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September 6, 2022
The Best Way to Evolve Your Training: Feedback
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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 5, 2022
Generate Excitement With a Rewards Store
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Setting up a rewards store is a great way to get your learners excited about learning and engaged with their training.
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September 2, 2022
Boost Engagement with Leaderboards and Contests
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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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June 8, 2022
Otto’s New Learning Interface Enhances Learner Engagement
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We've updated our learning interface to create a more intuitive, engaging experience for your learners! Interested? Book a demo with our experts to learn more.
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October 11, 2021
How Your Online Training Platform Helps with Employee Retention
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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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March 15, 2021
Why Use Contests and Leaderboards for Effective Team Training
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Gamification continues to top eLearning trends because it works. Our leaderboard contests motivate team training, improving eLearning outcomes even more!
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January 4, 2021
Catch Your Learners Doing Something Right!
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Catch your learners doing something right, instead of penalizing errors while they learn, through gamification, formative feedback, and scenario-based learning!
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November 9, 2020
How to Fit Microlearning into Your Training Program
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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?
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Effective microlearning focuses on learners’ needs and preferences and uses proven cognitive science principles.
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September 7, 2020
Learn to Love Learner Feedback
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Learn to love learner feedback – it gives your learners a sense of ownership and creates an opportunity for training admins to improve your eLearning content!
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August 17, 2020
Enhance Learner Experience (LX) with Adaptive Microlearning
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Adaptive microlearning covers all the elements needed to boost learner experience: personalized, retention-focused content, low cognitive load and more.
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July 20, 2020
Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Measure Actual Learning?
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OttoLearn, our gamified microlearning platform, has adaptive algorithms that measure actual learning — not just whether learners finished a training course.
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July 13, 2020
How Does Performance Support Enhance Self-Directed Learning?
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Busy workers turn to self-directed learning for quick answers. Use a microlearning platform as a performance support to align this learning with business goals.
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July 6, 2020
Microlearning: Effective Training Anywhere
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Microlearning has demonstrated its effectiveness in engaging learners and improving performance and retention. Learn what makes microlearning so effective!
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June 1, 2020
Does your eLearning vendor eat their own dog food?
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An eLearning vendor who believes in their product uses them to train their own employees. By using our microlearning platform, we're eating our own dog food.
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May 25, 2020
Reskill Your Workforce with Microlearning
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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 11, 2020
10 Ways Artificial Intelligence and L&D Intersect
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Artificial intelligence is already affecting how we create and use eLearning. Explore how — and what the future may bring to the learning & development space.
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May 4, 2020
Everboarding: Turn Online Training into Constant Learning
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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
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When combating adversity and unpredictability, deploy a tactical solution: OttoLearn Agile Microlearning
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March 16, 2020
Shape Learning & Build Retention with Formative Feedback
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Providing formative feedback throughout the learning process deepens understanding and knowledge retention — and produces improved training outcomes!
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March 2, 2020
Entice Gig Workers to Engage More Deeply — with Microlearning
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You can’t require them to train; instead, entice contractors and gig workers to upskill by engaging them with an adaptive microlearning platform.
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February 24, 2020
Where’s the Beef?
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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 10, 2020
Effective Training Is Friction-Free
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Taking training should be friction-free so the training habit becomes automatic.
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February 3, 2020
Simplify Multilingual Content with the Right Microlearning Platform
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With OttoLearn, you'll meet your global learners' training needs with a microlearning platform that makes it easy to create and maintain multilingual content.
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January 27, 2020
Instructional Scaffolding Flexibly Supports all Learners
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When you build instructional scaffolding into your adaptive microlearning, providing each learner with the support they need, all learner outcomes can improve!
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January 20, 2020
How OttoLearn Uses Game Mechanics to Leverage Learners’ Motivation
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When it comes to gamifying eLearning, often the motivation is supposed to be the "gold star trophy" achievement at the end — but that's not what motivates adult learners.
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January 13, 2020
Burning Questions: How Can I Reduce Employee Turnover?
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Replacing employees is costly — and often preventable. Learn how training can reduce employee turnover while also improving performance.
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January 6, 2020
Microlearning Gamification: Not Just Playing Games
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Gamification won't help your learners master & retain your microlearning content unless it's applied correctly. So, what IS the right way to gamify your online training?
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December 9, 2019
Most Harassment-Prevention Training Doesn’t Work
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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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November 25, 2019
You Need Better (Training) Insurance!
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Compliance training needs to work to protect your workers, organization, and customers from harm. But how do you deliver engaging, compliance training?
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November 18, 2019
Why Spaced Repetition Is Critical for Learning & Retention
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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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October 21, 2019
Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Make My Employees Love Compliance Training?
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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 30, 2019
Uncover Training ROI with Free Data Analysis Tool: Power BI
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Struggling to measure training ROI? We make it easy! Power BI is included with our microlearning platform! Measure and improve training outcomes today!
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September 16, 2019
Training: Special Event or Stepping Stone?
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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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September 9, 2019
Did You Miss This Summer’s "Hottest" Reading?
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Can microlearning... Boost retention? Improve engagement? Help calculate ROI? Make learners love training? Your 'Burning Questions' answered and more!
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September 2, 2019
Choose Microlearning for Scalable and Personalized Learning
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Part of a large or high-growth business? Our adaptive microlearning platform solves your online training challenges by offering personalized, scalable learning.
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August 26, 2019
Empower Self-directed Learning with Adaptive, Gamified Microlearning
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Via Google searches, your learners are self-directing learning! Why not empower them further with self-directed micro eLearning for all aspects of their jobs?
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August 12, 2019
Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Finally Be a Gateway to Calculating Real ROI?
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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?
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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
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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!
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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?
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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?
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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 17, 2019
Burning Questions: Can Microlearning Eliminate the Pain of Managing Annual Compliance Training?
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Eliminate the pain of completing tedious annual compliance training with our adaptive microlearning platform that delivers continuous training to employees.
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June 10, 2019
Want Learner Engagement? Turn Learner Feedback Upside Down!
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What if your corporate training contains an error? Will your learners still trust it? Engage your learners with the ability to give feedback on their training!
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June 4, 2019
Move Past the Forgetting Curve
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Don't focus on the Forgetting Curve. Embrace the Retention Curve! Our engaging adaptive microlearning platform boosts retention and closes knowledge gaps.
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May 20, 2019
Want Better Retention? Give Learners a Break!
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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 13, 2019
eLearning Plus MicroLearning Equals Dynamic Digital Learning
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Want to boost learner engagement and retention? Add our adaptive microlearning platform to traditional eLearning and creating dynamic digital learning magic!
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May 6, 2019
What Trainers Can Learn from Marketers About ROI
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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 22, 2019
Give Learners a Reason to Care
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How do you get your learners to care about online training? Use learner feedback to drive training engagement, and enjoy improved training outcomes too!
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April 8, 2019
Why Your Course Completions are Misleading You
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Completing training doesn't correlate to retention or engagement. That's why your learners benefit from adaptive microlearning delivering continuous training!
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April 1, 2019
What Trainers Should Learn from Marketers About Engagement
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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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December 31, 2018
Forget Courses! Deliver Strategic Training Interventions for Immediate Results
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Stop creating ineffective online training. Start delivering continuous personalized training and closing knowledge gaps with our adaptive microlearning platform.
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September 10, 2018
Where are you on the Training Intent Index™ ?
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Why are you delivering online training? Discover where your training ranks on the Training Intent Index™ and how our microlearning platform will improve it.
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April 23, 2018
OttoLearn Cyber-Security Training Saved My Computer!
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Your team can benefit from our microlearning platform's cyber security training but don’t take our word for it! Read a story from one of our grateful clients!
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March 26, 2018
Exposed! Two Secret Factors of Learner Engagement
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Uncover the secret factors that will motivate your learners. Then use our adaptive microlearning platform to maximize engagement — and learning outcomes.
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March 19, 2018
The Secret to Increasing Learner Engagement
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The secret to increasing learner engagement? It's not video. It's relevance. Our adaptive microlearning platform delivers learner-relevant training daily.
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December 18, 2017
A Tale of Two Trainings
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Using an adaptive microlearning platform to deliver personalized training can have transformative results and achieve success for any business. Ask us how!
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November 27, 2017
The Vanity Metric of Course Completions or “Sprints vs. Marathons”
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Move beyond meaningless course completions. With our adaptive microlearning platform, learners won't race to the finish; they will engage with learning.
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October 23, 2017
WHY We Built OttoLearn
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Unlike traditional eLearning, our adaptive microlearning platform increases retention with personalized learning to efficiently deliver effective training.
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October 16, 2017
The Painful Truth about eLearning
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Do you love traditional eLearning? Do your learners? Not likely. Let us introduce engaging adaptive microlearning and build excitement about learning!
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October 9, 2017
A Funny Thing Happened on our Way to Modern eLearning
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An adaptive learning machine was created in 1928 — but mass eLearning led to impersonal training. Return to eLearning's roots with adaptive microlearning.
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October 2, 2017
Why OttoLearn Works: The Future of eLearning
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How much do you remember from the eLearning course you took? Did you enjoy it? Switch to personalized, adaptive microlearning — the future of eLearning.
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