You tell them, and you tell them, and you tell them again, and they still don’t learn. Sound familiar? Have you ever uttered these words to yourself after a training session? If so, you may need to remind yourself of some old cliches: Telling ain’t training Learners aren’t empty vessels you pour information into Don’t […]
Workforce development is essential for businesses and other organizations in today’s economy. And while there are many aspects to great workforce development, starting with successful onboarding of new employees, workforce development training is a key part of the effort as well. Yet many organizations don’t have an expertise in training development, and aren’t familiar with […]
Every safety professional in the construction industry is dedicated to improving safety and health, and part of that includes designing and delivering safety training. But not every safety professional has a basic grounding in some of the instructional design principles that make training more effective. And that’s where this article comes in. We’ll introduce you […]
In case you weren’t aware, ANSI and the ASSP have two standards related to EHS training. They are: Z490.1, Accepted Practices in Environmental, Health & Safety Training Z490.2, Accepted Practices for eLearning in Environmental, Health, and Safety Training In this article, we’re going to give you a brief introduction to both of the standards and […]
We’re a little late in announcing this–apologies for that!–but earlier this year we released an entire series of online training courses on the basics of Lean Manufacturing. These courses cover all the basics–we’ll include a full course-title list below along with course descriptions–and are part of our larger online training library for continuous improvement. The […]
Industrial employers want excellent performance, including efficiency and even innovation, from their work forces. And robust, well-designed industrial training programs give employers a better chance of getting just that. In this article, we’ll share some tips for improving your industrial training program. By following these tips, you’ll help employees acquire necessary knowledge, develop necessary job […]
Work is easier when everything goes perfectly and there are no problems. But as you probably know, “perfect” is a rare state. Problems pop up from time to time and workers need to solve them. As a result, it’s important that workers be effective problem solvers. Having a workforce with well-developed problem-solving skills is a […]
[This is the fourth in a series of posts about learning objectives. We’ve now compiled all the posts into a single downloadable guide to writing learning objectives PLUS you can check out our Introduction to Learning Objectives recorded discussion with learning researcher Dr. Patti Shank.] A simple way to make sure you’re building a useful […]
Because of COVID-19, lots of companies are rushing to get at least some of their instructor-led training materials into an online format. Our friend Michelle Ockers has called in an impressive team of learning experts to discuss issues like this in her Learning Uncut Disruption series of podcasts. We enjoyed the series so much, we’ve […]
In a recent article, we gave an introduction to putting instructor-led training, classroom-style training online–primarily in the of a blended learning solution of virtual classrooms, elearning courses, and additional materials that can be distributed online. In addition to that article, we’ve created more focused, detail articles about that dig deeper into creating virtual classrooms and […]
So you’re thinking of adopting lean manufacturing at your workplace, huh? But what will you tell employees and managers? How will you explain lean to them? In this article, we’ve got some ideas, suggestions, and tools for you to use. We think these can help you introduce lean to rank and file employees and managers. […]
If you’re looking to add some online manufacturing training at work, you’re going to need to take a few things into account. You’ll want to consider how they fit into your learning strategy and learning ecosystem, of course. And you’ll need to think of a series of issues specifically related to online manufacturing training. But […]