Thu.Sep 24, 2015

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The Worst eLearning Course Ever

Association eLearning

You read the title correctly. This post is dedicated to pet peeves, worst practices, and other abominations that terrorize eLearning. What follows is a combination of things that give Digitec-ies nightmares and headaches. I considered listing them here, but there were quite a few and a list alone did not express the sheer torment these things can cause.

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TOPYX Topics – Social Learning Newsletter – September 2015

TOPYX LMS

If it has been awhile since you reviewed what TOPYX LMS has to offer, now is the perfect time to act. Here’s why: We added new features to our already robust, easy-to-use, learning management system, including: Experience APIâ„¢. (also known as xAPI and Tin Can API). Learning Record Stores (LRS). Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI). Chat Support in User Guide.

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Dead-Simple ‘Ninja’ Trick For Justifying Your ELearning Designs

LearnDash

I have come to a realization during my elearning consulting engagements: not everyone enjoys elearning but everyone has an opinion on it. If you are an instructional designer then you probably have seen this before yourself. In most cases it involves a subject matter expert (SME) refusing to set aside some time with you to discuss course content. When they finally do make the time, they spend it telling you why the course design is wrong and how it could be better.

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Lessons Learnt From The Evolution Of Journalism: How To Construct a Great Interactive Experience - Part 3.1

Kineo

The right tool for the job. In my last blog I shared feature writer Jon Henley’s tips for writing good feature stories and suggested how we could apply them to digital learning content. One tip he shared during his Guardian Masterclass on digital storytelling was to identify the right type of media to tell different parts of the story. I felt it was worth expanding on this, hence the arrival of this unplanned, additional blog.

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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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Looking forward on content

Clark Quinn

At DevLearn next week, I’ll be talking about content systems in session 109. The point is that instead of monolithic content, we want to start getting more granular for more flexible delivery. And while there I’ll be talking about some of the options on how, here I want to make the case about why, in a simplified way. As an experiment (gotta keep pushing the envelope in a myriad of ways), I’ve created a video, and I want to see if I can embed it.

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Ally, Bottom-Line Performance Win Brandon Hall Excellence Award for Knowledge Guru Game

Knowledge Guru

Bottom-Line Performance and Ally partnered to win a 2015 Brandon Hall Excellence award. The winning submission won a Bronze in Best Use of Games or Simulations for Learning. The game was created and implemented with the Knowledge Guru game-based learning platform. Knowledge Guru customers use the platform to help employees learn and retain things like product knowledge, policies, procedures and compliance information.

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3 Examples that explain Copyright Policies for eLearning Developers

TalentLMS

ELearning course development requires you to borrow artifacts and intellectual material from the Internet all the time. This includes linking to external resources. But, can you use them without attributing the original author or the materials you have borrowed? Definitely not! In this article we demonstrate three scenarios of fair use of copyright materials.

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5 Ways to Make Your Business Stand Out on LinkedIn

OpenSesame

According to this year’s 2015 Content Marketing Institute (CMI) Report , LinkedIn is not only the most used form of social media for B2B marketing but is also rated as the most effective social media platform. In an age of social media overload, it is easy to get lost in the mix so we’ve put together 5 quick tips to make your business stand out on LinkedIn: Add Video Content.

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10 eLearning Resources for Teachers to Use in the Upcoming Academic Year

DigitalChalk eLearning

New terms are always challenging for teachers. And this is because students are expecting to be surprised with innovative lessons and learning materials. Now, think smart and use technology to show those scholars that internet can be employed in educational means, too. Below, we have selected top ten websites which will help educators boost any boring class.

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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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Top 10 Learning Technologies and Talks at DevLearn 2015

WalkMe Training Station

DevLearn is like being a kid in a candy store…for training and learning techies like us. Pretty soon the only place you’ll be able to find printed tutorial’s and self-help manuals will be in museums. They’re becoming antique pieces — a thing of the past. Education and learning has gone through some radical changes and the fascinating world of e-learning is booming.

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Proposals Second of the Seven Stages of Training Outsourcing

Training Industry

Conducting an organizational assessment prior to requesting a proposal from a training supplier is the best way to ensure success in a training outsourcing engagement and mitigate the risk of selecting the wrong partner. As discussed in my previous blog, unfortunately, many learning leaders circumvent the assessment and begin the sourcing process by reaching out to suppliers before they really know what they need a supplier to do.

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5 Ways to Make Your Business Stand Out on LinkedIn

OpenSesame

According to this year’s 2015 Content Marketing Institute (CMI) Report , LinkedIn is not only the most used form of social media for B2B marketing but is also rated as the most effective social media platform. In an age of social media overload, it is easy to get lost in the mix so we’ve put together 5 quick tips to make your business stand out on LinkedIn: Add Video Content.

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Meet the New Interactive Course Format

Eduson

Meet the New Interactive Course Format. Statistics shows that Eduson’s courses have the highest completion rate (87%) as well as the best applicability (94% of learners put acquired skills in practice). Still, we are constantly working on the quality of our course formats and content, trying to better adjust them to the learners’ needs. See what we've prepared for you and your employees this time.

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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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Anti-trust and Competition: Two Sides of the Story

Skillsoft

Join Skillsoft for a complimentary webinar on anti-trust and competition.

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Neuromarketing: The Dark vs. Light Side of Neuroscience

eLearningMind

At eLearning Mind , we focus our efforts on understanding the way the brain works and apply neuroscience as a method to make learning an organic and highly efficient process. But if our commitment to neuroscience is a noble one, it’s the dark side of neurolearning that consumers need to be aware of: Neuromarketing. We use our powers for good, but in marketing agencies across the country, the same principles we use for learning are being applied to the consumer collective to entice customers and

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4 Exercises to Improve Your eLearning Design Skills in 30 Days

SHIFT eLearning

The best eLearning designers are the ones that consistently hone their style and look to make their skills even tighter. Fortunately, this doesn’t require a drastic overhaul of your existing knowledge base nor does it mean taking time-consuming classes that reteach things you might already know. In this blog post, we will show you some handy exercises to keep your eLearning course design skills sharp as a jungle cat’s reflexes.

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Neuromarketing: The Light Side of Neuroscience

eLearningMind

At eLearning Mind, we focus our efforts on understanding the way the brain works and apply neuroscience as a method to make learning an organic and highly efficient process. But if our commitment to neuroscience is a noble one, it’s the dark side of neurolearning that consumers need to be aware of: Neuromarketing. We use our powers for good, but in marketing agencies across the country, the same principles we use for learning are being applied to the consumer collective to entice customers and d

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.