Mon.Jul 08, 2013

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Learning Concierge Society: A new network for workplace learning professionals

Jane Hart

'Last week I posted my ideas on the role of a Learning Concierge – an activity I have been undertaking for many years now for different clients and people, although I have only recently attached this title to it. In my role of Learning Concierge I help to find answers to ad hoc workplace performance [.].

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Is this where education is headed…it sure seems like it.

Kapp Notes

'Here is a funny video about what happens when the schools system is totally taken over by testing as well as making an argument against compartmentalizing subjects. Scary funny. You’ll laugh and kinda cry.

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7 Key Steps to Successful ELearning Implementations

LearnDash

'Implementing any type of elearning program can appear daunting, no matter what the size of the organization. I have worked on a variety of implementations, ranging from international programs to very centralized, but each still came with their unique a set of challenges. This being the case, it is always good to have a general plan in place so as to maximize the success of your elearning program.

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Agile, it’s not just for software development

Ontuitive

'Over the past 10 years or so, much has been said about Agile methodologies, particularly in regards to software development. Agile methodologies, notably Scrum, Lean, and Kanban, value one set of priorities, short iterations, transparency/accountability, and built-in quality. But, if the rest of a company does not share in these same values and approaches that company will not realize the value it could achieve in embracing Agile in all aspects of the business.

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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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MSTP FOR E-LEARNING: EASY & FUN? MAYBE NOT!

Learnnovators

There is a Buddha in all of us. Kindness galore, when we try to impart knowledge to others. “Hey, don’t you worry, awright?! This is so simple you’ll love doing it.” Perfect! This really works big time. Psychology! It’s the best way to motivate someone to learn without much fuss. But, it works just the other way round for me. I get stumped when I get to hear such so called motivational words.

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Brace Yourself: eLearning Just Got Social

Adobe Captivate

'In case you missed the news last week, Adobe has just released another in a long series of serious innovations in eLearning. Adobe publishes two of the most significant applications in the eLearning authoring space, Adobe Captivate – the long time leader in eLearning authoring, and Adobe Presenter 9, a simple to use PowerPoint plugin [.]. Adobe Presenter Community Documentation eLearning this week How do I.

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All together now

Learning with e's

'This is a continuation of my series of retrospective reviews of seminal learning and technology books. I have scoured my personal book library in search of a dozen books that have influenced my own thinking, and share a synopsis of their contents with you. For previous reviews start here. Today''s book recommendation is the fourth in the series: Clay Shirky (2008) Here Comes Everybody.

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Marc My Words: Five Reasons to Use Performance Support by Marc J. Rosenberg

LearningGuild

'Performance support—simple tools that guide and support people as they carry out tasks—is an effective, low-cost complement to instruction. Here are five quick points that you can use as the basis for your “elevator speech” that explains the concept to your colleagues and stakeholders, and three valuable resources that will help you implement the concept.

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I wouldn’t call it informal learning

Jay Cross

'If I had it to do over again, I wouldn’t call it Informal Learning. Synonyms for informal include breezy, colloquial, down home, folksy, improv, intimate, laidback, loose, low-pressure, natural, off-the-cuff, relaxed, spontaneous, sporty, throwaway, unceremonious, unconventional, unfussy, unofficial, unrestrained, urbane, without ceremony. With the exception of unofficial , these aren’t what I meant.

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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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August eSeminars for Adobe Captivate and Adobe Presenter: Register now for free!

Adobe Captivate

'Here’s the list of eSeminars we’ve planned for the month of August. Feel free to register for the eSeminars you wish to attend. Topic: What’s New in Adobe Presenter 9 Date and time: Thursday, 1st August, 2013 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM US/Pacific Description: Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh, Adobe eLearning Evangelist, as she demonstrates some [.]. Adobe Presenter How do I.

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5 Journalism Techniques To Borrow For eLearning

The eLearning Coach

'Think like a journalist for a compelling approach. Post from: The eLearning Coach 5 Journalism Techniques To Borrow For eLearning.

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3 Tips to Planning Creative and Productive Meetings

OpenSesame

'It’s time to throw all you know about meeting planning out the window and consider some game-changing ways to approach these necessary gatherings. Effective meetings are decisive, revitalize team objectives, inspire innovation and new ideas, as well as increase collaboration and connection between team members. We''ve got 3 tips to revamp your meeting strategy.

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Study Sheds Light on the Progress of Coaching Industry

CLO Magazine

'Coaching yields many positives for organizations, including leadership development and performance, increased levels of employee engagement, reduced attrition and improved teamwork, a new study shows. Lexington, Ky. — July 8 The International Coach Federation has released the executive summary for its 2013 “Organizational Coaching Study,” which reports on the following updates regarding the industry: • Coaching is used effectively by a variety of organizations, but the ex

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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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I'm Teaching a Articulate Storyline Course Online on September 5th.

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What’s in Your Toolbox?

CLO Magazine

'While many learning leaders choose their offerings based on cost and convenience, others are staying true to costlier traditional methods. Content, audience, environment and available technology each play a role in how learning is delivered, and all of those continue to evolve. However, despite volatility, survey results from the Chief Learning Officer magazine Business Intelligence Board (BIB) suggest that organizations are getting more sophisticated in their modality choice.

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3 Tips to Planning Creative and Productive Meetings

OpenSesame

Many times after a lengthy meeting, participants are left exhausted, unclear on objectives, and feeling the meeting wasn’t effective at all. In some unfortunate cases, the meeting may have even been used as a way to bureaucratically postpone a decision that needed to be made. It’s time to throw all you know about meeting planning out the window and consider some game-changing ways to approach these necessary gatherings.

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‘Ikea’ in eLearning Design and Development

Vignettes Learning

'Our belief: At Vignettes Learning we use stories in eLearning; however, we make them interactive. The emphasis is getting learners involved in the story and not just telling the learners the story. Synthesis. eLearning content should be a collaboration between the client and the instructional designer and developer. Without the collaborative process, it is more difficult to produce effective and impactful elearning design.

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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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G+, Twitter and LinkedIn walk into a bar.

Mark Oehlert

'So this morning, I had a not-so-random thought. Inspired by a comment made by Eugene Eric Kim - the thought went like this: . "Organizational learning" never took hold because we are unwilling to envision new orgs & we don''t know what we mean when we say "learning". I tweeted it, G+''d it and "updated" on LinkedIn (what do we call that anyway?).

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Superior Customer Service

Accord LMS

Most everyone hates contacting tech support with a passion. Personally, I will only do so after an hour or two of trying to resolve the issue myself. This might include Internet research, social networking and maybe a hammer! But let's face it, sometimes you simply have to buck up and call the "experts".

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Declaring Independence

Mark Oehlert

'When in the course of human events. As a nation, the United States declared its independence from Britain over 230 years ago. I''ve been thinking this 4th of July weekend about independence on a more personal level. First, I''ll say that being independent does not equal being alone, in fact I couldn''t think about declaring independence from these things without my wife and partner - I''m thinking more about things I want to break away from. .

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Superior Customer Service

Accord LMS

Most everyone hates contacting tech support with a passion. Personally, I will only do so after an hour or two of trying to resolve the issue myself. This might include Internet research, social networking and maybe a hammer! But let's face it, sometimes you simply have to buck up and call the "experts".

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Interactive Learning

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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Let me take a moment…or rather, Eight Moments of Learning Need

Torrance Learning

“It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.”. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. I can imagine the conversation that Ralph Waldo Emerson and Conrad Gottfredson might have if they were to meet. Two big thinkers, tossing around ideas about how we humans experience our lives, our work and our learning. Oh, to be a fly on that wall.