Remote teams and hybrid teams have become common in offices. In fact, a report from Global Workplace Analytics finds that the total number of remote workers have increased by 173% since the year 2005. As of today, the trend has gained a sudden momentum due to the current worldwide crisis caused by Covid-19, and even once normalcy returns, experts are of the opinion that the workplace as we know it, will undergo a dramatic shift with remote working becoming the new norm.

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So, what becomes of learning and development that is so integral to the growth of both the employees and the organization? In the past, most job training activities happened in person. The L&D team would organize a training at a specified time and venue, under the guidance of an instructor. However, with the increasing influence of digital media, the trend changed, and several organizations began to leverage online tools to provide more flexible, learn-at-your-own-pace, and personalized training to their employees. These online or remote training tools have evolved over the period, empowering employers in training remote employees effectively. Employees can utilize these remote training tools to learn new skills and functions to improve their performance.

While most remote training tools have some similarities, they are also different from each other in terms of the features they include.

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