Wed.Jan 17, 2018

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Personal Progress Tracker Update

Association eLearning

Last year I wrote a post about how to make a personal progress tracker. I’ve made some changes to my own progress tracker since then and thought I’d share them. After a few months using the old way I started to get frustrated with it. My progress tracker made it look like I had a lot of lazy weeks. But I knew that I’d been doing other important things that weren’t on my progress tracker.

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Infographic on Learning Experience Design Trends in 2018

Origin Learning

Design plays a major role in the success of an eLearning program. Design has evolved from functional buttons, synchronized audio and video, and assessments. Modern eLearning is all about creating engaging and powerful learning experiences that drive the user to complete the training program with ease. Today, we bring to you an infographic designed by us and based on the engaging content created by eLearning Guru – Connie Malamed.

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Raise the Bar with VR

Web Courseworks

Date: March 27th, 2018. Register Here. In this session, Filament Games CEO Dan White will discuss the potential of Virtual Reality (VR) to facilitate interactive, inquiry-based learning. Through the lens of Filament’s VR research, development, and ongoing dialogue with leading VR manufacturers like HTC, Oculus and Google, White will demonstrate how VR can engage users in authentic learning through identity, embodiment, and immersion.

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Developing Decisions

Clark Quinn

I mentioned in yesterday’s post that one thing I do in getting objectives is focus on decisions. And, simple ones will get automated; we can train AI to handle these. What will make the difference between ordinary and extraordinary organizations is the ability to make decisions in this new VUCA environment (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous).

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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

As a training manager looking to amplify your team's results, Knowledge Avatars are the next level. Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. Knowledge Avatars are versatile and adaptable personal coaches! They can be customized with your company's knowledge via a simple upload of your data.

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5 Things to Do When the Solution Shouldn’t Have Been Training

Allen Interactions

Let’s be honest, shall we? If you’ve been in this industry more than eight weeks, you’ve probably been involved in a solution which possibly, maybe, (very, very probably) shouldn’t have been training.

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Search for the Agile Learner

The Performance Improvement Blog

Modern organizations need agile learners. Given the pace of change due to technology, globalization, workforce diversity, and hyper-competition, people need to continually acquire and apply new knowledge, skills, and values at a rate unheard of in previous eras. As we explain in our new book, Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy , simple and routine jobs are being replaced by automation and robots.

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Key Tools for Franchise Growth

Wisetail

The Wisetail LMS supports franchise growth with a modern and intuitive user-interface, multi-level reporting, and advanced training tools. The post Key Tools for Franchise Growth appeared first on Wisetail LMS.

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Webinar: 10 Adobe Illustrator Tips From Our Graphic Designers

eLearning Brothers

On a recent webinar, Nic Brown, our Director of Product & Design, walked us through ten of his best tips for Adobe Illustrator. He showed attendees the step-by-step process for each of these functions: Select Shapes with Same Fill. Replacing Global Colors. Outline View. Offset Path. Shape Builder. Clipping Masks. Opacity Mask. Transform Effect. Layering Multiple Strokes and Fills (using the appearance panel).

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5 tactics to convert employees who resist continuous learning

Litmos

In an economy filled with rapidly changing technology, continuous learning is vital for both organizations and their employees. It has to be — according to Deloitte’s 2017 Global Human Capital Trends report , the half life of a skill is five years. Employees have to keep on top of their learning to stay relevant, and employers’ traditional centralized methods of training (corporate universities, for example), just cannot keep up.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Examining Skills Gap Perceptions

CLO Magazine

Employers have long complained of the skills gap, and the “2017 Skills Gap Report” suggests employees recognize it too. The report, released by online learning marketplace Udemy , found that nearly 80 percent of full-time U.S. employees agree there is a skills gap and more than one-third (35 percent) feel personally affected by it. But perception of the skills gap varies among industry, rank, generation and even gender.

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Handling Complaints: Is the Customer Always Right?

KnowledgeCity

We’ve all heard that phrase “the customer is always right”. No matter the situation, more and more companies are placing emphasis on customer service and how to better handle customer complaints. Why? According to “Understanding Customers” by Ruby Newell-Legner, it takes 12 positive customer experiences to make up for one negative experience.

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The GDPR is coming — are you ready?

OpenSesame

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was approved by the European Union (EU) Parliament and will be effective 25 May 2018, at which time those organizations in non-compliance will face heavy fines. What is the GDPR and why is it important? GDPR is designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy, and reshape the way organizations approach data privacy.

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3 R’s of Online Healthcare Training and Authoring Tools that Help

CommLab India

Training managers can understand the important criteria that online healthcare training programs need to follow and the authoring tools that aid.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

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.

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eLearning Content in Nonlinear Formats Aids Personalization by Pamela S. Hogle

LearningGuild

Offering eLearning content in nonlinear formats can drive engagement and harness the transformative power of eLearning. personalization.

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Millennial Onboarding Beyond the Classroom with Mobile Learning

CommLab India

This blog helps training managers gain an insight into the ways in which mobile learning helps with millennial onboarding.

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Pivot: Shifting the Focus to Our Internal Customers by Joanne Astorga

LearningGuild

All too often, companies forget about pleasing their internal customers, aka their employees. Savvy L&D leaders must pivot, shifting the focus to them.

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Whitepaper: Supporting CPD in the workplace

Enterprise Study

The changing face of learning and development, the competitiveness of the job market, and the need for organisations to attract and retain talent, mean that supporting employee Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is being seen by savvy employers as an integral part of their professional development strategy. This paper will discuss what is deemed to be good CPD, what an individual may include in their CPD portfolio and why and how employers and the HR Department should support the process.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: 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? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

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How to Turn Conference Videos into Effective eLearning

Roundtable Learning

How do you share your keynote with those who couldn’t make it? Do you simply share a clip of the video on social media, or is there a better way to market, and even profit, from your association’s best practices?

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4 Killer Examples Of Using Mobile Apps In Corporate Training

Adobe Captivate

With the widespread adoption of mLearning or mobile learning, the usage of mobile apps for learning is on an increase and for good reasons. In this article, I share 4 examples of how you can use mobile apps in corporate training. What Are Mobile Apps In Corporate Training Or Apps For Learning? Did you know that the number of mobile apps downloaded in 2017 was over 197 billion across the world?

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Reinforcement Hits The Mark In Safety Training

CommLab India

This blog explores ways in which you can reinforce safety training in your organization.

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Top 10 Benefits to Partnering and Outsourcing Learning & Development in 2018

Abreon

As the New Year stretches before us and you review your organization’s goals and budgets for 2018, you will most likely be evaluating your learning and development (L&D) programs, including training. Training is as critical as ever to the success of an organization—especially to stay competitive in a fierce market. When your employees’ workdays revolve around processes, operational tasks, emails, meetings, and reports—there is little time for more high-value work, strategic planning, a

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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How to lead the way with learning analytics (Free Guide)

Elucidat

Imagine being so confident in your understanding of your audience that you can design elearning you know will work. This is the edge that Chief Learning Officers and Heads of L&D have been looking for, and it doesn’t have to be a pipe dream! There’s a wealth of learning analytics data out there, but having confidence in drawing actionable insights is where many people become stuck.

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The GDPR is coming -- are you ready?

OpenSesame

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was approved by the European Union (EU) Parliament and will be effective 25 May 2018, at which time those organizations in non-compliance will face heavy fines. What is the GDPR and why is it important? GDPR is designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy, and reshape the way organizations approach data privacy.

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Busting Top 3 Sales Force Online Training Myths, Part I

Melon Learning

Busting Myth #1: There is no way to measure the impact on the bottom line from sales force training activities. Any sales training professional you ask will tell you straight away that one of the most common questions they get from their stakeholders is “What ROI can we expect from a sales training program?” Regardless of whether the training is delivered face-to-face or online, proving that it has a positive impact on the bottom line is a constant demand on sales managers and traine

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Generate Random Quotes and Messages

Adobe Captivate

I hope this blog is useful to anyone who wants to incorporate a random motivational quote or ‘tip of the day’ message into their projects. I attached a sample.cptx file as well. randomQuotes. Step 1: Write the Quotations in an Array. The hardest part about creating any random quote generator is finding, copying and pasting the actual quotes.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Find your perfect LMS. Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. With so many options available in the market, how do you ensure you make the best choice? This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. Compiled by industry experts, these questions will help to clarify your needs, prioritize your most essential features, and guide you through the evaluation process.

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Take Control of Your Learning

Powerhouse Hub

Tips on how to take control of your personal and professional learning.

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Don’t Frustrate Users With Gaps in Your Product Experience

General Assembly

Avoid mode-shift friction by using these simple design, data, and management tips. Product teams risk losing customers when they lack insight into breakdowns across the user experience. There are countless steps where the product experience can break down. Have you ever been waiting at the corner for a ride-sharing pickup, and while the app swears the driver is right there, there is no car in sight?

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8 eLearning Trends you need to know about in 2018

TalentLMS

Remember those eLearning courses your grandparents used to rant about when you were growing up? No, you don’t. Because eLearning wasn’t much of a thing back then. In fact, for your grandparents, it probably wasn’t a “thing” at all. But, times are changing. And eLearning? Well, eLearning is offering possibilities of convenience, accessibility, and personalization that training has never seen before.

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