InSync Training

JANUARY 26, 2017

Last week, we looked at knowledge and content EdTech tools and apps. This week, we continue our series by diving deeper into communication and interaction tools and apps that will help you support your blended learning campaigns. Again, these are the tools and apps you use to reach your learners – via email, announcements, and any other outreach broadcast media in this toolbox compartment, along with discussion forums, chat , collaboration , and virtual classroom meeting tools and apps.

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CourseArc

JANUARY 26, 2017

You may already know that your eLearning materials must be fully compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act — but what does full compliance actually look like in practice? We asked Christopher Doyle , Education Specialist at the Maryland State Department of Education , to explain the recent refresh to the Section 508 law in layman’s terms.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 26, 2017

This is the year we double-down on social learning. For too long we have seen elearning courses that end up with “click-click-click-click” progression. No interaction, no engagement. It is time for learning program developers to strive for something more. I will concede that certain courses like compliance training don’t necessarily require more than a traditional elearning module.

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Administrate

JANUARY 26, 2017

Back in September 2016 we told the story of Phil, star employee of Worksite Safety Success and holder of the keys to their training coordination and administration. We lamented the effect of having all your training eggs in one basket – when Phil left, WSS was left floundering. Today we’ve Read More. Published on January 26, 2017. The post Death & Dormancy – Is Your Training Company Falling Behind?

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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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Jane Hart

JANUARY 26, 2017

New article by Helen Blunden, Activate Learning Solutions. “In the last couple of years, I have spoken to many corporate Learning and Development practitioners about how they may support and enable opportunities for their workforce to learn collaboratively with each other in and during the flow of their every day work. That is, “ social learning’ During these conversations, I noticed that there were some myths about social learning that I would like to dispel.” Read the full ar

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 26, 2017

I was in a conversation with my colleague Charles Jennings about organizational innovation, and one of the topics that arose was that of barriers to successful organizational function. In particular, we were talking about how the division of responsibility between organizational development (OD), leadership development, and learning & development is a problem.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 26, 2017

The Knowledge Guru Drive authoring tool allows you to create a Drive game that’s unique to your organization by customizing it with names, logos, registration fields, etc. This article focuses on the look and feel of your Drive game and explains the steps to create a unique Drive experience for your learners. Customize Your Drive Game. Let’s start with your game name and introductory text.

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eLearningMind

JANUARY 26, 2017

Cave paintings are more than just pretty pictures. Our ancestors used stories as a way to pass information from generation to generation. Whether the message was genealogical in nature or just “Stay away from sharp teeth”, stories have had a way of capturing attention and relaying information that really sticks. Centuries later, we’re still using stories to pass data from person to person.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 26, 2017

The best way to maximize security in Knowledge Guru is to control player registration options. The default setting in Knowledge Guru is to allow anyone to play your game if they have the game URL. The game URL does not show up in search engines, so only individuals who have been sent the link will be able to access it. You have four options to further increase security.

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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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Content Raven

JANUARY 26, 2017

The importance of mentorship can be traced back to ancient civilizations. Throughout the ages, younger generations have successfully leveraged the knowledge possessed by more experienced, and often-times older, influencers. If you think about your personal experiences growing up, you may be able to quickly identify people that have helped you become the person you are today.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 26, 2017

Once you have created the topics, objectives, and mini-games for your Drive game, you are ready to make it live. Before you do, decide whether you want to enable automatic email reminders. With automatic email reminders enabled, Knowledge Guru Drive will automatically send email reminders to players after extended periods of inactivity. Follow these steps to make your game live so players can access it, and enable or disable email reminders: Quick Steps List.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2017

Over the past several years, we have seen a continuous disruption in the corporate learning market, and it threatens some of the more traditional tech tools like the learning management system. Let me explain. Instructor-led training has shifted from almost 70 percent of L&D spending in the early 2000s to less than 40 percent today. Traditional e-learning, which was pioneered only 10 years ago, is now often considered boring and commodity-like.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 26, 2017

You already developed and customized your Knowledge Guru Drive game. Now you need a plan to launch it, promote it, and measure it. Consider these tips for a successful implementation: 1. Make it mandatory… and integrate into an existing workflow. Your employees’ time is limited, and most of them only have the energy to focus on the activities that are truly essential to their jobs.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2017

As the workforce shifts and technology influences how, where, and how fast we work, the leader’s role is undergoing a transformation as well. Gone are the days when the command-and-control type leadership style is the expectation or the norm. Business today requires a leadership style that can cut right through to the heart of what drives business forward — people.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 26, 2017

Let managers know how their players are doing by scheduling automatic reports that can be sent directly to their inbox. You choose which reports you want to send and how often you want to send them. Quick Steps for Sending Automatic Reports. Expand the Reports option within left-hand navigation pane, and select Automated Reports. Select all the reports you would like to be automatically sent by checking the box next to those reports.

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Arlo Training & Events Software

JANUARY 26, 2017

Whether it is pop-up advertisements, billboards we walk past or even the social interactions we have, everyone is trying to present their offering, opinion or idea to gain some reaction. Busier work lives, more invasive media and simply short attention spans mean capturing an audience is difficult. At the risk of losing your attention here are 4 quick tips that will help you increase the value of your presentation. 10 Minutes early is 5 minutes late.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 26, 2017

Knowledge Guru Drive includes a variety of reports you can use to track player progress. The authoring tool describes your report options, so this article will not detail all options. Instead, we will focus on the types of information you might want to gather – and which report is the right one to use. Reports Available for Drive . If you want to verify that people are staying engaged and mastering the content , access the Drive Overview report.

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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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SHIFT eLearning

JANUARY 26, 2017

The start of a new year is a time for envisioning a better YOU and setting intentions for the road ahead. It is a time for making resolutions so that you can be your best version, both personally and professionally. As an instructional designer, this is your chance to look closely at how you work and set resolutions that will help you become a more effective professional.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 26, 2017

Each Knowledge Guru app allows you to customize your reports to include the information you want and filter out what you don’t. Quick Steps for Building a Custom Report in Drive. Expand the Reports option within left-hand navigation pane, and select Custom Report Builder. Select all the items you would like to include in your custom player report. Choose the orientation/format for your report from the drop-down menu.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 26, 2017

The post DUOLINGO GETS BOTH GAMIFICATION AND LEARNING DESIGN RIGHT appeared first on Learnnovators.

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eFront

JANUARY 26, 2017

Migrating from a traditional learning environment to an eLearning environment is not always smooth. A lot of hurdles need to be toppled during the cross-over and, of course, many hearts need to be won. Despite best intentions, several eLearning developers make these common 5 mistakes. In this article, we examine each and determine how to avoid them early in the eLearning process. eLearning has advanced plenty in these past few years.

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This white paper examines how organisations can get the best out of online learning, via a deep dive into how it works and how to apply it in order to achieve specific objectives.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2017

Best practice knowledge research from within and outside an industry plays an important part in organizational learning. It provides an understanding of approaches and processes that have been validated to produce optimal results and established as standards suitable for widespread adoption. On the other hand, a best practices approach can hinder learning, derail organizations and have a negative impact on business success, particularly when those who are responsible don’t pay attention to the a

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CommLab India

JANUARY 26, 2017

The first thing you need to do before starting e-learning course development is conduct a “learner analysis”. It is very important to know who your learners are, and what they have to learn. In fact, knowledge of the target audience, their preferences and skill sets will help you tailor the presentation of the learning content to meet their specific needs and preferences.

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cogentys

JANUARY 26, 2017

How to Use Blended Learning for Onboarding. Losing new recruits within the first year or two is expensive. Yet many businesses are not doing what’s required to welcome and motivate newcomers and make them feel confident about having joined the right company. If your intent is long term retention of talent, you want to make them feel valued at the outset.

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LearnUpon

JANUARY 26, 2017

When choosing an learning management system (LMS) you may be faced with the choice of using a cloud-based LMS or an installed solution. There are many considerations that will sway your decision. Here I explain what a cloud-based software system is, what a SaaS payment model looks like, and the benefits of choosing an LMS that is cloud-based. What is a cloud-based system?

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The leadership style that the leaders adopt during engagement is critical in gaining team member support for building a positive thinking team. The challenge is in deciding whether to adopt an engagement focused leadership style that emphasizes human behavior characteristics such as personalities, or to a task-oriented leadership style that focuses on the work needed to be performed and the tools to be used.

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Matrix

JANUARY 26, 2017

I don’t know about you, but I find shopping malls to be tremendously tiring: so many choices, so many people, so much noise. But at the same time, shopping malls can be truly surprising, and even inspiring. The last time I’ve found myself in a shopping mall, a crying kid got my attention. A preschooler. Big tears were rolling on his cheeks, and sheer disappointment covered his cute little face.

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Designing Digitally

JANUARY 26, 2017

The decline of the study of humanities has presented a tremendous opportunity for the elearning market. Savvy companies are taking advantage of this opportunity to fill the gap and bring humanities back to a place of priority in education. As education has made a shift toward an over-abundance of standardized testing, the study of the humanities has commonly fallen by the wayside.

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KZO Innovations

JANUARY 26, 2017

We just loved this Salesforce.com blog post! Marketers are paving the way for how salespeople are going to talk to their prospects and video is the media of choice! Take a look: What Mobile Video Trends are Telling Us and Why They Matter to You Nov 30, 2016 By Sati Hillyer in Customer Service, Marketing, Mobile, Sales. There are two words you may be sick of hearing by now; “Mobile” and “Video.

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