OttoLearn® Blog

Articles about OttoLearn and our story, ideas about Agile Microlearning, thoughts on online training, and much more.

September 6, 2022

The Best Way to Evolve Your Training: Feedback

Giving your learners a voice and inviting them to share their feedback is the best way to not only evolve your training, but to get them engaged and excited about their training.
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September 2, 2022

Boost Engagement with Leaderboards and Contests

While some learners are intrinsically motivated, other learners are extrinsically motivated. Provide your learners with some extrinsic motivation in the form of OttoLearn leaderboards and contests.
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October 11, 2021

How Your Online Training Platform Helps with Employee Retention

Don't let training detract when it comes to employee retention. With a training platform, you'll solve the equation — relevant training equals improved retention!
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September 13, 2021

How Microlearning Supports the ‘New Normal’ in Corporate Training

With organizations shifting to fully remote or hybrid work, how can microlearning support corporate training when it comes to the “new normal”? Find out how!
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August 16, 2021

Burning Questions: How Does Microlearning Fit into Your eLearning Ecosystem?

When creating your eLearning ecosystem, microlearning becomes a perfect option, as it fills many business training needs including engagement and retention.
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July 19, 2021

A Gamification eLearning Platform Can Improve Your Learning Culture

Using a gamification eLearning platform is just a start; it needs to tap into things that motivate learners to improve learning culture and employee engagement.
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March 29, 2021

Reap the Benefits of Active Learning in Employee Training

Compared to traditional learning styles, active learning focuses on delivering a deeper understanding and building connections between the learning materials.
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March 1, 2021

OttoLearn’s LMS Integrations Enhance Learner Experience

With OttoLearn’s LMS integrations, adding a microlearning knowledge retention campaign to your existing employee training program is easy and seamless!
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February 1, 2021

Why You Should Tap the Power of Deliberate Practice

Deliberate practice is essential to learning any skill. We'll show you how to tap the power of deliberate practice and use it for improving employee performance.
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January 18, 2021

Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Deliver Remote Employee Training?

Workers increasingly want flexibility; some may never go back to work at the office! Microlearning makes it easy to provide flexible remote employee training.
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December 14, 2020

Microlearning Shines Amid 2020’s Challenges

Bridging distance, technology gaps, and more, microlearning showed its strengths by meeting the tough challenges 2020 posed.
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November 23, 2020

Reap the Benefits of Rapid Authoring & Training Updates

With our microlearning platform's rapid authoring features, frequent training updates aren't cumbersome and costly but instead handled with ease and efficiency.
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November 9, 2020

How to Fit Microlearning into Your Training Program

Learn how a continuous adaptive microlearning platform fits into every stage of your training program, improving training performance and training outcomes.
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October 26, 2020

Burning Questions: What Are the Elements of Effective Microlearning?

Effective microlearning focuses on learners’ needs and preferences and uses proven cognitive science principles.
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October 5, 2020

Bring Training into the Workflow with the Right Microlearning Platform

Think you don't have time to train? Move training into the workflow with OttoLearn's microlearning and watch your employees flourish and your business grow!
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September 21, 2020

You Can Win the Battle against ‘Confident Misinformation’

Your employees know stuff – but what do you do if what they know is wrong? Uncover and eradicate confident misinformation in your workplace with microlearning!
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September 14, 2020

Continuous Learning Leads to Continuous Performance Support

Fostering a learning culture through continuous learning provides performance support and prepares employees to face new challenges.
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August 31, 2020

Mix It Up: Interleaved Learning Boosts Knowledge Retention

Boost knowledge retention through interleaved learning coupled with cognitive science principles like spaced repetition, and enjoy improved training results.
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August 24, 2020

Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Help Workers Tame the Time Famine?

The COVID-19 crisis is driving interest in online training but workers are busier than ever. Tame their time famine with our adaptive microlearning platform!
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August 10, 2020

You Use Microlearning Every Day

We all use microlearning every day. Creating effective, engaging microlearning that your learners will use every day will improve your training outcomes.
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July 20, 2020

Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Measure Actual Learning?

OttoLearn, our gamified microlearning platform, has adaptive algorithms that measure actual learning — not just whether learners finished a training course.
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June 29, 2020

Microlearning Solves Your Toughest Training Challenges

We revisit your burning questions about how microlearning helps you prove training ROI, increases retention, and makes compliance training fun — and more!
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May 25, 2020

Reskill Your Workforce with Microlearning

As work roles change, reskill employees using a microlearning platform to close knowledge gaps, helping to boost employee retention and trim team turnover.
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May 18, 2020

Prepare Your Front-Line Workers to Battle COVID-19!

Use microlearning to prepare front-line workers needing to master new health and safety protocols to protect themselves — and customers — against COVID-19.
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May 4, 2020

Everboarding: Turn Online Training into Constant Learning

Start everboarding your team's training! It's similar to onboarding but continues indefinitely, as one-time exposure is not enough to boost knowledge retention.
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April 27, 2020

Deploy Tactical Training to Win World War C

When combating adversity and unpredictability, deploy a tactical solution: OttoLearn Agile Microlearning
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March 9, 2020

Burning Questions: Will Microlearning Appeal to My Multigenerational Workforce?

Will microlearning appeal to my multigenerational workforce? With the workforce aging at the same time Gen Z is entering, find out how microlearning can help!
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February 24, 2020

Where’s the Beef?

Adult learners demand relevance, immediacy, convenience, utility — not fancy packaging. Find out how adaptive microlearning gives them what they want!
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February 17, 2020

Are You Considering the Nuclear Option?

The use of smartphones at work can drain productivity but also bring many benefits, including easy access to training. Say No to a ban!
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January 13, 2020

Burning Questions: How Can I Reduce Employee Turnover?

Replacing employees is costly — and often preventable. Learn how training can reduce employee turnover while also improving performance.
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December 9, 2019

Most Harassment-Prevention Training Doesn’t Work

Most harassment training fails to teach people what harassing behavior is AND is not. And this lack of clarity causes even more problems in the workplace.
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December 2, 2019

How Is eLearning Like the Company T-shirt?

No two learners are alike, yet corporate training treats all learners the same. What's the best way to create personalized training that adapts to your learner?
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November 18, 2019

Why Spaced Repetition Is Critical for Learning & Retention

Our continuous adaptive microlearning platform uses spaced repetition, engaging learners with training for only minutes a day — that's CRITICAL for retention!
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November 11, 2019

On Trend & On Point: OttoLearn at DevLearn 2019

DevLearn 2019 was a huge success for OttoLearn; from the Executive Forum and presentations to the many great conversations with existing and future clients!
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November 4, 2019

Burning Questions: What Does Mobile-First Learning Mean?

What does mobile-first learning mean? How is it different from mobile-friendly eLearning? Learn how mobile-first learning impacts your learners' experience.
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October 28, 2019

2019 L&D Global Sentiment Survey

Discover what the 2019 Learning & Development Global Sentiment Survey results show as the next workplace learning trends and how adaptive microlearning aligns.
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October 21, 2019

Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Make My Employees Love Compliance Training?

Do your employees put off their annual compliance training? Adaptive microlearning changes that with continuous training to engage learners like never before!
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September 16, 2019

Training: Special Event or Stepping Stone?

Online training failed? Whether due to lack of learner engagement or retainment we'll show you how to create continuous training to meet long-term retention goals.
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August 19, 2019

What IS Microlearning Anyway?

What is microlearning, besides a buzzword? We feel it must answer a question, meet an immediate need, or help the learner solve a problem. Learn more!
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August 12, 2019

Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Finally Be a Gateway to Calculating Real ROI?

Can microlearning be used to calculate training ROI? We believe in measuring and analyzing your eLearning — and give you the analytics dashboard to do so.
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August 5, 2019

Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Actually Ensure That Learners Master Content and Retain Knowledge?

Can microlearning help learners master and retain knowledge? Try adaptive microlearning; use spaced repetition and continuous learning to drive results.
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July 29, 2019

Learner Engagement Starts at the Top

Corporate culture is created and reinforced by leaders, including corporate learning culture. Learn where to start building a positive learning culture.
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July 22, 2019

We Don't Need No Education!

People want to learn but long courses aren't the answer. Fit learning into workers' busy days with adaptive microlearning. A solution for today's learners.
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July 15, 2019

Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Eliminate the Challenge of Managing Enrollments?

Imagine online training with no enrollments or annual updates. Say goodbye to your training backlog. Our adaptive microlearning platform makes it happen!
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July 1, 2019

Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Eliminate the Stress of Chasing Learners?

Stop chasing listless learners. Try a new approach. Our microlearning platform gets learners engaged and motivated to complete daily personalized training!
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June 24, 2019

Otto Meets Bloom: A Firm Foundation for Advanced Knowledge Application

Our adaptive microlearning platform looks to Bloom's Taxonomy for a solid foundation to improve understanding, retention and ability to apply learning.
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June 17, 2019

Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Eliminate the Pain of Managing Annual Compliance Training?

Eliminate the pain of completing tedious annual compliance training with our adaptive microlearning platform that delivers continuous training to employees.
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May 27, 2019

Comprehensive Cyber Security Training: Free from OttoLearn

Employees are the most vulnerable part of your organization. But with our cyber security training course, you can build up your employees' cyber-defenses.
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May 20, 2019

Want Better Retention? Give Learners a Break!

Give your learners a break! Learn how spaced repetition boosts retention. Our adaptive microlearning platform uses this and other proven learning principles.
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May 6, 2019

What Trainers Can Learn from Marketers About ROI

What's your ROTI? Learn how to measure the real impact of your training, its Return on Training Investment, and why online training outcomes matter.
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April 15, 2019

The Case for Agile Microlearning

Our adaptive microlearning platform has it all: engaging training, improved retention, fast deployment and measurable outcomes. Trainers AND learners win!
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April 1, 2019

What Trainers Should Learn from Marketers About Engagement

Marketers know a thing or two about engagement. Learn from the pros and spark change in learners' behavior with effective continuous adaptive microlearning.
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March 11, 2019

OttoLearn's Knowledge Cards Have Been Released!

Supplement your online training efforts and help your learners retain information with our adaptive microlearning platform's newest feature: Knowledge Cards!
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March 18, 2019

Crowd Favorites: Our 9 Most Popular Otto Blog Posts!

Don't miss our best content of 2018: Top 9 posts on adaptive microlearning, online training, learner engagement, retention, training outcomes and much more!
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March 4, 2019

The Top eLearning Trends in 2019: A Comparison

Adaptive learning and microlearning are top eLearning trends in 2019. Explore our adaptive microlearning platform — proven to improve training outcomes!
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February 18, 2019

A Tale of Nine Trainers

8 trainers gather to share common training woes; a ninth offers a solution: OttoLearn. Try our adaptive microlearning platform for effective online training.
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February 11, 2019

Continuous Microlearning Ups Compliance Training Engagement

Move your annual compliance training to our adaptive microlearning platform and boost engagement by delivering short, daily, continuous training to employees.
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January 21, 2019

Build your own Training Analytics Dashboard for Free!

Not reaching expected outcomes with your online training? Use Microsoft's Power BI with our adaptive microlearning platform to measure training impact!
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January 7, 2019

"Make it Stick" with OttoLearn

Understand spaced repetition, retention, retrieval practice and interleaved learning. 'Make It Stick' is essential reading for corporate training professionals!
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December 24, 2018

Sneak Peek: Real Learning Tech Trends for 2019

Learning technology trends for 2019 include continuous learning, eLearning and mobile delivery — sounds like you need our adaptive microlearning platform.
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February 20, 2018

Learning, Forgetting & Trivial Pursuit™

Love Trivial Pursuit™ but dislike traditional training? Our adaptive microlearning platform learns from successful gamification to improve learner retention.
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