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The Great Survey Completion Rate Dilemma Solved (Maybe) | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Great Survey Completion Rate Dilemma Solved (Maybe) by Jim on December 22, 2010 in feedback , marketing The holidays are upon us, which means gifts, family, services… and the end of the fiscal year. For many, that sparks a flood of surveys from companies looking for a little feedback on “how they did” (there may even be a few from Dashe & Thomson to watch for).

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2 More Game Mechanics To Include In Learning Games

Upside Learning

As I mentioned in my previous post , we’re continuing to explore game mechanics that are apt for learning. While I mentioned three that are a ‘must-include’ in a learning game, the ones I’m about to mention two that aren’t quite at that level. However, adding these makes for a certain of gaminess in the interaction mix. 1. Levels – Yes, the ones we’ve seen in pretty much all games.

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Answering Some Virtual World Questions

Kapp Notes

Below are some interview questions I was asked the other day. I ran out of time and promised to post them on my blog. 1. Metrics are key, love to hear more about that. The metrics or measurements we need to use in 3D virtual immersive environments must be the same we use in physical environments. We need to know if attitudes have changed, if profits increase, if behavior has been modified.

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Does Your Organization Suffer From ADD?

The Performance Improvement Blog

Organizations, as well as children, can have ADD (attention deficit disorder)? Do your managers have trouble keeping their attention focused on new performance-improvement initiatives? Do they get excited about new management models and new (or reconstituted) management/leadership theories but lack the persistence to follow through on implementation.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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The Great Survey Completion Rate Dilemma Solved (Maybe)

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Great Survey Completion Rate Dilemma Solved (Maybe) by Jim on December 22, 2010 in feedback , marketing The holidays are upon us, which means gifts, family, services… and the end of the fiscal year. For many, that sparks a flood of surveys from companies looking for a little feedback on “how they did” (there may even be a few from Dashe & Thomson to watch for).

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Phases for Developing an Educational Game

Kapp Notes

Here is a design process you can consider when developing an educational game for use in a school setting. A work plan for the development of an educational game prototype can be divided into three phases. To create the prototype, a team should use an iterative design process involving feedback from subject matter experts, students and teachers. The process should involve three distinct but overlapping phases.

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My path to ITA

Clark Quinn

As my colleagues Harold and Jane have done, I thought I’d capture my learning journey that led me to the Internet Time Alliance. I started out seeing the connection between computers and learning as an undergraduate, and designed my own degree. My first job out of college was designing and programming educational computer games, which led me back to graduate school and a Ph.D. in applied cognitive science to find out how to design learning solutions better.

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My blog as a learning experience

Challenge to Learn

A little more than a year ago I wrote my first blog, just to experience what is was like to write one. I didn’t really understood why people wanted to share all kind of things with others. My first blog (which I called ’my first blog’) didn’t even had a proper subject, I just wrote a blog to see what would happen. I introduced myself and wrote a little about the online Educa I just visited.

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Training Companies and LMS

Upside Learning

The recession of 2008 changed more than just the world economy. It changed the way Training Companies functioned. Post the economic downturn, Training Companies the world over were revamping the way they operated and the services they offered to their customers. An important change was evidently the inclusion of eLearning (or online training) as part of their core offering for existing and new customers.

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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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Allergic to ATNA

E-Learning Provocateur

The reactions of some world leaders to the US diplomatic cables on WikiLeaks has been, well, predictable. According to The Guardian , Gaddafi of Libya praised WikiLeaks for exposing American “hypocrisy&#. Chavez of Venezuela called on Hillary Clinton to resign in the wake of “all of this spying and delinquency&#. Linera of Bolivia decried “insults&# and “third rate espionage&#.

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Top Game Lists from Others: Best and Worst

Kapp Notes

So its the time of year to talk about best and worst. So, from the video game perspective, here are some ideas. Worst. Here is the list of top ten most disappointing games of 2010 found at Wired. Over at a Yahoo! site check out 5 Worst Video Games of 2010. Best. Here is a list of top ten video game awards from msnbc. Here is a list from CNBC. Let me know what you think.

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Mind the gap

Challenge to Learn

Recently I have thought and read a lot about the future of (e-)Learning. Yesterday I saw a video of a presentation by Sir Ken Robinson at TED. He states that a lot of people do not use their talents or for that matter even are aware of what their talents might be. For a large part he blames the educational systems, which with his linear setup kills all creativity.

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It’s Time To Celebrate!

Upside Learning

It’s the time of the year when the air carries the happy jingle of Santa’s bells and the world celebrates the dawn of a new year! For us at Upside Learning, it marks a time to look back on the days gone by and celebrate the awards we won, heights we scaled and hurdles we overcame. But more than these, it marks a time to celebrate the relationship we share with you – our readers.

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Interactive Learning

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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Temps: They're Here to Stay

The Performance Improvement Blog

The latest labor data indicates that in the current economic recovery, temporary workers have become a permanent fixture in many companies. The New York Times reports that …. …there are signs that this time around, the economy could be moving toward a higher reliance on temporary workers over the long term…This year, 26.2 percent of all jobs added by private sector employers were temporary positions.

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Tips on e-learning questions

From the Coleface

Hope that Christmas and the festive season treats you excellently. Here’s a small gift of knowledge that I’ve been pleased to share, via the e-learning industry’s advent calendar, 24 tips: [link]. May your distractors find whole new levels of plausibility in 2011!

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Selective tolerance

E-Learning Provocateur

As we near another Christmas, I thought this cartoon was timely.

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Is game based eLearning on the verge of an epic win? Jane McGonigal’s Latest Alternate Reality Games Suggest So

Adobe Captivate

As social networking, games and education converge great minds continue to explore the potential of gameplay to encourage and enhance learning. Among the most impressive innovators I’ve encountered in 2010 is Jane McGonigal. McGonigal’s online games have genuinely carved open a wonderful new pathway to human evolution via games. McGonigal’s ideas seem radical at first [.].

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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The Christmas we get, we deserve

Learning with e's

It's Christmas Eve, and almost midnight, so I'd better make this quick. I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and while I'm at it - how about a Happy and successful New Year too. This year, we have a white Christmas, the first time for many many years, and it's not all it's cracked up to be, I can tell you. When Bob Geldof wrote 'It's Christmas time and there's no need to be afraid', he obviously hadn't ventured out into our street.

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The 12 Days of Screencasting - On the Eleventh Day.

TechSmith Camtasia

We're in the home stretch for our "12 days of Screencasting" series. I hope you're finding the tips useful. If so, please let the authors know in the comments. "On the eleventh day of Screencasting, Tom Johnson gave to me. a tip on recording dimensions!". When figuring out the recording dimensions, if you're planning to upload the video to youtube, record at 1280 x 720 pixels (so the videos will render in HD).

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Get Started in Social Learning in 5 Steps (Without Spending a Dime)

Mindflash

Social learning is not new, but we still do not know what it is. Albert Bandura wrote a book called Social Learning Theory in 1977, and he didn’t even have a Facebook account. Who would have thought? Bandura wrote that people learn through observation of other people. So social learning is about watching others and doing what they do? That was social learning then.

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Captivate Swf Events

Adobe Captivate

Captivate Swf Events are used to achieve a tighter integration between Captivate SWFs and Flash or Flex.Captivate SWF events are fired with the Captivate SWF file as the event source so that external observers (like loader swfs in Flash/Flex or Java script) can take some action based upon these events.

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Wake Up Your Customer Education Strategy With a New Approach to Content Sharing

Speaker: Tammy Rutherford, Ian McConnell

You invest a lot of time and energy into building training courses for internal use and for your customers and partners. As your reach grows, so does the number of LMSs you need to deliver training to, often both externally and internally. And chances are, you want to deliver that content in a way that’s compatible with every LMS, manageable for administrators, and easy for learners to access.

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Web 3.0 and onwards

Learning with e's

Web 3.0: The way forward? View more presentations from Steve Wheeler. Continuing my retrospective of the year, one of the surprising highlights for me was the aftermath of a presentation I gave at a school in Exeter, South West England, in July. I was invited by Vitalmeet to present my latest views on the future of the web in education, so I chose to talk about 'Web 3.0 - the way forward?

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The 12 Days of Screencasting - On the Ninth Day.

TechSmith Camtasia

We have just a few days left in our "12 days of Screencasting" series. On the ninth day, screencasting expert and Camtasia trainer, Stewart Milton shares 9 of his tips for everything you need for screencasting from start to finish. Warm up your vocal chords and help me sing. "On the ninth day of Screencasting, Stewart Milton gave to me.". Screencasting can be a little bit daunting when faced with all the "techie" jargon like aspect ratios, codecs and frame rates.

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From e-Learning to iPad: How to adjust the user interface by Dr. Carmen Taran

LearningGuild

When we move learning from one medium to another, it is tempting to do it the easy way: scrape the. old content and dump it into the new format. Unfortunately, this creates more problems than it. solves, especially in the interface. Here are the five questions to ask, with illustrated answers.

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How to Make a Captivate Template (Free Sample Included)

Adobe Captivate

The sample BasicBlueTemplate is available here. You are free to use it for any purpose, modify it, etc. Creating the most effective Captivate eLearning module can present a significant challenge. In addition to defining the learning challenge and building the interactions, you’ve got to figure out what the core aesthetic will be. Whether you’re trying [.].

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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Living in our global village

Learning with e's

When I reflect on my visit this year to the Gambia, and my trips to other poor countries, I tend to gain some real perspective on my life. I'm left asking what will the future hold for the Gambian children in this picture? I spent some time with them all, and they are certainly as bright and enthusiastic as any kids I have met in my own country. How many of these children will survive to adulthood, how many will enjoy happy lives and achieve their dreams?

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The 12 Days of Screencasting - On the Seventh Day.

TechSmith Camtasia

Have you ever heard the quote, "Practice make perfect"? This also applies in screencasting. If you want to master the art, you need to practice. On the seventh day of Screencasting, Tom Crawford shares his insights and tips about screencasting. Chime in the song. " On the seventh day of Screencasting, Tom Crawford gave to me. ". When getting ready for a screencast, go through all the steps you want to demonstrate a few times.

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How to Design An Elearning Course on a Budget

Rapid eLearning

The past few days I’ve been pulling some content together for a couple of workshops I’m doing at the ASTD TechKnowledge conference in San Jose. The workshops are for those who are just getting started with the Articulate tools. I only have about 75 minutes for each workshop, so I am pre-building most of the course that we’ll use for a few practice activities.

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