The Performance Improvement Blog

AUGUST 27, 2014

In my online course for the Association for Talent Development (formerly known as ASTD) titled, Essentials of Developing an Organizational Learning Culture , participants want to know what they can do in the short term to create a learning culture. However, some CLOs feel pressure to change things immediately.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Community Blog Posts & Tutorials. October 7 & 8 : Dallas (ASTD). How to Make Community Part of Your Training. Download your free 46-page ebook: The Insider''s Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro The post Free Images for Your Safety Training Courses appeared first on The Rapid eLearning Blog.' Sign up here.

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Web Courseworks

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

This news came to me after having received a phone call from the Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter for ASTD , in which I was asked to introduce Bill Horton at their Milwaukee ASTD Legend Series during the week of October 10 th. They can be credited with teaching down to earth e-learning methodologies, as well as course creation.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 15, 2012

In a recent post I made this comment about rapid elearning tools: Rapid elearning played a role in the evolution of elearning mostly because it took course creation out of the hands of a few programmers and placed it into the hands of anyone who wanted to create a course. And that only creates more opportunity for my course design.

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LearnDash

APRIL 17, 2012

Of course, this doesn't mean that you need to visit them daily; pick the ones that speak to you and run with them. American Society of Training & Development (ASTD). This one kind of goes without saying, the ASTD is one of the largest organizations dedicated to training and development. The e-Learning Guild.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/28/2010 The most updated and informative e-Learning community on Twitter On Twitter exists a resourceful community of e-Learning professionals. Very informative for the e-Learning community!

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In a previous post, I share 15 free display graphics that are commonly seen in elearning courses. One of the things I love about the elearning community is the willingness to share. Recently, community member Efrat Maor shared a bunch of displays and free PowerPoint templates that she created. The steps are simple.

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OpenSesame

JANUARY 19, 2012

Each year the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) surveys learning and development professionals and compiles their findings into the State of the Industry Report. At the same time, ASTD found that the number of learning hours used per employee remained stable at 32 a year. Spending Up But Hours Steady .

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 22, 2012

I always joke about how many times I’ve had to take a course on how not to receive bribes, yet I’ve never been in a job where I was important enough to be bribed. The reason I had to take the course was because somewhere in the organization it was determined that everyone had to learn how not to get bribed whether or not it was relevant.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

On past projects, many of my customers would ask for interactive elearning courses. When I asked them how they defined interactive elearning courses they’d usually list things like fancy mouseovers, drag-and-drop interactions, and a host of other ways to interact with the screen. Interactive E-Learning Courses: Touch the Screen.

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E-learning Uncovered

JANUARY 20, 2014

Conferences: * ASTD TechKnowledge : January 22-24, 2014, Las Vegas, NV. ASTD ICE (International Conference and Exposition) : May 4-7, 2014, Washington, D.C. Courses and Certificates: ASTD certificates: ASTD national offers many courses and certificates to members. Find these programs here.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 18, 2012

I like to use handwritten fonts in my courses. Permanent Marker This works great with the display templates that you can download in the elearning community. Bonus: free fonts in the community. I guess I could start making more posters at home or elearning courses to teach my kids how to clean their rooms. Patrick Hand.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 22, 2011

If you add characters to your elearning courses, odds are that you’re also adding some speech bubbles. On a side note, you’ll notice that the download links go to the new community site’s download section. I gave some away in a previous blog post on adding personality to your elearning courses. I try to create my own.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 31, 2013

SaaS product – but here’s the thing – if you want the course to be in your LMS – it can but it still sits on the ZZ server side and not in your system (should note that the LMS connectivity is available only in the $40/u version). Oh, and communities of practice, which you have in your social? FIRST DOWN.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

In this post we’ll review seven ways to create characters for your online training courses. A Simple Way to Create Custom Callouts for Your Courses. Sketching doesn’t need to be perfect and the organic nature of it provides a novel contrast to what we usually see in our elearning courses. Community Blog Posts & Tutorials.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Building elearning courses is hard enough. I get to look at hundreds of courses during the year. One of the biggest issues I see is that the objectives of the course aren’t clear. One of the biggest issues I see is that the objectives of the course aren’t clear. Most people are working with limited resources and time.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 13, 2011

In the past I’ve built similar elearning courses for organizations that taught their employees about having these disaster kits. In most cases they started the courses with the standard objectives screen like the image below. We start at point A and at the end of the course want to be at point B. Understanding Objectives.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 10, 2011

One thing common to many rapid elearning developers is that while their organizations will fund the purchase of rapid authoring tools, they do little else to fund the development of the assets required to make the elearning course look good and be effective. It also means have the right screen elements to place in the course.

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Take an e-Learning Break

OCTOBER 11, 2010

You do not have to be a member of ASTD to attend. As Community Manager at Articulate, he works with Articulate's e-Learning community, helping users get the most from their tools while finding creative ways to build more engaging courses. He also shares e-Learning tips and tricks through his screencasts.

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2011

Last week I had the pleasure of presenting a session at the ASTD Learning 2.0 I blogged a couple of the sessions: my notes from Tony Bingham’s keynote and Jim Storer on the Emerging Role of Community Managers ). Conference in Westford, Massachusetts. One-day only event – easy in and out – and not a huge time commitment. Close to home.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 3, 2011

In today’s media-rich world, we’re exposed to all sorts of multimedia which helps inspire ideas for elearning course, but it also can create customer expectations. Of course this can waste a lot of time if they’re waiting for you to design something before they tell you they don’t like it. Get Them to Empty Their Cup.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 2, 2011

Of course there’ll be some gaps between the steps, but that’s OK. You’ll find them below with a summary (and of course loosely organized in three groups). 3 More Free Tools to Help Build Better E-Learning Courses : We’re all on a budget. Here are three free applications that may help you build elearning courses.

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mLearning Revolution

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

That is precisely that type of experience your learners would have if you simply convert your existing Flash-based courses to HTML5 using the latest version of your rapid eLearning tool. Why Not Share it with your community! Here''s a recent Keynote Presentation I delivered for ASTD Houston: [link]. Conclusion. Like this post?

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 31, 2011

Instead of your normal click next navigation, you use icons to link to the slides in the course. Tidbits: Here’s a list of some of my other upcoming speaking events and conferences: June 8: Philadelphia, PA (ASTD)— How to Cultivate Communities of Practice. June 9 : Langhorne, PA (ASTD)— Tips to Becoming an E-Learning Pro.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 3, 2012

Use This Free E-Learning Template to Inspire Your Next M-Learning Course. Over 150 Free Fonts to Use in Your E-Learning Courses. A Free Tool & Free Graphics to Simplify Your E-Learning Course Design. 5 Time-saving Tips from the E-learning Community. 5 Time-saving Tips from the E-learning Community. Free fonts.

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Web Courseworks

JANUARY 27, 2011

In fact, it’s difficult sometimes to separate the quality of the overall eLearning program from individual course efforts. Some organizations have purposely created varying levels of course quality in order to accommodate stakeholders who desire rapid delivery, versus those that want more immersive interactivity within their courses.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 15, 2011

When I meet people who aren’t in the elearning industry I usually ask them if they have to take elearning courses at work, and if so, what they think about them. For today’s post, I’d like address some of the more common issues I hear from those who have to take elearning courses and offer a few ideas on how to deal with them.

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eFront

DECEMBER 5, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 12/05/2010 e-Learning Glossaries Think about e-Learning. e-Learning applications and processes are constantly changing and evolving, and the e-Learning community has members all over the world.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 5, 2012

One of the most common complaints I hear from elearning developers is that they have to build the same types of courses over and over again. And often they’re given little latitude in how the courses are designed. A great way to grow your skills and add to your portfolio is by volunteering to build courses. How to Volunteer.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 17, 2011

A question I’m asked quite often is whether or not to offer instructions on course navigation. It’s a good question because while many courses do have instructions, sometimes they just don’t seem necessary. I addressed this in a previous post where I asked if you need instructions on how to use an elearning course.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 17, 2012

If you build rapid elearning courses, they can save time. And if you’re challenged for ideas or graphic design skills they also help bring a consistent and clean look to your rapid elearning courses so that you avoid the Frankencourse. The goal is to find good templates that help make the courses better. Great price.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 20, 2012

Someone did the instructional design, someone else worked on graphics, and then we had a programmer who built the courses in Authorware or some other application. While today’s software has made the job easier, but it’s also made it more challenging for the person who has to develop and deliver elearning courses. Visual design.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 29, 2012

Often this forces us to use templates that don’t fit the context of the course content. And then many organizations force draconian template rules on all elearning courses, regardless of their purpose. Of course this was disastrous when it came to some of our elearning courses. Each one is a bit different.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 28, 2010

My live blogged notes…ASTD TechKnowledge 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Recap of her recent article for ASTD: e-Learning – What’s Old is New Again When you say you’re doing elearning what are you doing? Current practice is more additive than supplantive (disruptive) – we add a podcast to a current course.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 10, 2012

A common frustration for many rapid elearning developers is wanting to build elearning courses that look good but not having the graphic design expertise or resources to make it happen. In a previous post we reviewed how to design an elearning course on a budget. In that post, we explored: Where to locate existing course assets.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 30, 2011

Most elearning courses I see are info-centric and just push content out. A great way to switch from an info-centric course to one that’s learner-centric is by asking questions. If even you don’t use the Urtak site, there’s something in how it’s structured that can help in your own course design. Engage Your Learning Community.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2012

It’s also got a very active user community. January 25-27: Las Vegas ( ASTD TechKnowledge 2012 ). I’ll be doing a session on PowerPoint and we’ll have two Build-A-Course sessions. Louis (ASTD). April 10 : Jacksonville, FL (ASTD). April : Virginia ( SEVA ASTD ). I’ll have details soon. Upcoming Events.

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