Wed.Apr 18, 2012

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Online Community Training Case Study

Raptivity

Training conducted through online communities is an arduous task but worth mentioning the efforts taken by an organization with the use of Raptivity. Generally, organizations have discussions and announcements made on online communities but going a step further with training [.].

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PowerPoint 2010: Use Video Bookmarks to Trigger Animations

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by AJ George  During a previous article on  Perfecting Motion Paths , I made a short PowerPoint video illustrating the final motion path animation. Let's say I'm going to teach a class on how to use Motion Paths. In the class, I'm going to give a presentation that shows this video. In the video there are two uses of motion paths, and I want a little blurb to pop up when the second one starts, alerting my learners that this is a separate motion path.  Did you know th

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Three (More) Keys to Better Performance Support

Dashe & Thomson

Handle your support with care. It appears that more Learning & Development professionals are starting to value performance support as a critical component of any blended learning program. In my last post, I mentioned three things to keep in mind when considering performance support (PS). To summarize: Don’t forget performance support (I realize that this hardly qualifies as useful advice, but you have to start somewhere).

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5-Star Virtual Classroom Strategy [VIDEO]

LearnDash

Virtual classrooms via webmeetings and video can be a drag, especially if the content is strictly done in PowerPoint while the facilitator drones on and on, reading the slides. Stop doing the same old thing and spice up your virtual learning - consider using a well thought out strategy for your next virtual classroom event to boost interaction, learning, and overall user satisfaction. .

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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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Join us for The Forge - Beyond Bullet Points & How to Record the Screen of a Mobile Device

TechSmith Camtasia

Guest post today from Matt Pierce, host of The Forge. It's almost time for the next episode of the TechSmith's webshow The Forge (episode 18)! We'll be live tomorrow April 19th at 2 PM ET right here on the Visual Lounge blog and we've got two great segments. ( Add to your calendar ) Can't watch the show? don't worry, we've got your back, we record every episode and will post the recording here too.

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Adapting elearning programs cross-culturally

eFront

Culture determines not only how one learns and what one learns but also what one perceives as important to learn – and the effects of culture on learners’ experiences in elearning can be profound. Culture affects social behavior, communication, cognitive processes, and how one interacts with learning technologies – all central components to elearning design (Vatrapi, 2008).

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Blog Book Tour: Karl Kapp's "Gamification of Learning and Instruction"

bozarthzone

Blog book tour stop 3: I was lucky enough to get my hands on an advance copy of Karl Kapp’s new book, “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction” (Pfeiffer) (also see the book's Facebook Page ) just in time for a long plane ride. What a delight! In an age when there’s so much confusion about this in the field, Kapp offers a timely, common-sense view of realities and possibilities.

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New Course + Quiz Template using the Power of Adobe Photoshop!

Adobe Captivate

When I had shared Quiz + Course templates a few months back, some Adobe Captivate users asked me for an Architecture-based theme. And I thought why not! So here’s a new template which you can use right away for creating your eLearning content. Download the Template file (.cptx) from here. Let me take few minutes [.].

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Development Tips: Audio and Video with HTML5 by Mark Lassoff

LearningGuild

The promise of HTML5 has been well-documented. Often called a Flash-killer, many find the current. reality of HTML5 less than awe inspiring. Mark discusses two of the most talked-about features of. HTML5 – audio and video. Learn about the mark-up required to use these features, the JavaScript. API available for enhancing them, and some current drawbacks of the new technology.

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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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RenRen.com: The Facebook of China’s Younger Generation

OpenSesame

'Social networks are transforming the ways people communicate, from meeting new friends and staying in touch with family to building professional networks and creating learning communities. While Chinese social networkers don’t have access to Facebook and Twitter, they use a variety of Chinese applications to make the most of the opportunities provided by online social networks.

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UPDATED: The Forge – Beyond Bullet Points & How to Record the Screen of a Mobile Device

TechSmith Camtasia

UPDATE: Recording of this episode is below and posted to YouTube. The Twitter hashtag is #tscforge. Guest post today from Matt Pierce, host of The Forge. It's almost time for the next episode of the TechSmith's webshow The Forge (episode 18)! We'll be live at 2 PM ET (April 19) right here on the Visual Lounge blog and we've got two great segments. Can't watch the show?

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Involve your experts (sequel)

easygenerator

E-learning development usually is a team process. Most of you will come across the situation that, besides you, different subject matter experts within a company are involved. Subject matter experts play a very important part in the development process. However, most subject matter experts don't have instructional design skills. This fact makes the process a bit complicated.

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RenRen.com: The Facebook of China’s Younger Generation

OpenSesame

Social networks are transforming the ways people communicate, from meeting new friends and staying in touch with family to building professional networks and creating learning communities. While Chinese social networkers don’t have access to Facebook and Twitter, they use a variety of Chinese applications to make the most of the opportunities provided by online social networks.

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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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Mapping Pedagogies For Performance

Big Dog, Little Dog

Clark Quinn wrote an extremely interesting post, X-based learning: sorting out pedagogies and design , on activity based learning. Wanting to see how these different models would interconnect on a mindmap, I started playing with them. That is when I noticed that one of the main difference among them is that some have a known answer and/or the goal is driven by the curriculum, while others have an unknown answer and/or the goal is directed by the learners.

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Lectora Best Practices Part 2 - Variables and Actions

Integrated Learnings

By Joseph Suarez. This post is Part 2 in a series intended to list some ways to use Lectora that avoid problems, reduce development time, and make development easier overall. In Part 1 , we covered how to optimize Lectora preferences for best performance. Now , we’ll go over handling variables and actions. Use a variable and action naming system consistently Newer versions of Lectora name actions according to what they do, which is definitely better than nothing, but “OnMClkGoTo” isn’t always as

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