Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'The other day we considered elements in the learning and development field that stifle innovation in the post Six Ways Innovation is Stifled in the Learning Field. Today let’s consider six ways that we can foster innovation in the learning field. Juxtaposition. When two seemingly different things are placed together, innovation can occur. Things that commonly go together do not lead to innovation…they lead to the same-old-same-old.

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Origin Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'Are you tired of seeing heavy content slides? Do teaching methods and strategies appear far from being comprehensible? Well! An Instructional designer is just what you need! A skillful Instructional designer brings to you both technology and learning combined together not only in a digestible format but also at an appetising pace. An Instructional designer breaks down content that involves any learning material, into something that is easy to comphrehend; he or she also creates the content to b

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InSync Training

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'Okay, I admit it. I''ve been dying to use the word "hack" in a blog post title. It just seemed like all of the cool kids are doing it. There.now I''ve gotten that out of my system. We''ve recently published our 2015 schedule , including our flagship programs for virtual facilitation and virtual instructional design techniques plus cutting-edge titles dealing with topics such as the mobile virtual classroom , the social virtual classroom , and the global virtual classroom.

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Jane Hart

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'I have written a lot about how the Web is changing the way that many of us now learn. For example, here is an article I wrote for the 50th edition of the Inside Learning Technologies magazine in October 2014. It is also clear that this is beginning to influence the work of L&D departments. […].

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'In trying to shift from a traditional elearning approach to a more enlightened one, a deeper one, you are really talking about viewing things differently, which is non-trivial. And then, even if you know you want to do better, you still need some associated skills. Take, for example, models. I’ve argued before that models are a better basis for action, for making better decisions.

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eLearning Brothers

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'Happy Holidays from the eLearning Brothers team! Do you need a break from all the Holiday shopping, parties, decorating, treat making, caroling, snacking, and tree trimming? Then download and play Reindeer’s Revenge. We dare you to try and beat us! Here are the top scores in the office with favorite characters: - Brother Zach: 1400 (The Ginger Bread Man). - Sister Laura: 1270 (Snowman Stud). - Sister Rosie: 860 (Rocket Man). - Brother Frazee: 490 (The Rockin’ Christmas Tree).

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SHIFT eLearning

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'Recently, we found some powerful words by Carrie Cousins which made us think on how they apply to eLearning: "Design for readability or don’t bother using text at all. If you want your content to be effective, it must be readable.". As a learning professional, your responsibility is not just to deliver eLearning content to your students – it’s to make sure that it’s engaging and readable.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'With so much of our daily work lives taking place online nowadays, it comes as no surprise to see a growing trend of professionals, including eLearning instructors, taking their meetings into the cloud and hosting web conferences. The benefits are clear: it takes you and your attendees from anywhere in the world and puts you on the same page where you can view the same screen content in real-time.

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TechSmith Camtasia

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'As an educator, it can be difficult to get funding for your school and to get the technology you need. That’s why we on the education team here at TechSmith, are constantly looking at ways we can support educators in achieving their technology goals. And as a former educator myself , I understand what it’s like to go through these struggles. That’s why we’re starting a new project focused on learning how faculty and staff in K12 districts, colleges, and universities are handling their gra

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'This is episode 2 of The Brent Schlenker Podcast. In this episode I talk with Chiara Hughes of HeadFarmer recruiting. We covered a few topics: What is Head Farmer? How Chiara got into recruiting Your LinkedIn Profile Your Resume - Do you still need one? Mistakes to avoid on your resume and LinkedIn Profile -- In the spirit of learning out loud I''m posting this episode of the podcast.

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OpenSesame

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'It’s December again! Last year I wrote an article about my personal training resolutions, which you can see here. This year was indeed a hilarious year for me, as I managed to conduct training at a conference during which one of the teambuilding exercises involved playing a game of contact soccer while wrapped in truly absurd amounts of bubble wrap (true story, by the way, and exactly as amusing as it sounds).

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Aptara

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Mobile devices consolidating consumer electronics attention. Smartphones and tablets are less than a decade into the age of overwhelming popularity ushered in by the iPhone. In that short time, they have become a prime content delivery mechanism. Publishers and companies hoping to create materials that reach just about any consumer demographic need to consider the trends occurring in the phone and tablet markets, as a strategy that does not make these calculations will be incomplete by definitio

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OpenSesame

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Can you believe it’s already December? I can’t! I’ve heard (and said!) this multiple times over the last few days, as we as a company push toward the end of the year, as friends plan holiday parties, and as my family prepares to converge on my parents’ house for Christmas. Hard to believe it’s been a year since our last Learning Resolutions series (and that we’re already preparing for another round of resolutions and goals!).

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Aptara

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Pressure mounting to lose Flash in Web content. The struggle of HTML5 against Flash is one of the Internet's current main elements. Flash is the entrenched choice, due to its longtime presence on Web pages. However, ever since Apple threw down the gauntlet and ditched the standard in its devices, the field has seemed wide open. Now, it's worth leaders considering Flash to HTML5 conversion for their rich resources to fit in with the new wave of computing and Web apps.

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OpenSesame

DECEMBER 4, 2014

It’s December again! Last year I wrote an article about my personal training resolutions, which you can see here. This year was indeed a hilarious year for me, as I managed to conduct training at a conference during which one of the teambuilding exercises involved playing a game of contact soccer while wrapped in truly absurd amounts of bubble wrap (true story, by the way, and exactly as amusing as it sounds).

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'Whenever you are building out an online courses, at some point you are going to have to determine the best method to deliver the content. By default, most people will go with text, but is that always the best option? Clearly the answer is “no” Is it the safest option? Yes, absolutely. It is quite easy to hammer out text based bullet points, paragraphs, and lengthy explanations in elearning.

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OpenSesame

DECEMBER 4, 2014

'Can you believe it’s already December? I can’t! I’ve heard (and said!) this multiple times over the last few days, as we as a company push toward the end of the year, as friends plan holiday parties, and as my family prepares to converge on my parents’ house for Christmas. Hard to believe it’s been a year since our last Learning Resolutions series (and that we’re already preparing for another round of resolutions and goals!).

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