#learninganddevelopment

Nov 15, 2018
2 min

Benefits of eLearning

eLearning and digital training and can be a valuable element for your learning and development strategy. Being able to create a digital course and have it taken by multiple learners simultaneously is a powerful tool for distributing training to your learners. Using eLearning means you can deliver high quality training to your learners that can be taken anywhere and at a time that suites them. Below are some of the benefits to implementing eLearning as part of your learning an

Oct 5, 2018
4 min

Put on your VR glasses!

A few months back, a premium car brand had set up an information kiosk at the mall. They had put up a poster that they have some interesting games and demos. Being curious, I ventured to try out one of these demos. It was an amazing experience as they had used virtual reality to take the user through a simulated test drive. Virtual reality is a very exciting concept that is catching on very quickly but what is fascinating is that it is now being used for marketing, sales and

Oct 3, 2018
3 min

Measuring Learning Impact

For a Learning and Development professional to truly become a Trusted Business Advisor, it is critical to demonstrate business impact through learning interventions. I will now talk about a model of measuring learning impact that cuts across learning formats-the Kirkpatrick's model. The Kirkpatrick model has 4 levels of evaluating learning impact: - -Level 1-Reaction/Satisfaction Levels -Level 2-Change in the level of Knowledge -Level 3-Change in Behaviour -Level 4-Results/Bu

Oct 2, 2018
2 min

A Pathway to Innovative Learning

I am a Learning and Development professional and I have had a wonderful time designing content and facilitating classroom training so far in my career. The joy of having my students tell me that they enjoyed the session is unmatchable. However, as a trainer, I used to always feel something was amiss. While my learners learnt a lot during class, I felt a gap in keeping the learning fresh in their minds post the training. Also, I didn’t see predictability in how they applied th

Feb 14, 2018
2 min

Client Appreciation Event - Fun Basketball Night with Pathways Training and eLearning

Here at Pathways Training and eLearning, we are constantly having fun with our many different projects and trying to come up with creative solutions to our clients’ eLearning and training needs; but once in a while, we like to take this fun outside our office boundaries, and this time we took it to the Air Canada Centre. Last Thursday, we invited some of our prestigious clients to join us for a night of food, drinks and Basketball, in our VIP box at the Air Canada Centre. Of

Dec 19, 2017
2 min

How To Avoid Filler Graphics in Your eLearning

Graphics are an essential part of eLearning. Graphics help us recognize and recollect eLearning content more effectively, as well as retain interest when the graphics are appealing and well composed. However, just because graphics are important doesn’t mean they can be used in every case. It is just as important to make sure that the graphics support the content in a meaningful way, and aren’t put in just to fill space. If you remove the text from a page with graphics on it,

Nov 22, 2017
2 min

Role of the Project Manager

Over the next few weeks I will be facilitating two of the popular programs offered by Pathways Training & eLearning which are Introduction to Project Management and Applied Project Management. The intent of these courses is to provide professional planners with the basic knowledge and skills in managing various sized projects in all areas of urban and rural community development, urban design, environment, transportation, health and social services, housing, and economic deve

Nov 8, 2017
2 min

Management Training – Should It be An Individual, a Team or a Management Decision?

This week I am in Vancouver working with one of our valued luxury automotive clients, facilitating a popular course offered by Pathways Training and eLearning that focuses on managing the business and people. One of the more popular topics that is covered over the 3-day program revolves around decision making, more specifically, when to utilize a team effort versus deciding on your own. As I am sure you can imagine this can be a lively topic of conversation as some managers

Aug 30, 2017
2 min

Social Media eLearning at Pathways

Over the next couple of weeks, I thought it would be interesting to hi-light some of the great courses offered by Pathways Training and eLearning, both ILT and WBT. Last week we looked at one of our popular ILT courses, Excellence in Management. This week I will be reviewing another popular program we offer, Social Media in the Workplace, which is provided to our customers (customized of course) through a 30 – 60-minute eLearning module. Social media allows us to communicat

Jun 20, 2017
2 min

BYOD is here to stay.

The demanding increase of offering learning solutions that's engaging and current with today's technology is ever-rising. Though training in today's organization continues to lend itself to a blended range of informal and informal learning experiences, L&D professionals are becoming more responsive to where technology is leading our learning now more than ever. Few organizations no longer feel the need to "play it safe" when it comes to their training budget and instead, hav

Jun 16, 2017
3 min

Let's talk VR.

Organizations across Canada are stepping it up; efficiently improving employee performance by investing in modern technology that reflects the ongoing needs of today's learner. With Millennials now surpassing Generation X to become the largest generation in the workforce, top companies understand the importance and benefit of advancing their approach to learning in the workplace. Learning is beyond a keyboard and mouse, or pulling 50 salesmen out of their jobs and into a th

Feb 28, 2017
1 min

Learning from the Millennials

Gone are the days people work for the same organization for their entire career. One report from Workopolis suggests Canadians will hold approximately 15 jobs through their working career. People are looking for new challenges and opportunities and the number of career changers is on the rise. So what can companies do to attract and retain talent? Look no further than the millennials, who make up the largest percentage of the workforce, to drive workplace trends. As a Gen Xer

Jan 31, 2017
2 min

Does your organization support you?

January in Canada. For some it conjures up the promise of hitting the slopes and embracing the great Canadian winter, for others, cozy nights and a dry red. Whatever your choice, for many of us it offers the excitement of a new year with aspirations of conquering our goals. With the end of January upon us, it is a good time to reflect on how you are progressing with your personal and professional goals. Do you have the support and plan to help you conquer your goals? Does you

Jan 23, 2017
1 min

Can you afford not to train?

Last week I attended a Canadian Community of Corporate Educators (CCCE) event where Dr. Alan Middleton from the Schulich Executive Education Centre spoke about business spending on training. He highlighted that while The Conference Board of Canada reported a modest increase in spending on training from 2010 to 2013, there has been an overall decline the past couple of decades. Dr. Middleton also discussed the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world we live in and

Jan 12, 2017
2 min

Will Your LMS Help Achieve Your Business Goals?

The month of January is often filled with goal setting; individuals setting personal and professional goals and companies determining their business goals for the year. Creating goals requires reflecting on where you currently are, where you want to be and how you are going to get there. Most companies will establish a learning and development plan as a component of a larger business goal. This is also an ideal time to revisit the capability of your Learning Management Syste

Jan 11, 2017
2 min

Relevance, Applicability and Timing

The beginning of a new year also marks the beginning of my new career. As I reflect on my own experiences of workplace learning and professional development, I am hyper aware of not only the importance of relevance and applicability, but also how the timing of a training program can impact user motivation and engagement. As a professional educator for nearly twenty years, I have participated in countless professional development conferences, courses, presentations, trainings

Dec 7, 2016
2 min

Reflections on converting to an older version of Lectora

More often than not, I have been tasked to convert eLearning modules to newer versions of different authoring tools. In fact, if you have repeat clients (like in our case at Pathways), you may find yourself in this situation very often, in which clients ask you to update modules to newer versions and conform the functionality to the new tools offered by the software. But what happens when, for some reason, you must downgrade an eLearning module to an older version of an autho

Nov 17, 2016
4 min

How to select the right eLearning Vendor

In 1992 the novel “The Positronic Man” was released. Based on stories written by legendary scholar and author Isaac Asimov, the story is about a household robot named Andrew that lives with the family it serves. Over time Andrew, in a quest to become the first “free” robot and ultimately more human than machine, starts to replace its own robot parts with organic material. Considering the story was based on work by one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time,

Nov 3, 2016
3 min

Creating effective tests as part of your eLearning course

Every trainer who has ever facilitated a course has been there. You spend several minutes explaining a specific process to a room full of students and pause to ask the class if there are any questions before you continue on. You then stand and wait in anticipation, knowing by the looks on some of the faces that there are definitely a few questions, but regardless the room remains silent. This is a critical point in training as a good facilitator, recognising there are gaps

Jun 15, 2016
1 min

Transforming Classroom training Into eLearning

As more and more companies migrate towards online learning, there is a temptation to simply digitize the training materials and put them into an elearning module. In classroom settings there are usually Power Point presentations and hard copy training manuals. Although they may work well in the traditional classroom, they won’t translate well into an elearning module unless you “transform” the content, rather than just “transfer” the content. For example, when a facilitator i

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