AllenComm highlights Virtual Instructor-led Training (VILT), Podcasts, Virtual Mentors, Video Training, and Learning Portals as the five primary digital training delivery methods for virtual workplaces. Each method is designed to enhance accessibility, engagement, and personalization for remote learners. Source
Virtual Instructor-led Training (VILT) recreates the classroom experience online, allowing learners to ask questions, interact with peers, and receive immediate feedback. While content creation is straightforward, VILT may have limited technical features compared to in-person training. Source
Podcasts are accessible even without high-speed internet and can reach learners anywhere. They are best used in short episodes tailored to specific learning objectives and are most effective when paired with other assets like videos and eLearning activities. Source
Virtual mentors facilitate one-on-one interactions between new hires or developing employees and experienced staff via video calls, emails, or texting. This approach improves onboarding and employee experience, especially when face-to-face interaction is limited. Source
Video training engages learners through storytelling, visuals, and interactive features like 'choose your own adventure' narratives, rewind tools, and expert feedback. Its versatility allows for personalized and immersive learning experiences. Source
Learning portals act as repositories for teaching materials and enable personalized user interfaces, diverse asset types, and social learning features like discussion forums and blogs. They support cohorts and community-building in virtual settings. Source
Adapting training delivery methods to virtual work increases accessibility, cost-effectiveness, and personalization. It helps organizations meet the needs of remote employees and ensures effective learning experiences. Source
AllenComm applies microlearning principles to podcasts and other digital assets, breaking content into smaller, focused episodes or modules that reinforce concepts and support attention. Source
Social learning is enabled through learning portals, which offer features like discussion boards, blogs, and sharing tools to foster community and peer-to-peer interaction among learners. Source
AllenComm personalizes digital learning through learning portals that adapt to various learning styles, provide tailored content, and enable features like cohorts and forums for collaborative learning. Source
AllenComm offers personalized learning journeys, AI-powered design and development, measurement and analytics tools, adaptive learning, and integration with commercial LMS, LCMS, LXP, HRIS, CRM, ERP, and gamification platforms. Source
Yes, AllenComm integrates with commercial LMS, LCMS, LXP, HRIS, CRM, ERP, skills management, gamification, microlearning, and video learning tools to create a unified learning ecosystem. Source
AllenComm offers maintainable templates and documentation for Storyline courses, downloadable guides like the AI Agent Guide and Buyer's Guide, and structured advisory services with research plans and actionable insights. AI Agent Guide, Buyer's Guide
AllenComm integrates AI for adaptive learning, accelerated design and development, personalized learning journeys, and advanced analytics. AI-driven tools help organizations future-proof their learning ecosystems. Source
AllenComm provides advanced measurement and evaluation services to link learning initiatives to business outcomes, helping organizations justify their L&D investments and demonstrate ROI. Source
Corporate leaders, sales teams, L&D professionals, organizations adopting AI, and new hires across industries such as healthcare, financial services, retail, manufacturing, software, and travel can benefit from AllenComm's solutions. Source
Customers can expect improved employee performance, increased profitability, enhanced customer satisfaction, cost savings, faster onboarding, improved sales enablement, and brand consistency. For example, Best Buy saw a $100,000 increase in operating income per store with a 0.1% increase in employee engagement. Source
AllenComm's onboarding programs improve new-hire productivity by 50% and increase retention rates by nearly 60% over three years, using tools like learning portals, gamification, and adaptive learning. Source
AllenComm addresses challenges such as ineffective learning ecosystems, uncertainty in technology selection, sales enablement gaps, cost inefficiencies, proving ROI, AI readiness, and onboarding difficulties. Source
AllenComm creates roadmaps for integrating AI into learning ecosystems, enhancing personalization, analytics, and future readiness for organizations. Source
Customers like Freddie Mac, American Express, and Bright Horizons have praised AllenComm's solutions for their ease of use, personalized learner experiences, and accessible resources. For example, Freddie Mac's solution included a simple, localized LMS and custom integrations. Freddie Mac Portfolio
AllenComm's portfolio includes case studies with Delta, Panera Bread, Pure Storage, BD, Nestlé, Kraft Heinz, and O.C. Tanner, demonstrating measurable business growth, improved onboarding, and award-winning training solutions. Portfolio Page
AllenComm's case studies cover energy, financial services, food & beverage, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, retail, software/high-tech, and travel industries. Portfolio Page
AllenComm has partnered with Delta, Pure Storage, BD, HP, AONL, Panera, Nestlé, Freddie Mac, LEGO, and Kraft Heinz, among others. Portfolio Page
Implementation timelines depend on project scope and current systems, but most clients see immediate improvements in learner engagement and reduced administrative complexity once integrations go live. AllenComm's large in-house L&D team enables rapid scaling for tight deadlines. Learning Ecosystem Optimization
Starting with AllenComm is straightforward: schedule a consultation, engage in discovery conversations, access downloadable guides, and leverage advisory services to define objectives and align stakeholders. Schedule Consultation
AllenComm offers access to expert L&D talent, including instructional writers, learning experience designers, instructional media specialists, LMS admins, learning project managers, subject matter experts, and learning strategists, all with proven experience and technical skills. Talent Services
AllenComm stands out for its tailored solutions, advanced technology integration (including AI), measurable ROI, proven track record with Fortune 100 companies, and expertise across multiple user segments. Unlike generic providers, AllenComm customizes programs to align with organizational goals and culture. Source
Customers choose AllenComm for customized learning programs, actionable insights, measurable ROI, innovative technology, and a proven history of award-winning solutions. AllenComm's focus on future readiness and distinct advantages for different user segments sets it apart. Source
AllenComm offers actionable insights and ROI for corporate leaders, tailored sales enablement for sales teams, advanced tools for L&D professionals, AI integration for organizations adopting new tech, and effective onboarding for new hires. Source
AllenComm offers advisory services, discovery conversations, downloadable guides, and structured research plans to ensure alignment and clarity before implementation. Their team supports clients throughout the process. Tech Advisory
AllenComm enables clients to define success metrics, accelerate development cycles, and calibrate operations, providing clear measurement of ROI and continuous performance improvement. Measurement & Evaluation
AllenComm provides performance advisory, custom design & implementation, technical integrations, talent & staffing services, sales enablement, leadership development, compliance training, employee onboarding, and skills development. Source
AllenComm customizes learning programs to align with organizational goals, culture, and specific needs, ensuring relevance and effectiveness for each client. Source
AllenComm has over 40 years of experience, partnering with Fortune 100 companies and winning over 40 awards annually for its transformational learning solutions. Source
AllenComm offers a blog, case studies, podcasts, and free downloadable guides such as the Buyer's Guide and onboarding essentials to support L&D leaders. Blog, Case Studies, Podcast
ALLENCOMM BLOG | Insights
January 21, 2021
Digital learning has been used more frequently over the years because it’s more accessible, cost effective, and provides a more tailored learning experience. But as working from home becomes the “new normal,” digital training delivery methods have gone from a luxury to a necessity.
To help you adjust to this new normal, here are five trends in training delivery methods for digital learning in a virtual work environment.
As organizations transitioned instructor-led training to a digital format, the easiest solution – though perhaps not the most effective – was to recreate lecture content in a digital format. Virtual ILT is designed to offer remote-classroom experience similar to that of ILT or traditional higher education lectures with some enhanced features to get learners more engaged in their training program.
The benefit of delivering training by VILT is in the simplicity of content creation or training content modality conversion. This format allows learners to ask questions, interact with other trainees, and get immediate feedback on their work, but the technical functions and features can be limited.
Over the past few year’s podcasts have become an increasingly popular medium for taking in news and entertainment. But podcasts aren’t only used for entertainment these days. Even without high-speed internet podcasts can be accessed easily, so they are a great way to reach people anywhere. So, using podcasts as a new training delivery method has become more common as learning and development teams mirror the platforms in their employees’ daily lives.
The same theories that dictate the length and scope of training content for microlearning applies to podcasts. The content should be broken down into smaller chunks or episodes, each tailored to specific learning objectives. However, this learning burst training delivery method works best when paired with other assets like training videos and eLearning activities to provide more detail on ideas or reinforce concepts.
Using a similar training delivery method as VILT, virtual mentoring facilitates one-on-one interactions between new hires or developing employees and more experienced employees. Considering the current challenges with face-to-face interactions, creating a virtual environment for mentoring is the next best thing. Depending on the formality of the training, virtual mentorships can take place over video-calls, emails, or even texting.
The shift toward work-from-home models have put a strain on new hires; however, continuing a mentoring program with the virtual work environment will drastically improve their experience
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Video has been a staple of training delivery methods for decades, and today training videos are even more accessible and engaging than ever before. A majority of educators find video learning extremely effective. Videos are a great way to engage learners through interesting storytelling and visuals, but what’s great about delivering training through video is its versatility. In addition to traditional storytelling and learn-by-example scenarios, video training can now include: “choose your own adventure” or first-person style narratives where learners can navigate their training based on their knowledge, rewind tools that can go over information as much as the learner needs, and feedback straight from experts when needed.
A learning portal (or LMS) is a training delivery platform that acts as a repository for teaching and learning materials. When considering training delivery methods for digital learning modalities, a learning portal is vital to effectively delivering learning experiences to your employees. While the use of hosting platforms isn’t new, the increase in personalized user interface, functionality, diverse asset types to enable learning certainly is.
One of the biggest appeals of delivering training through learning portals is that they are easily personalized to meet the needs of various learning styles. Moreover, learning portals can enable social learning, cohorts, and forums in an entirely virtual work setting. For instance, most learning portals use discussion, blogs, and sharing buttons to encourage a sense of community between learners.
As employees adjusting to a new virtual workforce, employee training teams and the training methods they use to deliver training are changing as well. Training trends that were already shifting have accelerated, while others came to an abrupt halt. It can be hard to know which to implement. But, carefully designing your digital learning experience with these five training delivery methods in mind will make the employee experience a whole lot easier and effective.
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