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Practical eLearning Experience for Universities

B Online Learning

One of the great aspects of our Master eLearning Course is that it brings together people from a diverse range of industries and backgrounds and many are brand new to the eLearning space. Lately we’ve noticed increasing numbers of people enrolling from the University (Higher Education) and the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sectors. We […].

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Elearnz in Review: 7 Trends Revealed

Kineo

Last week, I had the opportunity to join my colleagues at the 2015 Elearnz conference at the beautiful Maritime Room in Auckland, and it was a great opportunity to hear from international speakers on the latest trends in the industry and how it impacts all of us. Oh, and enjoying the cannon launch at noon everyday. .

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Practical eLearning Experience for Universities

B Online Learning

One of the great aspects of our Master eLearning Course is that it brings together people from a diverse range of industries and backgrounds and many are brand new to the eLearning space. Lately we’ve noticed increasing numbers of people enrolling from the University (Higher Education) and the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sectors. We […].

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Elearnz in Review: 7 Trends Revealed

Kineo

Last week, I had the opportunity to join my colleagues at the 2015 Elearnz conference at the beautiful Maritime Room in Auckland, and it was a great opportunity to hear from international speakers on the latest trends in the industry and how it impacts all of us. Oh, and enjoying the cannon launch at noon everyday. .

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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ASAE Annual Conference 2015

Association eLearning

With less than 2 weeks remaining until the year’s most highly anticipated gathering of association and nonprofit professionals, Digitec Interactive has some exciting news! We’ll be unveiling our newest version of the Knowledge Direct Learning Management System, Knowledge Direct 7 Beta, at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition. For the last 3 years we’ve been vetting technology, surveying the analysts, and asking the learning community, “How can we transform learning?

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Getting Started with Moodle | Planning for Success

Lambda Solutions

Introduction. Here’s the scenario: You are about to setup your Moodle LMS installation, and you aren’t sure where to start, what to consider, or what you should know. The good news is if you are outsourcing your Moodle hosting - which is the recommended method - the Moodle installation process will be taken care of for you. Moodle hosting vendors, like Lambda Solutions, help take away the headache of installing the site on a server, and remove stress surrounding the optimization of your Moodle s

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7 Quick Steps for Making an eLearning Infographic

eLearning Brothers

1. Determine your subject. To make an infographic you need to have something to say. It may be art, but it’s art that is meant to get a point across. That’s why you rarely see an “abstract” or “interpretive” infographic. They’re not Rorschach tests. If there’s no info, there’s no graphic! “Hmm… I see a line graph of the quarterly earnings projections of the top 5 UK-based financial institutions.

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Genesis WordPress University Theme

LearnDash

When you’re creating online courses offering you understand that it’s important to have a site that not only looks great but is well put together “under the hood” as well. For years, the Genesis framework has provided people with a solid foundation to build websites. It is SEO friendly, properly coded, and offer extra features without much bloat which means they result in a pleasant user experience.

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Moodle Installation Guide Pt 1 | Planning for Success

Lambda Solutions

Introduction. Here’s the scenario: You are about to setup your Moodle LMS installation, and you aren’t sure where to start, what to consider, or what you should know. The good news is if you are outsourcing your Moodle hosting - which is the recommended method - the Moodle installation process will be taken care of for you. Moodle hosting vendors, like Lambda Solutions, help take away the headache of installing the site on a server, and remove stress surrounding the optimization of your Moodle s

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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ELC 025: Insights for Designing Blended Learning

InSync Training

Today's learning environment is wide open. We can choose from a multitude of technologies, modalities and techniques. But what's the best way to design in this new environment? In this podcast, Connie Malamed from the eLearning Coach chats with Jennifer Hofmann, President of InSync Training, who offers lots of tips and insights for designing blended learning.

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The pitfalls of selling content online – five questions that training companies should ask

From the Coleface

Imagine you are running a training company that has successfully carved out a niche. You’re selling lots of training courses and it’s only capacity that is stopping you from selling more. One day you realise that you could increase reach, lock out competitors and reduce cost of sales if you put some of the training online. What could possibly go wrong?

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Set up shop with the new Shopify – TalentLMS integration

TalentLMS

In last month’s post discussing TalentLMS’ integration options, we mentioned that our team is working hard on adding a tighter integration with the eCommerce king, Shopify. Well, the time is now! In this post we’ll have a look at how our new integration with Shopify works, how you configure it, and what it enables you to do. Shortcut: check the Talentlms-to-Shopify step-by-step integration guide Shopi-what?

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E-Learning Gamification Made Simple

E-learning Uncovered

We all love our buzzwords in the field of e-learning. Responsive design, localization, social learning, blended learning, flipped classroom, flat design…the list goes on and on. Although some buzzwords come and go with the times, there are other buzzwords that seem to stick around. E-learning gamification is one of these terms. The idea of introducing games into learning is nothing new.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

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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E-learning Tips: Creating Content for Novice Learners

SHIFT eLearning

As eLearning professionals we want to take our students on a learning adventure where they come out on the other side brimming with knowledge, inspiration and staggering awe for their superhero-like trainer. Ok, maybe these goals might be a tad unrealistic. Even the best eLearning designers can sometimes drop the ball when it comes to training because we forget that what comes easily to us might not come easily to our students and maybe, just maybe we might even overestimate our students’ abilit

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Top 5 Tools for Web Seminars Infographic

InsiderHub

The post Top 5 Tools for Web Seminars Infographic appeared first on CollectMyThoughts.

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Latest Rapid Authoring Tool Brings HTML5 Content to All Devices

Obsidian Learning

For immediate release. Latest Rapid Authoring Tool Brings HTML5 Content to All Devices. HOUSTON, July 28, 2015— Obsidian Learning announced the beta version of Obsidian Black , new solution for e-learning designers looking to keep up the increasing trend towards mobile learning. Notable features include the ability to sync narration with text and images, exchange on-screen comments with team members and reviewers, and integrate projects with existing LMS structures.

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Mobile Video Recording – TechSmith Tips

TechSmith Camtasia

Hi everyone, my name is Mike and I am the video marketing specialist here at TechSmith Corporation. With the recent rise in mobile sharing with video, we thought it would be a good idea to share some tips and advice for mobile video recording. A few of the things that we wanted to focus on are: Audio. Lighting. Shot Composition. We also wanted to highlight a few videos apps that we use to shoot some of our stuff.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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#blimage conscious

Learning with e's

Several people on Twitter have asked recently for images they can use for the #blimage challenge. For the uninitiated, #blimage (blog-image) is a game we started to encourage learning professionals to blog. You are sent an image which you then have to write about, metaphorically or literally. At the end of your blog post you then challenge some of your friends with another image, of your own choice.

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10 Visual Design Tips For eLearning And Slides

The eLearning Coach

Many people have told me they can’t draw well. If your goal is to get better at visual design, you don’t need to draw. You need to learn and apply the principles of design. I’ve gathered up ten important principles and little tips from my book, Visual Design Solutions, and uploaded it to SlideShare. Since […] Post from: The eLearning Coach 10 Visual Design Tips For eLearning And Slides.

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How to increase the training compliance rate in a healthcare organization

eFront

Contrary to tradition, the majority of the training in healthcare is now available as eLearning. Of course, there will always be courses that need to be facilitated via face-to-face, like CPR, but the rest of the statutory and mandatory training is completed in front of a PC at the learner’s convenience and pace. In this post we will look at 5 tips on how you can boost the compliance figures of an organization, focusing primarily on healthcare.

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Creating Big Lessons by Using Small Data

Vignettes Learning

Rapid learning is achieved by putting lessons in micro-scenarios. Instead of serving the "whole pie of knowledge" all at once, serving slices to elearners is also effective. Micro-scenarios prevent information overload and give learners more capacity to focus and accumulate information. The eLearning culture has a couple of limitations. In virtual learning, both the trainer and the learners are separated by space and barriers.

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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4 Online Video Tips for Manufacturers

KZO Innovations

Did you know that 78% of people watch videos online every week already, and it is predicted that by 2018, video will take up 79% of all consumer Internet traffic? So, it’s no surprise that many organizations across industries are increasingly capitalizing on the power of online video – and this includes manufacturing companies. 90% of industrial buyers research suppliers online, and only 34% of manufacturers say that offline promotion is effective.

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How to Perfect Your Elevator Pitch: Celebrating Talk in an Elevator Day

OpenSesame

Did you know today is National Talk In An Elevator Day? Here at OpenSesame, we’re celebrating the best way we know how: by perfecting our elevator pitches! Imagine you step into an elevator only to see the executive of your dream company, a prominent investor in your field, or even a new client you’re trying to land. You’ve got 30 seconds (maybe even a minute if you’re lucky), to sell yourself and make an impression.

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How to increase the training compliance rate in a healthcare organization

eFront

Contrary to tradition, the majority of the training in healthcare is now available as eLearning. Of course, there will always be courses that need to be facilitated via face-to-face, like CPR, but the rest of the statutory and mandatory training is completed in front of a PC at the learner’s convenience and pace. In this post we will look at 5 tips on how you can boost the compliance figures of an organization, focusing primarily on healthcare.

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The Building Blocks of Service Level Agreements

Training Industry

Best practices dictates that a good agreement between a buyer and seller should include a service level agreement (SLA) as part of that agreement. First let’s define what a SLA is. A well-thought-out SLA sets the tone for how the relationship between parties should be governed. What are those elements that are important to the project success? The building blocks of the SLAs should consist of key metrics that should be tracked in order for both parties to achieve the desired results.

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The DNA of Online Learning

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.