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More Must-read Books on Sales, Team Culture and Beyond

Administrate

If you read part one of this series, you’ll know that the Administrate team takes self-learning very seriously, so much so that everyone is required to read a book-per-month and then share the key learnings from it with the wider team. Now it’s time for us to share more of our Read More.

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Learning and the Scientific Method

Learningtogo

I write a lot about the science of learning, so today I thought we should talk about science. The word “science” comes from the Latin “ scientia ” which means “knowledge.” In Western culture, the ancient Greeks developed an approach toward gaining information about the world through the use of the scientific method. It goes like this: Ask a question.

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Learn better when passion drives you in this amazing time to learn

Origin Learning

Learning by seeing and watching is fun. Learning by following your passion and your star is even more delightful! That is what the 45 degree visual of America’s poster boy: the 28-year-old sensation, professional basketball player Wardell Stephen “Steph” Curry II is all about. Having notched up several wins for his team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) games, Curry has also earned the ‘sharpest’ shooter tag for his remarkable ability to ‘basket’ the ball in games that mat

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From NextLearning 2016: Does the 70:20:10 learning model hold up in practice?

Docebo

From NextLearning 2016: Does social and informal learning work in the typical workplace? Docebo’s Dubai-based team recently had the opportunity to share our outlook on the state of the cloud learning management system with attendees at the NextLearning 2016 conference in the Netherlands, and how social and informal learning can be addressed in any organization to foster a successful learning strategy at every stage of employment.

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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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Past Event: Enterprise Learning! Conference 2016 (Jun 6-8, Anaheim)

Learningtogo

The Enterprise Learning! Conference 2016 (ELC16) hosts the exclusive Learning & Workplace Technology Conference for corporate, government and higher education executives. ELC16 provides executives an engaged environment to network, share and learn from leaders across the globe. Coupled with cutting edge research, Learning! 100 award winners, and expert learning technologists, this is the “Must Attend” forum for learning and performance executives.

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Webinar on Applications for Raptivity in University Classroom

Raptivity

Gamification and simulation based learning performs exceptionally well in imparting knowledge through interactivity. Research states that interactive learning helps learners to grasp more in less time. Dive deep into the research conducted by Dr. Lisa Vinney, Assistant Professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at Illinois State University and Dr.

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Amazing time to be learner?

Origin Learning

Learning by seeing and watching is fun. Learning by following your passion and your star is even more delightful! That is what the 45 degree visual of America’s poster boy: the 28-year-old sensation, professional basketball player Wardell Stephen “Steph” Curry II is all about. Having notched up several wins for his team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) games, Curry has also earned the ‘sharpest’ shooter tag for his remarkable ability to ‘basket’ the ball in games that mat

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Learnnovators wins PLATINUM at LearnX Impact Awards 2016

Learnnovators

Learnnovators has won PLATINUM at the LearnX Impact Awards 2016 in the ‘Performance Support’ category. This award is in recognition of a unique and innovative solution titled MPSS that Learnnovators designed and developed for their client MTAB. MPSS (or Mobile Performance Support Solution) is a mobile app-based performance support solution made up of byte-sized video tutorials and PDF-based Quick Reference Guides.

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Applying the Flipped Classroom Model to Business Learning

InSync Training

BYTE Session Recap.

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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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7 Factors For Ensuring a Successful eLearning Implementation

SHIFT eLearning

Undoubtedly, one of the most important steps when adopting an e-learning solution in your organization is implementation. Successful execution of this step is strongly related to proper planning. Proper planning in regards to tasks, project leaders, cost and other implementation elements make up the basis for adequate execution and control. This step is to project implementation what blueprints are to a construction project.

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Printing Slides in Articulate Storyline 2

eLearning Brothers

It’s not uncommon for Articulate Storyline developers to want to create a way for their learners to print a current slide for later reference. This widget provides an easy way to introduce this functionality to your course. Usage. First, you will need to decide which slide to use the Print function on. If you want to use it on all slides, select the Slide Master.

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Why Businesses Are Struggling To Fill The “Gaps” In Leadership Development

eLearningMind

Is your organization seeing top talent consistently drop off or leave? Is your company struggling to retain millennial employees ? Are you wondering why your learning and development efforts to build leadership skills internally seems to be missing the mark? Well, you aren’t alone, even in the slightest. According to Bersin by Deloitte’s Predictions for 2016 Report, “86 percent of companies globally cite “gaps in their leadership pipeline” as one of their top three issues and these gaps are occu

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Supporting Remote Employees in the Workplace

OpenSesame

Remote workers are on the rise in many modern workplaces. The changing culture and daily work habits that our society has acquired over the past decade contribute largely to this increase. Lauren, the Senior Account Executive at OpenSesame, is a full-time employee who has been working remotely for the past fifteen years. “I have my own office in the house with a desk, printer, and computer,” she states, all things you would find in a traditional office space.

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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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How e-learning can close employee knowledge gaps

SkyPrep

A recent McKinsey study shines a spotlight on the serious gap between the knowledge employees need to do their jobs and the knowledge they exist with from educational institutions in the United States. The study indicates that although 72 percent of the educational institutions insist that their graduates are ready to enter the work force with the skills they need, only 42 percent of employees agree.

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5 E-Learning Authoring Tools

iSpring Solutions

0. Shared. The content used for teaching is different: it can be a textbook or a presentation, quiz, video lecture, software simulation, game, etc. This work is not just another brief feature comparison. The key point of this article is to help you build your perfect authoring toolbox based on your needs. Read more ».

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#LearningIs personal

Learning with e's

We all learn differently. Each of us has preferences. Everyone of us has individual needs and personal requirements. We are unique individuals. Unfortunately, most of us are products of education systems that are based on the industrial model of education which is far removed from personalised learning. Standardised content and testing, synchronisation of behaviour, compartmentalisation of content and batch processing by age are features of this model of schooling.

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ELC 032: Learning Myths and Misconceptions

The eLearning Coach

Roddy Roediger, PhD, is a psychology researcher, distinguished professor and Dean of Academic Planning at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the co-author of Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning and has edited or co-edited ten other books. His research has centered on human learning and memory and he has published about 300 articles and chapters, mostly on various aspects of […] Roddy Roediger, PhD, is a psychology researcher, distinguished professor and Dean of Academi

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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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Self-hosted or cloud LMS? 5 questions to help you decide

LearnUpon

Once you decide you need training software, it’s time to figure out how it should work. Choosing between a cloud LMS and self-hosted solution is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make. The result will decide how your training platform manages crucial technical things like data and user access. At LearnUpon, we’ve been sold on the benefits of the cloud from the beginning.

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Different by Design: The Fabric of the New Organization

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

We just finished our 9th annual research conference, IMPACT 2016 , and I was once again inspired by the innovation, passion, and sharing among the 600 or so people who joined us. This year’s conference was entitled “Different by Design: The New Organization,” and we focused for three days on the many ways we are. Read more» The post Different by Design: The Fabric of the New Organization appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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How e-learning can close employee knowledge gaps

SkyPrep

A recent McKinsey study shines a spotlight on the serious gap between the knowledge employees need to do their jobs and the knowledge they exist with from educational institutions in the United States. The study indicates that although 72 percent of the educational institutions insist that their graduates are ready to enter the work force with the skills they need, only 42 percent of employees agree.

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Different by Design: The Fabric of the New Organization

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

We just finished our 9th annual research conference, IMPACT 2016 , and I was once again inspired by the innovation, passion, and sharing among the 600 or so people who joined us. This year’s conference was entitled “Different by Design: The New Organization,” and we focused for three days on the many ways we are. Read more» The post Different by Design: The Fabric of the New Organization appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Millennials in the Workplace

KMI Learning

Millennials in the workplace? So what is a millennial anyway? Well, there are about 76 million of them, they are between 15 and 30 years old and represent your workforce of the future. Millennials are whom you will be hiring over the next 10 years so it is important to understand them and how to best engage and motivate them. When a millennial joins your team they arrive with different expectations and very different motivating factors than employees you’ve hired in the past.

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Supporting Remote Employees in the Workplace

OpenSesame

Remote workers are on the rise in many modern workplaces. The changing culture and daily work habits that our society has acquired over the past decade contribute largely to this increase. Lauren, the Senior Account Executive at OpenSesame, is a full-time employee who has been working remotely for the past fifteen years. “I have my own office in the house with a desk, printer, and computer,” she states, all things you would find in a traditional office space.

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Webinar: Reach New Audiences through Online Training

The Learning Dispatch

Complimentary Training Webinar with Dr. Kevin Gumienny. We often see training as an educational event for internal staff or skills development: Trainees are meant to learn specifics of an ethics policy or how to use a new computer program. But training can be much more than simple instruction. As Senior Learning Architect Dr. Kevin Gumienny demonstrates, online training can be a way to reach out to the public at large, a way to further a mission.

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How to Create an LMS Mission Statement

Growth Engineering

If you’re trying to breathe new life into your training programme, the first thing you need to do is to focus on how you’re going to engage your learners. To get their buy-in, you’ll need to make them feel like they’re working towards a worthy goal. Your company’s mission statement defines that goal. It’s your battle cry and your reason for being and without it, the company is a rudderless vessel on an ocean of uncertainty.

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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.