ThinkingKap’s 10 Best Posts of 2015
It’s that time of year when we look back at the year to find the crème de la crème—the best, most interesting eLearning topics we wrote about in 2015. We’ve looked at the numbers and pulled out our 10...
View ArticleThe Night Before Christmas at ThinkingKap Learning
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a learner was clicking a single mouse. The training was completed, and computers sat bare in hopes that a new eLearning course soon...
View Article3 Downton Abbey Characters with Traits eLearning Teams Value
Even if you weren’t one of the 9.9 million people who tuned in for the premiere of Downton Abbey’s final season, there are probably similarities you could recognize from the eLearning world just from...
View ArticlemLearning Growth and Application in the Medical Industry
As demands on the medical industry continue to increase, time becomes an even more precious resource. And to accommodate the on-the-go requirements for education in this environment, many are turning...
View ArticleHow Sales Teams are Leveraging mLearning
Sales teams know that time is money. Their mentality is much like that of Glengarry Glen Ross: “ABC: Always be closing.” So how can they be closing if they’re spending time on training? Predicament....
View ArticleUsing mLearning for Compliance with Regulations
Many different industries are bound by federal, state, and even local regulations. Their compliance with these regulations is monitored—so it’s important that all employees are effectively trained and...
View ArticleManufacturing and mLearning: Improving Efficiency
There are officially more Google searches done on mobile devices than on desktop computers, according to new research released by Google. Interesting, don’t you think? Although, it’s not all that...
View ArticleImproving Customer Service and Retail Training with mLearning
Smartphones are no longer the way of the future—they’re the way of right now. Today, there are 2.6 billion people using a handheld device to check email, to work on projects, and to communicate with...
View ArticleLessons From Sean Penn’s El Chapo Interview on the Importance of SMEs
When news broke that Sean Penn interviewed the infamous drug kingpin El Chapo for Rolling Stone, it didn’t take long for professional writers to speak up about how they felt about it. Journalists from...
View ArticleBalancing eLearning Customization with Reusability
One of the things we consistently find with training teams is their desire to reuse things they’ve already created. Depending on the diversity of the courses you develop, you may not be able to reuse...
View ArticleTop Resources for Learning Articulate Storyline
So you bought Articulate Storyline and now you need to learn how to use it. The good news: Storyline is one of the most approachable eLearning development tools out there. The bad news: it can still be...
View ArticleSimulating Real World Activities in Articulate Storyline
One of the most common struggles we hear from eLearning designers and developers is the “inability” to accurately replicate real world activities in an online format. Now, we’re HUGE fans of eLearning,...
View ArticleeLearning Context Lessons from Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Performance
Did you see Lady Gaga sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday? We did, and we were pretty impressed. But this also got us thinking about context. Isn’t it interesting that this performer,...
View ArticleArticulate Storyline Features You Need to Be Using: Part 2
In the first part of our Articulate Storyline features outline, we went through the first seven Articulate Storyline features we think will save you a TON of time. Now let’s get to the second batch....
View ArticleArticulate Storyline Features You Need to be Using: Part 1
Sometimes the simple things in life are the best. While it’s great to learn new, advanced techniques that wow your learners, that’s not what this list is about. This list features simple, built-in...
View ArticlePartially Restricting Navigation Using a Custom Menu in Storyline
Whenever we work with a new client to develop eLearning courses, one of our topics of discussion includes what level of freedom they want their learners to have navigating the course. Is the learner...
View ArticleWhat Oscar Winners and Great Training Have in Common
Oscar winners and great training have more common ground than you might initially think. See what qualities these two share and how you can get on the path to creating training that lines up with an...
View ArticleRetail Training: Why Bother?
I was recently having lunch with a former client contact and reminiscing about the project we had worked on together. In the course of the conversation, I asked how training is viewed at the retailer...
View ArticleInstructional Design for The Greater Good
Like virtually everyone, we here at ThinkingKap can tend to get caught up in our own, and our clients’, situations and lose sight of what’s going on outside of our personal and professional networks....
View Article5 Training Lessons from NBC’s New Sitcom “Superstore”
I caught the pilot episode of NBC’s newest sitcom Superstore, which is about employees who work at the fictional Cloud 9 megastore. While I would describe the sitcom as a satirical look at the world of...
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