Scissortail's Learning Nest

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Kindness makes the world a better place. Post motivational or inspirational messages (like the quotes throughout this post) around the office or training room. Bring in yummy treats for coworkers or a training class. Give feedback to students in a training class and shower them with praise. There’s no doubt about it.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 16, 2012

There are many reasons by I believe that virtual worlds are not dead, dying or disappearing. Classes in 3D Worlds and About 3D Worlds. Last night I had the pleasure of traveling to Randy Hinrich’s Virtual World Certificate Class for 2012 in their Winter Thinkfest. Here are three indicators that I see.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This was my first time attending this conference and visiting New Orleans. It was great to see some familiar faces from other conferences, meet some long-time online colleagues in person, and get to know a number of new folks. I enjoy smaller conferences like this where there’s more opportunities to talk and network.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 30, 2023

The Learning Guild, ATD, TLDC, Training Magazine Network, and LDA all provide both free and paid resources for instructional designers and other learning and development professionals. They are focused especially on elearning, but also instructional design, virtual training, emerging technology, and more.

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Infopro Learning

JULY 21, 2023

When you have a business to run, one of the toughest decisions you face is how much time, money, and effort to invest in training your sales team. Investing in their training and development ensures your sales team thrives in a competitive marketplace. Do you possess the appropriate culture and training?

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TechSmith Camtasia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Moving instructor-led training online takes more than just setting up your webcam. Virtual instructor-led training is becoming more vital than ever. However, there are ways to ensure effective online delivery and optimize engagement when converting your training from a physical space into a digital one.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 28, 2022

Last week, I attended and presented at TICE 2022 ( Training Industry Conference & Expo ). This is the first time I have attended any Training Industry event. It was also the first time the conference has been back to in person since the beginning of the pandemic. Learning Leaders’ Priorities and Challenges.

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Hurix Digital

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Businesses are moving away from traditional offices and towards a hybrid work model, and as a result, they are training their sales development representatives virtually. E-learning involves training on computers or other gadgets outside of the traditional classroom, accessed via the Internet.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 31, 2011

just announced an entire new way of conducting training for clinical trials using virtual worlds as the backbone of the solution. Interesting development as the healthcare space seems to be a large mover in 3D virtual worlds and immersive environments. ProtonMedia and PPD, Inc. Here is the release below.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 21, 2010

Here are some emerging events happening in the corporate virtual immersive environment (VIE) space. Forterra System's OLIVE integrates virtual meetings into web based intranets, extranets or portals, and can assure a user's identity based on authentication systems like LDAP. Read the press release here.

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Mobile Coach

JANUARY 3, 2023

User Conference Schedule Overview. Join our very first user conference ! Beginning January 30th, 2023, Mobile Coach ’s chatbot experts and clients will show new and innovative ways to use chatbots during the 4-day virtual event. Opening Keynote | 10:30 MT Vince Han, our founder, will kick-off our inaugural user conference.

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Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The current trend of running annual meetings virtually has forced association executives to rethink their approaches to teaching and learning and social networking. The conference can be offered live with a schedule or on-demand. I’m happy to see this paradigm change in the way we look at eLearning for the association world.

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 19, 2019

For many L&D/T&D professionals, a conference is an opportunity to delve into a community of practice where you can see how other professionals are incorporating new innovations and tools into their work. Drop us a line and tell us where you’re going and what you learn! If you can’t wait, early registration is open.

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Litmos

AUGUST 5, 2021

The Learning & Development world didn’t do a lot of things last year. The COVID-19 pandemic kept us from going into the office, from conducting training in person , and pretty much from seeing anyone who wasn’t our immediate family. It kept us from doing something else as well – connecting in person at L&D conferences.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 15, 2012

Here is a great conference, I won’t be able to go but a great deal of industry luminaries are presenting at the conference. It would be well worth your time if you are interested in serious games for learning. 50+ Speakers Address the Future of Games for Training, Learning . Ran Hinrichs, 2b3d, keynote speaker.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 11, 2010

Recently a number of folks have asked me some questions about 3D worlds that I think can be answered in some of my previous posts so here are some of those posts as answers to frequently asked questions about virtual immersive environments: 1) How do I get started in 3D?

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Xyleme

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Our teams have been traveling the country the past few months as the big fall content and learning conferences are back in full swing after two years of digital events. It’s great to finally be back at in-person conferences,” says Farinella. It’s great to finally be back at in-person conferences,” says Farinella.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 1, 2009

While I think there are many legitimate reasons why an organization should partake in virtual immersive environments (VIEs) for learning and collaboration, there are also some "less-than-comfortable" reasons organizations are leaning in this direction. S top, proceed with caution. The same thing happens in organizations.

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Litmos

JULY 16, 2020

By this point in a normal year, there would have been several major L&D conferences. We’d be connecting with our friends and colleagues in the training community in person, watching speakers, and talking with vendors on exposition floors all over the world. What do conferences look like during a pandemic?

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The other day, I was speaking with virtual world learning expert Anders Gronstedt about teaching in a 3D virtual immersive environment. He has also published articles in Training , the Harvard Business Review and is often a frequent speaker at conferences and expositions. Virtual worlds is an empowering medium.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2010

Here is a press release about one big virtual world event where Tony and I will be speaking about Learning in 3D. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE) will feature more than 150 presentations and a keynote address by Mark Kingdon, the CEO of Linden Lab® creators of Second Life® (SL). “We

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Clayton Wright has done his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. Past years eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. Please note that events, dates, titles, and locations may change; thus, CHECK the specific conference website.

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CrossKnowledge

AUGUST 9, 2021

In another recap of the NEXT 2021 Conference, CrossKnowledge’s annual client event, Nicole Stead, Global Digital Learning Lead at Heineken, described how the company revolutionized its online learning for its 85,000 employees around the world. The NEXT 2021 Conference was fully virtual and had over 700 registrations from 52 countries.

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LearnUpon

MAY 1, 2018

An eLearning conference is a great event for every eLearning professional to visit. You also discover new solutions that help better your job and your business’s training. With hundreds of eLearning conferences out there, spotting the difference between the good and the great is tricky. The top eLearning conferences to attend.

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Cloudshare

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The RSA Conference is here! It’s one of the largest cybersecurity conferences in the world. They boasted over 50,000 attendees last year and more than 700 speakers from around the world. The theme for this year’s RSA Conference is Human Element.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Walk a mile in digital shoes: The impact of embodied perspective-taking on the reduction of negative stereotyping in immersive virtual environments. See more research at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. Virtual self-modeling: the effects of vicarious reinforcement and identification on exercise behaviors.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 31, 2009

In last night’s #lrnchat , the topic was virtual worlds (VWs). The first question to be addressed was whether virtual worlds had been over or underhyped. The second question explored when and where virtual worlds make sense. It was a lively session, as always. Both are true, of course.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 5, 2019

In preparing a couple of presentation for the Realities 360 conference coming up late this month, I got thinking about ARGs again. For instance, those where the needs were pressing and the real world experience is important. In particular, I was thinking about artificial virtuality (AV). That is, the goal is virtual (e.g.

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Jigsaw Interactive

JUNE 2, 2021

Hopefully, these numbers inspire you to increase employee engagement at your company by offering your staff meaningful and personalized learning opportunities through virtual training. Why Virtual Training? so traditional face-to-face training conferences don’t align with current business practice.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 6, 2011

The Serious Play Conference, taking place August 23-25 at DigiPen Institute of Technology, has announced the International Serious Play Awards , a program to recognize and certify exemplary products for training or learning in the education, corporate, government/military, healthcare and consumer markets. Brayden Olsen , CEO, Novel.

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IT Training Department Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

There’s no denying that the world has gone more digital every year and the pace will continue to speed up. That includes training, which is why digital learning solutions have many advantages over other training methods. Nothing can replace a good conference or a big sales training event where everyone gets together.

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TalentLMS

OCTOBER 26, 2022

That’s how employee training should be. Yet, there are some stories scary enough to make people scream, “No more training, please!”. Let’s take a look at some spooky, spine-tingling employee training stories that are sure to haunt you this Halloween. She was looking forward to receiving training as part of her onboarding.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2010

I wanted to follow-up 19 Tips for Effective Online Conferences with some additional resources that relate to this topic. I primarily used the eLearning Learning and Communities and Networks sites and used Conference , Online Facilitation of Conferences , Online Interaction in Conferences , Moderating Online Interaction , and others.

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InSync Training

APRIL 17, 2018

I nSync Training President Jennifer Hofmann recently had the opportunity to join a panel of experts at eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions 2018 conference to discuss The Present and Future of Virtual Classroom Tools. Over the coming weeks, Getting InSync will feature highlights from this engaging, informative discussion.

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Roundtable Learning

APRIL 22, 2021

By 2030, 23 million jobs worldwide are set to use virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) for training, meetings, or customer service purposes. As organizations across the globe continue to realize the benefits of VR technology for training, it’s time to consider what a VR training program could look like at your organization.

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Arlo Training & Events Software

AUGUST 15, 2021

When choosing the right software for your business, it’s important to compare training management software to see how the solutions stack-up in terms of price, functionality, customer ratings, reviews, and more. But in an online world that favours advertising and sponsorship, it’s often deep pockets that win out over product performance.

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Moodle Journal

JUNE 18, 2012

Last we week had our Teaching & Learning Conference day here at the College, and as part of that I was asked to deliver a session on eLearning. With regard to content I took the opportunity to demonstrate Wimba Create , which in itself would act as nice advertisement for my training session.

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