Why You Need a Remote Instructional Designer Now More Than Ever

The corporate landscape has quickly changed. With many employees working remotely, having staggered starts, or balancing their time between working at home and working in the office there is a need to adjust workflows and pick up new skills. How can your business adapt and keep its employees ahead of the game? Training is key.

 

It cannot be ignored that with a scattered workforce, there is now, more than ever, a need for employees to feel connected to each other and to your company. They need to be aware of changes in processes or organizational direction.

 

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Topics: virtual training, virtual instructor led training, instructional designer services, contract Instructional designer, instructinal designer

What to Look for When Hiring a Virtual Instructor 

With the increased number of employees now working from home, many organizations have had to quickly adapt. Work doesn’t stop, and neither does the need for hiring and onboarding new employees, upgrading or implementing new technologies, or rolling out a new cultural change initiative.

 

To help meet these demands, there has been an increase in hiring contract Virtual Instructors. Here are some tips to help you determine what you should look for in a Virtual Instructor, what level of Instructor you should hire, and how to evaluate their performance.  

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Topics: virtual instructor led training, hiring a virtual instructor

The Top 7 Benefits of Virtual Instructor Led Training (ViLT)

Modern technologies make virtual training easier, cheaper, and as effective as in-classroom training. Yet distance learning is still a growing industry and as such, some of its benefits aren't as widely known as they could be.  

We're here to help make those benefits a little more clear. We're experts in distance learning and want to share the key learning advantages of the virtual classroom with our prospective clients. 

Whatever you need to teach your employees, whenever you need to do it, virtual training can be the way to go. Ready to learn more about how virtual training can help to improve your business? Then keep reading!

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Topics: vilt, virtual instructor led training, prepare vilt, Virtual Instructor Led training Best Practices

Keep Your Team’s Development Going, with Virtual Instructor Led Training (ViLT) 

Many of us have had to quickly adapt to the new reality of working at home and although this can be a challenging adjustment for many, the development of your people should still be a clear priority. 

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Topics: vilt, virtual instructor led training, virtual training team

How to Use Adobe Connect for your Virtual Instructor Led Training ViLT 

Adobe Connect is a web conferencing and virtual classroom platform used by thousands of companies and universities worldwide. Using Adobe's software, companies can create online training materials and learning modules, conduct webinars, and participate in online meetings complete with desktop sharing. 

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Topics: virtual instructor led training, Adobe Connect, virtual classrooms, vilt training tips

Moving from ILT to vILT? How Contract IDs, vILT Trainers Can Help

When your company decides to convert some of the Instructor-led Training (ILT) courses in your training program to Virtual Instructor-led Training (vILT), a couple of key roles your learning and development team will need are Instructional Designers and vILT Trainers. But if vILT is new to your team, consider engaging a contract instructional designer and vILT trainer who specialize in virtual training. Here's how they can help.

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Topics: instructional designers, vilt, virtual instructor led training, vilt trainers, vilt training tips

TIPS FROM YOUR GLOBAL TRAINING COMPANY

As the workplace environment continues to change and technology brings us new methods of consuming content, the traditional classroom is something that learning leaders may need to reconsider or revisit as it pertains to upcoming learning initiatives.

Instead, more and more organizations are moving towards virtual learning. Currently about 32% of training is delivered using a blended approach and about 26% is delivered online via virtual Instructor-Led Training (vILT).¹

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Topics: vilt, virtual instructor led training, vilt trainers

Corporate Training - Improve Your Supply Chain Management

Many companies used to consider the supply chain management operations a necessary cost of doing business and not a key driver of financial results.  In today’s increasingly global economy, it’s becoming increasingly common for businesses to use international suppliers.  This adds to the already difficult execution process.  The importance of a top-notch supply chain management operation is evident and bottom-line performance has been shown to directly link to the effectiveness of the supply chain management. Many Fortune 500 organizations utilize instructional design firms to add value by supplying subject matter expertise and a variety of learning methodologies including Virtual Instructor-Led Trainers (vILT) to streamline their current supply chain operations.

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Topics: training consultant, corporate training, custom training, corporate consulting, training companies, vilt, virtual instructor led training, consulting services, contract training, Tips, Best Practices, supply chain management, training solution, global supply chain management

Tips for Training Employees on a New CRM

Tips from Top Corporate Training Company 

With the help of a team of experts, we identified five top tips that can improve your next CRM implementation.   And make no mistake; CRM system training is extremely critical.

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Topics: training company, training companies, virtual training, virtual training tips, software trainers, vilt, virtual instructor led training, user adoption training, Tips, CRM Training, Best Practices, virtual instructor lead, sales enablement, salesforce training

Training Companies ask: Can vILT Really Be Effective?

Training Companies ask: So, just how effective can Virtual Instructor-Led Training (vILT) really be?  This is a rising question that training companies and learning specialists ponder over when developing their organization’s learning strategies.   However, in today's global work environment and with an escalating amount of employees working remotely, the need for live virtual training solutions is increasing. For those new to this training format, some planning tips specific to vILT can guide your organization to create an effective vILT design.

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Topics: training company, training companies, virtual training, virtual training tips, software trainers, vilt, virtual instructor led training