Tag: training

Hands-on Training: From Lectures to Learning by Doing

  • Posted on: December 12, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
As the shift continues from in-person instruction to eLearning course offerings, many learning and development organizations are challenged with maintaining a high level of engagement with their students. The fact is, hands-on training is often the most effective method of training, but how do you deliver that virtually, at scale, and in the on-demand, self-paced

Struggling to Keep Virtual Training Engaging? Don’t Leave Out the Narrative [Podcast]

  • Posted on: December 8, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
In this episode of The Skytap Podcast, we learn from Keith Quinn about the power of relatable, realistic, real-world narratives when used in virtual training courses. Keith is the learning & development manager (digital learning) at the Scottish Social Services Council and he recently presented his session, “Using Immersive Simulations to Develop Real-world Skills,” at

Delivering Speed & Agility in Virtual Training: The Skytap Podcast

  • Posted on: December 2, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
We recently attended DevLearn 2016 and had the opportunity to interview a handful of the show’s most engaging speakers and we’re featuring two of them on this week’s episode of The Skytap Podcast. While many sessions at the show focused on new breakthroughs in wearables and virtual reality, we were really impressed by those that

Upcoming Webinar to Show Power of Hands-on Virtual Training

  • Posted on: November 30, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
One thing that’s been quite clear at DevLearn 2016 is that while more organizations are replacing in-person, instructor-led training with virtual training offerings, these organizations are now faced with challenges around scaling, and delivering effective courses that engage and motivate learners to succeed. On Tuesday, December 6th, our own Seth Payne will be joining ServiceRocket

How IBM Overcame Complex Technical Training Challenges in the Cloud

  • Posted on: September 7, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
Effectively—and efficiently—delivering complex technical training to globally distributed teams is a major challenge for many in the enterprise. IBM delivers hundreds of scheduled events each week to more than two-thousand students a month. With the closing of a data center in France, Bob Blessing-Hartley, CTO for IBM Remote Labs, had to decide how to continue to deliver

Self-paced Training Dominates Recent B2B Learn Roundtable

  • Posted on: July 29, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
Some of our favorite events in 2016 have been the B2B Learn technical training roundtables that we’ve held in cities around the US. These discussions have been a great opportunity for members of the training community to collaborate with each other—and without getting any sales pitch from us. I had the privilege of moderating our

Why Training Organizations Must Combat Continental Drift [Podcast]

  • Posted on: May 18, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
While combatting continental drift in the true geographic sense would be foolish, working to turn the tides that have pushed departmental continents away from each other is mandatory for meeting today’s business demands. And no department has perhaps drifted further away from the rest of Pangea as training/learning and development. Our special guest on this week’s

Upcoming Technical Training Roundtables: You’re Invited!

  • Posted on: May 11, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
Skytap is getting ready to hit the road to participate in B2B Learn: two roundtable discussions around today’s key trends, challenges, and best practices in technical training, and we’d love for you to join us! These sales-pitch-free events are an awesome opportunity to learn with your peers, Skytap principal product manager Seth Payne, and current training

Baking Quality into Virtual Training [Podcast]

  • Posted on: April 11, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
We talk all the time about the real cost of poor quality software making it to production, but what about the equally negative impact that poor quality can have in the delivery of virtual training? EnCompass senior instructional technology specialist, Nina Talley, sat down with us to share some actions that can—and should—be taken before your

Do Your eLearning Metrics Prove Business Impact? Why Not? [Podcast]

  • Posted on: April 1, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
For this week’s episode of The Skytap Virtual Training Podcast, we sat down with Clark Quinn at the 2016 Learning Solutions Conference and Expo after attending his session, “Measurement Matters: The How and Why of eLearning Metrics.” Learn why Clark believes “L&D has the opportunity to be the most valuable part of your business” and

Skytap’s Can’t-Miss Action at Learning Solutions 2016

  • Posted on: March 14, 2016
  • Author: Skytap
We’re packing our bags and heading to Orlando this week for Learning Solutions 2016! There is a ton going on at this year’s show, so here are the sessions we’re most looking forward to, where you can find us and our friends, and how to make it an awesome week. Bill Nye? BILL NYE? Learning Solutions

All Onboard: Learn at the new Skytap Academy!

  • Posted on: March 11, 2016
  • Author: Michele Costello
This week, Skytap’s help and documentation team launched Skytap Academy—a new site with free courses that teach you how to build, use, and manage virtual environments in Skytap. Each new training course contains a series of short, 3-to-5 minute videos, along with exercises and links to more detailed supporting documentation from our help and documentation site.