From DSC:
Attention all school districts! Listen up! –> Top 10 Tips for Creating a Successful Onboarding Experience — from learningguild.com by Tara Roberson-Moore, PhD
Excerpts:
Did you know that 69% of employees say they are likely to stay with a company for a least three years after a great onboarding experience? (O.C.Tanner, 2018)
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Did you know that new hires in companies with longer onboarding programs report being more proficient in their roles four months sooner than in companies with short onboarding programs? (O.C. Tanner, 2018)
Also relevant/see:
Analyze This — from learningguild.com by Tara Roberson-Moore
Excerpt:
Onboarding is a program. It is not one training event. It is also usually not one development event either—I have seen onboarding programs built in one full development phase and I have seen onboarding programs divided into several development phases (costs are one factor, but project fatigue is also a factor). Due to the sheer size of a long-term initiative like onboarding, getting everything in place before development begins is imperative to success.
Analysis results in a plan. As we have mentioned before, you get the blueprint of the house—not the house. Remember, not even paint colors are being picked yet!
If you are thinking about creating an onboarding program, whether on your own or working with a really cool and fun troupe of elves, start by asking questions…
Cognitive Load and Virtual Training — from learningguild.com by Pamela Wise
Excerpt:
As designers navigate the waters of building learning interventions that utilize virtual technology, they must keep the learner’s cognitive load low in order to increase learning retention. As with all instructional design, virtual training should utilize effective instructional methods. However, studies have shown that some virtual training strategies, such as immersion, may increase the cognitive load in one setting but decrease it in another.