As your organization is growing, the natural course is for you to take your business across the borders, expanding into new markets and exploring new opportunities. However, this is not always a smooth sailing type of process. One of the most important questions you need to ask yourself is how well equipped is your workforce… Read more »
The Medicare Rights Center, the largest and most reliable independent source of Medicare information and assistance in the United States, works tirelessly to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through its counseling, advocacy, and educational programs. To assist the modern workforce, Medicare Rights also partners with OpenSesame to… Read more »
Employers who invest more in the learning and development of their staff will have a lower staff turnover than those who don’t. The reason is simple, recent studies show that 69% of staff under 40 remain with their employers due to training opportunities. With this in mind, the cost of training up a new staff member… Read more »
In recent news, all too often we’re seeing that sexual harassment is continuing to be a pervasive issue. Why? And how can companies better support employees? We’re an elearning company and our primary focus is on training. Oftentimes many companies aren’t aware of how to support employees or how important it is to take steps… Read more »
Do you need to know: How to add a credit card to your OpenSesame account? How to add a new or edit an existing card to your account? At OpenSesame, we want to make your buying experience as seamless as possible. By adding your credit card information to your OpenSesame account, purchasing courses will be… Read more »
In a recent webinar and white paper, Donald Taylor, Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute, challenged learning and development (L&D) professionals to rethink how they approached corporate training. In fact, he notes that L&D may be spending time on things that have a negligible or even negative impact on helping individuals improve their performance… Read more »
The benefits of a strong safety culture include lower injury rates, higher ROI, and increased ability to retain existing staff and attract new staff. Dedication to safety and health is not only important in high hazard potential industries such as construction. Large companies such as Coca-Cola recognize that its success in the long run relies… Read more »
Think about it: the Internet offers you a chance to learn anything. You want to learn about the relations between France and Vietnam in the 17th century? No problem; you can easily find high-quality websites that give you the information you need. If you’re really interested in learning, however, you’ll need to take things further:… Read more »
Learning may seem intimidating later in life, particularly if you are not an expert at using computers, tablets, or the Internet in general. However, there are many benefits to learning in your senior years, particularly if you are still in work, thinking about returning to work or are considering starting your own business. Learning Improves… Read more »
To some organizations in America, safety is not just a concept but a way of life. If you are looking to step into 2017 with the resolution of bolstering your company’s safety approaches, look no further than taking a few key tips derived from some of the safest companies in America. Here is how you… Read more »
With OpenSesame Course Lists, it’s never been easier to create and maintain curated lists of courses for yourself or your employees. You’ll be able to quickly and easily add courses to a list from OpenSesame Search and course pages, as well as group items within a list such as by job role, department, employee level,… Read more »
Do you need to know: Who took courses? When courses were completed? How much time was logged by a specific learner in a course? Where to obtain completion certificates? You can easily access all of this and more via your OpenSesame dashboard. These activity reports provide you a detailed view of your training utilization on… Read more »
As learning professionals, we are typically very good at looking back and reflecting on what has and hasn’t worked, drawing on past successes and – hopefully – avoiding repeating mistakes. We are also forward thinking, and we are increasingly quick to react to technological developments and innovations in other industries and elds. But how good… Read more »
According to a recent study, 7 of 10 employers believe that recent college graduates are unprepared in written and oral communication. As companies like yours take matters into your own hands by delivering training programs that address these critical 21st century skills, you are challenged with finding engaging, high quality digital content that can teach,… Read more »
So it might have been a flash in the pan, but you were either living under a rock or on the moon if you didn’t hear about 2016’s sweeping phenomenon known as Pokemon Go. Its popularity and pervasiveness has obviously diminished, but it had explosive adoption around July 2016. The app used augmented reality (AR)… Read more »
Have you ever taken an online course where you speed through the material, take the quizzes and get it out of the way? We’ve all been there. Have you sat through a class lecture drifting off into your own world because of the teacher’s boring material and monotone voice? We’ve all been there, too. Finding… Read more »
If you’re familiar with game jams, then you know what an all out marathon they can be. If you’re not, here’s the gist: you stay up for a whole weekend planning, programming, and coding a brand new game. Oh, and you try to find time to eat and sleep (a little). Basically, game jams are… Read more »
After an eventful 2016, we’re looking forward to an even better 2017. Things move quickly in learning and development, as well as elearning. However, one of the best ways you can stay up to date with the latest industry information is by attending elearning conferences. As an extra bonus, if you’re planning on attending a… Read more »
Let’s face it, we use our smartphones for just about everything – and learning is no exception. Unfortunately, there are times where users run into some technical issues. But no fear, we can help! Here are four tips that will enhance any mobile learning experience all while preventing technical issues.
A phone call, an incoming email, a trending new video, a work emergency. Today, our attention spans are dwindling as we are pulled in various directions. In fact, recent data from Statistic Brain reveals that in 2015 humans have an attention span of 8.25 seconds, which decreased from 12 seconds from 2000. Due to attention… Read more »
