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Humour and Learning in 3 Questions

KnowledgeOne

If we believe that skilfully handled humour can be a pedagogical tool, clumsy humour can, on the contrary, prove to be anti-pedagogical and cause harm to both the learner and the teacher. Author: Catherine Meilleur. more conscientiously. Our detailed article on this subject: Do humour and learning mix well? Why Are We Cheating?

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Four Features UR LMS Must HAVE

eLearning 24-7

I mean someone had to come up first with “gamification” for a LMS, a first “output to HTML5″ for an authoring tool, a first for “high retention rates” (which on a side note, is worthless – I mean come on, how is it possible that every LMS vendor’s retention rates are in the upper 90 percentile?).

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LMS or LXP – Confused?

eLearning 24-7

I have seen a few posts on LinkedIn by people calling a learning system – learning software. No, it is not learning software. The Sierra Titles of the 90s and early 2000s, were learning software offerings. Compliance feature sets – Document management tool, digital signature, workflows, and so forth.

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Designing Technology for the Workforce vs. HR

Degreed

Today, we have software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions. So, adoption of self-service tools by employees and managers has been poor for most. About the Author. Helping customers successfully get the most out of their enterprise software investments is something Jim is very passionate about.

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eLearning Startups - New Wave Coming

Tony Karrer

Traditionally, we've seen start-ups that focus on authoring tools, virtual classroom, learning management, content, services. When you look back at 2000-2002, companies getting VC funding were folks like Outstart, Hyperwave, Infocast, Element K, Pathlore, Vuepoint, Knowledge Impact.

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ASTD TechKnowledge 2013, Day 2

eLearning 24-7

IMO this is not an authoring tool, although I’m sure you can spin it that way if you want to. When talking to some of the folks at the booth, they said that there are discussions around the authoring tool and how it will play with the Litmos system, but nothing is defined. Callidus Cloud – Litmos.