Learning Management Systems and Training: A Complete Guide

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What Is a Learning Management System (LMS)? The shorthand description of a learning management system is an online location that helps you manage administration, tracking, reporting and delivering of courses, lessons and tests. How does a learning management system work? The best way to imagine a learning management system is to think of it … Read more

The State of E-Learning in the Medical Device Industry

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1. Introduction With the population increase and the ever-aging population becoming more prevalent on the whole, it seems that the state of growth in the medical industry is at boom levels. With this being said; the innate necessity for e-learning has become crucial to the expansion, and learning strategies bring both understanding and ease in … Read more

The Secret Formula to Great eLearning

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By: Jessica Arenz Anyone from any company size and industry can create great eLearning — I truly believe all teams inherently have the ability. All your ingredients are there, it’s just prepping and serving the correct way. Start with solid production guidelines You can plan out, develop and executive great eLearning when you have production guidelines … Read more

6 Vital Considerations When Setting Up an Education Assistance Program

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By: Amos Biggers It’s a sobering fact that college debt is second only behind mortgage debt. The average college debt is $37,000 or more according to Forbes. It’s no wonder that people are looking for alternate ways to fund their higher education, or won’t even consider it, instead of being saddled with debt. Employers are … Read more

5 Ways to Transform the New Year with Totara

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By: Jessica Arenz New Years is my favorite time of year. There’s a collective optimistic energy and shared agreement on new beginnings. It’s a reflective time where we all acknowledge the events of the past year and identify our goals for the year to be. The impending change, promise of improved quality of life and … Read more

Webanywhere and JetBlue Awarded Gold Brandon Hall Technology Excellence Award

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By: Jessica Arenz We are honored to announce that Brandon Hall Group, the leading independent research and analyst organization focused on human capital management practices, has awarded Webanywhere the Gold Award for Best Advance in Unique Learning Technology as part of their Technology Excellence Awards Program in Learning & Development. Our submission titled ‘Reforming Higher … Read more

7 GIFs Every Instructional Designer Will Understand

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#1 When you’ve been looking at the same subject matter for days.     #2 When you spend the entire day hunting for the right stock photo for your storyboard.     #3 When you analyze the results of your course and it does extremely well.     #4 That feeling when you can anticipate … Read more

eLearning Expert Interview: Lesli Smith

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hello Lesli… Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience in micro-learning. Tell us a bit about yourself, your background and experience. For the past 20 years, I have worked in academic and corporate educational arenas, beginning my first career as a secondary English teacher. A colleague introduced me to an … Read more

The Difference Between AICC, SCORM & xAPI

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By: Jessica Arenz As an instructional designer, I get asked a lot about what the differences are between AICC, SCORM and Tin Can/xAPI. Each of these protocols define how learning content communicates with a learning management system (LMS), but they offer differing methods for achieving similar outcomes. Here’s a brief overview of each protocol, the … Read more

Why You Should Consider Social Learning for Retail

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Retailers are currently moving away from traditional learning management systems (LMSs) and are considering newer “experience” platforms to complement them, which focus on personalized, social learning experiences — a.k.a. social learning platforms. Now that millennials are the largest generation in the workforce, especially in retail, they demand new modes of delivery for their learning and value … Read more