Mon.Apr 14, 2014

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Creating eLearning Content around Learning Objectives with Simple and User-friendly Authoring Tools

easygenerator

'In March 2014, easygenerator conducted a survey to identify trends in the eLearning arena. Research results indicated how eLearning professionals perceive the latest developments in the field, what challenges they face and what demands and requirements they have. 60 participants from 16 nationalities spread over 5 continents took part in the survey.

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How to kick off a project and avoid an info dump

Making Change

'Do you feel like you’re an assembly line worker in a course factory, expected to crank out training on demand? Break free of the assembly line with a strong kickoff meeting that puts you in charge of the design. Here are some ideas on how to start a project in a way that will avoid an information dump and win the happy obedience of your stakeholders.

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Creating eLearning Content around Learning Objectives with Simple and User-friendly Authoring Tools

easygenerator

'The research was conducted and analyzed by our marketing colleague Rayna Topalska. In March 2014, easygenerator conducted a survey to identify trends in the eLearning arena. Research results indicated how eLearning professionals perceive the latest developments in the field, what challenges they face and what demands and requirements they have. 60 participants from 16 nationalities spread over 5 continents took part in the survey.

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7 Ed-Tech Tools You Can Use Today

LearnDash

'There are an abundance of education technology tools available today, it may be unclear as to which is best. While I cannot answer this question, I can share some of the more popular tools that are available (most of which are free). You may have heard of most of these, but others may surprise you. 7 Cool Ed-Tech Tools. 1. MOOCs - Short for “Massive Open Online Courses”, MOOCs are platforms that offer college courses from prominent universities like Stanford and the University of Mi

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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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How do we mLearn?

Clark Quinn

'As preface, I used to teach interface design. My passion was still learning technology (and has been since I saw the connection as an undergraduate and designed my own major), but there’re strong links between the two fields in terms of design for humans. My PhD advisor was a guru of interface design and the thought was “any student of his should be able to teach interface design” And so it turned out.

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Lectora User Conference (#LUC2014) Recap

eLearning Brothers

'I recently attended the Lectora User’s Conference held in Los Angeles and it was one of the most unique and intimate experiences I’ve had. It was my first LUC, so I had no frame of reference — like a blank.AWT file I was ready for input! Opening Night. Trivantis Corporation knows how to put on a show! The red carpet opening reception was a blast!

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Should You Replace Classroom with Online Training?

Mindflash

'Online training is growing in popularity for a variety of reasons. First, as organizations become more dispersed, classroom training becomes a larger challenge as employees work in offices (and at home) all over the world. Second, online training tools have become so easy to use that the effort it takes to produce online training has dropped dramatically.

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Why You Need an LMS

Trivantis

'Online learners today can read blogs, browse Twitter, participate in Wikis, turn to social networks, watch videos and more, accessing valuable information about any subject. The opportunities are endless. So why do you need a learning management system ? Why not just let learners find what they need on their own? Take a second to consider just how much content is competing for your attention in your Facebook news feed….

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eLearning Guild Research: Making mLearning Usable by Patti Shank

LearningGuild

'The eLearning Guild has completed an important study of how people interact with mobile devices. If you design mobile apps for eLearning, this study will help you design better: minimum sizes of text for various mobile devices, preferences for touching different devices, designing for keyboards, design differences for phones, phablets, small tablets, and large tablets, and much more.

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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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Five LMS Lists

eLearning 24-7

'Everyone loves a good list. Whether it is a list of the top food that make you ill or the top 1o of worst flops in learning history, people love to read them. This is especially true when it comes to e-learning. (Okay, maybe not true, but just go with it). So, I figured, let’s do it. Let’s put together a series of e-learning lists that will surpass any other list out there.

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The Need For A New Approach to Measuring Training’s Impact

Training Industry

'Industry leaders appear to be divided about the correct way to address the need for training professionals to communicate the business impact of learning to the larger organization. Some feel that the problem is largely caused by technology shortfalls. Experts that hold this perspective call for new and expanded usage of learning technologies, the integration of learning management and performance management systems, and the expansion in the usage of cloud technology.

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Best Practices for Mobile Training in the Restaurant Business

cogentys

'The steady and often rapid advance of mobile technology is changing, well, everything. Mobile devices are changing every aspect of our lives and businesses, and that means that mobile devices are. [click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].

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Go Green! Why Now is the Time to Focus on Sustainability

OpenSesame

'Editor''s Note: Does your company use green initiatives? If so, is it time to update your policies? If not, are you ready to get started? Today''s post will help you jumpstart your commitment to the environment and going green. . Corporations, regardless of their size, have an ethical responsibility of citizenship and must consider this from a self-regulation standpoint within their own integrated business model.

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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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Would You Recommend Your L&D Department?

CLO Magazine

'If line leaders don’t think learning has value, they will not be loyal to the function. Capturing learning and development metrics too often entails asking the wrong people the wrong questions at the wrong time. Line leaders are a CLO’s most important customers. They judge the spending trade-offs that determine learning’s budgetary fate, and they base their decisions on what learning leaders call level 4: Did the learning affect the bottom line?

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Go Green! Why Now is the Time to Focus on Sustainability

OpenSesame

Editor’s Note: Does your company use green initiatives? If so, is it time to update your policies? If not, are you ready to get started? Today’s post will help you jumpstart your commitment to the environment and going green. . Corporations, regardless of their size, have an ethical responsibility of citizenship and must consider this from a self-regulation standpoint within their own integrated business model.

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WordPress Learning Management System Walkthrough

Academy of Mine

WHY CHOOSE WORDPRESS TO HOST YOUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM? One of the biggest advantages to running your Learning Management System off a WordPress install is that WordPress is open source software developed by a passionate community of coders. But it’s not just the open source software itself which makes it valuable, but it’s also about all of the amazing theme and plugin developers that are designing programs to fit within the WordPress framework.

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Could videos help to optimize your content?

Aptara

Could videos help to optimize your content? As the digital age sees consumers increasingly engaged through electronic platforms, companies across industries are using content technology to present their materials and coordinate their marketing efforts. Whether you have a simple website that helps to form your brand image and your story or an intricate ecommerce site, your organization can benefit from integrating some of the latest technological advancements into your designs.

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Wake Up Your Customer Education Strategy With a New Approach to Content Sharing

Speaker: Tammy Rutherford, Ian McConnell

You invest a lot of time and energy into building training courses for internal use and for your customers and partners. As your reach grows, so does the number of LMSs you need to deliver training to, often both externally and internally. And chances are, you want to deliver that content in a way that’s compatible with every LMS, manageable for administrators, and easy for learners to access.