Delivering a successful employee orientation can not only ensure that department procedures and tasks are followed properly, but it can also lead to happier and more productive employees. Employee orientation shouldn’t be thought of as an “information dump”, but instead…
Competency-based education is an outcome-focused approach that concentrates on the mastery of skills at the learner’s pace rather than within a specific period of time. Generally, the goal of competency-based learning is to ensure that students are acquiring the knowledge and…
According to a study by Complete College America, college students are taking too long to graduate, resulting in unnecessary additional tuition and higher dropout rates. For a 2-year Associates Degree, the average amount of credits needed to graduate is 60.…
According to U.S. News & World Report, 1 in 3 first-year students won’t make it back for sophomore year. Many higher education professionals will agree that the first year of college is a critical factor affecting institutions, as this is…
Do you make the most of your day? Productivity is defined by “the effectiveness of productive effort, as measured in terms of rate of output per unit of input”. The topic of productivity and how employees and organization can be…
If 2015 taught us anything about the future of technology and the online learning industry, it is that e-learning is here to stay. By 2022, the eLearning industry is poised to reach $243.9 billion by 2022. According to the Global…
The content of an orientation or training is without a doubt a crucial part to the success of your overall program. In order to obtain desired results, the content of the orientation or training must include the necessary information and…
Most orientation directors or training managers agree that visual aspects are a crucial part to the comprehension of material. According to Dr. Richard Mayer, a psychologist at UC Santa Barbara, studies have shown that people absorb and retain information better…
You’ve worked hard all summer to prepare you’re orientation program and now its finished! Now what? An orientation program plan should have a complete cycle, allowing you to come full circle and improve your next program. Follow these tips to…
According to a 2015 report by Babson Research, the number of college students currently enrolled online exceeds 7 million—or 1 in 3 U.S. students. Furthermore, in 2014 70.8% of chief academic leaders reported online learning is critical to their long-term…
