The trainer is the most important ingredient of a successful online training. More specifically: the motivation, structure and feedback a good trainer provides. So says Torstein Rekkedal from the Norwegian NKI (with over 12K students). And we agree.
Read more
Online training has been ‘the next big thing’ for more than a decade now. A lot has happened in that time, but not all in favor of its reputation. When we talk to trainers, we often hear they have to fight the myths that still exist about online training. Here are the 3 most encountered.
Read more
If you start looking for online training tools for soft skills, it is easy to get overwhelmed. There are many approaches and at least as many providers. So what should you keep in mind when comparing the different online training tools? Here we outline four contrasting approaches to online training. Determine yours and finding the best tool for the job will be infinitely easier.
Read more
In 2009 I saw the movie Up in the Air. George Clooney travels the country to fire people whose managers are afraid to do so themselves. But his job changes dramatically when his company introduces the webcam as a viable option to tell ‘bad news’. Now imagine you’re asked to train Clooney for his new job: telling bad news over the internet (online.) How would you go about it?
Read more
Blended Learning is not new, but will become the undisputed standard this decade. Why? Because the unique didactic possibilities will enable more effective trainings, not just cost savings. In many cases blended learning will not only be the cheapest alternative, but the best one. Putting it differently: we will even choose blended when its more expensive.
Read more
Recording a new message for your voicemail automatically triggers a process of reflection, self-improvement and refinement. The tension of making your message public and the possibility to try it over and over again, is a powerful combination that can also be used in online training.
Read more
Cost reduction is the order of the day for many industries. What is often forgotten however, is the fact that there is a big difference between an expense and an investment. The task is now up to training companies to undisputedly prove the return on investment for their trainings. Because usually there is a budget available for an investment.
Read more
TrainTool offers its clients a video-library with ‘webcam interaction assignments’, but clients can also upload their own. By now, doing so has become easy and inexpensive, while still offering good quality. This YouTube movie shows you how.
Read more
(Nederlands) Op grond van zijn biografie laat de visie van Steve Jobs op online training zich raden. Hoe verhouden drie rotsvaste overtuigingen van de Apple visionair zich tot online training?
Read more
Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.
(Nederlands) De gebruikerservaring van online trainingen valt vaak tegen. Als wij klanten vragen naar eerdere ervaringen dan klinkt met regelmaat: “teveel geredeneerd vanuit de techniek, slechte interface of na een half uur kreeg ik het een beetje door…”. Wat gaat er mis? Mijn analyse: veel systemen willen alles zijn voor iedereen.
Read more
(Nederlands) Bij een gemiddelde training persoonlijke vaardigheden oefen je 20 minuten gericht op je eigen aandachtspunten en krijg je circa 8 minuten professionele feedback. Het gevoelsmatige lage cijfer van 28 minuten roept vervolgens de vragen op of het niet langer moet en zo ja of het ook langer kan.
Read more
Good trainers understand the art to make a group ‘safe’, to teach, to stimulate and at the same time encourage participants to develop themselves on a personal level. Do trainers from online or blended training need to do the same? Or is their role entirely different?
Read more
Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.
Developing soft skills and behavior Sales skills, cooperation skills, negotiation skills, leadership, delivering bad news, influence… These are all soft …
Read more
TrainTool offers training companies and L&D providers the tools for e-training. We focus on and write about increasing the effectiveness, fun and efficiency of soft skills training through online training tools.
Request a free trial
Winnaar Innovatieve e-Learning Award: Traintool
‐ E-Learning.nl
Pitchcursus thuis vanuit de luie stoel, 3 vragen aan Marijn de Geus
‐ Het Financieele Dagblad (print)
TrainTool genomineerd voor Innovatieve E-Learning Award
‐ E-Learning.nl
Interview Marijn de Geus
‐ De Utrechtse Internet Courant
Utrechtse start-ups beloond om probleemoplossing
‐ Het Financieele Dagblad
Henkjan Smits reikt awards uit aan ondernemers
‐ Stadsblad
TrainTool wint Startup Awards 2012
‐ Utrecht Science Park
