patrick mcdonald

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Online Learner Engagement

The Secrets of Learner Engagement and Online Course Development

This is the first of a two-part series about online learner engagement.  If every topic of every course was fascinating stuff that learners were hungry to learn, then engagement would be no problem. However, course content sometimes isn’t all that engaging, which means your employees are not getting the training they need to help your business thrive. However, there are some simple tips for designing online training that will increase employee engagement and help make a difference in your bottom line. Engage learners by providing choice The primary rule of engagement is to make the course into a series of…

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How Have Course Authoring Tools Changed and Improved?

Udutu has been giving away a powerful, free, online course authoring tool since 2006. So far, nearly 89,000 organizations have created authoring tool accounts and have published more than 177,000 courses in the last 12 years. In recent years, the team at Udutu has been noticing changes to both content and course design. Let's explore what is driving the changes. How Have Course Authoring Tools Changed and Improved Since 2006? In 2006, when Udutu first started providing our course offering tool for free, it was still taken for granted that the best way to learn something was to take a…

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Learning Styles

Are “Learning Styles” Real? | Udutu Online Learning News

Each month Udutu publishes Personal Online Learning Management News, a curated selection of articles about learning, LMS other topics related to adult online training. Are "Learning Styles" Real? The idea that students learn differently depending on their "learning style" -- their personal preference for visual, auditory or kinesthetic cues -- may be just a myth. Instead, there is in fact a lot of evidence suggesting that people aren’t really one kind of learner or another. And this has big implications for how you develop and deliver your online training. Read more >> Bonus link: What Are Adult Learning Styles? >>…

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Udutu Lms Employees

“Is Udutu Good for My eLearning Business?” An Interview with Roger Mundell

In this Q&A, CEO Roger Mundell explains the philosophy behind Udutu. "We want to be the good guys. The ones you trust to eliminate obstacles and to provide the tools you need." Q: Where did the idea for Udutu come from? The idea behind Udutu came from my time working at Royal Roads University (RRU). RRU was launched in 1995 and was essentially a startup university with a desire to scale up, but limited resources to do so. Get help with your online course development >> At that time Royal Roads had enough classroom space for 300 students, because the…

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Lms For Business

Why Online Training Must Focus on the User Experience

Each month Udutu publishes Personal Online Learning Management News, a curated selection of articles about learning, LMS other topics related to adult online training. Why Online Training Must Focus on the User Experience According to two academics who study online training, online learning technologies not help employers reduce costs, but also improve employee retention. Employees become engaged when they aware of job functions, aims and organizational goals, while learning the necessary skills and expertise needed to get promotion. However, the researchers say, while online learning technologies are becoming more and more common in the workplace, organizations need to increase focus…

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