Mon.Nov 05, 2012

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Experience, the API

Clark Quinn

Last week I was on a panel about the API previously known as Tin Can at #DevLearn, and some thoughts crystallized. Touted as the successor to SCORM, it’s ridiculously simple: Subject Verb Object: e.g. “I did this”, such as ‘John Doe read Engaging Learning’ but also ‘Jane Doe took this picture’ And this has interesting implications.

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Customer Video Stories Serve Multiple Purposes

dVinci Interactive

When you capture a story about the impact of your product or service on a customer, you have a valuable asset you can use for training, internal communications and marketing. Especially for B2B firms, it’s not always easy to explain the value of your services or products. A good story that shows your product or service in action can concisely bring it all together for almost any audience.

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How To Use WordPress To Enhance Employee Performance [VIDEO]

LearnDash

WordPress is awesome – at least we certainly think so! As a blogging platform, CMS, and soon LMS via LearnDash , WordPress offers flexibility beyond any open-source software available today. In the educational space, WordPress is really starting to make a name for itself. For example, the ultra-popular website EDU Blogs hosts teacher and faculty blogs at some of the most prestigious institutions all over the world, helping to foster engagement between teacher and student beyond just the cl

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$2000 Top Prize in the Adobe Change the World Challenge

Adobe Captivate

I’m thrilled to share that Adobe has announced an amazing competition for students and teachers ages 13 and up. It’s an awesome chance to strut your creative stuff and compete for fantastic big money prizes. Top prize is $2000 with a $1000 second prize and a $500 third prize. Check out this video to learn [.].

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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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Create Textures & Enhance Your Snagit Captures

TechSmith Camtasia

Have you ever wanted to apply a texture to one of your images to enhance it and give it a more polished or professional look? While Snagit does not have a texture filter, you can easily make your own custom textures using patterns you find in images. Here are a couple of texture examples I created using animal images I found on the New York Public Library digital site.

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Digital Learnscapes

Learning with e's

It's that time of the year again where we are planning for the Pelecon - the Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference - that we hold each year in April at Plymouth University. Pelecon 2012 was probably our best conference yet. Many have said that Pelecon events inspire and energise delegates and challenge perspectives on education, learning and development, and the role of technology.

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Dispelling the LMS Myth

eLearning 24-7

Last week I came across an interesting obit: A Mr. L.M. System had passed away. He was recognized throughout the e-learning and learning communities. Apparently he was loved by millions and hated by thousands. He tended to wear different colors and apparently wore logos – I surmise they were on t-shirts. He was online quite a bit and provided a wealth of information to his clients.

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What sort of journalist am I?

Clive on Learning

Having just reached a major milestone birthday (I'll leave you to figure out whether that's 30 or 40), I feel justified in reflecting on the role that blogging is likely to play in the years to come. I've just made major investments in three new all-consuming hobbies - photography, video and piano playing - and I need time to make sure I get a good return on all three.

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Recap of The eLearning Guild’s DevLearn Conference

E-learning Uncovered

Rod and I had the chance to go to Las Vegas last week for DevLearn 12. Here are some of my top takeaways. Tin Can API. Tin Can API (now called Experience API) is being called the next generation of SCORM. (And we learned at the conference that it may become the next generation of AICC as well.) I t’s a new way to track learning experiences that extend beyond completing courses.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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What to Do With a Broken LMS

CLO Magazine

Dated learning and management systems may seem to be more trouble than they’re worth, but deciding whether to buy or build a new system requires leaders to consider all the angles. Most large organizations rely on a learning management system (LMS) to run and support their enterprise’s learning programs. But many of these systems were conceived in the 1990s and are showing their age.

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Jumpstart Your Career As a Certified Information Technology Professional

OpenSesame

Computer hardware and software educates us, entertains us, and supports our businesses. From server farms running the “cloud” to ubiquitous mobile devices, technology forms the infrastructure of our society and our economy. As a result, the demand for information technology professionals who can keep systems running smoothly grows every day. . Whether you’re seeking a new career path or you’re already an IT professional, information technology is a hot field with growing demand, high salaries

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Create Textures & Enhance Your Snagit Captures

TechSmith Camtasia

Have you even wanted to apply a texture to one of your images to enhance it and give it a more polished or professional look? While Snagit does not have a texture filter, you can easily make your own custom textures using patterns you find in images. Here are a couple of texture examples I created using animal images I found on the New York Public Library digital site.

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Jumpstart Your Career As a Certified Information Technology Professional

OpenSesame

'Computer hardware and software educates us, entertains us, and supports our businesses. From server farms running the “cloud” to ubiquitous mobile devices, technology forms the infrastructure of our society and our economy. As a result, the demand for information technology professionals who can keep systems running smoothly grows every day. . Whether you’re seeking a new career path or you’re already an IT professional, information technology is a hot field with growing demand, high salaries

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Nuts and Bolts: Metaphors by Jane Bozarth

LearningGuild

What are your metaphors about teaching and learning? How do they affect your practice?

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Encore Virtual CLO Symposium Scheduled for Nov. 14

CLO Magazine

The rebroadcast of the event is being arranged to allow speakers and attendees unable to log on to last week’s event due to widespread power and telephone outages caused by Hurricane Sandy the opportunity to participate. Chicago -- Nov. 5. Chief Learning Officer magazine has announced that the virtual edition of the Fall 2012 CLO Symposium that took place last week will again be presented Nov. 14.

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Education Nonprofit Awarded $1 Million from Carnegie Corp. to Expand Blended Learning Model

CLO Magazine

The grant will fund CFY's work in four schools — two each in New York and Los Angeles — over a two-year period and will fund research on the impact of the work. New York — Nov. 5 National education nonprofit CFY announced it has received a $1 million grant from Carnegie Corp. of New York to further develop, implement and study blended learning instruction in a whole school/community model.

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Set Goals for Levels 1, 2 and 3

CLO Magazine

Most measure Kirkpatrick levels 1 and 2. Some even measure level 3. Few, however, set goals for these before the training begins, writes blogger David Vance.

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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.