patrick mcdonald

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The Abyss Of Corporate Training

Avoiding the Abyss of Corporate Training

Corporate training programs can often end up being a disappointment: that’s just the plain hard truth most business managers find hard to swallow. According to the American Society for Training and Development (ATD), most North American firms spend an average of $1200 a year training an employee, for a combined national spend of more than $300 billion dollars. With a skills retention rate of less than 20% for new training, that’s a colossal monetary loss. So why is it so and what can be done about it? Here are the top reasons why corporate training fails to deliver and how to avoid…

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The Art Of Learning In The Modern Era

The Art of Learning in the Modern Era

When it comes to learning, the theories out there are dime a dozen. Since the days of Plato & Locke talking about behaviorism, cognitive constructivism and social constructivism to modern philosophies of transformative learning & neuroscience imprinting, the debate has been endless. However, one point though on which all experts agree are the shared variables of learning patterns regardless of their degrees of influence; those being emotional, cognitive, and environmental influencers. Experience and “Instincts” have also been judged as additionally playing a role in the process. How an LMS Helps Deliver Effective Training Within the online learning industry, this is what…

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Introducing the New and Improved Udutu Authoring Tool

The Udutu Authoring Tool is New and Improved! We have been busy here at Udutu improving what is already one of the most powerful course development tools on the market. You asked, we listened. Not only have we updated the look, we have added the features our users have been asking for. New enhancements include: The ability to organize and sort your courses, New design notes that you can download and save so you have a record summary for every screen in your course, Improved library management, Enhanced library search functionality, Support for HTML5 multi-part files. The infographic below explains…

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The Compliance Training Gorilla!

The Compliance Training Gorilla!

No matter what industry you’re in, there seems to be a growing requirement for compliancy training. New regulations from Government agencies, trade associations, and even vendors is making this type of training a requirement for practically everybody. Whether it’s training on hazardous materials, maintaining a respectful workplace or how to spot and avoid money laundering, we will all have to take a required course at some point in our lives. A recent survey from Brandon Hall found that nearly two thirds of the companies polled said over 75% of their employees are impacted by compliance training requirements. That’s a pretty…

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Social Learning

Social Media: Your learners are already here – where are you?

It is without a doubt a time where people have a vast amount of information at their fingertips. There is never a question that can be unanswered since “just Google it” has been added to our vocabularies. As such, an increased amount of informal learning takes place on a daily basis. The way we use the internet has changed over the years. Before it used to be a resource we used to find information. Now we use it as a way to express opinions, connect with people, learn and share our learning. Additionally, people can communicate what they are learning…

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