E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 28, 2014

'One of my most popular posts of last year was M-Learning’s dirty little secrets. By “popular” I mean quantitatively: it attracted a relatively large number of hits and comments. Qualitatively, however, the situation was somewhat different: while many of the comments were concordant, others were not. For the record, I don’t believe those discordant comments were wrong – they just represented different points of view in different contexts.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 28, 2014

'Many organizations are ready for learners to stop clicking next to continue, but still need to track what formal training those learners have completed. They’re limited by the constraints of SCORM, so their L&D efforts start to look the same year after year. These organizations know that a post-test score and completion certificate tell a small part of a learner’s story.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 28, 2014

'by AJ Walther    In my  Optimizing PowerPoint Design for eLearning & Presentations  class I like to sing the praises of  Microsoft's free online image gallery. But then, a few weeks ago, the unthinkable happened. I went to pull an image from said image gallery, and was met instead with this:  Do you know what this is?

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 28, 2014

'When thinking about creating a gamification experience (or any learning experience), allow and encourage the learner to make meaningful and consequential choices. Meaningless choices lead to dis-engagement and a lack of motivation and interest in the experience. Fake choices = fake interest in the learning event. Seek to give the learner a feeling of autonomy.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 28, 2014

'This seems to be my year of making trouble, and one of the ways is talking about what L&D is and isn’t doing. As a consequence of the forthcoming book (no cover comps yet nor ability to preorder), I’ve had to put my thoughts together, and I’m giving the preliminary version next Thurs, February 6, at 11AM PT, 2PM ET as a webinar for ASTD.

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Ontuitive

JANUARY 28, 2014

'Problem Statement: sales stages don’t provide much utility if the intended outcomes of each are not clear. Also, you know a sales stage isn’t accomplishing much if the percentage of deals that close within that stage isn’t significantly higher than the previous one.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JANUARY 28, 2014

'We make products that make visual communication a little easier – both to create and consume. To ensure we build tools that will be useful, we work closely with the people facing the problems we’re trying to solve. We listen to their feedback, and we watch how they work. Even after we’ve released one of our creations into the wild, we continue listening and improving.

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Ontuitive

JANUARY 28, 2014

'Problem Statement: sales stages don’t provide much utility if the intended outcomes of each are not clear. Also, you know a sales stage isn’t accomplishing much if the percentage of deals that close within that stage isn’t significantly higher than the previous one.

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SHIFT eLearning

JANUARY 28, 2014

'In our work with clients, we hear many of the same questions over and over again. Well, here are your answers. It may even be you didn''t know you had these questions yet, but rest assured, you will at some point. Question 1: How long should an eLearning course be? Answer: There isn''t a simple and unique response for this question. The variables can be many.

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eFront

JANUARY 28, 2014

'We are often asked about how learning technologies, such as the eFront LMS, can be applied in the workplace so we recently put together a series of blog posts to explain the concept: Part I: Customer service : Offering customer service training to employees has been shown to drive sales and give businesses a strong competitive advantage. This is why it is imperative that businesses invest in quality programs.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 28, 2014

'Slightly self conscious wearing Glass Are we headed for a cyborg future? I''m not sure, but I tried Google Glass for the first time last night and I was conscious that I was looking like a cyborg. Once you get over the initial self consciousness, it''s quite a lot of fun trying it out. That''s one of the benefits of having dinner with David Kelly, Learning and Development Consultant, and owner of one of the infamous Google beta testing devices.

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Trivantis

JANUARY 28, 2014

'Want to know what we’ve been reading over at Your Everything for e-Learning Place? Check out these 10 articles we’ve chosen to share with you this month to provide some e-Learning tips and the latest details on industry trends. Stop Trying to Formalize Informal Learning! Discover the benefits of informal learning in the workplace and how it supplements formal learning.

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OpenSesame

JANUARY 28, 2014

'This is the season of award shows—the Grammys, Oscars, Tonys. Some celebrities manage to make their award acceptance speeches sound both spontaneous and smooth, while others clearly stuggle with unscripted public speaking. While you may not be up for an Oscar, you may be nominted for an award at some point in your career and be called upon to make your very own acceptance speech or give a talk to your company.

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cogentys

JANUARY 28, 2014

'Remember when your students just took classes on their computers. How easy was that! These days students want to take courses on every device under the sun. Katie Hurst of OpenSesame offers advice. [click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].

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LearningGuild

JANUARY 28, 2014

'The Consumer Electronics Show 2014 once again featured a lot of devices that eLearning producers can. use to enhance and extend their capability. Here is a rundown of the video hardware that will probably be. of most interest to our readers.

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Training Industry

JANUARY 28, 2014

'An organizational change initiative begins with an idea about improving how work gets done. It could be an idea about how to increase quality or get product to market quicker or control costs. No matter how good or technically appropriate the idea, it must be taken on board by employees for the idea to become a successful initiative. But, it is only when people understand the value of the idea behind the change do they accept it, adopt its practices, and create the value that it promises.

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OpenSesame

JANUARY 28, 2014

As an open workspace, we are very conscious at OpenSesame about the importance of conflict resolution in the workplace. In our office, there are no walls to whisper behind when frustrated by a colleague or offices to hide in when trying to avoid a difficult conversation. Our employees need to be able to address issues as soon as they arise, and as a result have become very skilled in conflict resolution techniques.

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Saffron Interactive

JANUARY 28, 2014

'Saffron Interactive (Stand 24) has contributed a thought-leadership piece on the business impact of gamification to Training Zone’s report. In the article, Saffron predicts that game-based reward systems will merge.

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OpenSesame

JANUARY 28, 2014

This is the season of award shows—the Grammys, Oscars, Tonys. Some celebrities manage to make their award acceptance speeches sound both spontaneous and smooth, while others clearly struggle with unscripted public speaking. While you may not be up for an Oscar, you may be nominated for an award at some point in your career and be called upon to make your very own acceptance speech or give a talk to your company.

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eFront

JANUARY 28, 2014

'We are often asked about how learning technologies, such as the eFront LMS, can be applied in the workplace so we recently put together a series of blog posts to explain the concept: Part I: Customer service : Offering customer service training to employees has been shown to drive sales and give businesses a strong competitive advantage. This is why it is imperative that businesses invest in quality programs.

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OpenSesame

JANUARY 28, 2014

'As an open workspace, we are very conscious at OpenSesame about the importance of conflict resolution in the workplace. In our office, there are no walls to whisper behind when frustrated by a colleague or offices to hide in when trying to avoid a difficult conversation. Our employees need to be able to address issues as soon as they arise, and as a result have become very skilled in conflict resolution techniques.

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Saffron Interactive

JANUARY 28, 2014

'Saffron Interactive (Stand 24) has contributed a thought-leadership piece on the business impact of gamification to Training Zone’s report. In the article, Saffron predicts that game-based reward systems will merge seamlessly with good user experience design in online learning. ‘For the next generation of learners, gaming will be a feature of the physical and digital landscape: a lens which shapes their perception of reality’ says Toby Harris, creative lead at Saffron, in the report.

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Association eLearning

JANUARY 28, 2014

'For many of us, education and learning are a passion. There’s a joy in mastering new things and continuing to stay current in our careers. For us, learning is what Maslow described as “self-actualization” and that’s the only motivation we need to continue to learn. But that’s not the case for everyone. Many association members or potential members face economic or family situations that make continuing their education critical for them to find a better life.

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