Knowledge Guru
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
The corporate training world has come a long way over the last several years. While unwieldy Powerpoint slides and lengthy webinars are still out there, most organizations know better. The important message that “one and done” is never a sound training strategy is getting through to people, which explains the uptick in interest in learning products designed to improve knowledge retention.
TOPYX LMS
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Nonprofits, associations, multinationals, and businesses all rely on learning management systems (LMSs) to ensure peaceful, organized, effective operations. Because such a wide variety of companies utilize eLearning systems, it’s necessary for LMSs to come in many shapes and sizes. However, there is one thing that all social learning management systems should have in common: a SCORM certification.
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Clark Quinn
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Too often I see instructional design training and tools, in addition to talking about ‘objectives’ and ‘assessment’ (which I tend to call ‘practice’, for hopefully obvious reasons), talking about ‘content’. And I think that simplification is a path to bad learning design. It misses emphasizing the nuances, and that’s a bad thing. What should be the elements of content are an introduction to the learning experience, a presentation of the concept(s), examples that illustrate applying the concept t
Axonify
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
It’s a problem that’s only getting bigger. More than ever before employees need to know more information in less time. And with rapid and continual changes in technology and information, they’re finding it harder and harder to keep up. Many organizations thought eLearning solutions, like the LMS, would be the answer to this growing problem. But, the fact is, the problem is only becoming more prevalent.
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Learnnovators
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
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David Kelly
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
This past weekend the Learning and Performance industry lost one of it’s longtime advocates, Jay Cross. I had the pleasure of connecting with Jay on a number of occasions. My first interaction with Jay came via Twitter. This was before I had joined the eLearning Guild. In fact, this was before I really actively put myself “out there” on social media, so there weren’t as many ways for us to cross paths as there are today.
TechSmith Camtasia
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Screencasting is when you record a video of your computer screen, oftentimes for teaching or sharing ideas. Think about your digital life. All that time sitting at your desk. Think of your apps, websites, IMs, emails, and everything that makes up your digital world. What if you had a camera in your pocket, ready to capture and record in full, crisp HD at a moment’s notice?
SHIFT eLearning
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Anyone seeking to create meaningful and engaging eLearning courses can benefit by remembering what it is like to be on the other side. It is bad practice to subject learners to any training that you would not participate in yourself. It’s time you stop blaming the “boring” content and commit to stop tormenting the learners who are required to take your course!
InsiderHub
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
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Rapid eLearning
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
It seems like every day there’s a new site that offers free stock images. There are so many, that sometimes it’s a burden to process so many choices. Seriously, how many stock images are you really using? In the past, I’ve save you some time by reviewing free stock images and curating them into contextual downloads. However, even that can be a bit much to manage.
eFront
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Multiple choice quizzes – often the norm for eLearning course assessments, right? Perhaps not in all cases, but I’m sure that most of you reading this will acknowledge that quizzes are a widely adopted strategy when it comes to eLearning course creation. Now, on the surface it certainly makes sense to test your candidates’ knowledge of their new-found learning by directly quizzing them on the crucial themes and facts throughout.
Matrix
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
So, you’ve created an e-learning course, you’ve gathered all the materials, you’ve put a lot of effort into making it look nice, but something just doesn’t click with your adult learners. More often than not, e-learning instructors spend a lot of time on perfecting their courses but forget how to actually teach. And that’s why they shouldn’t be surprised if their learners find their teaching style outdated, not engaging and sometimes downright annoying.
LearningGuild
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
There are many factors to consider when calculating the total cost of training. It is not enough to determine the development. costs; one must also determine the delivery costs to arrive at an accurate result. Most of us already know that. However, when calculating the total cost of training, we sometimes forget to include the cost of lost opportunity.
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Matrix
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Storytelling has been part of our lives since time immemorial. This talent of telling stories is what made Shakespeare famous and kept Scheherazade alive during 1001 Nights. Fast forward to the present day. What does this have anything to do with today’s business world? Quite a lot, I dare say. Maybe storytelling is not a matter of life and death in an office environment, but businesses can and should adopt this age-old tradition into an innovative way in order to 1) keep their employees engaged
OpenSesame
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
The concept of routine, and the discipline behind it is often overlooked. In a world of constant distraction and procrastination, routine is the savior we all should want. Each day, whether at the office, the kitchen, or the junkyard, brings a new set of challenges and successes. Think of these as mountains and valleys—naturally created formations with which you have zero control over.
KZO Innovations
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
From the time a new hire walks through the door of your organization on day one, the goal is to onboard them as quickly as possible so they can start adding value to your business. But, typical onboarding strategies – like in-person presentations from existing team members and executives – can simply overwhelm new hires, leaving them little hope of remembering anything but scattershot detail.
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OpenSesame
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
The concept of routine, and the discipline behind it is often overlooked. In a world of constant distraction and procrastination, routine is the savior we all should want. Each day, whether at the office, the kitchen, or the junkyard, brings a new set of challenges and successes. Think of these as mountains and valleys—naturally created formations with which you have zero control over.
LearningGuild
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Jay Cross, called by many “the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning,” passed away on November 6, 2015.
The Learning Dispatch
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Meaningless Edits. When we develop learning, we often write. John McIntyre, editor at the Baltimore Sun (to whom I’ve linked before), gives us a short and moving piece on his shift from prescriptivism to a less strict application of traditional rules of grammar. In short, he realized how much of his professional life “has been wasted making meaningless edits.”.
Matrix
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Hello e-learning people! Welcome to the MATRIX Blog, the place where you will find all sorts of useful information about online training, e-learning, corporate learning management systems and everything in between. So we’ve told you what this blog is about, but why should you read it? That’s simple. Because we know how what it’s like to face all kinds of challenges in this field and we want to share our experience with our readers.
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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.
The Learning Dispatch
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Meaningless Edits When we develop learning, we often write. John McIntyre, editor at the Baltimore Sun (to whom I’ve linked before), gives us a short and moving piece on his shift from prescriptivism to a less strict application of traditional rules of grammar. In short, he realized how much of his professional life “has been wasted making meaningless edits.
Kapp Notes
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Karl Kapp and Elliott Masie riffing on games and gamification for learning at Learning2015 in Orlando, FL. Last week I had the honor and privileged of being one of the keynote speakers at Elliott Masie’s Learning2015 Conference in Orlando, FL. The conference was a great flurry of activity and provided many wonderful chances to interact with great people and to discuss the concepts of games and gamification for learning.
ATD Learning Technologies
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Thousands of dollars are wasted every week on learning video that doesn’t lead to real learning. Video is not cheap to produce. In fact, video of midrange quality produced in-house by a learning professional costs about $165 for every minute of final video. When you add hidden costs like other people’s time—the folks in legal who check your script, other trainers who brainstorm ideas with you, subject matter experts who provide input—every minute of learning video turns i
LearnDash
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
It seems like everywhere you look today someone is telling you how important learner engagement is, especially for online courses. This site is no exception. I’ve written about the topic quite extensively. The most successful elearning courses are ones that get learners interacting with the content. But learning engagement can be difficult to define, let alone implement.
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