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FEATURESTORY
Using Cost-Effective eLearning Tools to Increase Learning Transfer
I By Christopher Platanos
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One of the biggest challenges facing trainers
is the ability to successfully increase learning transfer
FIGURE 1
ou plan and orchestrate an interactive, high energy and productive training workshop. A er completing the workshop, you receive positive feedback from the participants and collect the evaluations con rming what you determined to be a homerun workshop, congratulations! Over the next BEFORE - DURING - AFTER few months, you receive feedback from the eld regarding the attenthe training event is a critical part in the training dees from your training workshop. e retenprocess and needs to be executed in a well tion and pull through of the topics you trained thought out manner. Unfortunately, when reon during the workshop was surprisingly low viewing the impact of learning transfer in the and key concepts have not transferred into beoverall training process, approximately one quarhaviors. Does this scenario sound familiar? is ter happens prior to the training event, another article will explore using cost-e ective eLearning quarter happens during the training event and tools to increase learning transfer. half happens post the training event. One of the biggest challenges facing trainers Figure 1 shows that there is a disproportionis the ability to successfully increase learning ate amount of resources spent during the traintransfer. Successful learning transfer is critical to ing event versus the post training period. As meet the organization’s business objectives. trainers, we know that training and development ere are many reasons why learning transfer is is a process, not an event. Given this understanddi cult including lack of budget, time coning, spending ample time planning and implestraints, lack of planning, resistance to change menting tools post the training event is critical to and other factors. e post training period is increase learning transfer. critical to increase learning transfer. is is ere are several tools in our toolbox that we commonly referred to as “where the rubber can utilize to help pull through training and inmeets the road.” Let’s explore this a little further. crease learning transfer. ese tools include sysere are three phases of training: the period tematic post training conference calls, eld visits, prior to the training event, the actual training event and post the training event. When reviewing the statistics of where companies spend resources, the majority of resources, approximately 85 percent, are spent during the actual training event. ere is no doubt that
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From the President: Make 2012 Your Year to Develop
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Guest Editor: Social Learning Can Be Cool … With Purpose
4 Ways Learning Can Impact Innovation
Learning 2.0: Leveraging Technology to Learn, Compete and Win
The Privilege of Facilitating
Lung LLC: Breathing Lessons
Using Cost-Effective eLearning Tools to Increase Learning Transfer
Sales Training Internships: A Win-Win for Everyone
Maximize Your Distance Learning
Product Training - Marketing's Partner or Vendor?
Emotional Intelligence for Leadership Development
Making Room for Emotional Intelligence
Training New Medical Device Sales Reps - Getting It Right
Infographic
Heard it on the Tweet
People News
Company News
Clip & Go Activity
Ad Index
Focus Contacts
5 Questions with…Bill George
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - From the President: Make 2012 Your Year to Develop
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Guest Editor: Social Learning Can Be Cool … With Purpose
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - 4 Ways Learning Can Impact Innovation
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Learning 2.0: Leveraging Technology to Learn, Compete and Win
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - The Privilege of Facilitating
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Lung LLC: Breathing Lessons
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Using Cost-Effective eLearning Tools to Increase Learning Transfer
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Sales Training Internships: A Win-Win for Everyone
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Maximize Your Distance Learning
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Product Training - Marketing's Partner or Vendor?
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Emotional Intelligence for Leadership Development
Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Making Room for Emotional Intelligence
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Training New Medical Device Sales Reps - Getting It Right
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Infographic
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Heard it on the Tweet
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Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Company News
Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Clip & Go Activity
Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Ad Index
Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - Focus Contacts
Focus Magazine - Winter 2012 - 5 Questions with…Bill George
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