Tue.Jan 10, 2012

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The Internet of Learning Things

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

The Internet of Things ( wikipedia page ) has been a concept in existence for over a decade. You may be hearing about it for the first time here, or you recently read about it somewhere else. And the reason why is because it's finally becoming much more real. Many of the gadgets being created using wifi, bluetooth, and bluetooth smart, are still only being embraced by the alpha geeks, but that is about to change.

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E-Learning events in the Asia-Pacific region 2012

E-Learning Provocateur

With 2012 gathering steam, it’s time to plan the next round of professional development events to attend. If you’ll be in my corner of the globe over the next 12 months, may I draw your attention to the following… Learning Cafe Unconference. • Where: Sydney. • When: 16 February 2012. • Theme: Near future of learning in Australia. • More info: Learning Cafe.

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Level of ‘levels’

Clark Quinn

I was defending Kirkpatrick’s levels the other day, and after being excoriated by my ITA colleagues, I realized there was not only a discrepancy between principle and practice, but between my interpretation and as it’s espoused. Perhaps I’ve been too generous. The general idea is that there are several levels at which you can evaluate interventions: whether the recipient considered the intervention appropriate or not.

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The Accidental Instructional Designer

Learning Visions

I’m extremely honored to be the featured article in this week’s Learning Solutions Magazine: The Accidental Instructional Designer. I’m enjoying the comments on the article as well – would love to hear your story, too.

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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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Remove unwanted areas from an image for $10 with Snapheal a la Photoshop Content-aware Fill

mLearning Revolution

'One of the most mind-blowing new features in Photoshop CS5 is the incredible ‘content-aware fill ’ feature, which basically allows you to remove an unwanted area from an image by simply selecting it and then choosing Fill from the Edit menu. When I was at Adobe promoting the eLearning Suite, which included Photoshop CS5, this was the highlight of any demo I did, it was like magic people said.

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E-Learning events in the Asia-Pacific region 2012

E-Learning Provocateur

With 2012 gathering steam, it’s time to plan the next round of professional development events to attend. If you’ll be in my corner of the globe over the next 12 months, may I draw your attention to the following… Australian eLearning Congress. • Where: Sydney. • When: 7-9 February 2012. • Theme: eLearning business case studies. • More info: Ark Group.

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What Stinks about Webinars?

Allison Rossett

Tweet What stinks about webinars? An article from Chief Learning Officer magazine. This article reports the experiences and lessons of Colleen Cunningham and Antonia Chan, two webinar addicts, now recovering. View full article: [link].

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Pros In Different Area Codes: How To Train a Remote Employee

Mindflash

Company HQ is in nowheresville, USA. But that incredibly talented, can’t-live-without-’em prospective employee isn’t. Now more than ever, that isn’t a problem. As access to free of inexpensive online software increases, companies’ ability and willingness to recruit remote employees has increased enormously. But the new arrangement also presents a few challenges.

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New Edition of First Things Fast

Allison Rossett

Tweet The new edition of Allison’s classic book, First Things Fast: First Things Fast: A Handbook for Performance Analysis , 2 nd edition. San Francisco: Pfeiffer/Wiley.

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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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Need to Combine E-Learning with Mentoring? Here’s a Simple Solution.

Rapid eLearning

Recently someone asked how to combine their mentoring program with elearning courses. This is something I’ve worked on a few times over the years. It usually involved a production environment where peer coaches were tasked with training new employees on the floor. But the ideas in this post could work in any type of training program that includes some sort of mentoring or peer coaching.

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Job Aids and Performance Support

Allison Rossett

Tweet Allison Rossett and Lisa Schafer’s book: Job Aids and Performance Support: Moving Knowledge in the Classroom to Knowledge Everywhere. [link].

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10Q: Shelly Sanchez Terrell

Learning with e's

Many would agree that Shelly Sanchez Terrell is at the top of the game when it comes to educational innovation. Just look at her profile: She is a teacher trainer, author, and international speaker, is the host of American TESOL’s Free Friday Webinars and the Social Media Community Manager for The Consultants-E. She has co-founded and organized the acclaimed educational projects, Edchat , ELTChat , The Reform Symposium E-Conference and the ELTON nominated Virtual Round Table language and technol

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Feature in Training and Development Magazine

Allison Rossett

Tweet Photo by Frank Rogozienski Photography. The Long View: Feature from Training and Development Magazine. Full article: TD_Feb08_Rossett_LEGEND.

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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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How To Make Training (or Anything) Stick

Mindflash

We’ve been training employees on several new procedures and approaches recently in my workplace. But what’s been bothering me is the question of why some of these practices, which include really sound and important information, make it into our employees’ workdays, and why others don’t. This question sent me back to Chip and Dan Heath’s book, Made To Stick , to see if we were missing something in our training approach.

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Performance Support and Learning

Allison Rossett

Tweet. If performance support and learning are wonderful, why aren’t they everywhere? [link].

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Socializing Mobile Learning in the Enterprise by Adam Smith

LearningGuild

Getting started in mobile learning often requires a certain amount of networking and thoughtful use of opportunities to engage decision-makers – in other words, socializing. Here are some simple ways to create interest and gain approval for a pilot project. Nothing succeeds like success, even if it's a small success!

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Podcast: Sidekick and Planner Performance Support

Allison Rossett

Tweet Allison Rossett’s Xyleme podcasts about sidekick and planner performance support: [link].

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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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Design For How People Learn: Book Review

The eLearning Coach

It's fun, accessible and practical. A painless way to learn instructional design. Post from: The eLearning Coach Design For How People Learn: Book Review.

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The Yin and Yang of Formal + Informal Learning

Allison Rossett

Tweet Article from ASTD about the mix of formal and informal learning strategies: [link].

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How much is an authoring tool worth?

Clive on Learning

The recent release by Trivantis of Snap! Empower , a rapid Flash interaction builder, for the princely sum of $99, got me wondering if I have any idea any more of what an authoring tool is worth. Empower looks like it is much more powerful than Articulate Engage, which sells for four times as much, and almost certainly cost Trivantis much more to develop.

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More Technology Requires More Analysis

Allison Rossett

Tweet Article from Military Simulations & Training. Read full article: [link].

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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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Trade Show Wars

eLearning 24-7

It’s that time of the year, when the snow comes tumbling down, the sun is shining (out here in LA) and the trade show tour kicks off in earnest. The buzz, hype, demos, salespeople, awful expensive food, hotels that overcharge (I always find better deals on Expedia or sign up for the hotel’s e-mail newsletter) and yes, sometimes beyond awful seminars.

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Ode to Mobile Performance Support

Allison Rossett

Tweet Ode to mobile performance support. Article from Learning Solutions: [link].

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Interview with eLearn Magazine

Allison Rossett

Tweet eLearn magazine interviews Allison Rossett: [link].

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The iPad is Not a Slam Dunk

Allison Rossett

Tweet The iPad is not a slam dunk. [link].

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!