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Where, Oh Where, Should Content On A Screen Go?

Association eLearning

Have you ever given up on a web site because you couldn’t find what you needed? Lots of things are said to be about location, location, location. The arrangement of content on a screen is one of them. The layouts and visual hierarchies of your organization’s eLearning courses can either help learners process information or leave them completely confused.

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Infographic Guide to Games, Game-Based Learning and Gamification

Infopro Learning

Games, Game-based learning and Gamification have the potential to turn routine, mundane tasks into refreshing, motivating experiences. We had an informative post on Gamification a little while ago as well as a more in depth explanation of the difference between Games, Game-Based Learning and Gamification. While all three can keep us highly engaged in practicing behaviors and thought processes, we need to be able to identify between the three to choose the one best fit for any given learning scen

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An Introduction to elearning: Part Two

Administrate

In part one of our ‘Introduction to elearning‘ series we addressed the essentials: selection of a training management system, learning management system and content authoring tool, along with some of the advantages of using elearning in a blended approach to learning. Now that you’re ready to get started creating content, our Read More.

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Scenario example: Chainsaw training!

Making Change

What’s the best way to teach people to cut down a tree? Probably the best way isn’t the approach recommended in this scenario. However, the scenario isn’t supposed to be realistic. I wrote it to make a point. Try the scenario below. Do you agree with my point? (The scenario is embedded in the blog post. If you’re reading this in email or a feed reader and don’t see a clickable interaction, go to the blog post to play it.).

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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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The Customer Expectation Opportunity #INDIETECH

Wisetail

I had one of the best customer service experiences of my life yesterday at a coffee shop here in Bozeman. I walked in the front door, saw some friends across the room and went over to chat instead of ordering. After a few minutes a barista walked across the busy shop. The post The Customer Expectation Opportunity #INDIETECH appeared first on Wisetail.

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3 Simple ways to gamify your online learning

Docebo

3 Simple ideas for elearning gamification (without the gimmicks). Gamification can help you create a more engaging learning experience. But, make sure you don’t simply take a game and apply it to your learning. Instead, you should focus on finding ways to use gaming elements to create learning experiences that are not possible with traditional face-to-face training.

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How Managers Put Up Barriers to Employee Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

(This post first appeared on LearningToBeGreat.com ). Organizational barriers to learning are often not as obvious as being given no budget for training, or no training facilities, or no LMS. More often barriers are put up from the subtle ways that managers talk about capability development with their direct reports. For example, below is a conversation between a manager and direct report that was recently overheard in a medical device company.

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ATD 2016 It’s a Wrap! (PT3): Chris Coladonato

Learning Rebels

To know Chris Coladonato is to be sucked up into a vortex of energy! She is one of the most curious people I know, which makes her perfect for the Learning Rebel family. If you recall being a Learning Rebel is all about three key attributes. Courage of Conviction , Challenging Status Quo , Insanely Curious. Chris models all three of these tenets. Therefore, I can’t tell you how thrilled I was that she accepted the challenge of writing out her thoughts around ATD 2016!

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Webinar on Integrating Raptivity with other eLearning Tools

Raptivity

Integration of two or more tools gives us the benefit to reach and explore more options in our eLearning needs. In this webinar, we would like to showcase how to integrate Raptivity interactions with other eLearning tools. We have seen many Raptivity users use the interactions with other authoring tools to make their courses interactive. Many times our customers do ask for the steps of integration.

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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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Adobe Captivate 9 Now Supported on 32-bit Systems

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Adobe Captivate fans lamenting the fact that Captivate 9 was only available on 64-bit operating systems will love the latest from Adobe: Captivate 9 is now available for older, 32-bit systems. This is a huge deal for people who wanted to upgrade to Captivate 9 but couldn't because they weren't able to upgrade their systems. (People who weren't able to upgrade were forced to stick with Adobe Captivate 8.).   Click here to see Captivate's new, improved system requirements. &#

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Don’t Be Lazy With Quizzes

LearnDash

I have both created and seen many elearning courses across a diverse set of topics. To say one course is the same as another really wouldn’t be accurate. However, there are certainly commonalities between elearning courses that come up time-and-time again. Some of these characteristics are good. They speak to the skills of the instructional designer.

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Webinar on Integrating Raptivity with other eLearning Tools

Raptivity

Integration of two or more tools gives us the benefit to reach and explore more options in our eLearning needs. In this webinar, we would like to showcase how to integrate Raptivity interactions with other eLearning tools. We have seen many Raptivity users use the interactions with other authoring tools to make their courses interactive. Many times our customers do ask for the steps of integration.

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How to Handle Feedback About Your eLearning Design

eLearning Brothers

As creators of eLearning content, we often put our heart and soul into what we design. That makes receiving constructive feedback a difficult, if not painful, experience. But receiving feedback doesn’t have to be a negative exchange. Rather than pulling your hair out, crying for hours, or starting over from scratch, look at ways to handle feedback that will benefit your design, and ultimately improve your skills.

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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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The Why’s and How’s of Social Learning in the Workplace

SHIFT eLearning

Social Learning is not a new concept that has just come out of the factory—cloaked in layers of jargons and giving off the appearance of something that is impossible to wrap your wits around. We have been learning socially since ages and doing great at it; we just didn’t know it till Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory started to gain prominence in recent times.

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Amp Up Your Storyline Project with a Custom Player

eLearning Brothers

A general rule in our eLearning development (and specifically with Storyline) is that a good template needs and deserves a good player. But what does a good player look like? And how can you build one? In one of my previous blogs , I talked about how you could turn the built-in, mundane Storyline player into a customized masterpiece. But what if I told you that you could have a player that broke the boundaries of an ordinary built-in player?

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How to make eLearning deliver

Logicearth

This blog is about delivering on the promise of eLearning. After all, eLearning has been around for a long time - since the early 1990s. But many organisations still have a bad impression of it. We're aiming to change that. If eLearning is not delivering for you, take a look at our Content development services.

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ELM Expert Series: How To Teach Millennials With Minute Attention Spans To Be Transformational Leaders

eLearningMind

A decade has gone by since Millennials have begun our conquest of the job market. We now seek impactful leadership roles, and more than half of us do it for purpose. Happiness is no longer expected only from our personal life; we want our professions to be fulfilling, too. For Millennials, the line between work and personal life is thinner. Our goal is not only to personally gain from our work, but also to be an agent of change and social impact.

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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,

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3 Savvy eLearning Scenario Treatments

PulseLearning

Here are 3 eLearning scenario treatments that help you bring online content to life. Top eLearning Scenario Treatments To Bring Your eLearning To Life The goal of any training is to impart learning messages and ensure your audience can put information into practice on the job in their daily roles. In reality, it is not […]. The post 3 Savvy eLearning Scenario Treatments appeared first on PulseLearning.

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What is Technology, Why Does it Matter?

OpenSesame

One fateful day, at the start of a new job, the CEO of the company was talking to the new hires about the essence of the company, how he started and why he started the company, among other things. Suddenly he asked a simple question that silenced everyone in the room: “Does anyone know the definition of technology?”. His answer: Technology is anything that has not been perfected yet, technology is a new method of doing something that is not at its optimal function.

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3 Savvy eLearning Scenario Treatments

PulseLearning

Here are 3 eLearning scenario treatments that help you bring online content to life. Top eLearning Scenario Treatments To Bring Your eLearning To Life The goal of any training is to impart learning messages and ensure your audience can put information into practice on the job in their daily roles. In reality, it is not […]. The post 3 Savvy eLearning Scenario Treatments appeared first on PulseLearning.

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Tips for training senior employees

Matrix

You’ve certainly heard this before: millennials are set to take over the workplace. They are tech-savvy, they challenge the status quo , and they won’t settle for average performance. They want it all, and they want it now. Companies need to seriously address millennials demands if they want to attract and retain the best talent. Millennials value continuous development at work, so training becomes a top business priority.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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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How Auto-Owners Insurance Made Insurance Training Interactive and Efficient With Lectora

Trivantis

On the Trivantis® blog today, we’re featuring a case study excerpt on Auto-Owners Insurance. Recently, I had the pleasure of chatting with Andy Lockwood—a Training Coordinator and the Instructional Developer for the Claims Education and Training department—about how he used Lectora® to take training that once took 3 full days to complete and streamline it to only 60 minutes seat time.

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Day 4. Getting to grips with SCORM API

LearnUpon

This fourth part of our series explores the most nitty gritty details of SCORM , by focusing on the API itself. On day three, we learned how to import a SCORM course into your LMS. We’re now ready to discuss the magic of the SCORM API – how it enables learners to launch or resume a course and how SCORM tracks progress and results. Subscribe to our blog to get the latest on SCORM delivered to your inbox.

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What is Technology, Why Does it Matter?

OpenSesame

One fateful day, at the start of a new job, the CEO of the company was talking to the new hires about the essence of the company, how he started and why he started the company, among other things. Suddenly he asked a simple question that silenced everyone in the room: “Does anyone know the definition of technology?”. His answer: Technology is anything that has not been perfected yet, technology is a new method of doing something that is not at its optimal function.

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Day 4. How SCORM tracks course content

LearnUpon

This fourth part of our series explores the most nitty gritty details of SCORM , by focusing on the API itself. On day three, we learned how to import a SCORM course into your LMS. We’re now ready to discuss the magic of the SCORM API – how it enables learners to launch or resume a course and how SCORM tracks progress and results. Subscribe to our blog to get the latest on SCORM delivered to your inbox.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Find your perfect LMS. Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. With so many options available in the market, how do you ensure you make the best choice? This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. Compiled by industry experts, these questions will help to clarify your needs, prioritize your most essential features, and guide you through the evaluation process.

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ATD ICE 2016 – Post Review

eLearning 24-7

If you were like me and attended the ATD ICE 2016 show, you would have come away exhausted. That is a plus in my book. For me, it was a tad different this year. Yes, I spoke and I heard lots of positive feedback, which is awesome – and a big thank you for those who attended. For those who did not or could not – no worries – here is my M307_What you need to know before purchasing an LMS in all its PDF glory.

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How to Create Leaders Your Employees Will Follow

ej4 eLearning

There is a perpetual debate on whether leaders are born or made (or both). Whatever the truth may be, there is always going to be a gap between a high-potential employee and the leader he or she can, and hopefully will, become. The job of development is to fill that gap and make leaders that employees willingly follow. Employees naturally want to follow good leaders, and while many leaders are charming or energetic, that charisma will only bring them so far.

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Why Instructor-Led Training Still Matters?

Gyrus

With each passing day, there is an increasing emphasis on the use of eLearning for corporate learning and training. Citing reasons such as cost effectiveness, flexibility and content variety, eLearning advocates often claim that eLearning is actually the most effective learning method and soon instructor-led training (ILT) will be a thing of the past.

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