Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'According to BigFish games, 58% of Americans play video games , with 68% of that population older than 18. In fact, the average age of a video gamer is 35 – a key demographic we’d all like to include in our association’s ranks, right? Why are games so popular, and how can we leverage gamification for association learning? Like any effective learning project, it’s critical to define your audience and determine if gamification is a good fit.

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Jane Hart

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'Next public online workshop runs 17 November – 19 December 2014 (also available as a 1 day onsite Masterclass or pre-conference event) The role of the L&D function in the modern workplace is more than creating, delivering and managing e-learning; it is about addressing performance problems in more relevant and appropriate ways, as well as promoting, […].

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LearnDash

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'I can recall a time when the word “blog” would raise eyebrows and generate looks of suspicion. Its use was often followed by an explanation that “blog” is actually short for “weblog”, and it was a form of online journal. And then strange looks continued. Today the landscape is much different. It seems that everyone, at some point, has started a blog.

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eLearning Brothers

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'Congratulations Project Manager! The sales team was awarded a contract to develop an awesome course module. Start of the Project. As a project manager, you have been assigned the client and project to shepherd through the entire process of instructional design, development, quality assurance and final delivery. It’s an exciting time as you dive into understanding the contracted statement of work or “scope” as many in the business call it.

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Torrance Learning

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

LLAMA is everywhere! And now you can learn our Lot Like Agile Management approach in the November issue of TD at Work. The Association for Talent Development (ATD, formerly known as ASTD) publishes this very practical series every month, with techniques ready to implement. This month, it’s all about Agile. What’s really great about the state of Agile in the training industry is the newness of it all.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'If you do a search online you’ll find all sorts of free assets like free stock images, icons, fonts and other media that work perfectly for your elearning courses. But often you find that free isn’t really free. Instead, free is free with strings attached. One of my pet peeves is people who give away free assets and then only allow them to be used for personal use.

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ATD Learning Technologies

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'Whether you are an internal practitioner, and independent consultant, or an e-learning services provider, adding Articulate Storyline to your development toolbox can help you create interesting and engaging e-learning content without having to know programming code. Here are eight of my favorite Storyline features that might make you want to add it to your e-learning toolbox.

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InsiderHub

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'The vendor selection process is never as easy or as simple as it should be. Depending on your organization, you may have a lot of “cooks in the kitchen,” with specific ideas for what your next tool needs to do; or you may find that there are thousands of options that will do what you need the tool to do – which can be even more confusing. So where do you start?

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eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'Well late fall is in the air, unless you are in the southern hemisphere which in that case, spring is in the air. For those relatively new to the blog, every quarter I post the latest news and notes in the world of e-learning. Where Will we be by 2020. If you plan on attending my latest London session will covers the future of e-learning in 2020 (and where I can say hi to you), here is some E-Learning 20-20 Stay ahead of the Game !

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ATD Learning Technologies

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'Why are organizations not adopting the MOOC culture more aggressively? Although the answer may not be simple or straight-forward, it’s worth exploring. Click here to read full version.

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LearningGuild

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'You will be hearing a lot from The eLearning Guild and in Learning Solutions Magazine over the coming months about. learning and performance ecosystems. This column expands on Marc’s introduction of the concept last month. Between. these. two columns and the white paper linked at the end of this one, you will gain a more complete understanding of this vital. and. emerging concept.

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ATD Learning Technologies

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'Why are organizations not adopting the MOOC culture more aggressively? Although the answer may not be simple or straight-forward, it’s worth exploring. Click here to read full version.

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LearningGuild

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'You will be hearing a lot from The eLearning Guild and in Learning Solutions Magazine over the coming months about. learning and performance ecosystems. This column expands on Marc’s introduction of the concept last month. Between. these. two columns and the white paper linked at the end of this one, you will gain a more complete understanding of this vital. and. emerging concept.

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OpenSesame

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'People learn in a multitude of ways, and elearning is a field that is extremely aware of this. Courses vary in every aspect from length to medium to degree of interactivity. One area of variation is quizzing techniques. Something every elearning course has in common is their goal: ensure content is memorable. An effective way to do this is check the learner’s memory along the way; the key technique used here is quizzing.

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LearningGuild

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'You will be hearing a lot from The eLearning Guild and in Learning Solutions Magazine over the coming months about. learning and performance ecosystems. This column expands on Marc’s introduction of the concept last month. Between. these. two columns and the white paper linked at the end of this one, you will gain a more complete understanding of this vital. and. emerging concept.

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OpenSesame

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

This is the fifth and final post in our new Head to Head series where we compare and contrast a variety of topics! Don’t miss eLearning Versus mLearning , Microsoft Word vs Google Docs vs LibreOffice , State vs Private Colleges , and Collaboration vs Competition ! People learn in a multitude of ways, and elearning is a field that is extremely aware of this.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'In our last post, part 1 of this series , we discussed what the current state of eLearning market was like as well as going into more depth about the primary market sectors. What were your thoughts – did you leave a comment letting us know? If not, we’d love to hear from you! There is an approach to help us in determining the different corporate LMS market sectors, and that is to start with the U.S. census data.

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ATD Learning Technologies

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'Whether you are an internal practitioner, and independent consultant, or an e-learning services provider, adding Articulate Storyline to your development toolbox can help you create interesting and engaging e-learning content without having to know programming code. Here are eight of my favorite Storyline features that might make you want to add it to your e-learning toolbox.

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'Uta and I took a Viking River Cruise down the Danube from October 31 to November 7. Everyone from my doctor to our airport driver had seen Viking ads on Public Television and wanted to hear how it went. Here goes. Would we do it again? Absolutely — if the locations were desirable. Our cruise started in Nürnberg, and stopped in Regensberg, Passau, Melk, and Vienna before ending in Budapest. ( Itinerary.

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bozarthzone

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

'No time or money to do what you''d like? Not "allowed" to use this tool or that process? Shifting time constraints? This month''s Nuts & Bolts column explores figuring things out, making things happen, and getting things done. Largely inspired by Euan Semple who said: “Quit reading case study porn and get on with it.

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Trajectory IQ

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

How we built an award-winning educational app with over 50,000 downloads In the fall of 2012 we had just finished an 8 month project on an award-winning game that was really well received called Solar Energy Defenders ?—?a tower defence game to teach kids about solar energy in the spirit of Plants vs Zombies. At this point, burnout was starting to set in and I was getting a bit tired of the grind.

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