LMSs Enhance Learning for Shorter Attention Spans

As the internet generation is bombarded with newer and newer ways to distract itself, we can’t really get a clear picture of all the consequences they’re having on young people’s learning systems. But one outcome is plain to anyone who spends time in any classroom, whether it’s 100% face-to-face or LMS-supplemented: shorter attention spans.

Studies show that the digital generation is less willing to read long texts, perform repetitious exercises, and memorize basic information needed to advance in any learning system, LMS or otherwise.

One problem is that this tech-savvy generation expects instant gratification, and therefore is quicker to lose confidence when faced with challenges. When success is not immediately obtained, students are quicker to lose the confidence required to see a difficult task through to completion.

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Why it's important to continue your education after graduation

There are many reasons why it is important to continue your education long after graduation, but three reasons seem to stand out more than others. The first being able to stay on top of your career and make sure that you have all the new skills that come with the advancements of technologies. The second being able to earn more money will surely benefit you and your family in the years to come. The third reason, and maybe the most important, is you can fulfill the hunger your spirit and brain has to never stop learning.

The moment we close our eyes to the power that ongoing education can have for our overall health, is the moment we choose to let our emotional health wither away and die. Don't you think it is time that you signed up for online courses today?

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Training on the Go

Last week, due to my own personal discovery of online tools (which are available to anyone seeking knowledge or the means of providing it), I was able to complete a book that would have otherwise taken me about two weeks. LMS training courses could benefit from this kind of gap time.

My daily chores and commutes suddenly became interesting and relevant to my life, and they seemed to go by faster. In just four days, I had read the whole Book I of Don Quixote, without making any changes in my daily schedule.

Every employee, no matter what their daily routines are, can surely find at least an hour or two daily that is "sunk" time, or time when they are not doing much other than skimming the newspaper in the subway, driving, or exercising. Everyone has gap spaces in their schedule while are perfect times for learning.

Podcasts and audiobooks are a pedagogical tool not used widely enough in today's education system, from youth to adult learning. With LMS platforms for employee online training, podcasts are extremely easy--and fun--to create.

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Improve Cognitive Abilities for Work and Life

How can you create a positive atmosphere in your workplace and provide great LMS training that is effective, stimulating, and prompts a sense of "flow" that boosts performance?

In Csikszentmihalyi's flow studies, he found that one major preoccupation that prevented people from enjoying what they are doing is how they appear to others, or what others might think about them. As Doctor Phil has said many times (love or hate him, he has some great things to say about human behavior), one thing that unites humankind is the fear that we don't measure up. Everyone feels this way at one time or another, and the kind of workplace and training that are present in a person's life have a great deal to do with the strength of this feeling. It can affect performance in ways that managers don't even imagine. If a worker feels underestimated, unchallenged, or bored, he or she is unlikely to perform to the optimal capacity.

Coggno is now offering a free trial for performance review training creators on its learning management system. Create online training for free, whether it be for internal use, for inclusion in Coggno's E-learning Marketplace, or for outside syndication on hundreds of websites.

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Motivate Employees with Training

How can you ensure that the employee you have hired fulfills the expectations and the work that you have for him/her? The answer is in the first few weeks of an employee's new term--during training.

Dynamic and effective training ensures that employees understand their tasks, gives them the practice and theory they will need to do their job with excellence, and creates a greater sense of team spirit in the workplace. In fact, there is a growing trend to nurture the team spirit and true engagement aspects of training.

With a learning management system (LMS) online training that treats training as a game and the participant as a motivated and interested learner, (which everyone is at the onset of a new job) Using an LMS, you can create dynamic, face-to-face training that has a game-like element.

Coggno is now offering a free trial for performance review training creators on its learning management system. Create an online course for free, whether it be for internal use, for inclusion in Coggno's E-learning Marketplace, or for outside syndication on hundreds of websites.

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