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March 8, 2023
Stay Informed with OttoLearn's Engagement Summary Email
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With OttoLearn's Engagement Summary email, you'll have an always know which learners are — or, more importantly, are not — engaging.
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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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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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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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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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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 18, 2020
Prepare Your Front-Line Workers to Battle COVID-19!
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Use microlearning to prepare front-line workers needing to master new health and safety protocols to protect themselves — and customers — against COVID-19.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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