Tue.May 14, 2013

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Adobe Captivate & RoboHelp: Incorporate eLearning within a Help System

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Kevin Siegel. Like many of today's technical communicators, I wear many hats and use multiple tools to communicate with my learners. For instance, I use Adobe Captivate to create most of my eLearning content, and Adobe RoboHelp to create my Help Systems. It wasn't all that long ago that eLearning content and Help Systems served different roles and different audiences.

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Corporate Learning Trends: An Overview [INFOGRAPHIC]

LearnDash

'As the learning industry begins to take off, we are able to gather more and more metrics about the trends on online learning, corporate training, and the like. Last year, it was reported that $156 million was spent on employee learning initiatives in the United States… that’s quite the figure! In an infographic provided by MindQuilt, I found it quite interesting to see that there was an average of $1,059 spent per learning for about one workweek of training.

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ASSESSMENTS—SPELLING, VOCABULARY, MATH QUIZZES FOR THE ELEARNERS—PART ONE

Raptivity

'This Friday when I picked up my 4th grade son from school, he was ready to talk: 4th grade Son: Hi Mom! Janhavi: How was your day? 4th grade Son: OK, I guess. Janhavi: You guess? 4th grade Son: It’s [.].

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ASTD Philly 2013 Presentation Resources

Kapp Notes

'Here are the resources from my presentation. Here are the slides: Companies Mentioned. Enspire Learning. Zombies Run. Game On! Learning. Knowledge Guru. Allen Interactions. Axionify. Game Development Software ThinkingWorlds (3D Software). Unity 3D (3D Software, fairly Complex). Raptivity(Games Pack). Raptivity (Simulation Pack). Articulate Storyline.

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How To Write Better Analogies For Learning

The eLearning Coach

'Help learners transfer previous knowledge to a new concept with analogies. Post from: The eLearning Coach How To Write Better Analogies For Learning.

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E-Learning Musings

eLearning 24-7

'As an honored tradition for the ASTD International Trade Show and whatever else they call it, I present my latest news and notes in the world of e-learning. T&D. I know what you are thinking – T&D means training and development – yes you are correct, but in this case you are not. I’m referring to trials and demos for a learning management system/talent mgt. system and so on.

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Are you getting eLearning’s Full Potential?

Zephyr Learning

'I read an article yesterday on GrapevineHR, thanks to our good friends at @elearn_centre! The short article discussed the issue of UK businesses failing to use elearning to its full potential. From the CIPD survey (Learning and Talent Development 2013), it suggests that only one in three (31%) organisations found that most of their employees had completed their elearning courses.

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A Quality Scorecard for Multiple-choice Tests by Mike Dickinson

LearningGuild

'A quality scorecard for multiple-choice items, both at the individual and the training organization levels, can help a manager improve effectiveness of multiple-choice tests. The manager could use the scorecard to assess specific tests or to assess a cross section of multiple-choice items collected from each instructor or designer’s portfolio. Here is such a scorecard!

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Webcast: Using the Psychology of Games for Learning

Usable Learning

'I should have posted this a few days ago, but I’m doing a webcast tomorrow (Wednesday May 15th, 1pm ET) for ASTD on using the psychology of game design for learning. Talking about some familiar stuff (flow, hyperbolic discounting) and a few new things (visceral feedback). Not sure if you need to be an ASTD member to attend, but I *think* you can just sign up: [link]. .

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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SuccessFactors Hires Gartner Analyst to Lead Development of HCM Software

CLO Magazine

'The software firm has hired Thomas Otter to drive the development of its core HR system, Employee Central. San Francisco, Calif. — May 10 Software firm SuccessFactors announced Friday the hiring of Thomas Otter as its vice president of product management to help lead the development of a new series of human capital software products. A former Gartner analyst with 21 years of experience in the Information Technology (IT) industry, Otter will aim to help SuccessFactors evolve a new generati

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Leading Today Is Harder Than Ever

CLO Magazine

'Change and uncertainty demand strong emotional connections. Leaders must keep one foot in today and the other in the world of tomorrow. During the last two years, my conversations with senior executives have taken a new turn. Leading at the top has always been difficult, lonely and filled with ambiguity. Many of the specific business challenges, such as balancing growth and profitability or being globally consistent yet regionally responsive, remain the same.

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