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ELEARNING 24-7 FEBRUARY 15, 2012 State of the LMS 2012 For the past month, I have been conducting a survey on learning platforms and specifically learning management systems. . The data shows that what many vendors assume end users want is far from accurate. Too many vendors are focusing on talent/performance management as the next feature/component in their systems. Yet, as you will see from this survey, what you assume isn’t always the case. | JAY CROSS FEBRUARY 15, 2012 Relevance Trumps ROI Excerpts from an article by CLO’s Deanna Hartley : Determining Relevance: Tangible vs. Intangible . Is this helping us attain our current objectives?’ Is this delighting our customers?’ And if it’s not, they shouldn’t be doing it,” he said. They are essentially the wrong measures. How did you learn it?’ Then generalize from talking to the sample of people to the whole organization.”. | LEARNING TECHNOLOGY LEARNING FEBRUARY 15, 2012 Backchannels in the classroom I thought I'd write a series of posts articulating my current thinking on different types of internet based tools and their use within education. My expertise in this area is largely based around finding things, playing with them and assessing their potential for teaching and learning. My last few posts have been based around this subject in some way or another. However, I've not done much about specific types of tools. Firstly, backchannels. This is a where you use a micro-blogging or chat based tool to facilitate a text-based dialogue within a live session. But why do this? | JAY CROSS FEBRUARY 15, 2012 Hacked: A Descent into the Malware Inferno Summary: I was hacked last Saturday night. My nine sites went down. Three days later, everything’s back in order but it was no fun. hope it never happens to you, but just in case, I’ll document the blow-by-blow below. In the end, an online service called Sucuri put things back in order. First thing Sunday morning, I dropped in at the Internet Time Alliance water cooler on Skype. | | | | | | | | | -
LEARNING VISIONS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012 The CBT Lady In the spirit of trying to explain to people what I do for a living, I was trying to explain to someone recently what I do for a living. I help organizations design and deliver online training programs…” The guy made a cross with his fingers and hissed at me saying, “Oh no, you’re the CBT Lady!” Visions of hairnet covered lunch ladies. haven’t recovered yet from this one. The CBT Lady? Oh no. You create those horrible things that we have to sit through. Every screen is locked out. And there’s a test at the end and if you get one question wrong you have to take the whole thing again!" Same guy. MORE >> - Changing Landscape in E-Learning
During the Thought Leadership Webinar on “ Interactive Courses on a ShoeString Budget ” in November, 2011, I had a good discussion with Jim Hanlin, President and Founder of Best Training Resources. Jim shared his views on the changing landscape in e-learning. Vikas: What are clients looking for in eLearning programs? Jim: What strikes me is that there is a phenomenal change in the eLearning industry in comparison to when eLearning was first introduced. As eLearning is ever growing and getting interactive likewise the clients' demands have also grown over the years. Jim:You are welcome MORE >> -
EXPERIENCING ELEARNING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012 Book Review: Design for How People Learn Julie Dirksen’s Design for How People Learn is a great book for instructional designers because it actually is written using the principles taught. Some instructional design books use a “do as I say, not as I do” kind of approach: they talk about chunking content into manageable amounts, using effective visuals, and motivating learners, but they are filled with long, unbroken blocks of dry text. Design for How People Learn is an easy, fun read, with lots of visuals and realistic examples that touch on frustrating problems instructional designers face. ” Lots of Images. MORE >> -
TOPYX SOCIAL LEARNING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012 Corporate Learning Management – Watch the Bottom Line Don’t over-pay for corporate learning management solutions. Getting the results you need within your budgetary constraints is not an easy task. From live training to learning management systems to learning path certification to so much more, there are a lot of moving parts that need to come together for a successful training program. So, how do you get the learning management features you need, without wasting time and money? There are many great resources now available to maximize online learning to be more collaborative, available on-demand, and still support live instruction. MORE >> -
RAPTIVITY | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012 Did-you-Know Raptivity? There are many fascinating facts, stories, theories, tricks and tips of certain people, things or processes. Do we all know about it? Most of us may not. After all we are humans and not overtly smart enough to retain all [.]. MORE >>
- Extending Lectora with an iFrame INTEGRATED LEARNINGS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- The Hacker: The Game MARK OEHLERT | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Understanding what you do LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- View presentation on 'How to keep e-learning relevant' EASYGENERATOR | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Adobe RoboHelp: iFrames I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Join us LIVE on The Forge - Thursday at 2pm ET VISUAL LOUNGE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- How to Use QR Codes in Corporate Training BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Bear pit pedagogy LEARNING WITH E'S | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Lights, Camera, WOOF! ENSPIRE LEARNING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Singularity University JAY CROSS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Profile: Constructed Meaning CLARK ALDRICH | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- As One - Individual Action, Collective Power WEB 2.0 AND LEARNING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Viewing the Northern Lights ECONTENT | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- WEBINAR: Let’s Get Mobile: Changing your Concept of Mobile Content Design and Delivery DAWN OF LEARNING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Don’t Sell BS to Salespeople, Make Their Training Meaningful MINDFLASH | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Interpreting Learner Interaction in LMS to draw meaningful insights. LEARN TO SUCCEED | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Obama Budget to Include $8 Billion Training Fund MINDFLASH | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Resources LEARNING CAFE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Book Review: Design for How People Learn EXPERIENCING ELEARNING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Is Kinect on Window 8 2012’s golden ticket for Microsoft? MINDLEADERS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
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