Fri.Apr 13, 2012

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Active and Passive Learning in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

Many of the typical methods of learning in the workplace make the learner a passive recipient of knowledge and skills. Employees are asked to read, watch, or listen to information being dispensed. The method might be entertaining, interactive, and of their own choosing, but fundamentally these methods are passive for the learner. Another approach is to make the learner an active creator of knowledge and skills.

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The Most Popular e-Learning Tools [GRAPH]

LearnDash

Source: [link]. It seems like every day there is another e-Learning tool claiming to be the be-all, end-all for e-learning development. This is pretty nice since it means that the industry is really starting to take off, although I can't help but wonder if there are some companies out there who are trying to make a quick buck rather than really create something useful for instructional designers.

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Personal Knowledge Management Online Workshop

Jane Hart

Online Workshop runs 23 April – 4 May 2012. Hosted by Jane Hart and facilitated by Harold Jarche at the Social Learning Centre. This online workshop on adapting to the networked world of work includes tools, tips and techniques from two facilitators who have been connecting, communicating and collaborating online for over fifteen years.….

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New Product: Sketch People Cutouts

eLearning Brothers

We thought it would be cool to try and create some people cutouts (transparent background.pngs) that looked like they were hand sketched by pencil. Since no one here in the office was any good at drawing, we took some of our current photo files and ran them through a series of filters. Magic happened and we came up with Sketch People Cutouts! We whipped up a few example layouts of how you might use them in your next elearning course.

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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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When the Learner is the Teacher, Do We Need Instructional Designers?

Xyleme

It’s a new world out there for the Instructional Designer. It’s an entirely different canvas, with new colors on the pallet. It’s no longer about producing 3-ring binders, or monolithic eLearning. It’s about harnessing the new ways of learning that are enabled by a new breed of technology, and a cultural shifts in how we use it. When designing for mLearning, we need to put ourselves in the shoes of the user who is walking around with a very powerful tablet and/or smart phone.

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Visual design: learning from the professionals

Clive on Learning

Clearly, you do not need to be a naturally gifted artist to perform effectively as a designer of learning experiences. Graphic design and instructional design are quite separate, but they are related. The way content is designed visually is going to make a big impact on how easy that content is to use, how clearly it communicates, how easily it engages, and how credible it comes across to the learner.

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WARNING! Adult Content!

KnowledgeStar

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Milestones of a Typical E-Learning Project

e-Learning Academy

Last week I blogged about what to include in an e-learning request for quotation (RFQ). A RFQ helps make clear the requirements of an e-learning course for development. Meeting requirements and expectations during an e-learning courseware development project is a 2-way street. The role of the client is to keep objectives clear, manage the internal stakeholders and project [.].

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SCORM-ify YouTube Videos with ScoTube

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

SCORM.com issued a press release about ScoTube this week. Many eLearning professionals are locked into creating SCORM compliant courses for their customers and that has been limiting in regards to new user-generated content on services such as YouTube. It's nice to see tools addressing these concerns moving the industry forward. From the press release : "The first of its kind, ScoTube marries the power of SCORM with the wealth of content available through YouTube.

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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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Measuring Learning and the Theory of Change Process

ATD Learning Technologies

We’ll dig into connecting measurement and learning design to build the metrics in from the beginning. Throughout this post I’ll use an example from a training program I worked with earlier in my career to illustrate how the measurement models can be put to work in training. Click here to read full version.

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IMPACT 2012 Quick Wrapup

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

IMPACT 2012 was amazing this week. For those of you who couldn’t make it, let me give you a few highlights: The conference theme was “Building Business Agility” – and throughout the conference more than 450 HR and L&D executives attended sessions on how to build global programs, drive employee engagement, create continuous learning programs, Read more» The post IMPACT 2012 Quick Wrapup appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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What Angry Birds Can Teach Us About Instructional Design

Mindflash

You’re probably familiar with Angry Birds, the massively popular iPhone game. What is it about this game that’s so addictive? And how can learning and development pros tap into that stickiness to get people this excited about training programs? If you’re not familiar with the game, here’s a quick rundown on the basic storyline: The pigs have stolen the birds’ eggs (so they’re “angry”), so the birds are on a quest to get them back.

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IMPACT 2012 Quick Wrapup

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

IMPACT 2012 was amazing this week. For those of you who couldn’t make it, let me give you a few highlights: The conference theme was “Building Business Agility” – and throughout the conference more than 450 HR and L&D executives attended sessions on how to build global programs, drive employee engagement, create continuous learning programs, Read more» The post IMPACT 2012 Quick Wrapup appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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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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