Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

These techniques can be used for Instructor-Led Training or eLearning modules. These ideas originated in work done by Mark Lepper, a researcher from Stanford University and Thomas Malone also a researcher from Stanford who’s work includes extensive investigations into why games are fun and motivational. The two teamed up and wrote what they called “The Taxonomy of Intrinsic Motivation.” Here is a brief summary and some related references.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

by Kevin Siegel    I wrote about the HTML5 output option available in Adobe Captivate 6 a  few months ago. I pointed out that HTML5 is an alternative publishing format to a SWF. Unlike SWFs, projects published as HTML5 will not only play on the Apple  iPad, iPhone and the iPod, but the lessons will retain any interactivity that you added to the slides (such as click boxes and buttons).

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

An article in the June issue of Inc. magazine, edited by Leigh Buchanan, identifies 13 “types of leaders.” I think “attribute” is a better label of the 13 given that an effective leader can have more than one of these qualities. In any case, it’s a useful list to consider especially since Inc. cites an excellent book for each of the 13. Here is the list with the corresponding books: Adaptive - The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World , b

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Absorb LMS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Reporting is often a headache for learning management system administrators. As soon as admins depart from using their system’s pre-built report templates, they can sometimes find themselves in an alternate universe of SQL queries and database tables. Reporting poses a challenge to LMS vendors as well. In designing their software, they need to find the right balance between ease-of-use and ability to create highly customized reports.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

I'm really excited today. We get to finally announce that eLearning Learning has partnered with Training Magazine Network. These two industry leaders in online learning and training bring together their extensive content and community offerings to form the largest eLearning offering on the Web. When you visit the eLearning Learning site, you probably won't notice that much different.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Introduction. Meet Gary Lee Walters. He’s a hard-working, qualified learning facilitator, who teaches and lectures about law. In October of 2011 he founded his own website, StretLaw™ , an eLearning resource focused on law tuition and commentary. As his website explains, “it serves to facilitate learning, whether it is one-to-one tuition or group learning, via interactive tutorials.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

What is it about games that make them so popular, and such a powerful learning method? For a start, there are an impressive array of transferrable skills to be acquired, especially if the games played are designed effectively. Secondly, most people now have the capability to play games on the move, using smart phones, touch screen tablets and handheld consoles.

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LearningGuild

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

How critical is informal learning to workplace learning and performance? Here’s some food for thought from the Guild’s August 2012 research report, Smart Companies Support Informal Learning.

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Mindflash

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

It is timely that I found this article in Fast Company about jam sessions because I am planning a new hire on-boarding program for senior managers in which I am designing a jam session called “Product/Client Jam” to educate new managers on our products and client segments. According to the article, a jam session is defined as an experience that is “designed to foster novel insights and accelerated learning,” not to mention they help people make “accidental discove

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Training Industry

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Having made the case for the change to Agile, communicating when the change would take place and how it might affect both the organization and the individuals, the next step was to ensure that all of the team members had the tools that they would need to implement this new approach. This was accomplished by ensuring that everyone in the organization was trained in the agile methodology.

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OpenSesame

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Online content marketing is imperative to establishing a brand or company as a leader in their industry. But how exactly does one go about doing it in the most effective way ? The answer lies in a two-pronged approach: developing content that caters to your customers’ needs coupled with leveraging search engines and interrelated marketing strategies to drive traffic to your site or blog.

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LearningGuild

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The eLearning Guild has released its 2012 research report on the numerous benefits of leveraging a more social approach to learning.

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OpenSesame

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

'Online content marketing is imperative to establishing a brand or company as a leader in their industry. But how exactly does one go about doing it in the most effective way ? The answer lies in a two-pronged approach: developing content that caters to your customers’ needs coupled with leveraging search engines and interrelated marketing strategies to drive traffic to your site or blog.

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