B Online Learning
MARCH 27, 2014
'Last week I presented at the iDesignX conference in Sydney. It was great day and it was wonderful to connect with some many other eLearning practitioners and meet the Articulate legends a.k.a Tom Kuhlmann and David Anderson. My presentation was called Personalising Learning through Conditional Interactivity. I examined how we could use gamification techniques to […].
Dashe & Thomson
MARCH 27, 2014
'The list of principles below is by no means a complete list (if I’m missing any, please share them in the comments). Every principle might not be right for your specific situation, but as a general rule, they make for a more effective learning experience. 23 Principles of Effective Learning 1. Practice every day Learning… [Continue Reading.].
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Upside Learning
MARCH 27, 2014
'Our custom elearning team has compiled an animation showreel to showcase animation pieces from the various projects they’ve worked on recently. We typically use animations in custom elearning courses as well as short animated videos. I thought it would be great to share with our blog readers as well. Go ahead take a look. If […].
The Performance Improvement Blog
MARCH 27, 2014
'Even though there is a trend toward open-space workplaces, views about the effectiveness of this design vary widely. Fast Company editors Jason Feifer and Anjali Mullany take up this debate in a FC interview for an article titled, “Two Cube Dwellers Argue Over Open Offices. Who''s Right?” Their differing views on the matter do an excellent job of identifying the issues involved in the open-office controversy.
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Challenge to Learn
MARCH 27, 2014
'Michael Allen, Julie Dirksen, Clark Quinn and Will Thalheimer launched the eLearning manifesto at March 13 th. It is an attempt to raise the quality of e-Learning and I do support it. The manifesto contains 22 principles. Last week I visited the LSCon in Orlando and I spoke about the manifesto with a lot of people. I noticed that quit a few of them have two major questions: How do I implement these principles?
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Clark Quinn
MARCH 27, 2014
'In my last post, I wrote about the first step you should take to move to Serious eLearning , which was making deeper practice. Particularly under the constraints of not rocking the boat. Here I want to talk about where you go from there. There are several followup steps you should take after (hopefully) success at the beginning. My big three are: aligning with the practice, extending the practice, and evaluating what is being done. 1.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 27, 2014
'Last week I attended eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions Conference. It was a great time, I met some really wonderful folks and had the opportunity to take a few students with me to help out with the “Learn to Play” workshop. Mike and Laura had a great time. After we arrived, the first full day myself, Sharon Boller and IIT students Mike and Laura helped conduct the workshop where participants.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
MARCH 27, 2014
'by Jen Weaver Take a few minutes over this morning's café con leche to learn about the beautiful country of Costa Rica. Let's explore some common cultural facts about Costa Ricans and their expectations when it comes to training and development. Pop Quiz (no Googling the answer): True or False? Costa Rica means "Rich Coast.
Raptivity
MARCH 27, 2014
'“Two heads are better than one”, I am sure all of you would have heard this saying and many of you might agree with it too. It’s a proven fact that two people working together have a better chance of […].
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eLearning Brothers
MARCH 27, 2014
'This week’s webinar is going about Adobe Captivate. We have Mark Hooper, the Director of Content Development at Lodestone (our training partner) teaching us everything about master slide layouts in Captivate on Friday, March 28th at 1 pm – 2 pm EST. First step in creating eLearning modules is to makes sure that they work with your company branding.
Raptivity
MARCH 27, 2014
'"Two heads are better than one”, I am sure all of you would have heard this saying and many of you might agree with it too. It''s a proven fact that two people working together have a better chance of solving a problem than someone working alone. But what if you could ask a crowd of people to work together to solve a problem? The results could be incredible.
TechSmith Camtasia
MARCH 27, 2014
'The TechSmith Fuse app does a lot of things. It instantly brings your smartphone photos and video directly into Snagit and Camtasia and uploads your video to TechSmith Relay with the touch of a button. I guess you could say it “fuses together” the entire suite of TechSmith apps. Do you see what we did there? Cool. ( tweet this ). Always Ahead of the Times… As a cutting-edge tech company, TechSmith has always tried to be ahead of the curve.
SHIFT eLearning
MARCH 27, 2014
'It''s easy to predict the success rate of a course just be looking at its introduction. If it''s boring, learners would either skip it refuse to read it. Nonetheless, they''re already convinced that the course is less than impressive. And if it''s not boring? Well, one obvious result of a lively, interesting eLearning course is better learner engagement.
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TechSmith Camtasia
MARCH 27, 2014
'“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Since it is still National Reading month, I cannot think of a more fitting start to this blog post than those famous words of Charles Dickens. I’ll be honest what I’m going to share today is probably not going to be “best of time” type news for most of you. Granted, I hope that in the end you will not be feeling it is the “worst of times” either.
DigitalChalk eLearning
MARCH 27, 2014
'As social media continues to grow in popularity in the eLearning industry, there are many benefits and values to using it. Instructors, educational institutions and companies can share practices, promote information and educational material, share opinions, and more. Social media can increase employee and student participation; learners are more likely to stay engaged to complete the program if they are able to reach out to peers involved.
OpenSesame
MARCH 27, 2014
'When you look back on the last time you interviewed a candidate for a position in your company, did you wonder whether the applicant was telling you the truth? You might know how to detect lies, but there are actually ways to increase your accuracy in lie detection. Vanessa Van Edwards, OpenSesame’s newest seller, is an expert in body language and nonverbal communication.
CLO Magazine
MARCH 27, 2014
'A focus on individual and collective leadership development is critical to build the strategic leadership that drives superior organizational performance over time. When Ursula Alvarez, chief talent officer at Credicorp Group, was asked how she planned to approach learning and development to support a new business strategy for rapid expansion across the Americas she said, “In our formula for success performance equals people.
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OpenSesame
MARCH 27, 2014
'Editors Note: Today''s post and infographic are provided by Rebecca Lindegren on behalf of MBA@UNC. . There is a widening skills gap in the workforce. “Industry brain drain" is a contributing factor, in which increasing numbers of mature workers leave the workforce, resulting in a loss of vast amounts of valuable knowledge and experience. Help these employees make their "comeback" to the workforce, while also helping your bottom line. .
Wonderful Brain
MARCH 27, 2014
'This could be a story about buggy whips. You might know the classic management tale of the craftsman who was proud of building the most handsome and useful whips to spur on carriage horses at the turn of the last century. Unfortunately, as you you probably know the tale, carriages once replaced by the automobile rendered his lovely product useless.
The Learning Dispatch
MARCH 27, 2014
'I recently had the chance to read the first chapter of one of Jane Bozarth''s books, Social Media for Trainers. I found it to be a great primer on today''s most popular social media tools. The first chapter contains a section called "Why Social Media in Training?" In this section, Bozarth contends that social media tools break things down in such a simple way that they actually empower users.
CLO Magazine
MARCH 27, 2014
'E-Learning''s growing popularity hasn''t thwarted classroom training. Learning management systems, MOOCs, gamification and other online tools provide customizable and interactive online training that makes learning available anytime, anywhere. But e-learning’s growing popularity is not a threat to traditional classroom learning. Classroom training hasn’t just survived — it’s on the rise.
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OpenSesame
MARCH 27, 2014
Editors Note: Today’s post and infographic are provided by Rebecca Lindegren on behalf of MBA@UNC. . There is a widening skills gap in the workforce. “Industry brain drain” is a contributing factor, in which increasing numbers of mature workers leave the workforce, resulting in a loss of vast amounts of valuable knowledge and experience.
cogentys
MARCH 27, 2014
'The right tools always make a big difference in any industry and retail is, of course, no different. The best retail training tools help everyone involved. Trainers benefit as their jobs are made. [click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].
OpenSesame
MARCH 27, 2014
When you look back on the last time you interviewed a candidate for a position in your company, did you wonder whether the applicant was telling you the truth? You might know how to detect lies, but there are actually ways to increase your accuracy in lie detection. Vanessa Van Edwards, OpenSesame’s newest seller, is an expert in body language and nonverbal communication.
The Learning Dispatch
MARCH 27, 2014
'I recently had the chance to read the first chapter of one of Jane Bozarth''s books, Social Media for Trainers. I found it to be a great primer on today''s most popular social media tools. The first chapter contains a section called "Why Social Media in Training?" In this section, Bozarth contends that social media tools break things down in such a simple way that they actually empower users.
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CLO Magazine
MARCH 27, 2014
'Why companies are taking a wait-and-see approach to virtual leadership development and how striking a balance between technology-based and face-to-face learning is important. Gathering dispersed learners in the same location is difficult. Even if getting everyone in the same place were cheap and easy, few companies have enough physical seats to accommodate all the people they would like to develop.
LearnDash
MARCH 27, 2014
'Mobile learning is becoming increasingly popular in the workplace. There are a variety of reasons for this, but many have to do with the accessibility of mobile devices, the savings associated with a mobile enabled learning program, and the convenience mobile learning affords the learner. In fact, today if there is a learning management system (or courses) that do not perform on mobile devices, it is borderline in-excusable.
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