Making sure websites and eLearning projects meet the needs of their user boils down to effective User Experience (UX) design. In this post, we break down what UX design entails and why it matters. What is UX? “UX is the web. It is literally all there is. Everything that we interact with in any form … Continued
Filed under: Design Solutions, eLearning, Instructional Design, PathWise Solutions Projects, Technology Solutions, Wireframing
You don’t have to ‘reinvent the wheel’ if you have good training content that needs to shift from instructor-led training to eLearning. You do, however, need to adapt that content for a different delivery format. Where do you start? We’ve put together 4 tips to help you as you move through this process. The good … Continued
Filed under: Adapting to Change, Blended Learning, eLearning Benefits, eLearning Trends, Flash to HTML5, Instructional Design, Instructional Designers, Instructor-led Training, Learning Management Systems, Technology Solutions, What is Microlearning
In this post, we explore 6 reasons how and why microlearning can help businesses, non-profits, and schools through and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the way people work and learn. Many businesses have shifted to having staff working mostly or entirely from home. Workforces are more mobile and more remote. … Continued
Filed under: Adapting to Change, Benefits of Training, Culture of Learning, eLearning, eLearning Courses, eLearning Trends, Increasing Retention, Microlearning, Remote Work, Technology, What is Microlearning
2020 has been a year of contrasts. On the one hand, we’ve watched the suffering of so many of our friends, community members, and businesses as they’ve struggled and persisted during this extremely challenging year. We’ve also seen the exhaustion that many have felt during this seemingly endless pandemic and hope has gradually been depleted. … Continued
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Offering training to your employees is an excellent way to increase retention, attract top talent, and create a culture of learning, but how do you know if it’s helping them gain the skills and knowledge they need? Is it making any difference to the way they do their jobs? Ultimately, you want to be able to … Continued
Filed under: Blended Learning, Culture of Learning, eLearning, eLearning Benefits, Employee Satisfaction, Helping Employees, Increasing Retention, Kirkpatrick Model, Learning Organizations, Measuring Learning Impacts, Training
Trust is an essential part of any well functioning organization – not just between you and your clients/customers or the market, but also internally between workers. Building trust within a workplace can be a challenge, and it can feel even more difficult when you’re operating in a remote environment and communicating digitally. So how do … Continued
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Health equity is accomplished when every person has the opportunity to achieve their full health potential.. While Canada has made great strides towards achieving health equity, the reality is that a gap between those who are most and least healthy still exists. One of the remedies for this disparity is education. PathWise partnered with the National … Continued
Filed under: eLearning Courses, Free eLearning Course, Instructional Design, PathWise Solutions Projects, Storytelling, Training
There’s no easy answer to the question “what is blended learning?” because it can come in different forms, working in different ways for different audiences. But as companies, schools, and other institutions scramble to accommodate learners due to COVID-19, it’s a topic on many people’s minds. We break down what blended learning is, its benefits, … Continued
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Over the years, PathWise Solutions has worked on several very successful projects with TransLink – Metro Vancouver’s transportation network – including building eLearning courses on change management and mentorship training. We’ve broken down the challenges of these courses and how we worked with TransLink to overcome them. Creating Change Management Online Training In order to accommodate multiple … Continued
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If you’re developing online training or planning to deliver your courses or workshops online, then you need a way for your learners to access those courses. This is where a Learning Management System (LMS) comes in – it’s how and where you deliver your content. But how do you choose the best LMS for your … Continued
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There have been lots of articles recently about the exhaustion many of us are experiencing from having to be in back to back online meetings and why using video conferencing tools like Zoom or Google Meet can be extremely tiring. They don’t have to be, though. Here are some ways to manage that fatigue and get the … Continued
Filed under: Adapting to Change, Online Collaboration Tools, Project Management Tools, Remote Work, Technology Solutions, Tips for Working from Home, Using Zoom, Working from Home
Did you know that 1 in 66 children have autism? Or that individuals with autism are 7 times more likely to interact with First Responders than other members of the general public? First Responders aren’t commonly trained to know the specific needs of those with autism, however, so Canucks Autism Network (CAN) wanted to create … Continued
Filed under: Autism Awareness Training, Benefits of Training, Canucks Autism Network, eLearning, Instructional Design, Mental Health Support, PathWise Solutions Projects, Technology Solutions, Training for First Reponders
Whether you’re in the office or working from home, you need to be careful about information privacy and data security and follow basic computer security protocol. It starts with developing good habits, so we’ve put together some tips on how to make sure you can work securely and safely with confidential data. Paying Attention to … Continued
Filed under: Data Security, Helping Employees, Privacy and Security, Remote Work, Technology Solutions, Tips for Working from Home, Working from Home, Working with Confidential Data
This week, May 4 -10 2020, doesn’t just include Star Wars Day and Cinco de Mayo; it’s also the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) annual Mental Health Week. The theme this year is “social connection” and during this week, the CMHA is encouraging people to #GetReal about how they feel. Looking after your mental health … Continued
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A lot of people are struggling with working remotely as they adjust to the current pandemic. That’s why we’ve pooled our experience and knowledge as a 100 percent remote company to build a FREE elearning course to help anyone trying to work from home for the first time. This roughly 20-minute, highly interactive course focuses … Continued
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When you’re working with a vendor to get your web or elearning project built, it can be hard to picture just what the end product may look like, even if you’ve worked very closely with that vendor from the very start. While storyboards, scripts, and documentation all help, we find that working in real time … Continued
Filed under: Action Mapping, Discovery Sessions, eLearning, Instructional Design, Online Collaboration Tools, Prototyping, Technology, Technology Solutions, Training, Using Whiteboarding Tools, Wireframing
While there’s no strict definition of what microlearning is – it could be short learning activities or individual modules – as the name implies, the focus of microlearning is on providing learners with brief, bite-sized chunks. Whatever the media (text, video, animation, audio, etc.), microlearning delivers material to learners in an easy-to-consume, less time-intensive way. … Continued
Filed under: Benefits of Training, eLearning, eLearning Benefits, eLearning Trends, Instructional Design, Microlearning
Everyone is scrambling to get set up to work from home. There are some essential tools that can help you make this process easier. We’ve broken down the top 5 tools and apps we think you might need, including what we use at our 100% remote company, as well as alternatives and some bonus tools. … Continued
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Stories are how we attempt to create structure out of the many events of our lives. The most powerful stories teach us lessons about living, making choices, building better relationships, and finding deeper purpose in life. We love stories, and we need stories to learn. Children love to hear stories, but adults have story ‘rituals’ … Continued
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