Mon.Jul 21, 2014

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Using Social Networking in Education

LearnDash

'Most people would probably assume that today social networking and education are now pretty interrelated. Social networking platforms are part of mainstream culture. As such, it just makes sense for education programs to adopt them as well another tool for teaching. In fact, one study reports that 96% of students in the U.S. who have internet access use social networking technologies for blogging, chatting, online communities and more.

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Learning to Compete

The Performance Improvement Blog

'The rate at which an organization learns may be the only sustainable competitive advantage. If you are learning more rapidly than the competition, you can get ahead and stay ahead. (Garvin & Edmondson, 2008). Every organization faces some kind of competition. Manufacturers compete for market share and for talent. Retail businesses compete for space and for customers.

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Girls Gone Engineering

Marcia Conner

'Singer Kristen Lems introduced me to Peggy Seeger’s song, “ I’m Gonna Be an Engineer ” almost 25 years ago. It wormed its way into my ear when I learned only 7% of the engineering workforce is female. M o re than 4 times as many men than women are enrolled in graduate school for engineering-related fields. [Y]ou only need to learn to be a lady.

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Millennials Need Soft Skills Training

Training Industry

'The millennials are here and they have a resume full of hard skills to offer. College degrees and internships have afforded them the knowledge and newfound skill sets to add to their portfolio, but inexperience and greenness to the business world have left them with an apparent lack of soft skills. The overeager nature and ready-for-business attitudes of millennials have come under fire in the past few years.

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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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The Best of e-Learning in July

Trivantis

'Get out your sunglasses—we’ve found some dazzling e-Learning articles for July! You’re about to learn about action mapping, reflective practice, 3D virtual learning worlds, the new CourseMill® LMS V7 and more. Check out the top 10 reads this July: Action Mapping With a Twist: A Tool for Budgeting E-Learning Development. Tanya Seidel at Artisan eLearning explains how you can use action mapping to predict how much time and money your e-Learning project will take.

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What Can I Do With A Web Archive?

DigitalChalk eLearning

'The web archive element on the DigitalChalk learning management system is an element that can be used in a handful of different ways to present a wide array of information to your students. PowerPoint presentation…. A web archive element can be used to upload a PowerPoint presentation – this will show the presentation as a web page and allows the student to go through the slides at their own pace rather than a timed slideshow like you would get on a chalkboard element.

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Make Learning Fun: Integrate Games Into Your Training

ATD Learning Technologies

'Organizations can easily use games in their training to more fully engage their learners. July’s TD at Work (formerly Infoline ), “Game Design for Learning,” explains the multiple elements that compose games—the story, rules, player interaction, and most importantly, feedback. Without feedback, players won’t know what is being taught or reinforced.

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Coming soon to an office near you

Trivantis

'What’s the hottest new release coming this season? It’s not another super hero comic book movie… It’s not some new phone…. It’s CourseMill® LMS Version 7! The newest version of your favorite learning management system features an updated student user interface, support for Section 508 and WCAG guidelines and much more, including: Easy-to-use reporting and learning analytics.

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What Not to Do in Online Hotel Training

cogentys

'Quite often, we focus on what we think you should do. But for this article, we are going to switch things up and cover what you should not do in online hotel training. Following best practices. [click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Interactive Learning

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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What Do You Do?

Innovative Learning Group

Just the other day, I was picking my daughter up from art camp and another mother asked the proverbial question, “What do you do?” My response was something like, “I’m a p roject manager and an instructional designer at Innovative Learning Group. I manage and write training and performance support solutions for corporate clients.” I couldn’t help but recognize the glazed-over eyes, and then heard the typical query, “So, you train people?

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Support for business mobile tech notably high

Aptara

Support for business mobile tech notably high. When determining which formats to target with internal content portals and programs such as eLearning, leaders should consider the changes that have come to the enterprise space in the past few years. Mobile technology has completely altered the way business users and customers alike consume content, and there is strong overlap between these trends.

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Make Learning Fun: Integrate Games Into Your Training

ATD Learning Technologies

'Organizations can easily use games in their training to more fully engage their learners. July’s TD at Work (formerly Infoline ), “Game Design for Learning,” explains the multiple elements that compose games—the story, rules, player interaction, and most importantly, feedback. Without feedback, players won’t know what is being taught or reinforced.

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Office mobility: A complete transformation

Aptara

Office mobility: A complete transformation. The breakdown of the traditional office has been instigated by the creation of technology that can support rich content across a variety of settings. Of course, simply having the capability to launch these plans isn't reason enough to embrace them. They must add something to the business, components that weren't there before.

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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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The Psychology of Storytelling: What Can eLearning Creators Learn from Star Wars?

OpenSesame

'In the last two post of this series, we discussed why stories present ideal contexts for learning and shared a helpful infographic about why elearning provides more effective training and improves retention. As a buyer of elearning, you want products that teach concepts effectively, and as a seller you want to offer content that rivals the best elearning products as the most effective, engaging, and fun courses.

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The Psychology of Storytelling: What Can eLearning Creators Learn from Star Wars?

OpenSesame

In the last two post of this series, we discussed why stories present ideal contexts for learning and shared a helpful infographic about why elearning provides more effective training and improves retention. As a buyer of elearning, you want products that teach concepts effectively, and as a seller you want to offer content that rivals the best elearning products as the most effective, engaging, and fun courses.