Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 17, 2011

I said in my last post that Kirkpatrick’s four levels were all about the training itself rather than how the training affects organizations. He suggests evaluation checks throughout the training?skill skill practice, role plays, and training simulations?with with a post-test to measure learning for the entire program.

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Kirkpatrick Social Learning Social Networks Blogging 168

Unboxed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Learn why eLearning is an essential tool to train your organization’s modern learner in today’s fast-paced, digital work environment. Traditional training methods, like classroom training, have their place in a blended training program. Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT). Reduce Training Time.

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Blended Learning Benefits Brandon Hall Corporate eLearning 52

cogentys

MAY 28, 2014

Is it worth the time for sales trainers to join the ASTD? It’s time for retail sales trainers to improve their game and my advice to you is to join ASTD pronto. . Yes, and you should join soon! click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].

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ASTD Sales Custom eLearning Development LMS 45

Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2012

These are my notes from the morning session of ASTD LearnNow Conference, happening July 25 & 26 on the lovely shores of the Charles River in Cambridge, MA. I’m co-facilitating this event with Bob Mosher (Ontuitive), Conrad Gottfredson (Ontuitive) and Chad Udell (Float Learning).

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ASTD Off-shore Social Media Performance Support 157

Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 15, 2011

Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. The focus is on the training event itself and the follow-up to that event. Company executives are typically interested in the bottom line, not how well their employees apply the learning from a training class.

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Evalution Social Networks Social Learning Blended Learning 160

eLearning 24-7

MAY 28, 2013

It’s the yearly review of the ASTD International Conference and Expo. Well, this year’s show had all the fun and excitement you can expect in the biggest training conference event of the year. Well, this year’s show had all the fun and excitement you can expect in the biggest training conference event of the year.

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ASTD Analysis Conference SumTotal 82

Association eLearning

MAY 26, 2011

Digitec wins the coveted Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Award for their best-in-class learning management system (LMS), Knowledge Direct. The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards are presented by Brandon Hall Group, a leading research firm in training and development.

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Association Learning Management System Brandon Hall LMS Association LMS 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 7, 2009

This past week, I spent Monday and Tuesday at the ASTD International Conference & Expo in DC. My first impressions of ASTD: ‘wow, what a huge conference’ and ‘wow, these are traditional training people for whom most of this eLearning stuff is kind of exotic and/or quite overwhelming and threatening.’ What a two days!

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ASTD Moodle Articulate Conference 100

Upside Learning

APRIL 17, 2013

I believe an LMS could be a good place for sharing and capturing tacit knowledge. Of course you’ll need to have an LMS with progressive design and implementation, which allows for informal and social learning interactions to happen in your enterprise. Earlier we had written about getting the most out of your LMS.

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Knowledge Wiki LMS Blended Learning 229

eLearning 24-7

MAY 20, 2013

Welcome one and all to the wrap up of the ASTD international conference and expo. It was an exciting first day, with lots of vendors hitting the entire training spectrum. Ideal for sales training and point of sales. Why hasn’t ASTD figured out how to do things right. Once again, ASTD dropped the ball.

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ASTD Conference SumTotal e-learning vendor 77

cogentys

JULY 24, 2014

Click here for a free trial of a Learning Management System you. eLearningTV Episodes custom elearning elearning hospitality training hotel training learning management systems lms mike rustici restaurant lms restaurant training retail training rustici software scorm tin can api'

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LMS Discussion ASTD Learning Management System 40

Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 27, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? At first I couldn’t think whether I actually applied how training was delivered to these different types of learners. The students directed their own learning.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Social Learning Blogging 140

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2012

With great anticipation I entered the huge expo at ASTD International show earlier this week. In the past this show has been heavily geared to instructor led training in the corporate space. E-Learning has been minimal. Mobile Learning. Lots of vendors, lots of potential. There were some very slick products.

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ASTD ILT vendor Blackboard 82

Upside Learning

MAY 2, 2013

" As a learning solutions vendor, I’ve been asked this question countless times and have also encountered it in many an RFP. Proving the effectiveness of training and showing ROI is no walk in the park and still keeps L&D up at night. The rest is ‘unrealized value’ of training. Why is this happening?

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Evalution Kirkpatrick Training Train 262

Learning Visions

JUNE 7, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Sunday, June 07, 2009 Thoughts on ASTD This past week, I spent Monday and Tuesday at the ASTD International Conference & Expo in DC. people to big LMS companies to leadership/management classroom trainers up the wazoo.

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ASTD Moodle Instructional Design Articulate 100

Mindflash

MAY 6, 2013

Unless you are among the fortunate learning and development leaders who does not care about tracking and reporting the training activity and results that are occurring in your organization, you likely have a beef with your learning management system (LMS) when it comes to its reporting capabilities.

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Association Learning Management System LMS Report Association LMS 80

Learning Visions

MAY 29, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, May 29, 2009 Join Me at ASTD ICE June 1&2 Are you going to ASTD this coming week? Posted by Cammy Bean at 9:54 AM Labels: astd , beer , kineo 1 comments: Dave Ferguson said. Were booth #1926.

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ASTD Moodle Instructional Design Brandon Hall 100

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Upside2Go – our mobile learning solution, is the culmination of our innovation process. Upside2Go is a novel platform for mobile learning. Upside2Go enables you to not only access learning content but also participate in surveys, polls and forums; network with friends and peers; seek answers from content experts; and much more.

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Change Games LMS TechKnowledge 229

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

I received an inquiry about the need for a low cost LMS solution and I've not had time to help this person with answers. We have roughly 500 learners and would use the LMS for mainly tracking and registration of ILT courses, communication (possibly through message boards), and posting of class materials.

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Low Cost LMS IntraLearn Cost 103

Ed App

OCTOBER 7, 2020

As an employer, having a variety of ways to get knowledge into the hands of employees who are focused on acquiring new knowledge and training is important. Ongoing training is a double win for the employer and employees with undeniable benefits, but finding a platform that keeps everyone focused in such a fast-paced world can be difficult.

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Authoring Tools Software Free Virtual Classroom 52

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 28, 2014

Anyway, as many of you are probably aware the biggest training conference in North America, takes place May 4-7th, albeit most humans start off on May 5th. A couple of notes before I present my guide to ASTD exhibitors. I will be using Twitter throughout the day ( @diegoinstudio ), with live tweets using the ASTD hashtag #ASTD2014.

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vendor Guide ASTD Association Learning Management System 68

Upside Learning

MAY 24, 2009

Reached the Learning Circuits’ recent survey of LMS user organizations (184 responses), via Tom Werner. Some interesting findings there about the reasons for LMS implementations, most valuable features and key challenges in implementation. The top 5 reasons for implementing LMS are: 1.

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Survey LMS Compliance Training ASTD 124

Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Gamification is revolutionizing the field of learning and development. Gamification Strategies for Instructional Designers and Trainers skills seminar I led at the recent ASTD Chicagoland Chapter meeting at the DePaul University School for New Learning on September 18 th. That was the main thrust of the Game On!

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Gamification Simulations Blended Learning Association LMS 239

eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 27, 2009

How To Add Realism To eLearning - The eLearning Coach , July 17, 2009 Adding realism to eLearning should improve learning transfer, which will prepare learners for situations they might really encounter. Realism also adds credibility to a training course, which is quite important to the busy, cynical, or tired employee. Hot Topics.

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LMS Learning Management System Flash PKM 43

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). The same with LMS administrators. Callidus Cloud – Litmos.

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TechKnowledge ASTD Rapid Intake NexLearn 66

LearnDash

APRIL 17, 2012

If you are starting out in the learning industry (instructional design, LMS administrator, etc.), or even if you are seasoned pro, you should absolutely know about these different learning sites. American Society of Training & Development (ASTD). The e-Learning Guild. Articulate e-Learning Heros.

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ISPI Industry Website Rapid Intake 167

SkyPrep

MAY 13, 2022

The Association for Talent Development (formerly known as ASTD) has hosted conferences for nearly 80 years, to educate and inspire professionals in the talent development field. About SkyPrep: SkyPrep LMS is an award-winning, intuitive industry leader. We look forward to meeting you all!

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Conference Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System 40

Convergence Training

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Recently we’ve written a series of articles about writing effective test questions for workforce training assessment. Convergence Training is a training solutions provider with a long history of creating training in many industries. Download our Free Guide to Writing Learning Objectives. Custom Training.

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Learning Objects Write Blog LMS ASTD 40

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

These are my live blogged notes from Thursday’s keynote at ASTD TK11 with Karen Wickre (Global Communications Team) and Ann Farmer from Google. what terms would be meaningful to the user (anticipate the terms Joe User might search on…) - I think what she just showed us is the future of the Learning Management System.

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FAQ Write Blog ASTD Social Media 200

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. This year’s report revealed interesting data about spending, a shift toward technology and increased efficiency in learning and development.

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ASTD Report Industry Develop 40

CLO Magazine

MAY 26, 2011

The heart of their business idea – capturing a lucrative but ignored niche – got me thinking about a few meetings I had at ASTD. In the LMS market, acquisitions have been coming fast and furious in the last year. SumTotal Systems picked up Geolearning at the beginning of 2011.

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ASTD Conference Brandon Hall GeoLearning 48

Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2010

I generally leave conferences both exhilarated and exhausted, and sitting on the flight home from three days in Chicago at the ASTD International Conference and Expo , I realize this one was no exception. TerrenceWing) Terrence does leadership training and is very involved with ASTD (he was on the conference committee!)

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ElementK Moodle ASTD Case Study 183

Upside Learning

MARCH 18, 2011

After a huge success at ASTD TechKnowledge 2011, April will see us participating in CIPD HRD 2011 , an HRD conference and exhibition. We will be showcasing some of our award-winning custom eLearning solutions , our triple Brandon Hall award-winning, best value LMS and some truly innovative mobile learning solutions.

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Brandon Hall Custom eLearning Development TechKnowledge ASTD 220

LearnDash

APRIL 18, 2013

While resourceful, Instructional Designers still rely on subject matter experts for much of the information they are training. Application Experience – If your developing training for a new system, such as an ERP like SAP or Oracle, then make sure your ID has experience with similar projects. This is big business.

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 201

eLearning 24-7

MAY 14, 2013

As an honored tradition for the ASTD International Trade Show and whatever else they call it, I present my latest news and notes in the world of e-learning. I know what you are thinking – T&D means training and development – yes you are correct, but in this case you are not. system and so on.

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ASTD vendor LMS Learning 71

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Kineo Audio Interview with Ellen Wagner "The Evolution of the LMS" I love my job. The growing impact of Moodle and open source on the maturing LMS market. Is it work if its fun? The big story?

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Audio eLearning Guild LMS Moodle 100

Learning Visions

JANUARY 2, 2013

While I still work out of my home office in the Boston area, our office in downtown Chicago now boasts a full host of project managers, instructional designers, ace graphic artists, top notch developers, our Totara LMS support team, as well as marketing and support personnel. So what did I learn from all that? City & Guilds.

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Compliance Training Design ASTD eLearning Guild 178