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eTraining

Another emerging market for Holdcom is eTraining, also known as virtual learning or just-in-time training. Holdcom supplies voices and scripts for professional businesses that need their staff to learn something new, and fast: for example, updated software or a novel technology.

Senior Script Consultant Rob Lefever created several “script tips” for a successful eTraining program. It is important to “understand your objective and know your audience. Keep the focus of your script – a good way to do this is to put yourself in their shoes, and don’t assume they know everything you know.”

Another important factor of eTraining is “keeping it simple. An eTraining script should be easy for a voiceover to record…keep it concise and to the point. Don’t forget that an important area of eTraining is situational comparisons: you want to teach them the right and wrong ways to deal with a problem so they’ll know exactly what to do and not to do.”

With more people taking courses online, eTraining will become vital to securing a company’s future.

As a side note, this is a fun “eTraining” video where a fictional character named Donny teaches his youtube followers how to “properly” use Photoshop. It’s called “You Suck at Photoshop” for a reason – he insults the viewer constantly and often breaks into rants about his ex-wife who left him, his terrible job, and more a la Office Space. It is hilarious and also very informative – it uses all the proper eTraining techniques, such as showing examples, knowing your audience, and holding the viewer’s attention.

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EnterTRAINING: The Fast Track to Learning

A guest blog written by Ronna Caras, President of Caras Training.

My brother has ten grandkids aged eight and younger and getting them together is funny, heartwarming and exhausting, just as you would expect. It is also a lesson on teaching.

Even when we are teaching children who are a lot older than eight, twenty-eight or sixty-eight.

Because when humans are dealing with new information, and trying to absorb and apply it, we all learn the way kids do.

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Narration in Video and eLearning

Narration can add immense value to any eLearning experience. Not only does adding high quality voiceover add versatility to the existing footage, but also allows it to be utilized for a broader range of audiences successfully. Speech can affect the most primal aspects of learning to improve retention, focus, and comprehension. Let’s take a more in-depth look at the role well-designed narration can play in an eLearning experience.

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Using Characters and Personas in eLearning Programs

characters and personas for elearning program audioMany complain that eLearning programs and web-based training are impersonal, which hinders student engagement and detracts from the overall experience. But eLearning has significant advantages over traditional teaching methods, including student-guided activities and the ability to review information multiple times for increased retention and understanding.