Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Mark discusses a Office 2007 Screen One way is through a unique offering by the Training video production company - The 8.45 The company creates 15 minutes of education in a video and screen shot format that can be viewed when convenient for the learner.

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Training Train Module Sound 162

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Just got this in an email: Regrettably, we have some unfortunate news to share with you: The Nielsen Company has made the decision to cease operation of Training magazine and Training magazine Events effective February 26. This will also be our last day with the company. And that's what you've done for me.

Conference 145

Conference Training Train Director 145

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MARCH 31, 2011

just announced an entire new way of conducting training for clinical trials using virtual worlds as the backbone of the solution. ProtonMedia and PPD to Introduce New Virtual Clinical Trial Training Solution. technologies, which are pervasive across life sciences companies today.”. ProtonMedia and PPD, Inc.

Virtual World 150

Virtual World News Microsoft Training 150

Kapp Notes

APRIL 30, 2010

Image from Rise of the Shadows As the article, 6 Outrageous Hiring Practices states: “Rise of the Shadow Specters” and “Dawn of the Shadow Specters” serve as a fun way to learn about the company structure and history, as opposed to a traditional on-boarding program. One goal of this $100,000 enterprise was to target Gen X and Gen Y employees.

Games 100

Games Enspire Video Sun 100

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

What new training method or other new piece of information is currently lost in your organization because they are lost in an email? What new product is under development in your R&D department that would fit the exact need expressed by a customer just a few days ago?

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Social Network Network Social 100

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 3, 2014

Kapp: Can you tell me a little about your company–some background? Today, MediaLab continues to keep its clients on the competitive edge by transforming traditional visualizations and training into 3D animations and interactive presentations proven to increase engagement. Kapp: Tell me a little about what your company does?

Solution 184

Solution Conversation Augmented Reality Microsoft 184

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

Yesterday, graduate student Matt Monahan and I presented at the Training 2008 conference. We had a lot to cover from how to navigate in Second Life to simple scripting with building, teleporting and designing Second Life training solutions in between. Our topic was "Learning in 3D."

Second Life 113

Second Life Simulations Training Train 113

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 7, 2008

A few years ago, I co-conducted a study to determine the training needs of the Logistics and Transportation (L&T)industry in Northeastern PA. Better communication is a universal training need. The training needs assessment consisted of a survey and number of focus groups to gather the data. There is little computer training.

Industry 100

Industry Diversity Training Training Train 100

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Training staff resources are also dropping: Companies overall averaged 3.4 training staffers per 1,000 learners, down from 5.1 E-learning is being seen as a way of providing training to employees even though it is cost prohibitive for the large gatherings of employees to get together for training because of travel related costs.

Industry 100

Industry Synchronous Training Train 100

Kapp Notes

MARCH 10, 2015

With the broad acceptance of virtual simulation for entertainment and training, she has pioneered products that enable transfer of knowledge through this medium. The company has many direct implications to the world of learning and development and they’ve created a really interesting simulation program.

Simulations 100

Simulations Conversation Virtual World Cognitive 100

Kapp Notes

MAY 17, 2010

The other week, I had the privilege of being able to interview two very interesting people about the future of 3D Virtual worlds for collaboration and training in the compliance space. It was an exciting interview with some really interesting answers to my questions.

Kaplan 105

Kaplan Compliance Training Compliance Collaboration 105

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 31, 2017

The company, Ambient Insight (Now Metaari ) publishes quantitative syndicated reports that break out revenues by customer segment (demand-side) and by product category (supply-side) based on thier industry-leading learning technology taxonomy and our proprietary Evidence-based Research Methodology (ERM).

Instructional Design 130

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Cognitive 130

Kapp Notes

APRIL 9, 2012

It looks like EduNeering, the leader in compliance-based learning has been acquired by UL, a global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses: Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, Knowledge Services and Verification Services. Looks like it is going to be a perfect fit.

Kaplan 157

Kaplan Compliance Training Compliance Global 157

Kapp Notes

JUNE 20, 2011

Life sciences and other highly regulated companies use ProtoSphere to create engaging environments that measurably improve the productivity and organizational effectiveness of globally dispersed teams. Kaplan EduNeering is one of the leading providers of technology-enabled compliance training in the market today.

Kaplan 228

Kaplan Virtual World Compliance Training Microsoft 228

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 14, 2013

Hays, of the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division published the results of an extensive literature review on games for instruction. Squire (2005) conducted case studies of three companies that develop game-based learning products. In 2005, Robert T. Here is a link to the technical paper.

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Summary Games Instructional Instruction 278

Kapp Notes

JULY 1, 2014

Well two companies that I have worked with are continuing to be pioneers in the area of virtual 3D worlds. And recently, within two days of one another, I received some great videos from each of the companies. Health & safety scenario-based training by Immerse Learning from Immerse Learning on Vimeo.

Virtual World 175

Virtual World Learning Space Social Networks Facebook 175

Kapp Notes

APRIL 15, 2014

On Thursday students presented their solutions to a fictitious proposal for an energy company called Odyssey Energy. As part of the RFP process, we got to travel to a real nuclear powerplant and learn about how they train employees. The last place we could take pictures before entering the training room.

RFP 139

RFP Augmented Reality Instructional Design Classes 139

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

John has been in the L&D space for his entire career, and joined a company called mLevel almost 2 years ago now. Deligiannis: I would say the dramatic but constant shift away from classroom-based training. Don’t get me wrong, we will always have classroom training. What is the company about?

Conversation 100

Conversation Compliance Training Case Study Metrics 100

Kapp Notes

APRIL 8, 2011

Here is an interesting example of using an immersive 3D learning environment to provide a realistic training experience and an unusual examination process. To try and ‘simulate’ this amount of complexity with real field training is expensive and prohibitive; but the training is essential and must be carried out.

Simulations 162

Simulations Case Study Games Cornerstone 162

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

When I was at Learning2015 , I met some wonderful people and one of the people I had the privilege of spending some time with was Louise Pasterfield of the UK company Sponge, UK. Last year, we were named Elearning Development Company of the Year at the Elearning Awards. Pasterfield: You could say Sponge started almost by accident!

Director 100

Director Conversation Compliance Training Management 100

Kapp Notes

APRIL 9, 2012

It looks like EduNeering, the leader in compliance-based learning has been acquired by UL, a global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses: Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, Knowledge Services and Verification Services. Looks like it is going to be a perfect fit.

Kaplan 100

Kaplan Compliance Training Compliance Global 100

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The whitepaper describes how life science companies are effectively leveraging virtual worlds to successfully facilitate collaboration and training. The ability to fully immerse life science professionals in a safe and controlled environment for meetings, collaboration and training as is tremendous.

Virtual World 174

Virtual World Collaboration Social Networks Simulations 174

Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2014

For personality/skills assessment, training, testing or screening? Will, gameplay or gamification become a standard part of the hiring/screening process for companies? Many companies are working on other aspects of employee attributes like attitude, persistence, etc. How is gameplay best used in the hiring process?

Gamification 203

Gamification Games Cyber Security Training Simulations 203

Kapp Notes

MARCH 16, 2012

ProtoSphere’s virtual environment provides an arsenal of business-focused collaboration and communication tools that give innovative companies an edge. This is a web-based browser that is also being used by Anders in his Train for Success series. The platform is great for easy firewall access. Vendors Go Beyond the Classroom.

Virtual World 278

Virtual World iPad Firewalls Version 278

Kapp Notes

JULY 29, 2014

The other day I had a chance to catch up with Duncan Lennox, the CEO and co-founder of a fascinating company called Qstream. Qstream is a mobile sales enablement and analytics company spun off from Harvard University to bring a unique and scientifically-proven knowledge retention and analytics methodology to a wider audience.

Conversation 198

Conversation Analytics Sales Blended Learning 198

Kapp Notes

JUNE 21, 2010

The session, held by the pharmaceutical company Merck was conducted in Photosphere and featured the opportunity for scientists to gather and interact with each other. We know the company has a lot of resources and, although they sometimes arrive late to the party (internet browsers, game consoles).once see Pfizer's $2.3

Conference 146

Conference Virtual World Virtual Classroom Microsoft 146

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The summit was a wonderful blend of international speakers, representatives from some of the largest learning companies and organizations in China and ATD leaders. The summit was hosted by ATD (Association for Talent Development) and HRoot which is the largest human resource media company in China. her company is Seven In Learn.

DDI 100

DDI Sun Blended Learning Gamification 100

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 18, 2014

” He is founder of such technology companies at Tesla and SpaceX. And without humans to train for new jobs, no Learning and Development professionals will be needed. Are we really aware of what we are doing? Elon Musk is no “conspiracy nut.” Are we listening to what he is saying? Is he the only one with this concern?

Association 184

Association Video Job Research 184

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

They don’t know how to bring all their training efforts together, they lack strategy, focus and a unified vision. Within organizations, training requirements are not shrinking; in fact, they are becoming more and more chaotic. The organization’s strategic goals should guide the training direction.

Strategy 157

Strategy Learning Strategy Methods Analysis 157

Kapp Notes

MARCH 16, 2011

Andrew is very passionate about creating engaging, educational, and entertaining learning experience through web-based training and simulations. Andrew’s company, Designing Digitally, Inc. develops these training simulations using virtual worlds as a platform to deliver the content material.

Conversation 194

Conversation Simulations Virtual World Augmented Reality 194

Kapp Notes

JULY 21, 2010

And the company known as the Electric Sheep Company has had the browser-based WebFlock platform for a few years and continues to integrate it into corporate and entertainment venues. The move away from 2D to 3D may explain why Unisfair is reporting a 60% year over year growth. Read the press release here. Happy Birthday.

Virtual World 172

Virtual World VOIP Kaplan Compliance Training 172

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Why is it in the Semi-Training Related series? Because training and “help desks” are so intertwined and helpdesk issues, if tracked properly, become part of training…but some things just can’t be “trained.” Here is my original post on the Death Star Help Desk post.

Instructional Design 169

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Video 169

Kapp Notes

JUNE 29, 2010

I'm sorry, where are all those reports and all that evidence about the effectiveness of classroom training? Instructor-led training is held up as the gold standard of training excellence because it is has been around for thousands of years but its not that GOOD. Classroom instruction isn't that effective. Then we'll know."

Virtual World 184

Virtual World Innovation Classroom Research 184

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 26, 2015

Rick and Dawn are part the internet boradcasting division of RELATE Corporation, a well known media creation and enterprise eLearning development company. RELATECASTS is a series of video podcasts, or vidcasts, covering tech, social media, digital media, eLearning/Training and more topics to come. You can visit them here.

Gamification 100

Gamification Conversation Social Media Corporate eLearning 100

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

This semester we have over 35 individuals representing 31 different companies including representatives from Kodak, KPMG, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Tyco Electronics, Vanguard, Northrop Grumman and others are in attendance. Including several entrepreneurial companies started by alumni of the program. It is a great win-win event.

RFP 147

RFP Phillips Streaming Social Media 147

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Here is a short review: Gary Woodill, describes how mobile devices can provide effective learning in a variety of formats including location-based information, just-in-time training and the ability to provide on-demand documentation such as standard operating procedures (SOPs) when and where the employee needs the information.

Mobile Learning 176

Mobile Learning Mobile Case Study Tagging 176

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 16, 2010

The company can create the instruction for you or you can build NOAH products yourself. The company provides consumers with easy-to-use avatar animation, facial morphing and voice lip-sync solutions for real-time 3D filmmaking and previsualization for professional post-production. Check out some examples of NOAH in action.

Software 187

Software Productivity Product eLearning 187