Making Change
JANUARY 7, 2015
'“Wait, we can’t design the training that way, because Zeus will rain down fire as punishment!” You might not hear that particular myth, but I’ll bet you’ve heard many others. Here are the most popular myths I’ve heard from learning designers and their clients. Oh, those numbers in the chart? They’re just an estimate based on my experience.
Origin Learning
JANUARY 7, 2015
'Have you ever stood in front of a machine, with little or no idea about how to operate it – say at a self-check-in counter at an international airport that has its default language set to Dutch, or in front of a self-service kiosk for a tram that requires you to input information and money to print your ticket? In such or similar situations, what do you do if you have a couple of people operating the machine before you?
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Knowledge Guru
JANUARY 7, 2015
'You want to include a serious game in your training… but can you use an inexpensive game template or do you need a more expensive custom game? Here are questions you need to consider as you decide: What are you trying to achieve? How much budget do you have? How much time do you have to design and build it? How much skill do you have in game design and instructional design?
LearnDash
JANUARY 7, 2015
'Are you currently creating an online course – or have you in the past? As a course developer (instructional designer), you know the importance of continually improving in your craft. In general, this means staying on top of industry trends, and understanding learning design theory as it applies to the digital age. The information around these areas is great, but it can sometimes become full of too much jargon, or delve too deep into the details.
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Learnnovators
JANUARY 7, 2015
ABOUT Dr. MICHAEL W. ALLEN (CEO and Chairman, Allen Interactions Inc.). Michael Allen, the CEO of Allen Interactions, is known for pioneering multimedia learning technologies, interactive instructional paradigms, and rapid-prototyping processes—bringing each forward into leading corporate enterprises. He was the founder and CEO of Authorware, a revolutionary eLearning authoring tool.
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eLearning Brothers
JANUARY 7, 2015
'Today I want to show you our free Articulate Presenter Template. It has been updated to meet the different versions for Articulate Presenter ’09 and Presenter ’13. I think you will really like this template. It includes a top bar, bottom bar, menu navigation, bottom bar navigation, and seek bar. Just think how much development time you’ll save and how good your course will look when it is finished.
TalentLMS
JANUARY 7, 2015
'We’ve had our share of great e-learning posts, a lot of decent ones and the occasional clunker in this blog. But even the greatest of them (as measured by their reading stats and your shares, likes and comments) get forgotten after a while. As new posts get piled on top, old ones get buried in the archive pages. Of course we couldn’t just take the easy way out and re-post our popular articles as they were (something a lot of blogs do, especially around New Year’s time).
LearningGuild
JANUARY 7, 2015
'Should learning be easy and effortless? Many designers approach their task under the assumption that it should be. However, research says otherwise: Struggle has long-term benefits for learning. Read about it here, and about how you can. put the research findings into practice.
Trivantis
JANUARY 7, 2015
'Both Lectora® and Lectora® Online include a Media Library and access to characters, stock buttons and images as well as providing a location where you can store and share custom project assets. In this blog we’ll explore the Media Library and learn how taking advantage of this tool for accessing and reusing content can provide consistency throughout your titles and reduce your development time.
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Training Industry
JANUARY 7, 2015
'Note: Over the next few months, my blog will focus on topics that are relevant to the evolution of the training outsourcing market. The demands on leaders of corporate training organizations have continued to grow over the last few years. Corporate executives are showing less tolerance for the traditional approaches to training management and expect new and innovative ways for training to add value – instead of being a cost burden to the business.
Trivantis
JANUARY 7, 2015
'Spaced repetition is a slippery learning technique to pin down. This wise guy goes by several aliases in the educational ‘hood. You might have heard about spaced rehearsal, interval reinforcement, distributed practice, the spacing effect, repetition scheduling or some other name. However, these are all the same fellow, and he’s a good guy to have around.
LearningGuild
JANUARY 7, 2015
'The eLearning Guild expands its member resources with the launch of the DemoFest Archive, making one of the Guild’s most. popular conference features available year-round.
ATD Learning Technologies
JANUARY 7, 2015
'Tech headlines for January 2015 reviews research on mobile learning in Europe, Top 20 gamification companies, and a new list of top voices in e-learning. Click here to read full version.
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OpenSesame
JANUARY 7, 2015
In today’s job market, having a certain business skill can be the key to landing a promotion, getting your dream job, and even unlocking thousands of dollars worth of wage premiums. In fact, PayScale has released a list of the skills that lead to the biggest increase in paychecks. Below are five skills that can lead to big bucks and how you can learn them!
Aptara
JANUARY 7, 2015
Mobility in 2015: Hopes are high. The development of smart mobile devices has largely been the central story of technology over the past few years. Other trends, including cloud computing and the lack of limits on office personnel, have been intrinsically linked to PC-strength devices that can be used anywhere. At this point, companies not focusing on mobile content , whether for internal or customer consumption, may be falling behind in their respective industries.
OpenSesame
JANUARY 7, 2015
'In today’s job market, having a certain business skill can be the key to landing a promotion, getting your dream job, and even unlocking thousands of dollars worth of wage premiums. In fact, PayScale has released a list of the skills that lead to the biggest increase in paychecks. Below are five skills that can lead to big bucks and how you can learn them!
Aptara
JANUARY 7, 2015
B2B marketing 'storytelling' includes relevant content. The purpose of B2B marketing materials is to share a great portion of a brand's expertise and voice in a form that viewers can come to independently. Rather than devoting the time of one sales representative to speaking to a potential buyer, the company puts it all out there in the form of well-made content, cognizant of the fact that many business professionals today make a point of searching for information independently rather than askin
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Learning Rebels
JANUARY 7, 2015
'As part of our 2015 commitment to Kaizen and incremental improvements, it’s time to shift the gaze toward improving the “Learning Toolbox for the 21st Century”. As you may remember I wrote a post for ATD which centered on improving your toolbox , and this year we are going to expand the thoughts to include deeper information and get a little Kaizen in your day!
eFront
JANUARY 7, 2015
'If you are employed, you should know that there are certain rules and regulations governing both your workplace and the profession you are in. Some professions have more than others (financial institutions, for example, have stricter regulations due to their business of handling large sums of money), and sometimes these rules and regulations may be unclear or vague to the average worker.
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