In honor of President’s Day here in the US we wondered what US Presidents have said about eLearning. Not surprisingly (since the term has only been used since the late 1990’s) there are few if any quotes directly using the term eLearning (although both George W Bush and Barack Obama can be credited with some eLearning […]
Using eLearning to Build a School in Africa
At Bigger Brains we believe very strongly that education is the key to unlocking human potential. Most of the time we focus on helping people be more productive in the workplace via our unique eLearning courses, but we’ve also been strong proponents of education on many levels. Today we’re announcing the launch of a new initiative […]
TrainingToday Partners with Bigger Brains to Launch Two New Microsoft Training Libraries
TrainingToday®, a leading provider of online education programs for employees and supervisors, has partnered with the technology training experts at Bigger Brains® to launch two all-new libraries: Microsoft Office Essentials and Microsoft Office Complete. Read the full article here.
It’s Not a Lag, It’s a Lack of Training
An article in the New York Times by Steve Lohr this week highlights an unexpected fact: We’re spending more on technology than ever before, and yet our productivity is NOT increasing as expected. The article points out that technology spending over the last decade has increased 54%, and yet business productivity from 2011 to 2015, as […]
FREE Office 365 Training
Interested in Microsoft training? Ask us about this month’s special pricing! I’ve found that most people (and even many IT Pros in fact) are confused about what Office 365 actually is. Many think of it as just the traditional Office Apps – Word, Excel, etc – but paid for with a monthly fee. Some just think of […]
New Office 365 Courses
Bigger Brains is very pleased to announce the release of the first in a series of new Office 365 solution courses. Each course highlights a specific application within the Office 365 ecosystem, providing practical guidance on how to use Office 365 productively and efficiently. The newly released courses include: OneDrive Essentials Skype for Business Essentials […]
Free SCORM Course Samples
For a few years we’ve been offering free samples of our SCORM courses to anyone who wants to try us out (or just use them for testing in their LMS). We’re happy to add our Windows 10 Essentials course to the titles available for free – it can be downloaded here and installed into any […]
eLearning Course Updates
We’ve had a busy year! All but one of our Microsoft Office courses (both 2010 and 2013, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook) received significant updates with new graphics, improved audio, and expanded content to cover all objectives of the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certifications. Other new additions include: Microsoft Access Microsoft OneNote Migrating from Office […]
The New QuickTraining Toolbar!
We’re very excited to announce our new QuickTraining Toolbar! The toolbar installs into Microsoft Office and provides a new tab in the ribbon menu where users can instantly access searchable Microsoft Office training, right from inside the application. Plus the toolbar can be custom-branded for each client, with logos and links to your website, LMS, intranet, […]
What is “Responsive SCORM”?
(above: screenshots from our SCORM course on a very wide or very narrow screen) Bigger-Brains’ SCORM courses have been very popular since we first produced them in 2012, but our programming geniuses keep finding new ways to make them even better. We added the keyword search function in 2013, updated the interface in 2014, […]
