Wed.Jul 06, 2011

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mLearning: The Time is Now

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by AJ George   The push for mobile learning (mLearning) has been a surprisingly long one. Last year we talked about how mLearning wasn't quite ready , but we threw out some technical tips in case you were ready to dive in. Almost a year later we noted that the Horizon Report slated adoption of mLearning for one year or less. And now a recent T+D magazine features the article: " At Last: M-Learning Going Mainstream.

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Design Thinking for Educators

Upside Learning

IDEO is one of the companies I admire for solid and contemporary product design and especially follow their Play and Digital Experience areas on their website. I recently heard on twitter that they’d launched a toolkit for educators to assist with Design Thinking at [link]. If you’re a K12 educator, you’ve probably heard about this one by now. IDEO has broken design thinking down into five elegant steps and describe them as: 1.

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Snap! by Lectora Review

Integrated Learnings

By Joseph Suarez. Recently Trivantis, makers of the eLearning development program Lectora, announced the release of Snap! by Lectora. While the product isn't revolutionary and at times leaves more to be desired, with a $99 price tag, Snap deserves a closer look. So just what is Snap? Primarily it is a PowerPoint to Flash conversion tool with additional features for eLearning development such as narration recording , quiz assessments , and LMS publishing.

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Evaluating Social Learning

Dashe & Thomson

It seems to me that right now this is a wide open field. There are people looking at applying the Kirkpatrick model, there are people measuring the use of social learning tools, and there are people talking about something similar to Brinkerhoff’s Success Case Method. In the spirit of my blog posts on Re-evaluating Evaluation and Revisiting Kirkpatrick , I decided to start with Don Clark ?

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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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Adobe Captivate 5.5: The Pros of Contrast

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel. I fell in love with Captivate 5 the moment I started the program. The user interface (UI) was a vast improvement over every legacy versions of the program. Looking back on my experience with Captivate 5, I have few complaints. Honestly, Captivate 5 is really, really good and there's not much to gripe about. That being said, I do have a few pet peeves in Captivate 5.

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Social Media for Training

Marcia Conner

Sometimes people read The New Social Learning in the hope it will be written expressly for trainers in corporate training departments. They learn quickly that it was written for leaders in every sort of department determined to help themselves and their people learn more from everything, not only training… from work and the interactions that [.

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Project Management: For Best Results, Add Training

Mindflash

Project managers are often thought of as the gears that keep a business moving full-steam ahead. But with the high-stakes pressure of deadlines, limited staff, and tight budgets, they need all the help they can get. One survey, conducted by PM Solutions Research provides some insight into how companies are going about training their project managers — and the positive results they are witnessing.

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Why “Clear and Easy to Understand” can be bad

Usable Learning

So, as an instructional designer, part of my job is to make things clear and easy to understand , right? Well, it turns out that’s not necessarily the best option. Cathy Moore just put up a blog post that has her checklist for evaluating your own e-Learning design. You rate where your learning falls on a continuum. In particular, I noticed this item: This isn’t a new idea, but it’s particular powerful one — use consequences instead of disembodied-voice-of-the-eLearning-

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App Fusion: 30 Twitter Apps for the Learning Pro by Terrence Wing

LearningGuild

Twitter is no longer a solution looking for a problem. Users find more uses for this microblogging service. every day through apps, and that includes uses for personal and organizational learning. Here is a handy. list of apps that will improve your Twitter experience!

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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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How to Keep Employee Training Programs From Backfiring

Mindflash

Training programs are usually associated with better retention, but not always. Make this mistake and see your investment walk out the door. Training your employees, common sense tells us, builds loyalty and capacity and makes your organization more likely to retain talent for longer. But is this sensible assumption really true? Recently two professors for the University of Iowa decided to find out.

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LMS Identify

eLearning 24-7

Welcome, Welcome. How are you today? Audience: We are Fine – Craig! Glad to hear that. Well, I am here to tell you about an amazing product that can answer your LMS questions. That’s right your questions when it comes to identifying a LMS. I know, I know you have heard it before, read about it before, thought about it before and yes, uh, did I say read about it before?

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Connected, the film

Jay Cross

Tiffany Shlain is a treasure. Her movie Connected comes out this fall. I can’t wait. There are a few screenings before the release. I plan to see it on July 23 @ 4:30 at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Thanks to Ross Dawson for the tip.

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Reasons teachers don't blog

Learning with e's

I'm a little overwhelmed by the response to my post yesterday entitled Seven reasons teachers should blog which as I write this, is racing toward 2000 views in just 24 hours. Thank you to all those who have taken the time to stop by and read it. It is turning out to be one of my most successful posts of the year, and not just because of the hit rate.

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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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