Kapp Notes

JANUARY 8, 2015

'We all intuitively know that when we hear or read a story, we often will mentally “act out” various aspects of the story and vividly visualize what is happening within the story. Well, it turns out that there is empirical evidence to suggest that we actually do “act out” the story at some level in our brains or, at least, in the regions of the brain associated with aspects such as processing goal-directed human activity, navigating spatial environments, and manually manipulating objects in the

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 8, 2015

'As I’ve been working with the Foundation over the past 6 months I’ve had the occasion to review a wide variety of elearning, more specifically in the vocational and education space, but my experience mirrors that from the corporate space: most of it isn’t very good. I realize that’s a harsh pronouncement, but I fear that it’s all too true; most of the elearning I see will have very little impact.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 8, 2015

'by Jennie Ruby. I'm not sure it's the best of luck to start the New Year peeved, but when it's a grammar pet peeve, I cannot resist. Here are two pet peeves from  Laura Gillenwater , both of which I end up covering in every writing class: Two of my current pet peeves are the misuse/overuse of the word "utilize," instead of "use" and the word "impact," instead of "affect" or "effect" (depending on whether "impact" is b

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 8, 2015

'In a short period of time I will be headed to ATD’s TechKnowledge 2015, it is a fun conference with lots of great sessions and vendors. Last year a horrible snow storm stymied my attempt to head to warmer weather, I am hoping this year the same does not occur. What happened to Larry…help solve the case. If I do make it to TK 2015, I will be doing some awesome stuff.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 8, 2015

'Welcome to 2015 - a year when blended and virtual learning is going to continue to evolve. We are excited about the new content we are planning to explore and share. We are especially interested in the concept of the modern virtual classroom, exploring how social and mobile BYOD technologies support blended learning, and the impact of globalization and microlearning on training design.

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ej4 eLearning

JANUARY 8, 2015

'2015 is here and you have new ideas for your company. You’re probably planning out company-wide and/or department-specific goals already, and along the way some process changes will happen. The biggest challenge with any change is getting everyone on board as quickly as possible. One reason change is difficult for some is they have a fear of the unknown.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 8, 2015

'It’s that time of year again, when we pay special attention to our personal and career goals. However, how likely is it that we will actually achieve those goals? I belong to a fitness center at the local community college and I’m always fascinated by the January upsurge in activity and then the fall off around March and April each year. Hopefully, that means some people have achieved their fitness and weight loss goals, but I’m afraid that for many it means they have given up.

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ej4 eLearning

JANUARY 8, 2015

'Whenever you implement an employee training program, you probably rely on your human resources staff. These team members put together the program and decide how to distribute it among the company. Because HR individuals are so integral to the implementation process, you want to make sure each person is dedicated to your efforts to use eLearning courseware.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 8, 2015

ABOUT Dr. MICHAEL W. ALLEN (CEO and Chairman, Allen Interactions Inc.). Michael Allen, the CEO of Allen Interactions, is known for pioneering multimedia learning technologies, interactive instructional paradigms, and rapid-prototyping processes—bringing each forward into leading corporate enterprises. He was the founder and CEO of Authorware, a revolutionary eLearning authoring tool.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 8, 2015

'After all the many hours of eLearning content development and design we have done as eLearning professionals, the most important objective is to ensure our learners retain and apply what they’ve learned to memory. In this post, I want go over the Forgetting Curve, how it applies to your eLearning courses, and give some ideas to create sticky eLearning content.

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SHIFT eLearning

JANUARY 8, 2015

'Everybody loves a good story, even your (seemingly) staid and somber corporate learners. That''s because, a child lurks inside all of us; he loves to peek into other people''s lives and go with them on their journeys. Unconsciously, he tries to identify himself with the good guy in the story—the one who overcomes all challenges, bashes the baddies, and emerges as the hero in the end.

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eLearningArt

JANUARY 8, 2015

'I started writing a blog post about how to embed eLearning content into conversations. It was ok. But I didn’t love it. Then I had an idea: why not take that same content and embed it into a conversation? I also included the original article below that. Let me know which style you prefer in the comments. A graphical approach to embedding content into conversations.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JANUARY 8, 2015

'Video takes the old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” and turns it up to eleven. Want proof? Check out the latest stats from popular Internet video site, YouTube. The site sees more than one billion unique visitors each month and more than 100 hours of video are streamed to those visitors each minute. To say that video is a big deal on the Web is an understatement.

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easygenerator

JANUARY 8, 2015

'Energy shortage forces Ukrainian schools to close during winter period, Easygenerator provides its software for free! Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 8 January 2015. – The Ukraine is going through tumultuous times; economic setbacks, war in the east and political instability. Schools and universities will be closed in the winter for a period of three months to save gas and money.

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OpenSesame

JANUARY 8, 2015

'Many of us like to organize time by setting yearly goals. It provides a focus and brings a little order to a chaotic world. This year, I''d like to focus on working smarter and using more streamlined strategies. So here are the things I hope to focus on this year. . Better Educate Clients. One of the ways to streamline project-oriented work is to better educate our clients.

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KZO Innovations

JANUARY 8, 2015

'The best way to build trust in your business is by providing your customers with high-quality videos. With over 400,000 new videos uploaded every day, online video is the most effective way to communicate today (GoAnimate). Video has the powerful ability to humanize your content and bring your brand to life, which is especially important for people who are visiting your website for the first time.

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OpenSesame

JANUARY 8, 2015

Many of us like to organize time by setting yearly goals. It provides a focus and brings a little order to a chaotic world. This year, I’d like to focus on working smarter and using more streamlined strategies. So here are the things I hope to focus on this year. . Better Educate Clients. One of the ways to streamline project-oriented work is to better educate our clients.

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eLearningArt

JANUARY 8, 2015

I started writing a blog post about how to embed eLearning content into conversations. It was ok. But I didn’t love it. Then I had an idea: why not take that same content and embed it into a conversation? I also included the original article below that. Let me know which style you prefer in [.].

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E-learning Uncovered

JANUARY 8, 2015

'The last 14 months saw an upgrade of every single tool in our comparison! These tools had improvements in graphics, animations, mobile compatibility, and 508-compliance, among others. With these new changes, I thought it was time to update our popular—and often controversial—authoring tools comparison. As before, this is based solely on my opinion and experience.

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