Tue.Apr 19, 2016

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InfoGraphic Guide to the 70:20:10 Framework

Infopro Learning

The 70/20/10 framework is one of the most popular learning and development models used today. The framework breaks down the major avenues for which a learner acquires new job skills. According to this model, 70% of what an employee learns comes from on-the-job training, 20% from peer learning, and 10% from formal learning. Included in the infographic is some advice for applying the 70:20:10 Framework.

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Protagonists Should Be Like Your Learners

Experiencing eLearning

When you write a story for learning, you need a few essential elements such as a protagonist (the main character), the protagonist’s goal, and the challenges the protagonist faces. The protagonist should be someone your learners identify with. In workplace learning, that means the character has the same or a similar job as the learners. The learners should recognize the problems the character is dealing with and ideally share the protagonist’s goal.

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Upside Learning a Core Challenger in Fosway’s 9-Grid for Bespoke Learning

Upside Learning

The Fosway 9-Grids provide an independent assessment of the principal learning and talent supply options available to organisations in EMEA. It is a five dimensional model that can be used to determine the positioning of learning service providers/vendors based on 5 key parameters namely- Performance (includes market performance and customer performance), Potential (scope, capability and […].

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Scenario mistakes to avoid #1: Eager-beaver feedback

Making Change

What’s the most common mistake scenario designers make? They provide feedback like this: Incorrect. You should always have the customer wiggle the synderhobble first. Most noise issues are caused by a loose synderhobble. Or this: This wasn’t the best choice. If Lars really has witnessed an ethics violation, you need to encourage him to describe it in detail.

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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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Encourage Informal Learning with an LMS

TOPYX LMS

How did you learn the colloquialisms of the region in which you live? Did you take a structured, formal class, or did you learn the terms by hearing the language of others? 100 bucks says you learned to speak colloquially by hearing the speech of your family and friends and following suit. This method of learning is called informal learning. Sometimes it is referred to as social learning.

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7 CHARACTERISTICS OF A DIGITAL MINDSET

Learnnovators

The post 7 CHARACTERISTICS OF A DIGITAL MINDSET appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Effective Training Strategies: 7 Companies Using Gamification Correctly

InSync Training

We are excited to welcome Brigg Patten as a Body Language in the Bandwidth guest blogger. From time to time new terminologies work their way into the business world. And one of the hottest terms among business trainers these days is “gamification”. Simply stated, gamification is the practice of integrating game principles and mechanics into a non-game experience.For business trainers it’s about adding elements of gaming into instructional strategies for more effective training and learning.

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The Ultimate LearnDash Toolkit!

LearnDash

Today we are pleased to let you know about an add-on that has been created to save you time and effort when setting up your online courses. Truly, this really is the ultimate LearnDash toolkit! Created by the Toronto based elearning firm Uncanny Owl , this toolkit was originally created for use on their internal LearnDash client sites. Seeing the value it gave their clients they have graciously made it available to all LearnDash users.

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Six Tips to Help You Select the Right Learning Management System

Gyrus

Editor's Note: This blog was originally published in KM World in April 2016, and has been reproduced here with permission. In the digital world, one can turn to a blog, Wikipedia, social media platforms, online knowledge forums, videos, etc. and get informed on just anything. The information available is abundant. You might think if there is a concrete need of a Learning Management System (LMS) versus letting the employees find and learn on their own.

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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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Revolution Reading List

Clark Quinn

I’m still a book guy (whether print or ebook), and have been reading a number of tomes of late. And, more and more, we’re seeing books that talk about the revolution itself or relevant components. Here’re a few that have come to my awareness of late, and I have perused in some depth, relative to my own Revolutionize Learning & Development : Jane Hart’s Modern Workplace Learning is an excellent complement to my book, with detailed descriptions of a rich suite of pra

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"Interleaving"

Ontuitive

As Keith points out in his response to our last post, it's important to carefully assess the needs of learners and the goals of the learning project. If an organization needs learners to retain information or concepts for a longer period of time, some of the research we've been summarizing indicates there are ways to improve reception and later recall--such as making the learning activity "harder.

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Don’t Fall Flat with your PowerPoint Templates

eLearning Brothers

PowerPoint is easily one of the most popular programs in the world of training. There’s nothing more straightforward than a well-made slideshow with intuitive layout and controls. The slides transition beautifully, the text and other elements are legible and well-animated; it all just fits together. Our PowerPoint templates take things the next level.

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The Remarkable Benefits of Using Gamification in eLearning

SHIFT eLearning

It’s time to get serious about playing because when it comes to eLearning, gamification isn't just for fun. While it’s commonly assumed that gamifying your eLearning courses is merely a pleasant distraction or attention grabber, it is far more useful tool than people tend to give it credit for. According to educational video game designer Marc Prensky “students now learn differently than students did even a generation ago” and "you can't hold people's attention the way you used to.

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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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6 bottom line benefits of blended learning

Roundtable Learning

It’s no secret that a better educated workforce is better for your bottom line. That’s because great employee training motivates employees to perform their jobs with greater efficiency, more reliable consistency and, better compliance with safety protocols or other mandated standards. While in-person training creates a social learning environment great for team building, relying solely on this approach has notable drawbacks.

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DisruptHR YVR: Meet the Speakers

Learnkit

Last month The HR Gazette published a series of interviews, with speakers from the most recent DisruptHR YVR event. The interviews are a great read! Each speaker provides compelling, insightful answers and collectively the group has a very optimistic outlook on the future of HR. If you haven’t had the chance to read the full interviews, you can find them here.

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LinkedIn: How-To

OpenSesame

In the digital era, more and more employers are performing thorough background checks on prospective employees, and are using online sites such as LinkedIn to discover everything they can about a certain individuals career, educational, and professional history. Even outside of a background check, LinkedIn is akin to an unofficial resumé, and is checked by anyone interested in hiring.

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Tip of the Week: Set a global font and background style across all your interactions

Raptivity

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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How Gamers Learn: The Game Player’s Brain

Growth Engineering

If you’re embarking on your first game-based learning odyssey, you might be wondering where to start. When moving from a traditional eLearning model to a gamified one, you’ll find that there’s a whole world of learning methods that you’d never even considered before. The fact is that games behave differently from the eLearning of old. Any instructional designer will have a good idea of the theory behind how people learn, but a gamified solution needs to also consider how gamers learn.

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The Lonely E-Learning Designer

ATD Learning Technologies

From time to time, all instructional designers have considered their job to be an “austere and lonely office,” to borrow the words of poet Robert Hayden. Even if we are lucky enough to be part of an instructional design and development team, when the brainstorming and collaboration are done, it is each of us alone facing the fear of the blank screen and trying to do our best for our learners.

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How to Hire an E-Learning Developer or Get an E-Learning Job

Rapid eLearning

I had a couple of questions this week about elearning jobs. First, someone asked me what they should expect when hiring an elearning course developer. And on the flip side, someone I know was looking for work and wanted some tips on how to get a job. Here’s my take and some things I’ve done in the past as a hiring manager and when looking for work.

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Create multi-branded help sites, FAQs & wikis

ProProfs

With ProProfs Knowledgebase, you can create multiple help centers with the same content; but differently branded with custom themes, logos and colors. You can change the header and logos in just a few clicks, and even customize the CSS for extensive design changes. Here are examples of two sites that are differently branded but have the same content: Example site 1: Custom logo and blue header.

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Why and How to Earn Your PMP® Credential

Gaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can be very beneficial for any project manager. Most successful PMP candidates treat preparing for the PMP exam as a personal project. As such, it requires careful planning and a structured approach. Eligibility criteria must be met, and the exam is known for its difficulty, sometimes requiring multiple attempts.

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LearnUpon wins big again at 2016 Blacknight SME Awards

LearnUpon

We’re excited to announce that LearnUpon walked away with two more trophies at the 2016 Blacknight SME Awards. For the second year in a row, LearnUpon won in both categories it was nominated for: Best for Customer Focus & Engagement (sponsored by RecruitIreland.com ) and Best B2B SME (sponsored by Blueface ). The team was especially delighted that our investment in great customer support was recognized by the award judges for the second year in a row.

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What the Zika virus means for STM publishing

Aptara

What the Zika virus means for STM publishing. For years, scientific, technical and medical publications have been presented with the idea of shifting toward open access journals. Many believe that digital content and interactive platforms have the power to transform the world of scientific research because they facilitate more collaboration, quicker distribution, broader discoverability and easier reproducibility ultimately fueling innovations and developments.

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Digital first! How you can flip the classroom blend

Saffron Interactive

Blended learning is something that we at Saffron have talked about for over a decade. In The Blended Learning Cookbook first published in 2005 by Saffron, our founder Hanif Sazen, The post Digital first! How you can flip the classroom blend appeared first on Saffron Interactive.

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LinkedIn: How-To

OpenSesame

In the digital era, more and more employers are performing thorough background checks on prospective employees, and are using online sites such as LinkedIn to discover everything they can about a certain individuals career, educational, and professional history. Even outside of a background check, LinkedIn is akin to an unofficial resumé, and is checked by anyone interested in hiring.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Interactive Digital Content Designed to Develop Capability – Part 2

CDSM

Like in most other walks of life there is a pecking order in terms of dominant content forms. There are it seems more popular, more preferred, forms of content. User-generated video, animation, and audio (podcast) are used to stimulate ‘gazillions’ of learning experiences every day. Each form has its genres, and sub-genres building on learners’ pre-existing experience and knowledge of said form.

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Why do I need to manage health and safety?

Skillsoft

Good health and safety management can actually increase your productivity – whether you have an accident or not!

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Case Study: Making Lean Six Sigma Trainings with Quizzes

iSpring Solutions

0. Shared. My name is Olga and I am a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt for a medical device company in California. Challenge. It all started from one of our goals of providing basic Lean Six Sigma training to our global employees, which we called White Belt training. I wanted to provide training that could be accessed everywhere, that had some quizzes on it, had interactions available for the employees, and so that I could be notified when the training was completed.