Thu.Dec 08, 2016

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6 Common Training Software Myths Dispelled

Administrate

Most training operations have common objectives – namely, keeping better track of learner progression and the training itself, reducing time spent on admin tasks, delivering exceptional elearning and of course, in the case of training companies, increasing course bookings. However, the commonality can extend beyond their objectives. Training professionals often share the same concerns Read More.

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Curation is the Key to Managing Your Personal Learning Network

InSync Training

If you’re like me, you are subscribed to dozens of email lists, content newsletters, and newsfeeds about training and development. Additionally, you belong to professional communities of practice (COP) like the eLearning Guild , ATD , and the Training Magazine Network. And, you probably have an email folder dedicated to all the recorded webinars you’re going to watch when you get the time.

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#C2Xmas Day 8 – A Google a Day

Jane Hart

Day 8 of the Countdown to Xmas continues here . Google asks a question. You find the answer. Put your search skills and Google’s tools to use. There’s no right way to solve it, but there’s only one right answer. A GOOGLE A DAY.

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JOHN STEPPER – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

The post JOHN STEPPER – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS appeared first on Learnnovators.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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Gyrus Systems Earns “Top 5” Award for “Best Compliance LMS” by Talented Learning

Gyrus

Richmond, VA, December 8, 2016, Gyrus Systems , a leader in the Learning Management Systems (LMS) industry, proudly announced that Talented Learning named the GyrusAim® Le arning Management System as a "Top 5" Finisher in the " Best Compliance LMS " category. Talented Learning is a news, research and consulting organization dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of extended enterprise learning technology solutions.

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The NEXT Big Thing in eLearning

eLearning Alchemy

Length: 876 words. Reading Time: ~4 minutes. Over the past decade eLearning has gone through a rapid transformation. Once cumbersome processes requiring specialized skills have been replaced with rapid authoring tools. Expensive digital assets like fonts, images, and graphics have been replaced by free and inexpensive resources. Buzzwords like gamification, micro-learning, mobile-learning, adaptive learning, rapid authoring, branching scenarios and responsive design have come with the promise of

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CME in the 21st Century – Webinar Digest

Web Courseworks

Last week, we held the last installment of our Fall Managing eLearning Thought Leaders Series: CME in the 21st Century. The webinar featured Valerie Smothers from MedBiquitous. MedBiquitous is a nonprofit organization sponsored by John’s Hopkins. They focus on innovation in education, technology healthcare, and develop technological standards for healthcare quality improvement and education.

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The Basics of Motivational eLearning Design

SHIFT eLearning

When we think of the word, motivation, instantly two things come to mind. First, when we are young, there are many outside things that motivate us, a desire to do something, the reality of punishment from our parents, positive and negative reinforcement of what we are doing, etc. All of these things help to motivate children and in some case it has a positive effect and in other cases it does not.

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Listening – social learning’s most important skill?

Kineo

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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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Blend Learning Formats to Train Your Medical Reps Effectively – Part 2

CommLab India

Welcome to the final post of the two blog series, Blend Learning Formats to Train Your Medical Reps Effectively. In the first post, we saw that a blend of learning methodologies can be used to impart good training to pharmaceutical sales representatives on the basics of anatomy and physiology. We have also seen how the hybrid learning approach enables drug manufacturers train their sales representatives effectively on various diseases and their impact on the human body.

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The US Needs More Adult Learning Programs

CLO Magazine

The U.S. Department of Education hosted the first Adult Schools Growth Forum on December 1. Its Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, and the Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School convened. The forum focused on expanding access to high-quality learning for low-skilled adult learners, disconnected youth who are working age but are neither in school or employed, and other disadvantaged older youth and adults.

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The Most Popular Blog Posts for 2016

Litmos

It's the end of the year and, in case you've missed the most popular blog posts throughout 2016, I've compiled the top 5 for you here. The act of reflection is a major learning theme for me this year and reviewing the year's blog posts is a great reflection exercise. You end up wondering why certain topics/themes resonated with the industry while others did not.

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How to Help Employees Take Ownership

CLO Magazine

Have you ever heard of the “IKEA effect”? Mind you, I didn’t say IKEA affect — that feeling of pained displeasure when you realize an hour into building your veneer chest that you’ve installed one of the cam connectors into the wrong opening, even worse, you installed it with great vigor. Short of invoking every four-letter name in the book, you’ve inconvenienced yourself — to say the least.

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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.

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Self-Directed Learning In The Workplace

The eLearning Coach

Self-directed learning is one way to reduce the effort and cost of building training. It also has long-term benefits to employees and organizations.

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PwC Puts Teeth Behind Unconscious Bias Training Efforts

CLO Magazine

Less than a week into his tenure, PricewaterhouseCoopers Chairman Tim Ryan promised the company’s 46,000 employees that leaders would be ‘doubling down’ on diversity issues, and roughly a year later, he lived up to his word. PwC announced this week that to be promoted or to join the firm as a new hire — currently more than 17,000 new hires join the firm each year — an individual must complete “blind spots” training, created to help people recognize unconscious bias related to ethnicity, gender

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A Welch Way Lesson in the Game of Business

Skillsoft

Skillsoft’s UK Inside Sales Director shares how he puts learnings from Welch Way in action in his daily work and how the programme shaped him as a leader.

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Does your Company Have a Content Discovery Problem?

EdCast

We’re living in a paradoxical time. We are drowning in content but starving for knowledge that can improve our performance today. On the one hand, our workforce has access to an abundance of external content from thought leaders all over the globe. There is an overwhelming wave of brilliant content living across the formal learning of […]. The post Does your Company Have a Content Discovery Problem?

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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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A Case of Software Training in the Pharmaceutical Industry

CommLab India

A fast growing pharmaceutical company with strong brand equity in multiple therapeutics recently implemented a new software application – a resource planning tool. They approached CommLab India, a global leader in crafting custom e-learning solutions, to develop end-user training on the software application. This post is an excerpt from the interview of an Instructional Designer (ID), who worked on the project.

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Leadership by George The 4 Ingredients of Leadership Soup

Training Industry

There are a number of things to love about being in the business of leadership development. Somewhere near the top of the list is that I frequently have the opportunity to “talk leadership” with real leaders. By definition, these leaders have enviable track records of producing significant results while building legacies defined by the positive personal impact they have had on people.

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Learning is an emotional process

CrossKnowledge

For the last 30 years, experts have been opening our eyes to the role emotions play in learning. We cannot merely consider learner’s cognitive needs as we attempt to improve learning models (Pekrun 2014). An expert at USC’s Brain and Creativity Institute, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, has found that emotional responses precede conscious understanding and are essential for memory and application of learning (Immordino-Yang 2016).

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The troubles of RFI writing and how to overcome them

eFront

There is no debating the fact that proposals, RFIs (requests for information) or RFPs (requests for proposals), can be challenging at best and a nightmare at worst. No matter how they are labelled, the fundamental structure is the same. Usually consisting of a range of questions and requests stemming from detailed technical ones to company figures, they are time-consuming and relentless in their quest for information.

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7 Steps to Consider When Implementing a LMS

How Do You Choose the Right Learning Management System? Choosing the perfect Learning Management System can be complex for organizations. Initially, you might ask questions like, "When is the right time to adopt an LMS?" or "Which LMS is the best fit?" Once you've made your LMS selection, your next query is likely, "How do I go about implementing it?

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Cybersecurity Challenges in a Millennial-Dominated Workforce

Content Raven

As millennials take over the global workforce by leveraging learning technologies, digitizing business processes and transforming how business is conducted, it is important to recognize the cybersecurity implications and challenges that come along with today’s digital native and content sharing generation.

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What Does 'Learning Analytics' Actually Mean?

Watershed

What does 'learning analytics' really mean? Find out as we explore how complexity and categories are tied to the Watershed Method for learning analytics.

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12 Tips to Keep E-learning Translation Costs Under Control

CommLab India

E-learning translation ensures effective knowledge transfer to employees of all nationalities and regions. Translating online training into native languages boosts the impact of learning. It also avoids the scope for misinterpretation and miscommunication. Yet, many organizations hesitate to take this step because of the costs involved in translation.

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How to get the most out of ILT sessions

LearnUpon

Blended Learning is the combination of online courses with traditional classroom-based training (or webinar ). It is one of the most important by-products of eLearning. Online training is an excellent medium for the delivery of training, but it is at its most potent when it is combined with face to face and peer oriented training. This is commonly called Instructor-Led Training (ILT).

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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.