Tue.Aug 30, 2011

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Why the Real Power of eLearning is Social

Performance Learning Productivity

This post was prompted by a webinar I gave on behalf of Citrix/GoToWebinar on 6th July 2011 and originally posted as a guest post on the Learning Pool blog. I’ve made a few changes to it here. Looking Back eLearning has been with us in one form or another for at least the past 50 years, maybe longer.

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Three Cognitive Benefits of Games

Kapp Notes

One: Challenge and Consolidation – Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and then let them solve these problems until they have virtually routinized or automated their solutions. Games then throw a new class of problem at the players requiring them to rethink their now, taken-for-granted mastery, learn something new, and integrate this new learning into their old mastery.

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eLearning Cyclops: A Few Things of Interest: #Storyboarding.

eLearning Cyclops

eLearning Cyclops. My insights on elearning and mlearning. Pages. Home. Free eLearning. Cloud Apps. About Me. Privacy Policy. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. A Few Things of Interest: #Storyboarding & #LearningStyles. Several things of interest I recently wandered upon that I would like to share. Kevin Thorn, a.k.a. Nugget Head , recently published an article in eLearn Magazine, The Art of Storyboarding , that is a very worthwhile read.

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Ingenuity, creativity and time

Learning with e's

Creativity is such an elusive thing. For some, waiting for inspiration is a familiar past-time. It's more than just staring at a blank page, or waiting for that tune to arrive out of thin air. If the muse has deserted you, it can be quite a time of anguish, particularly if your living depends upon being creative. At that moment there is simply nothing you can do.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Are You Asking the Right Questions?

Rapid eLearning

Many elearning developers are working with limited resources. So any time you can find a free solution, you’ve won. The other day I was playing around with Urtak. The site lets you build simple surveys. The value is its simplicity and how the questions engage people. It also lets you, the survey taker, to ask additional questions—another way to engage.

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Search Cube - An Alternate Search Method

Take an e-Learning Break

One of today's tips from the Smart Workers Guide to Social. Media online programme: [link]. search-cube is a visual search engine that presents web search results in a unique, three-dimensional cube interface. It shows previews of up to ninety-six websites, videos and images. Check it out: [link]. Other Search Engines: [link].

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Comparing Online Learning & In-Person Learning is Apples & Oranges

OpenSesame

The Pew Internet & American Life Project regularly releases fascinating reports on the prevalence and applications of technology in American life and culture. From the number of adults who use Twitter to the popularity of smart phones in different age and ethnic groups, Pew has a handle on how online experiences influence American life. Yesterday Pew released a report on online learning.

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E-Learning authoring and the reuse of content

easygenerator

You don't want to duplicate any content if it is not necessary. The more copies you make the more complex your maintenance will be. We found that this is especially a concern when you want to reuse questions from an assessment in an e-Learning course (or visa versa), when you just want to publish the questions from a course to memory training software or when you want to publish a course to a mobile device.

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Comparing Online Learning & In-Person Learning is Apples & Oranges

OpenSesame

'The Pew Internet & American Life Project regularly releases fascinating reports on the prevalence and applications of technology in American life and culture. From the number of adults who use Twitter to the popularity of smart phones in different age and ethnic groups, Pew has a handle on how online experiences influence American life. Yesterday Pew released a report on online learning.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Accounting and the Learning Professional

CLO Magazine

How much do I need to know about accounting and financial statements to run learning like a business? This is a recurring question and the answer is “Not that much.” The good news is that a little bit of knowledge about financial matters goes a long way. The bad news – for some anyway – is that some financial knowledge is essential for your success, and many have not been exposed to any in their formal education or on the job.

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Create more effective e-Learning

easygenerator

In version 8 of easygenerator we have added some great functionality that will impact the effectiveness of your e-Learning. Today's learners expect e-learning to respond and adapt to their learning needs. With easygenerator, quiz questions and assessments can be tied to learning objectives and the course navigation will automatically change based on the outcome per assessment.

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Do your business

Jay Cross

Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy. Blaming organizational problems on corporate culture is like saying something’s a communications problem: it doesn’t get you anywhere. The purpose of business is business. These days the goal is often to become a responsive, real-time business. The organization is what supports doing business better.