Fri.Apr 27, 2012

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The key to informal learning is autonomy

Jane Hart

Jay Cross, the author of the 2007 seminal book, Informal Learning, Rediscovering the Natural Pathways that Inspire Innovation and Performance , recently wrote a blog post in which he explained that although there has been a lot of talk about “informal learning” in the last five years, there has been very little action. He writes: “I thought I had made a sound business case for investing more in informal learning, but few organizations changed their ways.

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PowerPoint 2007 & 2010: Save a Presentation with Embedded Fonts

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by AJ George    When creating PowerPoint presentations and moving them from one computer to another, one area of concern is fonts. If you've used specific fonts within a presentation, the same fonts need to be installed on any computers that will open the presentation. To prevent missing fonts from being an issue, there's a  good chance  you can embed the fonts you used to ensure your presentations look the way you designed them.   Good chance?

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How To Get Free Training On Anything [FUNNY]

LearnDash

This is a sure fire way for ANY company, or individual, to enjoy free training on any subject they desire. I couldn't help but laugh at this one - let's hope that organizations don't catch on! If you found this funny, take a 5min break at work and take a look at some of the others. Enjoy the weekend everyone! -Justin. Tweet.

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Education learning management system trends

eLearning 24-7

Many in the education market are still in love with open source systems, such as Moodle. However, they often do not realize – until it is too late, that “free” isn’t really free because customization has to constantly exist, support, among other things. That is why there is an uptick in the number of commercial systems available in the education sector.

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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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Measurement and Analytics for Learning

OpenSesame

'This month I''ve been thrilled to write a series of posts on creating measurement and analytics models on the American Society for Training & Development''s blog. It has been my goal to address this complex topic with specific recommendations and models you can implement in your organization. This series doesn''t shy away from specifics.

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Measurement and Analytics for Learning

OpenSesame

This month I’ve been thrilled to write a series of posts on creating measurement and analytics models on the American Society for Training & Development’s blog. It has been my goal to address this complex topic with specific recommendations and models you can implement in your organization. This series doesn’t shy away from specifics.

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#TrainChat Recap: Making Training Work for Every Learner

Mindflash

On Friday, the Daily Mindflash hosted yet another #TrainChat on Twitter. This time we spoke with special guest Jay Forte , who discussed his recent article, “ Four Ways to Ensure Your Training Fits Every Learner.” Here is a condensed version of our chat. And be sure to tune in every Friday at 10 a.m. PST for another chat on online learning, employee training, and L&D. [.

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New Research: BigData in HR as Huge Opportunity.

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

The topics of BigData in HR is white hot. This week we launched our BigData in HR research study, which describes precisely how world-class organizations build high performing talent analytics functions. This research represents the culmination of many years of work, talking with hundreds of companies and many vendors in the market. In this article.

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How to choose an LMS

eFront

So, you are looking to buy an LMS. You might already have stumbled-upon Moodle, Dokeos, Blackboard, Saba or Sumtotal. You have definitely stumbled-upon eFront, otherwise you would not be reading this message. The thing is that you have a vague idea of your needs and there are far too many solutions to choose from. How you can survive this nightmare with your sanity intact?

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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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New Research: BigData in HR as Huge Opportunity.

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

The topics of BigData in HR is white hot. This week we launched our BigData in HR research study, which describes precisely how world-class organizations build high performing talent analytics functions. This research represents the culmination of many years of work, talking with hundreds of companies and many vendors in the market. In this article.

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Instructional Design Orthodoxy

Xyleme

I will be dating myself here, but so much of the orthodoxy in the instructional design process was forged back in the late 80’s and early 90’s when the only Computer-Based Training (CBT) tools were Toolbook for the PC, and Hypercard for the Mac. Back then, the metaphor was a deck of cards and each card was a 640×480 screen’s worth of content. Due to the technical constraints it became a law that “pages must not scroll”.