Upside Learning

JANUARY 18, 2024

Examine the ways in which learning science and design concepts might be used to enhance learning outcomes and provide measurable results. Designing for Impactful Change Learn about strategies that have scientific backing and aid in the successful adaptation of learning interventions.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Here, there are four levels that are assessed: Level 1: what did performers think of the intervention? For one, a novice assessment of the value of a learning experience doesn’t correlate highly with the measurable impact. Whether learners like an intervention doesn’t provide us with any useful information.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In short, it’s because they provide meaningful practice. This provides a much easier way to build a learning experience than programming the actual underlying domain model. If you design applying what’s known about learning science, it’s clear scenarios provide the right support.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While their assessment of the value isn’t always well-correlated with the actual impact, that is less true with more experienced employees. They were looking to establish a stronger corporate culture across their various branches, and eLearning provided a solution that would support reaching across international boundaries.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 3, 2010

The tools generally provide facility to later on edit the recordings before publishing the output. However, some tools may not provide full editing so as to facilitate just-in-time authoring and publishing. Annotations, instructions etc are automatically generated based on the user’s action while in recording.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This can be important if every learner needs to face the same problems, for instance for an assessment. Video can provide a richer context, at the risk of more production costs. There are devices that receive and provide haptic feedback, so mimicking the characteristics of a surgeon’s knife or showing motion.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For instance, showing worked examples (examples where the underlying thinking is made explicit), leads to better performance for novices than just providing practice! What examples do, then, is demonstrate contexts. To do so, it makes sense for it to be a narrative, so they’re scenarios, too. There are times when learning isn’t the answer.

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Simulations Performance Support Mentoring eBook 147

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The solution Scenario-based learning was selected as a viable way to not just provide information but to require demonstrating the behaviors in action. A variety of media were used to present information, and knowledge was assessed with multiple-choice questions.

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Upside Learning

JULY 17, 2023

We analyzed the need and the situation and leveraged a principled assessment to design and deliver a solution. If it’s a complex assessment, we might use a decision tree. Discover how to provide the right information at the right time, just like in our case study. Also, what is the right information at this time?

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Upside Learning

APRIL 20, 2023

We know, for instance, that providing models gives learners frameworks to use for making the decisions that the objectives specified. Good models provide a basis to infer the results of decisions, so you can make a choice that achieves the desired outcome. This provides a basis for unpacking what’s critical from what’s ephemeral.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 19, 2016

The Fosway 9-Grids provide an independent assessment of the principal learning and talent supply options available to organisations in EMEA.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Thus, the feedback should be specific to the mistake, and provide the opportunity to remedy the misconception before it occurs in performance. Linear scenarios make sense when you need to control the decisions learners will experience, for instance for assessment. Obviously, bad choices aren’t useful to support learning.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 16, 2013

Your LMS vendor can be your best guide for the right infrastructure setup and to assess the readiness of your current setup to support blended learning. Assessments. Stakeholders. Inform them about various technical features and learning capacities of the LMS in respect of blended learning, while underlining the benefits of using them.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 13, 2012

In this environment, the trainers have the opportunity to provide engaging and dynamic material from a variety of sources and be responsive to their learners’ learning needs/ gaps. Relevant articles, videos and assessments can be delivered anytime throughout the duration of the training. online prior to ILT session class.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 19, 2011

First and foremost, focus on the input content provided to you. Think critically, complete a thorough risk assessment, and identify ‘worst-case scenarios’. Wearing the Black Hat – We then did a thorough risk assessment considering project timelines, budgets, scope of development and documented our observations.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 11, 2010

As mobile learning gains ground there will be (and already is) a growing need to look beyond notifications for users and quick-follow-up assessments through mobile devices. Quick check feature to test mobile device for compatibility (should be done automatically on each access, because of changing devices/providers/platforms.).

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Upside Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

Fallacy #1 – The transfer of learning is considered complete only when learners can recall the information provided in the learning intervention after the said training. The result has been consistent – 80% assessment scores, but little measurable improvement in performance. It’s time to turn this model on its head.

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Design Cognitive Simulations Performance Support 130

Upside Learning

APRIL 30, 2013

With this, you can schedule and run your offline and online training as per the schedule, administer assessments pre or post your training programs and generate instant reports to determine the success of your overall training. They can access learning resources and even recording of the session (if provided) later via an LMS.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 16, 2012

Are you finding it difficult to provide training to your mobile workforce ? Is mobile the only/ best way to provide training/ learning access in some case? Assess Readiness. Some key elements in assessing readiness include–. Additionally, MDMs and MAMs are of great help in providing remote erase facility on lost devices.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 18, 2010

Provide Alerts and Updates : From teachers to trainers to state emergency offices everyone could use alerts. Backchannel Communication : Provides an embarrassment free channel for asking questions. Assessments : Deliver text assessments over the mobile via SMS one question at a time. SMS gateways can be easily setup.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 22, 2012

A: LBS are services that use the location information from your phone to provide pertinent, contextual information. A: Upside learning doesn’t provide free software to develop content for mobile devices. my opinion there is a need to assess each case individually. FourSquare is good example, as is the use of Google maps.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Case Study Diversity Training 227

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

It provides a good summary of the issues to be considered when designing learning material. Provide feedback and support internal attributions for success. ? Learners should feel some degree of control over their learning and assessment. The game provides the learner with choices that affect the course of the game.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 29, 2010

Here are five up-and-coming LMS providers to watch.”. This framework provides a unique way to capture various types of knowledge that are prevalent in the enterprise. It goes beyond the conventional view of courseware, assignments and assessment, to become a system fundamental to an enterprise and its employees’ success.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Here are some reasons to include videos in eLearning: Engagement: Videos provide greater engagement than text or images for the simple reason that it combines audio, video and text. You could use videos as pre class/event material or as post class summaries/assessments. It will reach 90% by 2014. Why Videos in eLearning?

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Video eLearning Low Cost YouTube 279

Upside Learning

MAY 2, 2013

My response to clients has typically been: If you are referring to Kirkpatrick Levels 1 & 2 it’s not very difficult; ‘smiley sheets’ will tell us about Reaction, and ‘assessments’ can help determine Learning. However, Levels 3 & 4 are not so easy to implement. Look at learning events differently.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 15, 2013

Training management typically involved juggling multiple training programmes, planning and administering training sessions through the year, running, tracking and recording myriad assessments pre and post sessions and making available a host of training materials was always a nightmare. ”Empowered” Learning.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 31, 2009

Return on Expectations (ROE) is the ultimate indicator of value – Despite what they might say, training professional tend to jump into the task of designing and developing learning without a proper needs assessment. Without this critical assessment, it’s not possible to map expectations to observable and measurable success outcomes.

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Kirkpatrick Metrics eLearning Consultant Evalution 174

Upside Learning

APRIL 10, 2009

s assessment, “are recognized industry leaders that have demonstrated innovation and excellence in providing outsourced learning services in selected business process categories and are poised to increase their level of services to clients&#. This list includes 15 top companies worldwide who, based on Training Industry, Inc.’s

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 30, 2013

It uses PowerPoint to develop rich mobile content and also has plug-in to add surveys, quizzes, assessments, and rich media such as streaming video, ePubs, and Adobe PDFs. Maqetta is an open source project that provides WYSIWYG visual authoring of HTML5 user interfaces. iBooks Author.

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iPad Flash to HTML5 Conversion eLearning Tools Authoring 279

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

More research is needed, but these findings provide some answers to both skeptics and supporters. We conclude therefore, that at present, there is no adequate evidence base to justify incorporating learning-styles assessments into general educational practice. AR App Development: Metaio Releases Unifeye Mobile SDK.

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Augmented Reality Wiki eLearning iPad 198

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Communities are a recurring theme in UpsideLMS, as we believe all the tools we provide aid the organization to build communities that are alive, constantly sharing knowledge and learning as a result. The social learning framework provides a unique way to capture the various types of knowledge that are prevalent in the enterprise.

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Upside Learning

JULY 2, 2010

They may or may not be thinking of eLearning (primarily referring to online training modules, assessments, and even social/informal learning) at this stage. However for some time it does look like that the LMS, to a large part of the customer base, is still about classroom training management and some primary eLearning.

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Upside Learning

JULY 5, 2010

This post provides a quick analysis. As mobile learning gains ground there will be (and already is) a growing need to look beyond notifications for users and quick-follow-up assessments through mobile devices. Discusses some rapid authoring tools that let authors develop content targeted at mobile devices. LMS: A Quick SWOT Analysis.

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Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Player SCORM Flash 174

Upside Learning

JULY 21, 2009

This is linked to the requirement on white-labeling (mentioned further in this post) where the company wants to go as a self-sustaining provider to its customers. However the LMS vendor needs to set up proper systems and training for the company to provide support. An export feature to Excel, PDF is a good thing to have.

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Compliance Training LMS Companies White Label 207

Upside Learning

MAY 7, 2010

With this we will see a big shift in the way we see assessments. As the focus of learning departments change to being facilitators rather than providers of training, engaging solutions like games will become crucial. The LMS will evolve to support ( not manage ) Formal + Informal + Social + Non-Formal learning components.

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Learning Technologies Authoring Tools Technology Simulations 271

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They may have a multitude of interests, expectations, and demands as to what the system must provide to organization. Identify these key individuals and ensure you have their participation right from the needs assessment stage through to the actual launch. The stakeholders should be kept informed & engaged throughout the process.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 19, 2010

It strongly emphasizes the need for better training of junior doctors and games could provide that crucial exposure to live but risk free situations. This game helps health professionals to understand the signs of patient deterioration, use correct assessment protocols, and intervene effectively. Isn’t that scary!

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