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Guidelines to Hiring the Right Instructional Designer

Posted by Rachael Jones on Jan 20, 2015, 10:30:00 AM

Tips from Your Corporate Training Services Company

Guidelines to Hiring the Right Instructional Designer

What does an instructional designer do?  With over 20 years of experience, TrainingFolks has hired thousands of Instructional Designers across the globe. Our ability to find, qualify and select the right candidate is critical for time sensitive projects and has made us a go-to instructional design company for a multitude of Fortune 500 organizations. As a training company we understand your desire to hire an individual that encompasses the necessary skill set, brings the required experience and seamlessly fits into your organization.

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Top Virtual Training Classroom Platforms vILT

Posted by Rachael Jones on May 14, 2014, 9:11:00 AM

Top Virtual Training Classroom Platforms vILT

Tips From Your Corporate Training Company


Virtual Instructor-Led Training (vILT) is synchronous learning i.e. a group of people learning at the same time and in real time so it can be interactive and participative. The key difference is that participants and instructor are not in the same physical location as with traditional classroom training. In today’s global work environment with an escalating amount of employees working remotely, the need for live virtual training programs is steadily increasing. One of the most important first steps is determining what virtual classroom platform will provide the best learning experience for your organization.

 

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Contract Instructional Design: 4 Stages Of A Change Initiative

Posted by Rachael Jones on Aug 27, 2012, 10:31:00 AM

Advice from an Instructional Design Consultant: 4 Stages of a Change Initiative

Organizational change initiatives carry the burden for assuring the entire team understands and respects the new rules.  When mergers or acquisitions are on the horizon, change can create organizational confusion and this disharmony may result in organizational fallout.

Hiring contracts trainers to create training materials can facilitate changes during the life cycle of change initiatives.  Especially because contract instructional design consultants have a deep understanding of training methodology and can create training programs that will reinforce the new behaviors of the change initiative.

Understanding how change affects individuals psychologically and having the process in place to support and negate negative process can assure a smooth transition to new behaviors and activities.

The four stages of change include:

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