E-Learning Provocateur
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Five years ago today, I wrote How not to do social media to express my disappointment at the Football Federation of Australia’s mismanagement of its social business strategy. As you can tell from the latest graph of Facebook likes, the pride of the nation is still getting licked by the ice-cream cowboy.
The Performance Improvement Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2015
The need for creating and sustaining a learning culture in organizations is critical given the rise of digital technology, the rapid pace of change, the complexities of globalization, and the growing development demands of a diverse workforce. However, the challenge of changing the culture of an organization can seem overwhelming, especially if you work in a large, established, conventional company.
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Jane Hart
DECEMBER 1, 2015
This month started with the sad news of the passing of Jay Cross, and since that time there have been many tributes to him. Ravi Pratap Singh, however, showed his appreciation by listing 20 Awesome Quotes From Jay Cross, which included this one … “The world is changing so fast that staying in one’s comfort zone […].
Clark Quinn
DECEMBER 1, 2015
A colleague who I like and respect recently tweeted: “I can’t be the only L&D person who shudders when I hear the word ‘template'”, and I felt vulnerable because I’ve recently been talking about templates. To be fair, I have a different meaning than most of what’s called a ‘template’, so I thought perhaps I should explain.
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LearnDash
DECEMBER 1, 2015
The elearning industry is full of products. No matter what your elearning specialty you are likely to find a product being sold. Anything from learning management systems, rapid elearning development tools, elearning templates , project management software… the list goes on and on. But when you purchase a product in our industry, what are your expectations?
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Paradiso
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Everybody loves a good story. When you think of the life of a famous person throughout history, or the rise and fall of an empire, or a romantic relationship you have had, it’s easy to pick out elements of real life that relate directly to stories we are all familiar with. A famous person is born, rises to prominence, makes an impact and then either fades into nothingness or is accorded a place in history.
Matrix
DECEMBER 1, 2015
The global LMS market is on an ascendent pace, being set to reach a whooping USD 11.34 billion by 2020 ! That’s quite a number, right? The only way to tell if this forecast will become true is to wait another five years. Curiosity and time don’t always play nice with each other, do they? Until then, we’ll try our own fortune-teller abilities and propose a few ideas that we think will shape the e-learning landscape in 2016.
InsiderHub
DECEMBER 1, 2015
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360 Training
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Interested in teaching online ? Teaching online is an exciting and highly profitable venture nowadays. You get to share your knowledge with students across the world, earn a stable income in your extra time, and become an expert, learner, and teacher simultaneously. No wonder experienced professionals, subject matter experts, elearning professionals, teachers, trainers, etc. are turning towards the online teaching profession.
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OpenSesame
DECEMBER 1, 2015
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” – Isaac Asimov. Although no formal education is typically required to land a culinary profession, it can be helpful to arrive as prepared as possible to stand out from the applicant pool. Employers prefer applicants who are proactive and show initiative. Additionally, the lack of awareness and uncertainty of untrained hospitality staff can, in many cases, pose a dangerous liability to the business.
Rapid eLearning
DECEMBER 1, 2015
“How do I get started with elearning” is one of the most frequent questions I’m asked. It makes sense since the industry is still hot and growing and every day someone new joins it and needs help. Most elearning developers I meet are transitioning from face-to-face training and usually start by converting their classroom content into elearning courses.
Designing Digitally
DECEMBER 1, 2015
As learning and development professionals, we know it isn’t enough to design a slick training course and deliver it to our workforce. Training needs to translate into behavior change in order for it to be truly effective. Whether we’re talking about creating a safer work environment, increasing sales, improving customer service, or any number of other positive influences – behavior change is the real purpose behind any training effort.
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The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.
Trivantis
DECEMBER 1, 2015
On the Manage group of the Tools ribbon, you will find two very useful tools for managing aspects of your Lectora® titles, the Variable Manager and the Resource Manager. In this post, we will talk about the Variable Manager. We’ll cover the Resource Manager in a future post. The Variable Manager . The Variable Manager allows you to view all of the Reserved variables associated with a Lectora title, as well as view, create, modify, and delete User-Defined variables.
The Learning Dispatch
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Is Gamification Worth It? Capterra and TalentLMS decided to survey their users and find out. Short answer: yes. Interesting finding: more than one-third (37%) use analog games (such as board and card games) in training. [link] lms-gamification-research Magic Accessibility Dust State chief information officers are pushing for an increased focus on accessibility.
PulseLearning
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Typography in eLearning Sometimes, the little things count more than you think. Typography has the ability to make or break your eLearning course. Distracting typography can prevent your learners from absorbing information, tacky typography can cheapen the appearance of your application, and great typography can create fluid, memorable design. The devil is in the details, and […].
CLO Magazine
DECEMBER 1, 2015
The Chicago-based company not only made MOOCs appealing but also ensured the learning transferred immediately to clients.
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Designing Digitally
DECEMBER 1, 2015
As learning and development professionals, we know it isn’t enough to design a slick training course and deliver it to our workforce. Training needs to translate into behavior change in order for it to be truly effective. Whether we’re talking about creating a safer work environment, increasing sales, improving customer service, or any number of other positive influences – behavior change is the real purpose behind any training effort.
The Learning Dispatch
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Is Gamification Worth It? Capterra and TalentLMS decided to survey their users and find out. Short answer: yes. Interesting finding: more than one-third (37%) use analog games (such as board and card games) in training. Magic Accessibility Dust. State chief information officers are pushing for an increased focus on accessibility. It’s a change that takes a fair amount of forethought.
HapYak
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Today, Brightcove and Demand Metric released a first-of-its kind Interactive Video Benchmarking Study. It’s filled with helpful, actionable research and reveals one surprising misconception – while marketing professionals report amazingly high levels of effectiveness and satisfaction with Interactive video, they curiously struggle to answer this simple question: What is the ROI of Interactive Video?
OpenSesame
DECEMBER 1, 2015
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” - Isaac Asimov. Although no formal education is typically required to land a culinary profession, it can be helpful to arrive as prepared as possible to stand out from the applicant pool. Employers prefer applicants who are proactive and show initiative. Additionally, the lack of awareness and uncertainty of untrained hospitality staff can, in many cases, pose a dangerous liability to the business.
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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.
eFront
DECEMBER 1, 2015
In the first part of the interview with Carmen Simon of Rexi Media, we discussed her recent research on ways of making business presentations more memorable. In this second part, we turn to the implications of her findings for the creation of eLearning content. DE – Perhaps we could now move on to look at some of the major differences between presentations and eLearning in terms of how and what people remember, and how we can control that?
Kineo
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Training is not enough to drive results. In order to make effective change, you must measure success and show proven proficiency. Remember when you learned to drive a car? It was a process -- a journey, in fact. It started with your enthusiasm for getting your driver's licenses and it carried you through a number of steps until you proved your proficiency with an examiner.
Inquisiq
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Amongst the millions of Inquisiq users, several create their own lessons using a variety of authoring tools (Articulate, Captivate, etc.). Most of time, they simply upload these lessons (SCORM packages) into the LMS, and then import them to automatically create a course. For extremely large SCORM packages (200MB or more), Inquisiq has a “Fetch” feature that allows a server to server transfer.
Kineo
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Training is not enough to drive results. In order to make effective change, you must measure success and show proven proficiency. Remember when you learned to drive a car? It was a process -- a journey, in fact. It started with your enthusiasm for getting your driver's licenses and it carried you through a number of steps until you proved your proficiency with an examiner.
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