants, less-experienced vendors and using your own internal staff.
Category:How-To Guides/ManualsReads:391Uploaded:04 / 22 / 2010ShareAdd to collectionCost Considerations for Your E-learning Projects
How much does e-learning cost? That’s a difficult question to answer since it really depends on the circumstances surrounding the project. There are, however, clearly identifiable categories of costs and considerations. By working through these various categories of cost for the particular circumstances you face, you should be able to derive responsible estimates of the total cost of e-learning or develop a list of questions to pose to vendors to ensure you have your bases covered.
Category:How-To Guides/ManualsReads:629Uploaded:04 / 21 / 2010ShareAdd to collection
