In order to make sure that the online training in your organization is perfect, you need to follow these 5 essential solutions.

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5 Essential Online Training Solutions You Absolutely
Need To Be Using
Training staff can be an expensive and time consuming
task for any corporation. Whether new employee
training or training staff on new information, online
training can be a time and money saving option – if it's
done right. When online course development falls short, it
can create more problems than it solves.
But the key to doing online training right can be a
challenge. Investing the effort in your online course
development for your corporation from the start can
ensure that the training is a success with all the
employees who utilize the course. Being certain to take
these five tips into consideration when creating your
online course can help ensure your training is perfect.
1) The Right People for the Job
When looking at online course development, you need to ensure that the right person or
people are handling the right aspect of the course creation.
The Subject Matter Expert (SME)
– this is the person who knows the business inside and out, whether it be the
products, the process, the software or whatever it may be. They are the ones who
know their stuff.
The Instructor
– the instructor is the one who can break it down and explain it to people on all levels
in easy to understand pieces. The instructor is able to take the information and share
it in ways that people can grasp and remember.
The Custom Elearning Developer – A custom elearning developer
has the knowledge of the software that creates the graphics, interactive modules,
navigations, and more. The designer takes what the expert and the instructor give

2. them and makes it come to life online.
With the right team in place you can ensure that the best information possible is put into a
format that employees can understand and gain the most from the course. Any corporation
can have a very diverse work force. Online course development needs to address the
needs of all types of learning styles in order to ensure that each employee reaches their
full potential.
2) Tell them, Show them, Let them
Whether a person learns best by reading about a topic through text, works better with
images and graphics, or by hands on, your online training course needs to address their
needs. By having a "tell them, show them, let them do it" method you can reach all the
learning styles.
Tell them – breaking the information into digestible bite size pieces, the information
can be understood without overwhelming employees with long, hard to understand
blocks of text that will have them either falling asleep or trying to speed read to pick
out the important facts.
Show them – having easy to understand graphics and examples can help them
understand how the information they read applies to their own job.
Let them – creating online courses that are interactive and allows the employee to
try out the information they learned through quizzes, interactive puzzles, and self-
guided steps can help cement the information in their minds.
By breaking the training into the three different steps, not only does it address the different
learning styles, but also the repetition can help cement the information in their minds.
3) Use Real World Examples

3. Using real situations and role playing in online training can help the employees directly
relate to how the information they are learning will apply directly to their lives. An employee
who can make that connection will be more apt to remember and use the information in their
job. If an employee does not feel the information is pertinent to their job, they will dismiss
it. View our Role Playing Demo to see this in action!
4) Make the training your own
Online training development needs to be geared towards creating courses that are specific
to your corporation. Bland, generic, and boring online training programs that could be used
at any corporation will not have much of an impact on your employees. By developing a
course that has your company colors, banner, and other personalization makes the training
feel related to the employee's job.
5) Let the employee know how they did
Use your online training software
to offer scores, grades, certificates, or levels to employees when they complete the
training. Employees will not only take training more seriously if they feel that they are being
graded, but also will feel a sense of pride when they do well. Striving to improve their grade
or earn a certificate will have your employees investing more effort and energy into doing
well.

4. Creating the perfect training program for your corporation requires an investment in the
online course development. However, the results can mean employees who are better
informed, more capable, and more efficient. Having all of the employees on the same page
can create a smooth, well-organized process for your corporation.
Download our free ebook How To Create Performance Based Elearning to discover
powerful tips and techniques for creating great online training.
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