Sat.Oct 20, 2012 - Fri.Oct 26, 2012

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121 Blogs About Learning

KnowledgeStar

Here’s my daily reading list from which I pick and chose every day. The represent the best minds in the area of learning and learning technology. Enjoy! Aaron Silvers Adventures in Corporate Education aLearning Allison Rossett Assets B Online Learning Blogger in Middle-earth Bottom-Line Performance Bozarthzone brave new org Brian Dusablon Challenge to Learn Clark [.].

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Connecting Social Learning to e-Learning

dVinci Interactive

Social media continues to grow worldwide. Facebook, Twitter and Yammer are becoming more accepted tools in the workplace, due to their mass networking capabilities. As learning consultants, we need to take a tip from the social media craze, and determine ways to leverage it in our online courses. One way to do this is by using social media as a tool to supplement collaboration online.

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Add High Level Engagement to Learning with Games

Raptivity

You can get your learners glued to courses when you challenge them with fun and exciting games. Learners of all age groups find game based learning much more engaging compared to other modes of learning. They are able to retain [.].

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Scattered and Smothered

Living in Learning

Where better than Waffle House can one expect to experience humanity in all its splendor? To get the full impact, make sure you plan your visit around two in the morning or so; that way the experience is flavored appropriately with the salt of the earth.among other spices. When I walked in, the place was packed with the exception of a booth in the far corner from the door, right under the sign that requested reserving booths for two or more.

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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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Have You Heard of This New eLearning Resource?

LearnDash

As the training industry rapidly expand in terms of technical tools and offerings, the number of professionals identifying themselves with this field is also growing by leaps and bounds. A very diverse field, individuals engaged in training and learning take on many labels, including but not limited to instructional designers, trainers, technical trainers, teachers, elearning consultants, LMS administrators, and so on.

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Using eLearning Tools - It's Like a Relationship

Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

The tools you use for producing e-learning day-in and day-out are no more than a bunch of software, programmed to work in a certain way and produce course output, right? Well, in part that may be true, but you might want to think again about that one. Consider this: The last time you were stuck with an animation that wouldn't work, or a picture that was looking distorted, or the exam score that wouldn't appear correctly on the LMS - who did you turn to for expert help?

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LPI launches Capability Map for the learning sector

Jane Hart

The UK-based Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) has today launched a Capability Map for the workplace learning sector. The map will provide a clear definition of skill sets applicable to workplace learning professionals and will have benefits for both individuals and recruiters. For individuals working within workplace learning, the map will provide a way to self assess skills across 9 categories, against 27 pre-defined skills.

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How to Encourage Physical Activity as Part of a Learning Strategy

Absorb LMS

The year 2012 will likely be remembered as the “ Get Off Your Butt ” year. In recent months, major studies have been published indicating that sitting for extended periods dramatically increases our risk of getting a wide range of diseases and significantly shortens our lives. How dangerous is sitting for long periods? Studies published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that people who sit for the majority of the day are 54 percent more likely t

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Culture and Creativity

The Performance Improvement Blog

Workplace culture is the "what", "why", and "how" of organization. It is what work is being done and what resources the organization has to do that work, why that work is being done and how those reasons are communicated to employees, and how people work together and make decisions. Meghan Biro, in a blog post for Forbes titled "Your Employees Are Engaged.REALLY?

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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Adobe Captivate 6: Scrolling Text in a Text Entry Box

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel    Text Entry Boxes (TEBs) allows your learners to type directly into your eLearning lesson. Personally, I think TEBs offer the highest level of interactivity you can add to a lesson without the need for advanced programming skills. To add a TEB to a lesson, simply choose  Insert > Standard Objects > Text Entry Box.

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For the sake of ‘Mobile’ I hope Microsoft Windows 8 and the Surface Tablet fall short

mLearning Revolution

'(Image Credit) [link]. For the last few weeks, I have been reading and watching everything I can find on Microsoft’s Surface Tablet and Windows 8. My biggest fear is that with the upcoming launch of Windows 8 and the Surface Tablet, Microsoft is trying to UNDO everything we have accomplished in Mobile since the mobile revolution began back in 2007.

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How to Encourage Physical Activity as Part of a Learning Strategy

Absorb LMS

The year 2012 will likely be remembered as the “ Get Off Your Butt ” year. In recent months, major studies have been published indicating that sitting for extended periods dramatically increases our risk of getting a wide range of diseases and significantly shortens our lives. How dangerous is sitting for long periods? Studies published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that people who sit for the majority of the day are 54 percent more likely t

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Valve handbook: an unique way to organize talent and business

Challenge to Learn

This week I was having dinner with Hans the Zwart who is a former colleague of mine. He is one of the most well-read people I know and when he gives me a reading tip, I will read it. This time he mentioned the Valve ‘ Handbook for new employees ‘ Valve is a game company (known for Half-Life , Team Fortress 2 , and Portal and the digital delivery platform Steam) which is organized in a unique way.

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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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Gary Woodill #mobilearnasia Keynote Mindmap

Clark Quinn

Gary Woodill gave a broad reaching keynote covering the past, present, and future of mobile learning. Peppered with great examples and good thinking, it was an illuminating kickoff to the MobiLearnAsia conference.

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PowerPoint: Is SlideShark Dead in the Water? (Hint: Only Minnow-mally)

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by AJ George  I've previously written about  presentation apps for iDevices. I didn't have a lot of luck in my pursuit of decent PowerPoint presentation tools, but I did have success with one: SlideShark. Since my previous article, SlideShark has made some updates to its app that I'd like to share. What is SlideShark? SlideShark is an app for iOS with an accompanying website.

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Adaptive Learning Performance Support

Ontuitive

In a previous blog, Bob mentioned: "The world we live in, or "The New Normal" as I've heard it called lately, is one of constant change making it next to impossible to keep up with through traditional learning methods and design. This ecosystem they spoke of is one of constant churn and collaboration. It is often a place that our traditional methods and tools of instruction, including more embedded ones such as e-learning, are just not seen as native and intrinsic to the problems our learners ar

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Book review: Blackboard essentials for teachers

Challenge to Learn

PACKT Publishing asked me to write a review about the book ‘Blackboard essentials for teachers’ by William Rice. It is an instructional book on how to build courses in Blackboard. I get these kind of request occasionally, but most of the times I will not go into them. This time I did because as a CEO of an authoring tool it is very interesting to keep up to date with the authoring capabilities of Learning Management Systems.

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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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Towards a Smarter Nation

KnowledgeStar

It’s no coincidence that the Top 10 countries with the highest annual GDP growth rate and best scores in Reading, Math and Science are also the Top 10 countries with the best internet connectivity and most widespread acceptance of online learning programs. The old ways of learning are no longer moving us forward as a nation. And we either move forward or die.

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Participation on Conference Panel Drives Reflection

Web Courseworks

Is An LMS Still Relevant? Panel at Learning 3.0 this week in Chicago! I want to start this post by stating how much I enjoy participating in conferences. Discussions and presentations specifically allow (and sometimes force) me to explore areas that I wouldn’t necessarily have time to consider during my normal workday. This is one [.].

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Temporary Outage

LearnDash

If you recently attempted to access LearnDash , then you may have been surprised when the site didn’t open – and we were just as surprised! I took it upon myself to contact our hosting provider and assured that we would be up and running again shortly. It didn’t happen as quickly as I would have preferred, but all is well now. Apologies for any inconvenience this caused.

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Update for Adobe Captivate 6 available now!

Adobe Captivate

We have released an update for Adobe Captivate — version 6.0.1 (Build 240), which is available for download through Help Menu > Updates… This is available for Windows as of now, we will have the Mac version soon. A bunch of key issues are addressed through this update including the following fixes. Output from Trial version - Before this update, [.].

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7 Steps to Consider When Implementing a LMS

How Do You Choose the Right Learning Management System? Choosing the perfect Learning Management System can be complex for organizations. Initially, you might ask questions like, "When is the right time to adopt an LMS?" or "Which LMS is the best fit?" Once you've made your LMS selection, your next query is likely, "How do I go about implementing it?

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We’ve Been Listening! – Improvements and Enhancements to Camtasia Studio, Camtasia for Mac, and Snagit on Mac

TechSmith Camtasia

If you’re a current Camtasia Studio v8, Camtasia for Mac v2, or Snagit on Mac v2 user, we’ve got some great updates for you! Camtasia Studio 8.0.3. We’ve been listening! With Camtasia Studio 8.0.3, we’ve made some tweaks to make your experience with Camtasia Studio 8 even better. We’ve added requested capabilities and made a handful of bug fixes.

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Theories for the digital age: Connectivism

Learning with e's

Learning in the industrialised world can now be contextualised within a largely technological landscape, where the use of digital media is assuming increasing importance. Much of this learning is informal, (Commentators such as Cofer (2000), Cross (2006) and Dobbs (2000) place the proportion of informal learning at around 70%) and is also generally location independent.

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Practical Ways Social Learning Can Enhance Formal Learning

Mindflash

In a recent Chief Learning Office Magazine article, How to Create a Dynamic Social Learning Space , Julian Stodd makes the point that social learning is not a replacement for formal learning, but a “supplement” to it. In a practical sense, this is true, and the good news is that learning experience (LX) designers do not have to think about how to replace formal learning with informal or social methods.

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Why most compliance e-learning doesn’t actually work

Saffron Interactive

Why do companies offer compulsory compliance training to their employees? To meet the company regulations that are in place. When staff training is approached in this way, many individuals may have reservations before they even begin, because ultimately, they do not have a choice in how their learning material is delivered. Let’s look at the bigger picture.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Look for TechSmith at South Carolina EdTech 2012

TechSmith Camtasia

TechSmith is excited to hit the road this week and attend South Carolina EdTech 2012 ! You’ll find two TechSmithies—Sam Curcuruto and me (Heath Smythe)—representing the company at EdTech in Greenville, SC from October 24-26. Sam Curcuruto. Heath Smythe. At EdTech we look forward to meeting some of our current customers and introducing ourselves to potential new ones.

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Transforming learning and development

Clive on Learning

In a series of posts on the Onlignment blog that has run throughout 2012, I have endeavoured to explain how transformation can take place in workplace learning and development. I started the series by setting out the need for transformation. I then set out a vision for workplace learning and development that is: aligned economical scalable flexible engaging and powerful I moved on to look at some of the changes that can be made to realise this vision, expressed as six shifts: from generic to tai

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Three Ways to Build an Employee Development Culture

Mindflash

There is no doubt that in order to attract and retain a highly talented employee pool, organizations need to think seriously about branding themselves as development cultures. At the very least, organizations need to structure themselves as a place in which employees can learn new skills and have opportunities to continuously grow careers. The problem with this perspective is that it assumes that the organization needs to provide all of these opportunities.

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