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Hey, That's Social Learning!

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Hey, That’s Social Learning! by Jolene on December 14, 2010 in social learning Recently I witnessed a fabulous and fascinating display of social learning – a high school chamber music concert. The concert featured six chamber ensembles, five of which were self-directed.

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PowerPoint 2007: Converting Presentations to Movies

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by AJ George. I am frequently asked if it is possible to convert PowerPoint presentations into movies that can be shared on websites such as YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook. Sadly, the answer is no, at least not from within PowerPoint. However, there is a workaround if you have Windows Movie Maker  on your system (most computers using Windows do have the program by default).   The following steps show how to convert a presentation into a movie.

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Virtual World Presentation

Kapp Notes

Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to a group at the University of Washington Virtual Biodome. It was part of a innovative curriculum taught by Randy Hinrichs who is CEO of 2b3d. And, last night wearing the hat of professor teaching at University of Washington in a Virtual World Certification program. I also met up with some great old virtual world and real world acquaints and made some new virtual friends!

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Seven Things I Learned This Year

Tony Karrer

Over the past few years, I spend part of December going back through my blog to recap a bit of what some of the key things I’ve learned over the course of the year. I’ve been doing this the past few years, for example: Learned about Learning in 2009. And every year I use this as a Big Question – see: Learning 2010. A lot of it is thinking through where my thinking has changed over the course of the year.

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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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Hey, That's Social Learning! | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Hey, That’s Social Learning! by Jolene on December 14, 2010 in social learning Recently I witnessed a fabulous and fascinating display of social learning – a high school chamber music concert. The concert featured six chamber ensembles, five of which were self-directed.

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Brainstorming for eLearning: Rules of Brainstorming

Integrated Learnings

By Shelley A. Gable. We know that some of the most effective training follows a problem-centered approach , engages learners , is abundant with practice and coaching, and simulates the work environment as closely as possible. Easier said than done, right? Let’s be honest – it’s challenging to create training like that (especially with the time constraints most of us work within!).

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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Converting Empty Phrases to Gold

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Jennie Ruby.   It is important to note that empty phrases relate to the reader's amount of interest concerning your topic. Empty words and phrases, such as the ones in bold in the preceding sentence, delay giving your readers the information they want, create a boring tone, and make your material seem vague and difficult. Strangely, these wordy phrases tend to pop up in the first sentence of an article or training document, right where you need to be grabbing the reader's attent

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If Wikis Work for National Security, They Can Work For the Rest of.

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS If Wikis Work for National Security, They Can Work For the Rest of Us by Jon on December 13, 2010 in Wikis , social learning Although most people don’t view US intelligence agencies as great examples of organizational effectiveness, I came across some encouraging evidence recently in the way some have begun to share information.

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New Whitepaper Released: Collaboration in Virtual Worlds

Kapp Notes

Check out my newest whitepaper titled Compliant Collaboration & Learning in Virtual Immersive Environments. The whitepaper describes how life science companies are effectively leveraging virtual worlds to successfully facilitate collaboration and training. Here is a sneak peak at some of the content: Three-dimensional virtual immersive environments created on a computer and rendered in three-dimensions allow Medical Science Liasons (MSLs), Key Opinion Leaders , trainers, sales directors and

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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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Working Smarter Cracker Barrel

Clark Quinn

My Internet Time Alliance colleague Harold Jarche is a clever guy. In preparation for an event, he makes a blog post to organize his thoughts. I like his thinking, so I’ll let him introduce my post: Next week, at our Working Smarter event hosted by Tulser in Maastricht, NL, we will have a series of short sessions on selected topics. Each Principal of the Internet Time Alliance has three topics of 20 minutes to be discussed in small groups.

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Adobe Captivate 5: Make Quick Work Out of Adding Audio to a Project

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel. Adding audio to your Captivate project is one of the best ways to increase the effectiveness of the lesson. When the time comes to add audio, you have a couple of different options. For instance, if you want to add audio to the project slide, you would choose Audio > Import to > Slide. If you would like to attach audio to an object on a slide, you would first select the object and choose  Audio > Import to > Object.

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If Wikis Work for National Security, They Can Work For the Rest of Us

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS If Wikis Work for National Security, They Can Work For the Rest of Us by Jon on December 13, 2010 in Wikis , social learning Although most people don’t view US intelligence agencies as great examples of organizational effectiveness, I came across some encouraging evidence recently in the way some have begun to share information.

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Gamification Explained at GoogleTechTalks

Kapp Notes

Here is a presentation by Gabe Zichermann who blogs at gamification.co that explains how gamification is fundamentally rewriting the rules of engagement for product design and marketing. From Foursquare to Farmville and from Nike to the Navy, game mechanics like points, badges, levels, challenges, rewards and leaderboards are being used in ever greater numbers.

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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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Meeting the Internet time alliance at Tulser

Challenge to Learn

Today was a very good day. I went to a workshop of the Internet time alliance organized by Tulser. For me it was a very unique opportunity to meet all 5 members (Jay Cross, Charles Jennings, Jane Hart, Harold Jarche and Clark Quinn) of the alliance. It turned out that it was special to them too, not meeting me, but it proved to be only the second time ever, that they where all five in the same place at the same time.

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Adobe Founders Write an Open Letter to Apple

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Adobe co-founders  John Warnock and Chuck Geschke have written an open letter to Apple computer about the lack of support for Flash content on Apple devices (namely the iPhone and iPad). In part, the founders say "As the founders of Adobe, we believe open markets are in the best interest of developers, content owners, and consumers. Freedom of choice on the web has unleashed an explosion of content and transformed how we work, learn, communicate, and, ultimately, express ourselves.

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Erin doesn’t get it

E-Learning Provocateur

I watched Erin Brockovich again last night. It’s an excellent movie. While it’s based on a true story, the producers have obviously used their poetic licence to boost its dramatic effect. Even though I know this, a particular scene that I didn’t like the first time around made we wince again. The knowledge managers among us will know what I’m talking about… Erin: Hey!

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Last Minute Learning Related Gift Ideas

Kapp Notes

For those of you struggling to decide what last minute learning related gifts to give for co-workers, clients, friends and relatives, here are a few ideas. Gamification. If you know someone interested in Gamification, here are a few ideas: Virtual Worlds. If you know someone interested in virtual worlds: Mobile Learning. Someone interested in mobile learning: Social Media/Web 2.0 for Learning.

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What Is a Performance Learning Management System (PLMS)?

If you're reading this you're probably ready for better organizational learning and performance. A Performance LMS allows you to continually assess and improve learners based on their specific company and role-based capabilities. In the whitepaper, we’ll also answer questions such as: What exactly is a PLMS? I have just started exploring capability building or am not yet ready.

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Pidgin Learning

Clark Quinn

The other day, my colleague Jane Hart wrote an interesting post comparing getting comfortable with learning in the real world to the experience of learning a new language. In my recent experience visiting my aunt in München and then family friends in a small village outside Bayreuth, I had a chance to experience the intermediate stages of transitioning from one language, really one culture, to another.

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Adobe RoboHelp 8: Creating Multiple Topics From One Word Document

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel. One of the most common ways to add new content to a RoboHelp project is by importing a Word document via File > Import > Word Document. If the Word document contains a TOC, Headers, Footers or Index, they will import nicely into RoboHelp. However, during the import process, it's highly likely that you will end up with one, large topic in RoboHelp instead of several small ones.

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Just-In-Time Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Facts and figures everywhere…not a drop to drink (my apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge). We are inundated with information and advice about what leaders should and should not do. Books and blogs are full of ideas. The problem is in having easy access to the best of this information when and where we need it. Mobile tools have promise in this regard.

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Social Media Webinar

Kapp Notes

Join me and Brent Schlenker on Thursday (December 16) for a webinar called “ Breaking Down Social Learning’s Brick Wall. &# The webinar is free and sponsored by Meridian Knowledge Solutions. Here is some information about our presentation: A lot of “ink&# has been spilled on the benefits of social learning in the workplace. In spite of the hype, adoption still lags.

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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The Age of the Smart Things

KnowledgeStar

It’s almost a New Year – 2011 – and already the Next Big Thing is upon us. Actually that’s ironic since the Next Big Thing is all about things, Smart Things. Refrigerators that scan bar codes and tell us what we have, which items we need, send shopping lists to our networked printers and suggest [.

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Quiz Maker Pro Give Away

eLearning Cyclops

ProProfs has been nice enough to give one of our lucky readers a free copy of Quiz Maker Pro. They created a sample quiz, which if you score 100% you will be included in our drawing for a free one year copy. Below is the link to the quiz, which will give you a good feel of what can be done with Quiz Maker in addition to moving you closer to winning your free copy for one year.

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Tips to Start Using Video in eLearning

eLearning Brothers

Video can add a lot of impact to your online training. However, at time it seems a bit overwhelming to start creating and implementing video. There are a lot of things to think about: editing software, cameras, compression, streaming, storage, audio, etc. Here are a few articles that can help: Ten Myths about Video in eLearning. Tips for Using Video in eLearning.

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Free Storyboard Templates for e-Learning

eFront

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 12/12/2010 Free Storyboard Templates for e-Learning What I really like about the e-Learning community is that the most e-Learning professionals have a great passion of sharing their knowledge. The least that I can do is to share with you a list of Free Storyboard Templates for e-Learning !

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The DNA of Online Learning

This white paper examines how organisations can get the best out of online learning, via a deep dive into how it works and how to apply it in order to achieve specific objectives.

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The Time of Doing

KnowledgeStar

According to a recent statement by Bing, Microsoft’s search engine answer to Google, search is no longer about looking for knowledge about something. It’s about getting something done. It’s all about know-how. According to a recent Fast Company article, “The idea behind features like this, say Bing executives, is that search is no longer simply [.].

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No Next Button - Some Examples

eLearning Cyclops

As I have written in the past, I have an aversion to "next" buttons. Here are some examples of courses without next buttons, or at least in a few cases very minimal use of next buttons. Blood Typing - NobelPrize.org Deep Brain Stimulation - Edheads.org Trace Space Back to You - NASA We Choose the Moon Mission: Turfgrass - Kevin Thorn Laptop Ports - Suddenly Smart Zombies in Plain English - CommonCraft Benefit Banking - One from my own portfolio Business Benefit Banking - Another from my portfoli

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How To Revamp Your Learning Model by Ryan Tracey

LearningGuild

Informal learning today is a lot like the old saying about the weather: everybody talks about it, but nobody knows what to do about it. Here’s an approach to creation of an environment that will support both formal and informal processes.