Wed.Jun 26, 2013

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eLearning On Tablets: What, Why & How?

Upside Learning

'Last week, at the Learning Technologies Summer Forum in London, I spoke on “eLearning on Tablets: What, Why & How?” to an audience of roughly 70 people. That, I think, is a very decent number and reconfirms the growing interest in this area. I think tablets are quite unique in combining the portability of mobile [.] Related Posts: Designing eLearning For iPads (LT 2013 – Slide Deck) How To mEnable Your eLearning eLearning on iPads – 10 Bright Ideas Mobile Learning: The Fut

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Templates – To Use or Not to Use?

Raptivity

'Templates can be very helpful in providing the structure of online learning activities; however some templates can limit creativity and make presentations become very cookie-cutter and boring. Templates can also allow for the rapid creation of learning activities which enable [.].

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Adobe Captivate: Learner Notes

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Kevin Siegel. Thanks to a really slick interaction found in the new Adobe Captivate 7, you can allow learners to add notes throughout an eLearning lesson. The notes added by the learner will be available even after the learner closes and then returns to the lesson down the road. To add learner notes, open or create a project in Adobe Captivate 7.

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Making Mobile Learning Work [INFOGRAPHIC]

LearnDash

'It is exciting to see the growth of mobile learning, and its importance, over recent years. The new and accessible mobile technology is one reason why we see mlearning on a large scale. In fact, mobile phones count for a surprising 1 out of 8 internet page views in the United States alone. This number is only set to grow in the next year or so. I would venture to guess that this increases to one third in the next three years.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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Organizational Learning & Improvement Challenges

The Performance Improvement Blog

'What challenges do you face in your organization? Take this survey to identify the most serious ones, the ones you want to work on now. If you need tools and experts to help you, go to Learning to be Great. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world''s leading questionnaire tool.

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Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation

Learnnovators

It was while writing his thesis in 1952 that Donald Kirkpatrick became interested in evaluating training programs. In a series of articles published in 1959, he prescribed a four-stage model for evaluating training programs, but it was not until 1994, that he published “ Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels “ According to Kirkpatrick, evaluating training programs is necessary for the following reasons: 1.

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School’s Out for the Summer

TechSmith Camtasia

'School’s finally out! Learning is put on hold for the summer… right? That’s not the case for many students who participate in tutoring throughout their summer break. Tutoring aims to either catch students up on material not understood during the school year, to polish the skills they’ve acquired that year or to start working on the skills they’ll need in the year to come.

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Social Recruiting: Do’s and Don’ts with Chandlee Bryan Part II

OpenSesame

'Yesterday we shared a few ‘Do’s’ when it comes to beginning your social recruiting program. Today''s post covers the ‘Don’ts’ and how to avoid these common pitfalls, such as overthinking your process and focusing on quantity over quality.

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Toolkit: Adobe Captivate 7 by Joe Ganci

LearningGuild

'Adobe released version 7 of its market-leading eLearning development tool, Captivate, one of the. most feature-rich eLearning development tools around and one of the very few that work equally well. on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. Here’s a thorough review of the latest version of this. long-time favorite.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Congrats on your new LMS! But Wait.

eLearning 24-7

'I want to be the first in a long line of folks to congratulate on getting that new LMS. If you haven’t selected one yet, don’t worry – feel free to re-read my above congratulatory statement once you do. Because in just a few hours those high fives can easily disappear unless you remembered about “training” Training. Whoa, you say.

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Why Should I Use a Learning Management System?

cogentys

'If you work in management for any kind of company, you know how important it is to make sure the employees within your company are properly trained. Not only is proper training required by law, your. [click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].

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How to Make BYOD Work

CLO Magazine

'Employees increasingly expect to use their personal devices at work. To meet this demand and protect proprietary information, companies have to ensure IT departments can support a BYOD infrastructure. Bring your own device (BYOD) represents an emergent practice in many organizations. In the past, work PCs were assigned, as were phones or anything else needed.

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Social Recruiting: Do’s and Don’ts with Chandlee Bryan Part II

OpenSesame

Yesterday we shared a few ‘Do’s’ when it comes to beginning your social recruiting program. Today we’ll cover the ‘Don’ts’ and how to avoid these common pitfalls. Content is more than text. If you aren’t producing compelling content on your social networks, chances are candidates won’t find your company compelling. Bryan believes businesses using Pinterest have the right idea–“[Pinterest] is really useful because you can show images… the trend is becoming more and more visual.

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Interactive Learning

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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Is Language Training Worth It?

CLO Magazine

'More employees find themselves working in foreign countries. Should companies be investing more in formal language training? As more businesses expand into international markets, employees’ ability to communicate in multiple languages has become an important business strategy, one that many companies are embracing as a crucial talent management initiative for retaining and developing international assignees.

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Access 25,000+ eLearning templates and images

eLearningArt

'Become a member of the largest eLearning asset library for as low as $5.83 per month. View Plans. A year ago we announced our membership program and the value keeps getting better; our library has grown 2.5X in the past year with tons of awesome new products added monthly! If you haven’t visited the site recently, it’s worth a look. View the Library.

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Despite Rise of Hybrid Models, Traditional Education Experience Preferred

CLO Magazine

'Amid the rise of online learning, a new survey shows a marked preference for traditional, face-to-face education. Austin, Texas — June 26 While interest will continue to grow and must not be ignored by universities, predictions of the demise of traditional four-year schools are overblown, according to a study broadly examining student and public opinions about online learning.

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Access 25,000+ eLearning templates and images

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Become a member of the largest eLearning asset library for as low as $5.83 per month. View Plans A year ago we announced our membership program and the value keeps getting better; our library has grown 2.5X in the past year with tons of awesome new products added monthly! If you haven’t visited the site recently, [.].

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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Study: Physical Environment Influences Likelihood of Dishonest Behavior

CLO Magazine

'While individuals may pay very little attention, subtle postural shifts can have tremendous impact on feelings and behavior, a new study suggests. New York — June 24 A new study finds that expansive physical settings — having a big desk to stretch out while doing work or a large driver''s seat in an automobile — can cause individuals to feel more powerful, in turn promoting feelings of influence that can elicit more dishonest behavior such as stealing, cheating and even traffi

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Why Should I Use a Learning Management System?

cogentys

'If you work in management for any kind of company, you know how important it is to make sure the employees within your company are properly trained. Not only is proper training required by law, your. [click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].

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Learning Game Design Series, Part 2: Game Goals and Game Dynamics

Knowledge Guru

'Last week I talked about Step 1 – Play Games. This week I move on to Part 2 of my multi-part series titled “Getting Started in Learning Game Design.” Here’s a quick review of the 5-step process. This post (along with the next few) will focus on Step 2: Get Familiar with Game Terminology and Elements and How to Use Them. Before you can design a good game you need to be able to craft game goals, select game dynamics, create strong game mechanics, and choose appropriate game elements.

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A quiet invasion

Learning with e's

'This image shows students taking notes. Whenever I show this image, I see many people in my audiences nodding in recognition. It seems to be a familiar, every day occurrence in some classrooms. In others it is rare or unlikely, because mobile phones are banned in some schools and colleges. Teachers might respond to this image in two ways. Either they can bemoan the fact that they have spent an enormous amount of time developing the content, only for students to capture its entirety in seconds w

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.