July, 2012

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Top 7 Myths Of Mobile Learning

Upside Learning

When it comes to mobile learning myths and misconceptions abound. The mlearning domain is still new to many, so this confusion is to be expected. These myths are holding back widespread adoption of mobile learning in the workplace. Here is a list of the more common ones I come across. Also contrast with a list of myths we posted on this blog a couple of years ago. 1.

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How to Create a Learning Culture in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

Several excellent blog posts have recently come to my attention that, when combined, provide a how-to for creating a learning culture in organizations. One of these posts appears in Jane Hart’s blog, Learning in the Social Workplace. In this post , she writes that workplace learning is: Structured learning experiences (e.g., training) and informal learning experiences (e.g., communities of practice).

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The new Camtasia Studio 8, the Flipped Classroom and Mobile Learning [Review]

mLearning Revolution

'For all the mind-boggling stats we read about the video revolution, like how we are publishing video to YouTube at the rate of 72 hours every minute, and consuming over 3 billion hours of video each month, as well as other stats you can see here , video as a medium hasn’t really evolved. For the most part it has remained a fairly passive experience.

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Do we need “career coaches” rather than trainers?

Jane Hart

My Internet Time Alliance colleagues and I constantly talk about the need for continuous learning and how we all need to direct and manage our own learning – here’s one of my articles that I wrote in 2007. So I enjoyed the recent article in the Washington Post by Joyce E. A. Russell (that included a nice little cartoon) and which made the point very clearly about the need for continual learning. “With today’s more complex business environment, learning is not just a nice thing

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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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Adobe Captivate 6: Become a Groupie!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

It's such a small thing, but as a long-time Captivate user I have always been disappointed with the fact that there was no way to group slide objects. Sure, you can select multiple objects by [Shift]-clicking, but you have to repeat the selection process every time you want to do something to related objects. In a word, that's annoying! As with many Captivate shortcomings, grouping is now available in Adobe Captivate 6.

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10 Great Learning Game Design Links

Upside Learning

As our forays into game-based learning continue, so does the research. Thought it’d be a good time to share the 10 most interesting links I’ve looked at in the last month or so. 1. Learning From Game Design: 11 Gambits For Influencing User Behaviour. Dan Lockton about 11 ways to increase engagement using ‘gamey’ ways. Learning From Game Design: 11 Gambits For Influencing User Behaviour.

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Why Learn?

The Performance Improvement Blog

Why should you keep on learning? You have a college degree, maybe a terminal degree such as MBA or Ph.D. You have a job that you know how to do and you’re good at it. You get a regular paycheck, and, if you’re lucky, have a long-term contract and stock options. Other than your supplier’s new products and services, what is there left to learn? Learning and work have merged.

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10 mLearning Lessons I Learned from reading Mobile First by Luke Wroblewski [Book Review]

mLearning Revolution

'I love Mobile and everything that it represents. I like the physicality of touch, the idea that nothing gets in the way of me and my content, no keyboard, no mouse, no stylus, no usb ports for a microphone or webcam to connect to, nothing but touch. I enjoy the simplicity of mobile. Some of my favorite apps, such as Clear, Snapguide and Snapseed have one thing in common, they are simple, innovative and yet they do amazing things without much effort from me.

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“How can I convince others about the value of social technologies in an organisation?”

Jane Hart

“How can I convince others about the value of social technologies in an organisation?” That’s a question that I am often asked. I usually say that a good way to start is to demonstrate the value of social media for you professionally – after all if you can’t show how you use it effectively for your own professional practice, how can you help others to understand the value of social technologies for them!

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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Levels of eLearning Quality

Clark Quinn

Of late, I’ve been both reviewing eLearning, and designing processes & templates. As I’ve said before , the nuances between well-designed and well produced eLearning are subtle, but important. Reading a forthcoming book that outlines the future but recounts the past, it occurs to me that it may be worthwhile to look at a continuum of possibilities.

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ADDIE Abandoned for Performance Consulting Skills

Living in Learning

For that last few days I have been contributing to a thread on the eLearning Guild’s network group on LinkedIn. The topic that has been hotly debated, trashed, twisted, modified, and/or exalted is none other than ADDIE. I was okay participating in that lively dialogue until I stumbled upon another post by an ISD asking a question about a “loan processing training issue”.

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Augmented Reality – Making Paper Interactive

Upside Learning

Clients who already use paper-based materials for distribution or in an instructor-led environment often ask us how we can enhance the learning experience for participants. One of the ways we recommend is to use elements of Augmented Reality. Ever browsed through an Ikea catalog? Then you’d know there is an aesthetic value in the glossy paper, fabulous product photography and innovative use of color and layouts.

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Adobe Captivate 6: Hyperlinks within Text Captions

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel    The ability to create a text hyperlink has always been somewhat of a challenge in Captivate. If you wanted to create a hyperlink, you had to first insert a click box and position it over the text. Then you needed to visit the Action group on the Properties panel and choose  Open URL or file  from the On Success drop-down menu.

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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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Subscribe to our eLearning & mLearning Newsletter for a chance to win a copy of Camtasia Studio 8

mLearning Revolution

'There is so much that happens in a week in this great field of eLearning and mLearning, so today I’m launching a weekly newsletter in order to bring the very best eLearning and mLearning articles for a given week directly to your inbox. The weekly newsletter will consist of hand-picked articles, but most importantly it will share WHY we picked each article and WHY we believe it’s important to you.

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The role of the Enterprise Learning Community Manager #elcm

Jane Hart

In my recent webinar presentation for the LSG online conference, Using a collaboration platform for brilliant learning , rather than giving a PowerPoint presentation, I took the participants on a web tour of the Social Learning Centre. And, in doing so, I demonstrated how: Workplace learning is not just about training – but about supporting learning across the Social Workplace Learning Continuum – and involves both organising structured learning experiences as well as supporting

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Torrey Trust is my guest blogger. Her topic– personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. Here is a way for people to turn their interest in lifelong, independent learning AND social connections into a way of life. Here’s what Torrey has to say about PLNs: In 1968, Licklider & Taylor predicted that computers would be used as communication devices where individuals would connect and converse with others around the world to discuss a shared topic of interest.

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Front-End Analysis: Improving Performance

Dashe & Thomson

As I am straddling the line between performance improvement and instructional design, I have been mulling over the use of Front-End Analysis and thinking about whether it would apply to the performance problems that we so often see associated with implementing ERP systems. Front-end analysis is actually part of the Human Performance Technology (HPT) model, which is a systematic approach to improving productivity and competence.

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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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Leveraging Mobile Learning For Sales Training

Upside Learning

It’s probably easier to push toothpaste back into a tube than convince sales professionals to attend classroom training. Sounds like an exaggeration? Not in my opinion! In my previous job with a life insurance company, I noticed that most sales professionals actually dislike training. In most cases they used to attend classroom training sessions only because it was a mandate passed down by senior managers.

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eLearning: Google Gets Into Online Learning with "Power Searching with Google" Course

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by AJ George  I have recently written about  how to use Google to search for eLearning images you can actually use  and  how to search specific websites using Boolean operators in Google search queries. Those skills, however, are just the tip of the Google search iceberg. Starting today (July 10), you can take a free virtual course called "Power Searching with Google" straight from the folks at Google.

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Piecing together collaboration and cooperation

Clark Quinn

In an insightful piece , Harold Jarche puts together how collaboration and cooperation are needed to make organizations work ‘smarter’, integrating workgroups with the broader social network by using communities of practice as the intermediary. This makes a lot of sense to me, and I was inspired to take a look at the practices within those categories.

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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012: 6th Annual Survey

Jane Hart

The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011 list has now had over 100,000 views on the C4LPT website and over 500,000 views on Slideshare. I am currently compiling the 6th Annual, Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 list based on the contributions of learning professionals worldwide – and invite you to share your own Top 10 Tools for Learning. What is a “learning tool”?

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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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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Torrey Trust is my guest blogger. Her topic– personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. Here is a way for people to turn their interest in lifelong, independent learning AND social connections into a way of life. Here’s what Torrey has to say about PLNs: In 1968, Licklider & Taylor predicted that computers would be used as communication devices where individuals would connect and converse with others around the world to discuss a shared topic of interest.

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Calculating ROI on EPSS for Learning @ the Point of Work

Living in Learning

In a campaign to introduce electronic performance support system (EPSS) technology, an innovative and evolved approach to learning, chances are great that you are going to have “SELL” somebody on the idea. You might be surprised WHO will be the first to dig in their heels. Even more surprising…well maybe not…is the reason for the resistance. If you are thinking along the lines of what innovation has the potential to do to embedded training traditions and paradigms, you are on the money.

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A Time Saving Assessment

Upside Learning

In my last post ‘ 5 Tips for Proofreading Your Own eLearning Content ’ I requested you to get into the Proofreaders shoes. Today, I implore you to wear the learner’s. Many courses when converted from conventional learning methods to eLearning modules end up greatly saving the learner’s time. Well, my intention is not to go on and on about the time saving virtues of eLearning, those are too obvious, otherwise eLearning wouldn’t have taken such great strides.

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Artificial Reality & eLearning: LEAP Motion Coming soon

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by AJ George  I've previously thrown in my two cents on how  virtual reality is a natural fit for eLearning. Back then (in 2010) I noted that we may not be able to carry out full virtual immersion (a la  Avatar ) just yet, but there was a lot we could do to incorporate virtual worlds into our training. Two years later we have already made quite the "leap" toward making full immersion that much more possible.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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How social are our intranets?

E-Learning Provocateur

I tailed my previous blog post with the question: What is the SII of your organisation’s intranet? By “SII” I mean Social Intranet Index – a metric I have proposed to measure the degree of social functionality afforded by the platform. From 1 through to 10, the SII represents an increasing level of sociability. I posed this question to 23 intranet managers from around the world, and they kindly rated their respective platforms against a 10-point likert scale.

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The State of E-Learning in Australia in 2012

Connect Thinking

Question from a client: We’re an organisation of about 1000 people and we don’t have any e-learning. How far behind are we? This question led me to think about a much larger question – the state of e-learning in Australian organisations in 2012. Now, before you read on, please be advised the following is my opinion , based on five years of consulting in Australia across about 80 clients.

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Program Evaluation: A Process for Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

I was recently asked, “What is your view of program evaluation? How does it differ from research?” At the risk of over-simplifying these two approaches to knowing, I would say that the purpose of evaluation is to improve programs, services, and organizations and to be accountable for results. Research uses many of the same methods as evaluation but has a different purpose.

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