Getting hired and starting a new gig is exciting. We’ve all been there. New opportunities open. New, exciting challenges present themselves. But it can also be stressful, intimidating, and even a bit overwhelming. There’s a lot to learn in a hurry, and some new hires are starting at ground zero. Fortunately, there’s a lot that […]
The state of Washington recently held their 65th Annual Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference. The conference was great. Congrats and thanks to the organizers and staff for putting together a great event, and of course kudos, props, and high-fives to all the attendees, exhibitors, and presenters (and to anyone else involved that if I’ve […]
Recently we’ve written a series of articles about writing effective test questions for workforce training assessment. We hope you’ve found the series interesting and helpful. And yep, you guessed it–we mentioned that because this article is another addition to the series on testing and assessment. In this article, we’ll give you a few general tips […]
In an earlier blog post, we took a quick introductory look at some connections between comic books and eLearning. And in that article, we promised to follow up with a second article that focuses on the classic book Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud. And we also promised that the second article would focus on some lessons […]
Comic books, the movies that they spawned, and graphic novels are a massive part of the American cultural scene these days. For example, adults now freely admit to reading comic books. It’s no longer a dirty secret people hide. Do you read them? I do, and have since I was a kid. We’ve seen serious […]
Before you read any further, let’s do a quick check. Are you in safety/EHS and do your responsibilities include safety/EHS training? If so, that’s a good sign that you’ll find this article relevant. Next, take a moment to think about the people you provide safety/EHS training to. Are they adults? If so, things are looking […]
Want some easy tips to follow to make training that sticks? To create training workers will remember and apply on the job? To help you attain the business goals you’re trying to reach? Although inspired by Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point and written for a popular reading audience instead of exclusively for training professions, […]
If you’re in training, you’re probably familiar with the sheets that trainers pass out to learners after a training session, asking the learners to evaluate the training session and the trainer. These are known by a variety of names. Maybe you call them training-evaluation forms, or student-response forms, or trainee-reaction forms. But they’re also commonly–maybe […]
Want to know the hidden secret to developing effective safety training materials? Actually, there’s no hidden secret. But there ARE some well-known, tried-and-true methods, and they’re documented in ANSI Z490.1, the national standard of Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training. In this 30-minute, recorded, on-demand webinar, we introduce you to ANSI Z490.1, […]
In every job, there’s a set of basic skills and simple procedures that a worker filling that job has to learn to perform. For an organization to perform at peak efficiency, it’s important that the workers in each job role know how to perform each of these skills and procedures. But how does a company […]
As a producer of learning management systems (LMSs) that are designed to let you to use a variety of different training delivery methods in a blended learning solution, we give a lot of thought to how employers can create the “best” blend. Actually, we don’t think there’s any one simple answer to that question that […]
A lot of you write test questions for online training. Or even paper-based tests you’re still delivering the old-fashioned way (good on you!). Maybe you’re doing it with an eLearning authoring tool, such as the ones from Articulate, Adobe, or Lectora. Or maybe the learning management system (LMS) you use at work has a built in […]