Tue.Dec 17, 2013

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Interactive Learning At A Museum In Indonesia

Upside Learning

'On a recent backpacking trip to Indonesia with my husband, who is also an instructional designer, we visited the famous Taman Pintar (literally, Garden of Knowledge) in Yogyakarta. We expected to see the usual collection of old relics from a time long gone, but were pleasantly surprised to find that the Government had tried to […].

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7 Fascinating Distance Learning Facts

LearnDash

'It is becoming pretty common place these days for people to take the majority of their courses online (or at least some portion of them). Most K-12 districts even have learning management systems in place for online learning programs to supplement the classroom. The evidence is there: elearning is gaining in influence and being recognized as a legitimately way to earn a quality education.

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Categorizing mLearning

Clark Quinn

'In thinking about mlearning, I have characterized the possibilities of mobile as augmenting formal, performance support, social, and contextual. It occurs to me, as I continue to think mobile, that there is another way to view it. The realization came from the fact that you can use social for both augmenting formal learning and performance support, just as you can with content (both media files and interactive experiences).

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The Curse of Average eLearning Content

eLearning Brothers

'Average eLearning Content was hurting inside. A long time ago he was told by his learners he was average. You see, Average eLearning Content had a dream inside of him. He didn’t want to be average anymore. He wanted to be Awesome eLearning Content. He wanted to make a difference. He wanted—more than anything—to change the lives of his learners. He wanted to be more than average.

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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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Applications of online training: customer service

eFront

'Customer service training is in fact the blueprint for a company’s entire support process. A solid training program ensures that a team operates to consistently deliver good service to customers, with or without a game plan. Whilst a variety of elements go into creating a successful business, customer service is center-stage and every interaction the company has with a customer can affect its bottom line.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

CLO Magazine

'Those of us in workforce development know one of the most powerful deterrents to employee defection is education. Welcome to 2014. In addition to the usual New Year’s resolutions — lose weight, exercise, read more — there’s another life change millions of people are contemplating this month: Find a new job. According to recent data from the U.S.

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Using Characters in Your Online Training

Trivantis

'Characters allow you to create an emotional connection with your learner and build a story around the character. This gives your learner something to engage with. Characters are also great for presenting realistic scenarios. In addition, you can use a character to: Guide your learner through the course. Present lesson content in an engaging way. Pose questions and spark reflection.

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Survey: Workplace Productivity Peaks on Tuesdays

CLO Magazine

'Tuesday is the most productive day of the week, according to a new survey, while Thursday and Friday are the least productive. Menlo Park, Calif. — Dec. 16 Have a challenging project to tackle? Take it up on Tuesday, a new survey suggests. Thirty-nine percent of human resources managers rank Tuesday as the most productive day of the week, according to a survey from staffing firm Accountemps.

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Athenasia Consulting Simplifies the Marketing Plan Process

OpenSesame

I’m Laurent Timmermans, Founder and Managing Director of Athenasia Consulting Ltd based in Hong Kong. My company’s goal is to help entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses. Writing a Marketing Plan. Although I have a master’s degree in management with a major in marketing, I found it quite difficult to write my first marketing plan. Yes, we had talked about all the components at university, but no one ever explained how to actually write one.

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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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Networks need reasons - how about decision-making?

Mark Oehlert

'I find the work by Loomio compelling. @nilofer , in " 11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era " argues that. "In the Social Era, the power to make decisions doesn’t come from your spot on the org chart, or rank, or any fancy-schmancy title. Power to make decisions comes from knowing which ideas matter to the organization and why.". I agree. One issue though is that our current enterprise systems aren''t built to recognize input at a decision level from multiple levels in the org.

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Athenasia Consulting Simplifies the Marketing Plan Process

OpenSesame

'I’m Laurent Timmermans, Founder and Managing Director of Athenasia Consulting Ltd based in Hong Kong. My company’s goal is to help entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses. Writing a Marketing Plan. Although I have a master’s degree in management with a major in marketing, I found it quite difficult to write my first marketing plan. Yes, we had talked about all the components at university, but no one ever explained how to actually write one.

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Deloitte Launches University for Europe, the Middle East and Africa

CLO Magazine

'Located in Belgium, the university aims to build on the success of Deloitte University, launched two years ago in Westlake, Texas. Brussels — Dec. 16 Deloitte on Monday said it launched Deloitte University Europe, the Middle East and Africa, or DU EMEA, in an effort to help staff and clients navigate market changes. DU EMEA’s curriculum is aimed to tailor to the region’s needs to develop the next generation of international business leaders and advisers.

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Networks need reasons - how about decision-making?

Mark Oehlert

I find the work by Loomio compelling. @nilofer , in " 11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era " argues that. "In the Social Era, the power to make decisions doesn’t come from your spot on the org chart, or rank, or any fancy-schmancy title. Power to make decisions comes from knowing which ideas matter to the organization and why.". I agree. One issue though is that our current enterprise systems aren't built to recognize input at a decision level from multiple levels in the org.

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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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Christmas Market in Berlin

Jay Cross

'Frohe Weihnachten!

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Karen Kocher: KISS and Tell at Cigna

CLO Magazine

'Capability development and encouraging employees to learn from one another is helping the health services company to put customers first. Sometimes the best thing you can have in business is a big, fat KISS, as in, keep it simple, stupid. A popular phrase coined from a 1960 U.S. Navy project, the acronym has multiple iterations, but its meaning — don’t overcomplicate that which does not need complexity — could be a motto by which learning leaders operate.

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Find and use 1 Million MORE images in the public domain on Flickr

E-Learning Acupuncture

'If you are an Instructional Designer, Instructor, or Educational Developer, then you have a keen eye open for excellent free image repositories. The reason for this is because you know that a significant proportion of your students are visual learners. So you structure some of your content each week around some visual elements such as images and/or videos.

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eLearning Tips Straight From Your Learner's Brain [Infographic]

SHIFT eLearning

'The best marketers know their audience—what their needs and wants are, what problems they have to solve. The best teachers empathize with students, the best doctors with patients, and so on. But you get the point. Professionals who do their best work don’t contemplate their navels. As an eLearning professional, you can only do your best work by considering students first.

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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,