Wed.Oct 19, 2016

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Completion Rates Plague MOOCs

LearnDash

People are often quick to give praise to online courses. They are flexible, accessible, and efficient. It is a major reason why massive open online courses (MOOCs) have hundreds of thousands of active students taking courses online. Major universities like Stanford, University of Michigan, Yale (and others) offer online courses because it helps them reach more perspective students and is good for their brand.

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Self-regulation & PKM

Clark Quinn

I’m a fan of Harold Jarche’s Seek-Sense-Share (SSS) model for Personal Knowledge Mastery (PKM). I was also reading about self-regulated learning , and a proposed model for that. And I realized they could be related. Naturally, I created a diagram. To start with, Harold’s model is oriented around coping with the information flow as a component of learning.

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Free ebook – Beginners Guide to elearning

Administrate

It’s hard to escape the ongoing buzz around ‘elearning’ and how it can enhance your training delivery, but knowing where to start with it can be very tricky. We’re big believers in the benefits of elearning, especially when used as part of a blended learning strategy, with that in mind, we’ve Read More. Published on October 19, 2016.

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TechSmith Camtasia: Major Upgrade Released

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel        It's been years in the making but TechSmith has finally updated Camtasia. and boy is this upgrade worth the wait.   First and foremost, Camtasia for Windows (version 9) and the Macintosh (version 3) are now very similar allowing you to share projects across platforms. And while the version numbers are different (I wish TechSmith had settled on a common version number or name), and there are features that still aren't available in both

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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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When Should You Use Video in eLearning?

eLearning Brothers

Lights, camera, action…everyone loves a video! And, videos make a great addition to eLearning courses. But is a video always the right option? Not always. Here are five questions to ask before you spend the time (or money) adding video to your course: Will this video help increase learners’ understanding of the topic? First things first, don’t include a video just to add some pizazz to your eLearning course.

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Top LMS features that increase employee productivity

Matrix

The purpose of every company is to get a profit. In order for the company to get a profit, its employees need to have great results on their work. There are plenty of discussions around us on what makes productivity fly through the roof within a company, starting with financial incentives, going on to the physical work space, with its chromatic choices, state-of-the-art office furniture, maybe a relaxation room, and finishing of course with the technology that is being used by employees.

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Disruptions ahead: 9 HR Technology trends reinventing the HR software Market

CrossKnowledge

The Human Relations (HR) Software Market is entering one of the most disruptive years it has seen in more than a decade. Companies now understand its newfound potential for investment, innovation and change: according to CB Insights study, investors already poured $2.4 billion into HR tech in 2015, a 60% increase from 2014 – and this number is increasing as we speak.

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Compliance Training of the Future – What to Expect

CommLab India

What is the future of online compliance training? What are the e-learning strategies likely to be used for presenting compliance training content to the learner of the 21 st century effectively? Well, companies are likely to adopt the following to impart good compliance training online. Video-based learning. Gamification. Problem-based learning. Let us see why.

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MOOCs: The Beginning of the End?

ATD Learning Technologies

MOOCs—massive, open, online courses—sounded like a great idea when they first came about in 2008. Free courses from reputable colleges and universities with open enrollment: they were supposed to become nonprofit academia’s silver bullet for reaching underserved populations. It didn’t take long for learning professionals to catch on, but the future of MOOCs may not be as bright as it once seemed.

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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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5 Major Learning Support Tools for Post ERP End-user Training

CommLab India

You know that an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is quite complex as it has different applications integrated in it. Training end-users is one of the most crucial aspects to ensure its successful implementation. But it is tough for end-users to remember the steps of the various functions until they get used to the system. Also, it gets updated often.

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25 Story Ideas For eLearning

The eLearning Coach

In the past decade, there has been much written about how well people learn from stories. Here is an inspiration list of stories you can use for eLearning, culled from film and fiction writing books and websites.

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Are You Practicing Good Employee Service?

CLO Magazine

He ha s to be their best kept secret, I thought as I watched the technician set my glasses on the counter to look at their balance, then lift them close to his face to check for problems near their joints. For weeks I’d been walking around with frames that, over the course of day, would quietly rise off my left ear, leaving my glasses sitting crooked on my face.

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7 Mobile Learning Apps You Need to Know About

Growth Engineering

There was a time when trainers were the guardians of knowledge, but since the dawn of the internet, it’s never been easier for learners to forge their own learning paths. Since informal learning is now the future of L&D, learning managers need to rethink their role. They need to act more like learning facilitators and point their learners in the right direction.

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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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5 Ways to Improve Retention in E-learning Courses [Infographic]

CommLab India

Organizations worldwide spend billions of dollars to train their employees. Training helps the workforce learn something new or improve their existing skills. But the question is, will your employees be able to implement what they learn from the training programs in their work? What blocks the conversion of skills acquired through training into efficient organizational performance?

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How User Friendly is Your LMS?

CLO Magazine

More and more companies are starting to use an all-inclusive learning method, developing employees at all levels, not just senior-level executives. Online and mobile learning enables organizations to reach and include the entire workforce, and it’s worth it. Executives may handle the strategy, but front-line employees have their fingers on the pulse of the customers.

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Raise the Bar: Camtasia 9 Tutorials: Three Techniques That Create More Engaging Content by Mark Lassoff

LearningGuild

With the release of Camtasia 9, TechSmith is further enhancing the “Swiss Army knife” of eLearning tools. Here are three. production techniques that will help you create more engaging eLearning with Camtasia 9.

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The Role of Training in the Wider Productivity Puzzle

OpenSesame

Skills have a major bearing on workforce productivity – especially in developed economies where the majority of employees are knowledge workers. So why is it that systemic under-training and inappropriate training methods are commonplace in today's business environment, leading to skill gaps and a decline in productivity? Research we conducted last year exposed the correlation between inadequate training, skills gaps, lack of company growth and wider economic stagnation.

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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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User Testing for eLearning That Is Usable and Useful by Pamela S. Hogle

LearningGuild

User testing can help designers and developers create eLearning that is both useful and usable. Some testers are willing to. participate over and over again as a product—or multiple products—are developed. Here are some great ideas to facilitate. this key step in eLearning creation!

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The talent behind TalentLMS: A chat with our UI/ UX designer

TalentLMS

We’ve been introducing our team to all of you TalentLMS friends, and it’s time to invite another person to the party. So, for the next post of our Talent behind TalentLMS series, please welcome our user experience guru and all-around fun-loving gal, Sofia. A round of applause and here we go. Tell us a little bit about your background, and how you got involved with UI/UX design.

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The Role of Training in the Wider Productivity Puzzle

OpenSesame

Skills have a major bearing on workforce productivity – especially in developed economies where the majority of employees are knowledge workers. So why is it that systemic under-training and inappropriate training methods are commonplace in today’s business environment, leading to skill gaps and a decline in productivity? Research we conducted last year exposed the correlation between inadequate training, skills gaps, lack of company growth and wider economic stagnation.

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GVTs — Necessary Evil or Strategic Tool?

CLO Magazine

Global virtual teams are a common reality for companies with global operations and partnerships. In spite of their presence as a tool for global commerce, few organizations claim GVTs as a core strength or competitive advantage. In fact, many companies approach GVTs as a necessary evil for conducting global business and/or as a strategy to reduce travel expenses.

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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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3 Interesting E-learning Samples Developed in Captivate

CommLab India

Adobe Captivate 9 is one of the top rapid authoring tools available today to create interactive e-learning courses. Captivate 9 introduced last year has many upgrades and enhancements compared to its earlier version. This has made the development of courses faster and better. Let us look at the important features of this version of Adobe Captivate and how they help improve e-learning development.

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This Interview Question is Now Illegal in Massachusetts

Everwise

In an effort to close the gender gap when it comes to equal pay, Massachusetts just passed a sweeping equal pay bill that, in part, makes it illegal for employers to ask for the salary histories of prospective employees. The law states that it is an unlawful practice for an employer to “ screen job applicants based on their wage, including benefits or other compensation or salary histories, including by requiring that an applicant’s prior wages, including benefits or other compensation or salary

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An Expert’s View on Lectora Inspire 16

CommLab India

Do you wish to convert your classroom training materials inundated with text to engaging e-learning courses? Do you need to develop online courses to train your global workforce?Do you want your technology-enabled learning materials to be accessible on all devices? Well, the rapid authoring tool Lectora Inspire will address your needs. There are many authoring tools in the market.

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