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What Can the Avengers Teach You About Elearning?

May 15th, 2012 by admin No comments »

There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people, so when we needed them, they could fight the battles that we never could…

- Nick Fury

Most of you have probably purchased your tickets for the midnight showing of the Avengers. I know I have. Experts are already predicting that it will have the biggest opening of the year so far, which makes sense because it’s one of the most hyped movies of the last few years.

So why are people so fascinated with the Avengers and what in the heck does it have to do with elearning? My assertion is that we love each members of the Avengers. They are brilliantly unique in their own ways, yet the form a cohesive, bad guy destroying, mega-group. And they all have many of the same traits as elearning developers.

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Tony Stark is a reckless, billionaire playboy who plays by his own rules. He is also the only self-made hero in the Avengers. He was born with no special physical abilities, but he was born with a desire to learn and to create. Basically, he’s alot like us. As elearning developers, none of us were born with any special abilities; we’re just normal people trying to make a living. But we were all born with the desire to learn, create and to teach through our courses. We are all self-made elearning heroes. The best developers have been successful because they work hard and are always looking to the future for inspiration. So be proud of your courses. Ironman is the cockiest member of the Avengers and it works for him. Have a little swagger when you tell people’ “I develop elearning!”

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7 Most Effective Class Control Techniques

May 15th, 2012 by admin No comments »

Effective class control is more than just administering a large group of students and maintaining discipline within the classroom. It is all about developing a positive, healthy teacher-student relationship and a sustainable learning environment. Now, creating such a setting for learning is a key challenge for a teacher. Indeed, every educator may feel some form of frustration when trying to manage his/her classes in an orderly fashion.

Let’s discuss the 7 most effective class control techniques in detail.

Increase Interaction

Instead of speaking at a stretch in front of the class, why not indulge in a Q&A session with the students related to the lesson being taught. This will help learners feel more engaged with the teaching process and in a way motivate them to respond immediately. You can also request students to write down the answers in their notebooks as a source of reference for future use.

Set a Deadline

Ensure you set a deadline for every task that you set for your learners. This will help them to focus more on the topic and make your teaching methods more effective.

Keep High Expectations in Your Class

Set a high standard of expectation for your class, which means encouraging the students to perform better in examinations as well as submitting homework on time. Reinforce discipline amongst the learners and demand a proactive approach. For example, before you start taking a class, clarify as many doubts as possible in order to understand the subject matter better.

Praise Openly

Everyone loves some sort of recognition for his/her good deeds. Thus, you too can appreciate the good job of a student to uplift his/her spirits. Praise the student for his/her good behavior in the classroom or for submitting homework on time to develop a healthy relationship in class.

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Top 4 Tips to Create An Online Product Training Material

May 15th, 2012 by admin No comments »

Product knowledge training is essentially aimed at training employees of organizations to share and update useful information about its products, their features and benefits. However, many a times, learners are overwhelmed with the amount of knowledge they need to grasp all at once. Thus, online product training material needs to be customized accordingly so that learners can absorb the required amount of knowledge as well as apply the same practically. Here are some tips that can help you to develop effective online product training courses.

Set the learning goals beforehand

Charting out the learning goals well in advance allows you to create a product training course, which is effective as well as functional. For this purpose, you need to define your target audience at the very onset in order to confirm their requirements. Normally, the target learners of product training course are usually, the sales team, service team or customer service representatives.

However, a course designer needs to know that the training material for a sales team would be different from the one intended for customer care representatives. For example, a salesperson needs to know the value proposition of the product so that they can effectively convey it to the prospective customer. On the contrary, a customer care executive should be aware about troubleshooting techniques so that he can help customers when faced with service issues. The online training program should be able to address these individual learning goals.

Determining how much information is required

Depending on the requirements of the individual group of learners, the training material needs to be tailored. Thus, determining the quantity of information required for catering to a particular group is extremely important. While a sales person might need a particular level of knowledge about products, a service engineer or technician might require an in-depth technical knowledge of the product. Therefore, organizing training material according to the learner’s profile makes it more relevant and productive.