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Play to Learn by Learning to Play [Webinar Recording & Slides]

Kineo

How do you foster creativity in a corporate learning space? What about playful learning? In our recent webinar, Play to Learn by Learning to Play, we looked at some of these concepts in practice. .

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Using Badges in Moodle

Lambda Solutions

The Harvard Business Review named elearning badges as one of the most innovative trends to watch in 2013, and two years later, lms badge functionalities have only gotten better. A digital Moodle badge is essentially an online recognition of your achievements and skills. If a user has a number of certifications, for example, they can receive and display lms badges online to recognize their achievement or competency.

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A Warning About Infographics

LearnDash

The internet is a wonderful thing but one has to be careful not to believe everything they read. Most people know that not all that is shared online is 100% factual. This is the case across nearly every topic, including the learning industry. In some situations debates result. For example, there seems to be a never ending argument over the validity of learning styles.

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Front-Line Leaders: 3 Capabilities for Improving Retention

Kineo

This is our third post on capabilities that Front-Line Leaders require in order to help their organizations achieve specific business goals. As we’ve said in our first two posts, it’s not news to say that organizations should develop the specific capabilities their people require to deliver the specific business outcomes they seek. But just what are those capabilities?

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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How I Blog: #DevLearn Bloggers

Learning Visions

DevLearn , that mecca of a eLearning conference, is coming up quickly! This year, we'll be running around the MGM Grand in Las Vegas from September 30-October 2, filling our heads with eLearning goodness. I'm honored to be a part of the #DevLearn Bloggers team. Each of us has been asked to write a post about how we blog.here's my offering: I’ve always been a note taker.

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Social Media for eLearning Professional Development (Part 2)

eLearning Brothers

Liz Sheffield is a freelance writer with a background in training and development. She specializes in writing about everything related to the human side of business. You can contact her via LinkedIn or Twitter. As I said in my last post , earlier this summer I attended the Society of Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) annual conference where 15,000 HR professionals gathered to share best practices, learn new skills, and improve the HR profession.

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The definition of Enterprise Social Network

E-Learning Provocateur

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Learning Styles in Training Development: Truth or Myth?

Trivantis

I’m a visual learner—that’s what some eLearning professionals would say—because I prefer memorizing from an outline rather than a lecture alone, or reading about a new topic instead of listening to a podcast about it. But how significant really is my “learning style” (visual vs. auditory vs. kinesthetic) in the learning and development community? Many studies from the last few years suggest that learning styles are a myth, a fad, a waste of time, etc.

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Selfie number 6

Learning with e's

In this series of short posts, I'm writing about my top ten selfies with people who have inspired me or have influenced my thinking. Previous selfie posts can also be viewed on this blog. I met American teacher, artist and edupunk Amy Burvall last year. Our pathways crossed when we were attending different events in London and so we arranged met up for a few drinks.

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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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EMEA Reporter: On the INHOPE Network, eLearning Helps in Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse by Nic Laycock

LearningGuild

The Internet has its good side, but unfortunately it also has its evil side: the victimization of children. Fortunately, there is an international network of hotlines, set up in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, to rapidly identify and remove child-abuse material from the Internet. eLearning plays an important part in this effort. In this article you’ll meet one of the key players.

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Selfie number 7

Learning with e's

With Shelly at EduTech Australia, Brisbane, June 2015 In this series of short posts, I'm writing about my top ten selfies with people who have inspired me or have influenced my thinking. Previous selfie posts can also be viewed on this blog. I meet a lot of people on my travels, many of whom are very expert in their specialism, but I don't believe I have met anyone who is as enthusiastic and passionate as Shelly Terrell.

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E-Learning Course Development

Designing Digitally

With the wrong expectations or talent, E-Learning course development can easily miss the mark. Designing Digitally, Inc. knows the E-Learning space inside and out across numerous industries. We’re laser-focused on our clients’ needs and consistently make sure E-Learning courses exceed their expectations. All courses stem from a challenge or problem, whether the training is about industrial safety or employee conduct.

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How to create a 3 person eLearning conversation and a free template

eLearningArt

Synopsis. When building eLearning scenarios or stories, sometimes you need more than two people in a conversation. This tutorial outlines the best practices for building multi-person conversations and includes the source files so that you can follow along with the lesson yourself. Download the source files. Click to download the source files for this tutorial, which includes the PowerPoint file as well as the character images.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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HelpIQ joins the ProProfs family

ProProfs

Earlier this year, ProProfs acquired HelpIQ , a knowledge base software that enables users to create web-based FAQ’s, help, support docs and more. With HelpIQ, ProProfs recognized the opportunity to expand its ProProfs Knowledge Base features and benefits. When faced with the opportunity to acquire HelpIQ, we carefully evaluated whether we could bring value to both our own customers and the people who were already using HelpIQ.

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Realizing the Promise: Making Blended and Online Learning Accessible to All Learners -- a Leadership Webinar from iNACOL

eLearning Evangelist

Here's an opportunity to hear some information about accessibility in a free webinar from iNACOL September 9 Blended and online learning can provide the least restrictive, most tailored educational environment for students with disabilities. However, new learning models must be designed with all learners in mind to realize that promise. Join iNACOL for a conversation with national experts on making blended and online learning accessible to students with disabilities.

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3 C’s of Engaging Practice

Clark Quinn

In thinking through what makes experiences engaging, and in particular making practice engaging, I riffed on some core elements. The three terms I came up with were Challenge, Choices, & Consequences. And I realized I had a nice little alliteration going, so I’m going to elaborate and see if it makes sense to me (and you). In general, good practice is having the learner make decisions in context.

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Two Quick Time-Savers in Adobe Captivate 9

E-learning Uncovered

Last week’s release of Adobe Captivate 9 has some great new features that really set the tool apart: More flexibility in responsive projects. Greatly enhanced object styles. The ability to capture video demos from mobile devices, such as an iPad (only available on the Mac version of Captivate). An iPad app that lets you create a storyboard/wireframe that you can import into Captivate.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Think for yourselves, plagiarists

Jay Cross

In 2006, Jossey-Bass published a book of mine on Informal Learning. The book describes informal learning as “the unofficial, unscheduled, impromptu way people learn to do their jobs” It compares formal learning to riding a bus and informal learning to riding a bicycle. The book says that “Work = Learning; Learning = Work.” Plagiarists.