Onboarding, the process of taking new hires, and integrating them into the company, can be one of the most important processes within a company. It can help form invaluable first impressions in the minds of new staff, and it can also ensure that new hires have a long and fulfilling career with the company. Unfortunately, statistics show that nearly 22% of employees quit within the initial 45 days of being hired [1]. Unless well planned, onboarding can lead to new hires exiting an organization quicker than HR can find replacements! Onboarding: A Multi-Layered Process In an organization with, say, less than fifty or sixty employees, and a single work location, a new employee can typically be onboarded in a matter of hours. Usually, the hiring manager will introduce the new hire to his/her new supervisor, and the onboarding process commences from there. However, where there are multiple locations, several cross-functional teams, and a hierarchy of management layers, onboarding can take … [Read more...] about The Onboarding Process: How To Help New Hires Adapt To A New Environment
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6 Ways Of Capturing eLearning Feedback
Several years ago, I attended a Creative Writing course at a local community college. On day-1, the instructor handed out a stack of documents –the Day’s Outline– and asked us to quickly review them to understand what we were about to learn. What happened next is a classic case of miscommunication and misunderstanding – something that eLearning course creators should learn from and avoid! Capturing eLearning Feedback: Make It A 2-Way Conversation! We were not offered an opportunity to ask questions or provide inputs. By the time our instructor was ready to start the course, every participant had read and understood what was going to be taught. However, there was one very critical issue: We all understood the guidelines differently. Each of us had different expectations about the course, and that leads to a great degree of stress. Thankfully, this was just an exercise that the instructor had deliberately created to illustrate the importance of communication and feedback. As … [Read more...] about 6 Ways Of Capturing eLearning Feedback
Assessing Return On Investment Of eLearning
One of the biggest challenges that eLearning professionals experience is demonstrating the return on investment (ROI) of their training programs. In order to attract project sponsors and to justify resources invested in the development of eLearning, projects need to prove that they deliver real benefit to an organization. This article discusses considerations that need to be factored in when calculating eLearning ROI. Tips For Assessing Return On Investment Of eLearning eLearning has revolutionized how individuals (personally as well as in corporate settings) learn. There are a number of reasons why businesses and individuals gravitate towards eLearning programs, including: Flexibility Cost-effectiveness Standardization Repeatability Convenience ...just to name a few. However, as with any business venture, eLearning projects need to show that they deliver real benefit to an organization. If they can't demonstrate such value, then they are likely to not attract champions … [Read more...] about Assessing Return On Investment Of eLearning
How to Measure ELearning Effectiveness: Using key performance indicators to validate investment decisions
For any business endeavor to be justified, business leaders ask their management teams to provide concrete facts and figures, in terms of Return On Investment (ROI), that show beyond doubt that the proposed initiative is worth undertaking. Similarly, once the project has been commissioned, senior management and project sponsors need to know whether their investment was justified – in hindsight. Therefore, to rationalize eLearning projects prior to development, Instructional Designers and project managers need to collect, evaluate, and report on specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). How Key Performance Indicators Help In Justifying Αn eLearning Investment If an eLearning initiative offers a better return than the outlay (dollars, time, effort, inconvenience factor) needed, then it is likely to be approved. However, when judging an eLearning projects’ ROI, business leaders expect to see tangible performance results following the implementation of the training program. These metrics … [Read more...] about How to Measure ELearning Effectiveness: Using key performance indicators to validate investment decisions
ELearning Corrective Feedback: Importance and approach
“If you don’t know what went wrong… how will you fix it?” is an often repeated mantra. This applies to feedback about a specific initiative being reviewed and is equally relevant to eLearning environments, where the provider of feedback and its recipient are often physically distant from each other. Here is the challenge, however: How do eLearning designers provide corrective feedback in a setting where they have not met or physically interacted with the learners? In this article, we will look at the importance of providing corrective feedback to learners. We will also review some of the approaches recommended for providing formal corrective feedback. Lastly, we’ll review best practices for ensuring successful feedback sessions. Importance of Corrective Feedback Before we delve into the “how”, let’s pause and think about “why” corrective feedback is important. Adult learners participate in eLearning courses to obtain new knowledge and skills. However, the following questions often … [Read more...] about ELearning Corrective Feedback: Importance and approach
Big Data In ELearning: Relevance, importance, and opportunities
ELearning has experienced a lot of momentum, largely as a result of a number of technological breakthroughs. Newer eLearning authoring tools have been developed, and more sophisticated Learning Management Systems (LMSs) have been deployed. eLearning course developers are also using new multimedia approaches for course delivery, as well as leveraging social media platforms and other online forums to disseminate information about eLearning, as well as to deliver the courses themselves. All of that results in a lot of data! In this article, we will talk about using Big Data in eLearning. Relevance, Importance, And Opportunities: Using Big Data In eLearning Specifically, in this article, we will discuss the role of Big Data in eLearning, the benefits of Big Data for eLearning professionals, and how Big Data impacts the future of eLearning. We will also look at ways to effectively manage and analyze Big Data. Big Data: What Is It? In today’s digital age, almost every interaction we have … [Read more...] about Big Data In ELearning: Relevance, importance, and opportunities
