Thu.Oct 20, 2016

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What’s New in eLearning – Post #1

Upside Learning

During the past couple of months, we came across some articles, posts, and talks about design and development techniques and tips, platforms, and technologies that we felt might have potential for use in eLearning. While we explore some of them in more depth, we thought we’d go ahead and share them in case you see […].

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4 ways you can engage with your LMS users to get real-world feedback

Kineo

Any good LMS will allow you to regularly view data to help ascertain how successful the site is. Totara LMS, for example, allows you to view reports to see course enrolment and completion, number of logins, and new users. This quantitate data tells you whether your users are adopting and engaging with the LMS and what content is popular, and while this data is great, it doesn’t tell you why your LMS is performing well (or not so well).

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3 Productivity Tools for Training Professionals

Administrate

Why work harder when you can work smarter? As our careers page attests, we’re big advocates of people who just ‘get things done’ A high level of productivity is vital if we’re to continue to deliver success to our customers, especially given that our team works a four day week. Read More. Published on October 20, 2016. The post 3 Productivity Tools for Training Professionals appeared first on Administrate.

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What if Learning Was a Martial Arts Movie?

Association eLearning

Whether they’re a hardened mercenary or a peace-loving monk, the main characters in martial arts films are always dedicated to what they do. It’s clear that they’ve devoted their lives to their art and everything is connected to it in some way. It’s their passion. What if we had that same level of passion for learning? Some people definitely do, but think about it for a minute.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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Automation in LearnDash Courses

LearnDash

A popular buzzword today is “automation”, and in most cases you hear about it in the marketing context. While the concept can be a bit vague, it generally means creating automatic interactions and communication points with customers (or potential customers) based on actions that these individuals take. For example, many companies will add your email as a lead if you opt into one of their free downloads.

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Mind the Product London 2016 – Conference Review

Administrate

As you might have guessed, working in the EdTech sector, the Administrate team loves to learn. As we discussed in our blog post on ‘The How and Why of Attending Conferences‘, a big part of our learning comes from attending industry events, expanding our network and spreading the word about Administrate. Adopting Read More. Published on October 20, 2016.

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The Neuroscience of Cubs Fans

Learningtogo

Another year, another chance for heartbreak. I grew up in what is sometimes considered “Chicagoland,” a wide area around that great city where some people live in alternating states of hope and despair over their beloved baseball team, the Chicago Cubs. The story goes that the team is cursed because fans objected to the odor of a pet goat attending a game in 1945.

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New Camtasia 9 Behaviors Will Add Sizzle to Your Production

eLearning Brothers

Having a thorough knowledge of your eLearning tools is essential in becoming an eLearning rock star. Any knight should know his sword, any author his pen, and any video maker his editor. That is why we here at eLearning Brothers have an open knowledge base for support. With the update to Camtasia 9/3, we have been adding new skills to our support page.

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The Phillips ROI MethodologyTM – Measuring Data at All Levels – Part 5

CommLab India

This blog is the 5 th part of the Kirkpatrick series that I have been writing about over the last few weeks. Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 of this series dealt with the Kirkpatrick Model of evaluating a training program. In the fourth part of the series, we saw how the Phillips ROI Methodology TM suggests that measurements be taken at every level. Each level provides valuable information and by measuring this data, it is possible to identify the most successful levels and those levels that fail t

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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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Top 8 Reasons Why Use eLearning to Train Employees on New Software

SHIFT eLearning

You just got new software. It’s going to be great! It will increase productivity and communication and yield great results… IF everyone knows how to use it. But if they’re not well trained, you’ll never reap the benefits you paid for. As the Training Manager, you’re responsible for training employees on the new tools and programs. It’s your job to make sure they know how to use its features, QUICKLY.

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9 Misconceptions of E-learning Translation You Should Watch Out For

CommLab India

E-learning translation ensures you reach a wider audience across the world. However, you can reap the maximum benefits if you follow certain best practices in e-learning translation. But many organizations don’t take enough time to analyze how their translation project can impact business results. If you avoid some silly mistakes, your e-learning and training translation can become less stressful and swifter,without compromising the quality.

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The 6 Skills Every Active Leader Needs

CLO Magazine

To keep up with a continually changing workplace, leaders need to be truly collaborative partners and realistically commit to building and promoting a learning culture. That means they must constantly develop and apply new skills, and help others in their organization to grow and change their behaviors. To do that requires establishing clear and relevant expectations for learning and development so the appropriate resources, support and incentives are used to drive successful growth and positive

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The pros and cons of using surveys in eLearning

LearnUpon

Assessing the value of eLearning is more important than ever. The question of how useful surveys can be for eLearning evaluation has been up for debate over the past few years. Surveys are still a staple for many eLearning professionals who believe they offer a simple method for soliciting feedback about course effectiveness. Others claim that using surveys to assess eLearning is over and that there are more objective ways to evaluate learning outcomes.

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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.

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3 Ways Leaders Can Embrace Online Education

CLO Magazine

With the explosion of online education, business leaders have a new tool to develop their organization’s talent. Still, there are some distinctions leaders should consider when using online platforms vs. face-to-face learning. Even Though It’s Online, Facilitate Student Collaboration. One of the biggest draws of online education — the ability to learn anytime, anywhere — can also be its biggest drawback.

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Instructor-Led Material Development Made Easy

Obsidian Learning

New post Instructor-Led Material Development Made Easy on Obsidian Learning. Challenges of ILT Development. Effective classroom-based instruction requires a combination of visual aids, instructor guides, and participant workbooks. Typically, PowerPoint presentations are used to deliver instruction, requiring the instructional designer to develop corresponding classroom materials (facilitator and participant guides).

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Woman in Action – an Interview with one of our Women in Action Leadership Program Participants

Skillsoft

By Tara O'Sullivan In an interview with Fortune, Sandra (Sandi) E. Peterson, Executive Vice President for Johnson & Johnson, spoke about her role in “enabling other women to become their full potential.” This is a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with, and one I try to fulfil on a daily basis – and not just at work but in my larger community. The idea that women helping women can redress gender imbalance in the workplace is part of the reason I agreed to be the executive sponsor for Skillsof

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The Sales Benefits of Creating an Immersive Brand Experience

cogentys

If you read this post , you know that brand identity training can help your salespeople work toward greater revenue. But identity isn't the only component of an immersive brand experience, and that can also help boost your sales, if you work with cross-department teams to establish such an experience. So what is an immersive brand experience, and why is it so important?

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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How Respect Helps Adult Learners to Succeed

eFront

Adult learners bring a diverse range of backgrounds, challenges and expectations to an eLearning course. They’re often busy professionals with a wealth of life experience. And if you respect that as a tutor, you’ve taken a vital first step towards setting up a productive working relationship with your learners. Happily, respect is a two-way street. If you make it easy for your adult learners to respect you in return, you create a positive learning environment in which everyone wins.

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What is Absolute Pressure?

cogentys

Absolute pressure is measured relative to a full vacuum (0 PSIA = 14.7 PSIV). The electrical output of an absolute pressure transducer is 0 VDC at 0 PSIA and full scale output (typically 5 VDC). [click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].

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Create an e-Learning course: The didactical flow

easygenerator

When you make an e-Learning course, there are many things to consider for ensuring the quality and effectiveness of the course. For the next step in my internship at Easygenerator, I started looking at some important points that improve the didactics of the courses. I created a kind of didactical flow to illustrate the various steps in making an e-Learning course.

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What is a Subject Matter Expert?

Growth Engineering

Try as we might, it’s impossible for any one of us to have all of the answers…. This makes life somewhat difficult for a learning and development professional. How are you supposed to train other people on a range of complex topics if you don’t have a full understanding of them yourself? Though you might not have all of the answers, they will definitely be out there somewhere.

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Why and How to Earn Your PMP® Credential

Gaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can be very beneficial for any project manager. Most successful PMP candidates treat preparing for the PMP exam as a personal project. As such, it requires careful planning and a structured approach. Eligibility criteria must be met, and the exam is known for its difficulty, sometimes requiring multiple attempts.

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Hiring L&D Professionals: A Gamified Guide

Clarity Consultants

Molding your company into a learning organiztion has become increasingly important as the value of expert talent rises. Download our gamified guide on hiring L&D professionals and learn: Who needs to be a part of your multiplayer L&D team. How the salaries of your team members stack up against industry averages. The best ways to attrack top talent.

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Email: Lost in Translation

The Performance Improvement Blog

Lost in the so-called "Email Scandal" surrounding Hillary Clinton's campaign for President is the fact that email is a terrible way to communicate anything other than names, dates, and times (just the facts!). Anything else can be easily misinterpreted. . Farhad Manjoo addresses this problem with regard to the apparent hacking of Clinton campaign email and the taken-out-of-context message from Jennifer Palmieri, the campaign's communication director.

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New Features of Moodle 3.1 that Make it the Favorite of Learning Experts

CommLab India

Moodle, the open source Learning Management System (LMS) released its latest version – 3.1 – in May 2016. The latest version includes unique, user-requested features such as competency-based learning, assignment grading, easy retrieval of deleted files, enhanced tagging, improved course editing, and more. Forums, workshops, and lesson activities provide unique learning experiences for learners.

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6 Ways to Convince Your Boss to Invest in E-learning [Infographic]

CommLab India

With the increasing popularity of e-learning, you may be thinking of starting it in your organization. But, convincing your top management about adopting e-learning is not going to be an easy task; you need to bring on your best game plan to persuade them. How can you do this? Well, there are some tips that’ll help. Excited to know 6 ways which will help you persuade your boss to implement e-learning?

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Powering Learning Platforms for Personalized Learning Journeys with Generative AI

Explore the transformative synergy of education and technology in 'Powering Learning Platforms.' Uncover the magic of Generative AI shaping personalized learning, revolutionizing your educational journey.