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In the same way that the internet has changed the way in which we consume music and entertainment, advancements in technology continue to impact the way in which we learn. 

Thanks to the internet, the scope of education has far outgrown the bounds of a physical classroom or training room. Schools, universities and organisations now expect learning to be adaptive and delivered in the flow of work, catered specifically to their students or employees. 

At the same time, learners now expect to be able to access and consume learning content, at their own pace, and on their own device. 

We are seeing the eLearning industry continue to transform, both from a format and a delivery perspective. And it’s an exciting time. 

The evolution of subscription-based streaming for learning

There’s no doubt that streaming through apps and devices has become the new norm, whether you’re listening to music, watching a movie, or learning something new.

Over time, we’ve seen the evolution of music move from physical products, in the form of records, cassette tapes and CDs, to digital streaming. 

Spotify, amongst other players, realised that consumers wanted more of an uncapped music experience - and a flat subscription fee was the answer. For musicians, Spotify provided an easy way to upload their music, increase their audience, and get paid a percentage each time their song was played. To date, the Spotify platform has paid artists over $2 billion in royalties.

We are now seeing a similar trend across the learning industry, with more learning content being created and delivered in digital format. In this way, the subscription based streaming model is set to play a key role in the future of learning. 

How subscription-based streaming works for creators

Just as the convenience and flexibility of streaming is benefitting learners, subscription based streaming can also provide great opportunities for learning content creators. 

To understand the benefits of subscription based streaming for content creators, it can be helpful to turn once again to the parallels of the music industry. 

Let’s look at Spotify’s payment model. Here, D.A. Wallach explains how Spotify pays artists:

"People need to transition from unit-based thinking to consumption-based thinking in terms of royalties. We feel the metric of success should be based on how many people are listening to your music over a period of years, as opposed to looking at how many units are shipping in one week. 

People are used to seeing big numbers from a unit-based model, but that's really front loading what is happening. Comparing iTunes sales with Spotify payments over a two month period of time is not a great way to look at things. What we are trying to create is a system in which you earn royalties forever for good music, and the time horizon is simply different than what folks are familiar with now.”

We believe GO1 Premium, as a subscription based streaming model, delivers similar benefits for creators of digital learning content.

The benefits of GO1 Premium for learning content creators 

So how does the GO1 payment model work to support creators of digital learning content?

By becoming part of GO1 Premium, we can help content creators reach a larger, more engaged audience. As a GO1 Content Partner, you have the potential to reach millions of learners, while establishing a recurring income. 

Our model is pretty straight forward. We aggregate our subscription revenue and pay out royalties based on a pro rata share, in accordance with the popularity of a piece of content. 

If your content accounts for 1% of the total number of minutes consumed per month, you will get 1% of total subscription revenue, multiplied by your individual revenue share percentage. 

GO1 Premium also connects creators of digital learning content with the largest names in technology. Recently, we launched our integration with Microsoft Teams and have also partnered with names like D2L and Saba to provide content to their customers. 

This means that companies can integrate with your content more seamlessly throughout their own ecosystem, resulting in even more reach for you as a Content Partner and higher remuneration outcomes.  

We feel this has far greater earning potential for you, the creator, versus that of a one-off purchase model. 

Have more questions about the GO1 model? We’d love to hear from you. 

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Just as the convenience and flexibility of streaming is benefitting learners, subscription based streaming can also provide great opportunities for learning content creators. Learn more about how the GO1 payment model works to support creators of digital learning content.

The benefits of subscription based streaming for learning content creators

At Go1 we believe in the power of learning and we’re dedicated to helping organisations provide the best professional development opportunities to their teams. 

We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised over US$40 million in a Series C funding round, enabling us to continue supporting more organisations in keeping employees learning and developing. 

As part of the round we welcome new investors including Madrona Venture Group and Salesforce Ventures who joined alongside existing investors, SEEK, M12, and Our Innovation Fund. 

Since founding the business in 2015, we’ve seen more businesses understand the importance of investing in skilling and training for their teams. Recently, we’ve seen more organisations than ever turn to online training for these needs. 

Our model of partnering with content creators around the world has allowed companies to do that, supporting employees across a broad range of roles and industries to stay connected to their learning and development. 

With user engagement more than tripling over the last year, we’ve been pleased and humbled to be able to play a growing role in assisting businesses and employees in navigating the new reality of remote working. 

We’ll be using this funding round to further improve our product and continue to scale our team. 

This funding will also enable us to expand our content provider partner network, allowing us to offer even more courses to learners and further enabling companies to empower their employees through learning. 

Additionally, we will double down on relationships with global platform partners, enabling more learners to access Go1's content library in a variety of ways, through an ever-growing list of platforms and partnerships.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our current customers and partners for their incredible support and for joining us on this journey. We could not have done this without you. 

As a result of the funding, there’ll be more exciting things happening at Go1 in the near future - so stay tuned! 

Go1 raises over US$40 million in Series C funding

The world of learning looks very different today to what it did a mere 3 months ago. University campuses are closed, home-schooling is widespread, and most face to face corporate training is cancelled. As a result, educators and content providers need to adapt how they produce content to be is easily accessible to learners online, while still delivering effective learning outcomes. 

One tool that can help with this transition is How Too – an online software product that gives people with no background in learning and digital design the power to make great digital learning content. 

The tool is easy to brand, provides full access to an integrated How Too media library of contemporary photos and hand-drawn media, as well as gives users the facility to upload their own media for the digital learning modules they create. How Too allows the inclusion of videos, audio, images and immersive interactions to best engage the learner and help them unlock their potential. 

Meet How Too

How Too was created and developed by Savv-e, Australia’s leading digital learning agency, with the goal of putting best practice digital learning creation within the grasp of everyone, whether or not they have a background in education or instructional design skills and experience.

With over 20 years in the eLearning industry, co-founders Lisa Vincent and Jenny Barltrop are excited by the opportunities How Too is bringing. 

“There are plenty of tools out there that help you create nice looking content and interactivity,” says Jenny. “But if that content doesn’t hit the mark in terms of what the learner really needs to think, feel and do to get their job done, there’s really no point.”

In addition to this, the tool is the only online learning development software that meets WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility standards for the use of the product and the courses created from it. 

“While taking accessibility precautions is a good business move, simply put it is just the right thing to do. We are proud to have created a tool that looks out for everyone and makes sure they are able to participate in all technologies and designs,” says Lisa.

During this period of physical displacement, when online learning is an absolute necessity, institutions and organisations need to be more prepared than ever to create digital learning experiences based on frameworks which are well-researched and guaranteed to be effective for the learner. To this end, all How Too templates are pre-designed learning experiences that are beautiful and widely accessible. 

To find out more about How Too and how it can help your organisation create engaging online learning content, sign up for a free 14-day trial here. 

This blog post is thanks to our friends at How Too, who are helping educators and organisations turn their content into engaging online experiences through proven (and beautiful!) digital learning templates. 

Today’s blog post is thanks to our friends at How Too, who are helping educators and organisations turn their content into engaging online experiences through proven (and beautiful!) digital learning templates.

When face-to-face is cancelled: turning your content into engaging online learning

In the modern era, increased productivity is on the mind of every employee and business leader. There are thousands of tips out there claiming to help us rattle through the most critical tasks. But do they work? Or are they creating more distractions? 

Here, we explore two popular systems for productivity and explain why they are useful. Ultimately, the goal is to understand what helps you to get motivated and focused on your tasks. 

It is important to note here that there are several tools dedicated to team productivity and project management. These guidelines focus on productivity for individuals, rather than teams. 

Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had to make tough decisions every day about which of the many tasks he had to do was most critical. To make this process easier, he came up with an accessible system known as the Eisenhower Matrix. 

This diagram explains how to set the matrix up. On one axis, you consider whether your tasks are important or not. On the second axis, you think about whether the tasks are urgent or not. This system helps you to place tasks on the grid and identify which you need to prioritize: 

Rather than have a long list of items circling in your head, the matrix organizes tasks into categories to identify which are the most pressing. The tasks that need to be done first are those that are both important and urgent. Using this system can both reduce stress and increase focus. 

This is a time management trick developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The idea is to tackle a piece of work you need to get done in 25-minute intervals, followed by a short break. Follow these steps to get started:

Focus solely on tackling the task (don’t get distracted by anything else)

Towards the end of the session, review your progress

Repeat three more times, followed by a more extended break

Repeat this as many times as it takes to get a particular piece of work done. At the end of each session, record what you achieved, and your next goal. 

Why does it work? One reason is our reward systems. If we promise ourselves a reward at the end of completing a section of work, such as a break, we are more extrinsically motivated to complete the task. Extrinsic motivation can help us get started, particularly with tasks that are not interesting. Awareness of how you are spending your time also helps you to become more focused. 

This article also includes an extensive list of helpful suggestions for boosting productivity.

Whether or not productivity hacks will work depends entirely on your personality. If you are easily distracted, tools that help you to remain focused will make all the difference. If you are naturally diligent and conscientious, you might be able to forgo them altogether. The most important thing is that you tailor systems. These tips might help you to form strategies that work for you:

Your personality plays a huge role in your ability to be productive and how best to overcome slowed output. 

There are certain traits in our personalities that remain fixed throughout life. The ‘Big Five’ personality traits are currently the most accurate measure we have of our characters. The five-factor model is organized into extraversion-introversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and neuroticism.  

Research shows that where you sit on this scale remains relatively consistent throughout life, but you can take action to balance or accentuate certain traits when you need to. 

Knowing where your personality sits can be hugely helpful and relevant to your ability to be productive. If you are introverted and work best in quiet environments, your focus will be dependent on being alone. Communicating with others often could be overwhelming, and you could quickly lose momentum.

When testing out a new productivity hack, it is essential to build in time for reflection. If you don’t, you won’t know whether the system you’re using is working for you, or if you need to personalize it. 

If you are using a time management technique like Pomodoro, be sure to include a minute or so for reflection at the end of each session. Record what you got done, and whether or not that met your target.

If your targets are consistently higher than what you can achieve, you might need to adjust your expectations for what you can get done in a given amount of time.

The American Psychological Association explains that growing your attention span is one of the most effective ways to boost productivity. 

Many productivity hacks are designed to improve focus on a single task. When you are testing out a new tool, reflect on whether it helps you reach a state of deep concentration.  

If you can be aware of what you are doing at any given time, rather than lost in thought, you will be more productive and happier. The brain is only capable of doing one task at a time, and you risk reaching cognitive overload if you attempt too much at once. 

4. Communicate your priorities to your team

One of the biggest distractions at work is instant messaging, emails, and notifications. Sometimes, messages will be both important and urgent, but you can’t set up your entire day waiting for a task like this to come in.  

Trust that, in most cases, if you switch your notifications off while you are focusing on a particular task that the world won’t fall apart! This attitude can be challenging if you are in a position of responsibility. Ultimately, if you can focus on urgent tasks when you need to, you will be a better leader and provide better support to your team. 

With Go1 Premium, you and your team can explore a wide range of courses to stay healthy, alert and connected when working remotely.

Sophia is a freelance writer who specialises in thought leadership, opinion pieces and content creation for learning publications. Her work focuses on the latest research in learning theory and practice. She regularly contributes articles on workplace learning and personal development to the Go1 blog. You can connect with her on LinkedIn. 

How to make productivity hacks work for you 

At Go1, we partner with the best training providers from around the world, to bring you content that is sure to engage, excite and meet the unique needs of your learners.

We are very pleased to introduce you to iAM Learning – the new brand from the pioneers of Learning Heroes – providers of characterful content all driven through the power of beautiful animation, characters and stories.

iAM Learning is disrupting the learning content space. No more endless PowerPoints that you can’t wait to skip through. They use the art of storytelling to bring content to life and to engage learners throughout their bitesize courses. Plus, with stunning animation and interactive courses, they are making learning accessible to businesses of all sizes, shapes and across all sectors.

(What's the Story) Learning Glory? - The Notorious i.A.M

iAM Learning has over 40 courses live - with a roadmap of content planned out for the next 12 months, taking the total learning content to over 150 titles! All of these will be available to Go1 Premium Customers. 

have been crafted and curated by subject matter experts, from educational psychologists to H&S practitioners

every course is delivered through character-led screenplays or stories ranging from superheroes to wrestlers – and even a course on COSHH inspired by Breaking Bad!

every bit of animation is hand-drawn and lovingly crafted

all courses are CPD approved with IOSH approval for all health, safety, compliance and mental health topics coming throughout 2020

come with a variety of blended learning resources ranging from workbooks to infographics (with every course subtitled with a transcript and podcast).

Collections from iAM Learning include Health & Safety, Policy & Compliance, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Cyber Security & Data, Leadership & Soft Skills and much more to come!

iAM Learning has over 40 courses available on Go1 Premium, accessible for customers in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the UK, Asia, North America, South America and Africa. 

Change the way your workforce trains and retains today.

#NotAllContentIsMadeEqual #TrainingJustGotInteresting

Introducing iAM Learning – storytellers, wizards and animators of learning content that we know your learners will love!

Giving your employees the opportunity to upskill at work has never been so important. In the current climate of economic uncertainty, broadening your team’s skill set will allow them to easily adapt to evolving roles, offer them new challenges, and improve your company’s employee retention levels. 

However upskilling should be a priority year round - a recent Hays survey of 1253 employees found that 96% considered upskilling as ‘important’ or ‘very important’. 84% wouldn’t consider a role without skill development opportunities, and 47% would not want to join a company that didn’t provide opportunities for training.

The good news is that implementing a programme to offer learning opportunities to your staff does not need to be costly or time consuming.

COVID-19 social distancing measures have had a massive impact on large gatherings, live events, and face to face interaction on all but the smallest levels. It is highly likely you will have employees who are feeling displaced, especially if their roles involve regular person to person contact. 

Currently there is no definite end date for this situation, so now is the ideal time to explore ways to upskill these employees. Providing them with an opportunity to learn new digital skills will help them to successfully pivot to changing demands in their role, and benefit other areas of your company.

Providing role specific training for your employees is an attractive proposition which will both strengthen the skill set of your workforce, and increase staff engagement. However it is also a worthy investment to offer your employees the chance to take on a personal learning project, whether it be improving their design skills, practising a new language, or learning to code. 

By encouraging your staff to extend their knowledge in an area of their choice, it will heighten their engagement during a time of distraction and change, and also provide them with new skills which can benefit your company long term.

Hiring new staff is a costly, time consuming and labour intensive process. Firstly you have the obvious costs of advertising the role and time spent assessing applications, whether that is done through an agency or your own HR staff. But on top of this, research by MIT Sloan found that new hires take between 8 and 26 weeks to start working at full productivity levels, and this drop in productivity reduces the company’s overall annual revenue by 1-2.5%

Upskilling current staff members will require an initial investment, however the ability to transfer them into new roles will save your company huge amounts of time, money and effort which are inevitably required during the hiring and onboarding process. The MIT Sloan research also noted that internal transfers reach full productivity level in around half the time that new hires take.

There are many easy and cost effective ways to implement upskilling opportunities at your company. Lengthy and expensive external courses are not always the best solution.  Here are a number of methods you can use:

Stretch opportunities are when an employee takes on a project or task outside of their usual role and skillset. This can be a fantastic method of on the job upskilling. An added bonus of this initiative is that your team will further develop their collaborative skills and problem solving abilities.

Stretch opportunities generally require a staff member to shadow another colleague, or be mentored by one. This learning experience can also be supplemented with online training modules. This assists the employee with developing the skills required for unfamiliar tasks, and reduces the amount of time their colleague needs to spend on training them.

Offering self led learning opportunities in the workplace gives your employees the chance to develop particular skills and knowledge that will benefit your company. 

A survey of Generation Z workers found that opportunities for growth was their number one priority when searching for a new job, ahead of generous pay, job security, flexible hours and healthcare benefits.

Even without the ability to deliver training in person, online learning platforms such as Go1 Premium provide a huge variety of learning opportunities for remote workers as they are accessible from any device at any time.

With the average employee having just 24 minutes per week to dedicate to learning, micro learning modules are an innovative method to incorporate into your company L&D. 

Micro learning breaks training down into small, bite sized chunks, with lessons that generally include a short text or video element followed by a quick assessment. These can often be completed in 10-20 minutes, which makes them a very effective way to maximise the limited time your employees have for learning.

Providing upskilling opportunities for your employees is incredibly beneficial to both individual staff members, and your company as a whole. Not only does it increase employee engagement and company loyalty, it makes your team more adaptable and well rounded, and drastically reduces your hiring and onboarding costs.

In the current economic situation, upskilling is particularly important, however it should be a focus for your company year round. A Go1 Premium subscription offers thousands of courses in a wide variety of areas, which suit all levels of competency. Our content is suitable for all departments and regions.

Upskilling your team: why it should always be a priority, but especially now

As a Go1 customer, you’re no doubt familiar with many of our professional development and compliance training providers by now. But did you know the Go1 Premium library also includes online learning around the important topic of mental health?

Today we’d like you to meet Blokepedia - a new Go1 content provider who are passionate about improving the lives of Australian men. 

Blokepedia’s mission is to create positive change through opportunities for connection, learning, and individual development.

Through our partnership with Blokepedia, Go1 Premium customers will now have access to a range of online resources developed to empower and support men to optimise their social, emotional and physical health. 

Trailer - Mens Health and Wellbeing Toolkit

With the support of leading health professionals and the lived experiences of everyday men, Blokepedia have developed the Men’s Health and Wellbeing Toolkit which is aimed at addressing the issues and topics that impact the lives of Australian men. These include:

“The importance of men opening up and sharing their stories with each other is about more than just mental health. It’s about community. It’s about connecting. It’s about being there for each other so we can all feel supported and connected. Through this we are less likely to feel isolated and more likely to feel valued,” Blokepedia founder Josh Quarmby says.

Go1 is proud to be working with Blokepedia as they continue to create a caring and supportive community that encourages men to connect, openly share their stories and have conversations that really matter.

Introducing Blokepedia – inspiring positive change for men’s health and wellbeing

At Go1, we bring you the best training content from around the world to meet the unique and varied requirements of your learners. 

We are very pleased to introduce you to Safe Sleep Space and their Sleep Smart guide for infants and young children, developed by industry professionals.

The Sleep Smart guide is an online training program which covers safe sleeping and settling, created for parents and early childhood educators.

a full guide to both understanding and nurturing the social and emotional wellbeing of babies and toddlers

how to create a safe sleeping environment using evidence-based information

step-by-step, age appropriate, gentle and responsive settling strategies - from newborns to 3 year olds

recommendations for sleep and rest for 3-5 year olds

Through our partnership with Safe Sleep Space, Go1 Premium customers will now be able to access Sleep Smart online courses to help childcare and health professionals successfully assist their clients with safe and effective sleeping practices.

Introducing Safe Sleep Space - Sleep Smart training for babies and toddlers

The Sleep Smart program is based on top scientific knowledge and best practice methods, with the understanding that the earliest childhood years are a vitally important time for physical, mental and emotional health development. These courses are aimed at medical professionals and childcare providers, as well as educators who work with families and young children.

Safe Sleep Space has 3 courses available on Go1 Premium, which are accessible for customers in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the UK, Asia, North America, South America and Africa.

Explore content from Safe Sleep Space here!

Introducing Safe Sleep Space – Sleep Smart training for babies and toddlers

There are a number of different cyber threats that you need to be both aware of, and actively trying to prevent in your workplace. These range from the classic phishing calls and emails, to increasingly sophisticated attacks using tools like Artificial Intelligence to bypass company data security systems. 