Thu.Dec 15, 2016

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A year of learning – our top 10 posts of 2016

Kineo

With less than two weeks left of 2016, it’s time to look back over the year and share some of the antics the Kineo team has been up to. From launching innovative technology to expanding our LMS offering – this year has been jam packed. If you are an active follower of Kineo you will know by now, we love to blog! This year we’ve seen some cracking posts, full of top tips, insights and interviews.

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#C2Xmas Day 15 – Good Typing

Jane Hart

Day 15 of the Countdown to Xmas continues here. Want to learn to touch type – that’s typing using all your fingers? Try this free online typing course! GOOD TYPING.

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Authoring Tool/ Framework Selection for Responsive eLearning Development: Comparative Summary Update

Upside Learning

A few weeks back, we presented a feature-wise comparison of six responsive authoring tools: Adapt, Evolve, gomo, Elucidat, Captivate 9, and Lectora 16. It just so happened that around that time, Articulate 360 was launched. And it contained a new responsive authoring tool called Rise. Our team immediately started exploring Rise and created a couple […].

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Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality at Work

InSync Training

We believe that organizational learning serves a higher purpose: we aren't just teaching people content, we're teaching people how to work. Understanding emerging trends, and how they'll impact work in the future, allows learning professionals to better support their learners. Virtual and augmented reality is already making waves in the workplace, and by extension, in training.

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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

As a training manager looking to amplify your team's results, Knowledge Avatars are the next level. Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. Knowledge Avatars are versatile and adaptable personal coaches! They can be customized with your company's knowledge via a simple upload of your data.

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Making A Business Case For Software Change

Administrate

Pro basketball player and businessman Michael Jordan famously once said that “limits, like fears, are often just an illusion” He was right too, our limitations are mostly self imposed. That said, some are surmountable and some, well… I’d really quite like the ability to fly, but alas, I’m not Superman. The same Read More.

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Six Behind the Scenes Photos and Videos at eLearning Brothers

eLearning Brothers

We had a blast producing our video, We Are eLearning Brothers. The principles that we followed in producing the video made it something of a breeze. We hope you’ll take the time to read through our Producing an eLearning Video blog series, and see exactly how it was done. Once any project of a fairly large magnitude is completed, it’s fun to look back and review what was accomplished.

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4 Ways to Become the Mentor Your Company Needs

CLO Magazine

Mentors are an important aspect for companies to create and encourage a positive and rewarding work culture. They’re also a key formal or informal tool in the learning leaders’ developmental arsenal. But oftentimes, finding a mentor at work can be an overwhelming and challenging task. Mentorship is a two-way street. We are all both student and teacher, regardless of how experienced we are.

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Infographic: VMware Sees Success with MooC

EdCast

VMware chose EdCast to launch the “Virtualization for Beginners MooC” earlier in 2016 as part of their VMware Academy initiative. The results were surprising. A MooC is defined by Wikipedia as : “A massive open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional […].

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Top 5 Websites to Send Fun Video eCards This Festive Season

CommLab India

December – the month we all love for bringing the festive season and the longest holiday season of the year. Christmas, Boxing Day, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and New Year, all come together. Each of us completely enjoys this month, hosting and attending parties, visiting family and friends, and shopping till we drop. We also buy gifts or cards for our friends and families as we want to bring a smile to their faces and make their festive season memorable.

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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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Who's in charge?

Learning with e's

This is number 35 in my ongoing series on learning theories. In this series I have been providing a brief overview of each theory, and how each can be applied in education. All the previous posts in this series are linked below, with theorists listed in alphabetical order. The most recent post in this series featured spreading activation theory - a theory adapted from a hierarchical model of memory proposed by Ross Quillian and Allan Collins.

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What's the Problem with Traditional, Instructor-Led Training?

SHIFT eLearning

Warning! Reality check ahead. Traditional learning alone is not enough in the modern corporate sector. The face-to-face, one-size-fits-all training that many companies are happy to dump on their employees is obsolete. It is now time to embrace digital transformation and deliver online training too. It is time for a change.

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Emotional Intelligence: The Key to Effective Leadership

Content Raven

In today’s hyperconnected work environment, organizations are continuing to expand, building a multicultural workforce spanning the global marketplace. In order to be successful and stay relevant and competitive, it is critical to develop emotionally intelligent leaders capable of producing bottom line results.

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Market Your Compliance Training Program to Build Employee Buy-in

Skillsoft

When you market your compliance training in a way that shows employees the why behind the training, you build program momentum - and maturity.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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All carrot and no stick! Why workplace incentives work for you and your employees

eFront

Let’s face it. You might have a corporation that people would kill to work for. You could have a fantastic business that performs stratospherically well. But when it comes down to it, work is work, and sometimes it can be tough and dull. It can be hard for your employees to see the payback for all their time and effort. That’s when they need an incentive or two – a carrot dangling before their eyes – to give them that little bit of uplift to keep going and produce their best work.

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Thursday’s Trending eLearning Topic: Gamification

Trivantis

A few weeks ago, we had a fantastic webinar with Karl Kapp, Professor of Instructional Technology and author of the bestselling book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction. Called “How to Think Like a Game Designer: Pro Tips for eLearning,” the webinar showed attendees how a game designer would approach eLearning instruction—as opposed to an instructional designer.

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The potential pitfalls of a custom LMS solution

LearnUpon

It is nearly 13 years since I started working in the LMS space. That time has been split between working on customized LMS implementations (about 8 years) and cloud-based LMS solutions during my time with LearnUpon. One of the main drivers behind Des (LearnUpon’s CTO and co-founder) and myself starting LearnUpon was our strong belief that a configurable, cloud-based LMS would be a much better proposition for most companies than a customized solution.

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Articulate Storyline: Adjusting Video Properties

CommLab India

As you know, it’s very easy to embed videos in an e-learning course using Articulate Storyline. It’s equally important to know how to adjust video properties in this tool. Video properties will help you decide where to display the video, including the play bar option, its size, format, and many other things. In this post, we shall see how to adjust the properties of a video in an e-learning course.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

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Why Employees Leave and What To Do About It

Everwise

There is an age-old saying in business: People don’t leave companies, they leave bad managers. New research from Harvard Business Review confirms that people do leave their bosses more than they leave companies. However, it also finds that they leave good bosses just as frequently. Sometimes for different reasons, and sometimes – believe it or not – for the same reasons.

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4 ways to maximize microlearning effectiveness

Aptara

4 ways to maximize microlearning effectiveness. The concept of microlearning makes sense. As the attention span of human beings begins to shrink, and we become more reliant and accustomed to leveraging mobile technology in our everyday lives, condensing and delivering information into smaller formats is more effective. However, whether it is for use in the academic environment or corporate training, there are certain strategies and elements that make microlearning programs successful.

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Learning Analytics & Complexity

Watershed

Join us as we explore learning analytics and discuss the Watershed Method and its four levels of complexity.

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Making the most of training investments

Aptara

Making the most of training investments. In this era of innovation, advancements in technology accelerate at a rapid pace. Organizations are continuously facing new systems, applications and processes that require employee training and, therefore, have made learning and development solutions a top priority. Training is undoubtedly one of the most valuable investments an organization can make.

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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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Training in a world with autonomous cars

Latitude Learning

Self-driving cars are a lot closer to reality than some may think. With a number of companies already heavily invested in the development of autonomous vehicles, substantial technological change is headed our way. Consumer training and compliance training will be a huge factor in fully developing autonomous cars. Those that have already began to think about the dissemination and management of content have a leg up on the competition.

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Digital content: Is shorter more effective?

Aptara

Digital content: Is shorter more effective? In today's technology-driven business environment, it is virtually impossible to gain a competitive advantage without a strong digital content strategy. Regardless of the industry you're in, getting in front of target audiences now means, first and foremost, getting online. But there are many factors to take into consideration with developing, creating and distributing content - and the overwhelming and sometimes contradicting advice can give marketers

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52 eLearning Experts Share their Best Tip for Creating Engaging eLearning

eLearningArt

As an instructional designer, I’m always trying to make my eLearning courses more interesting, effective, and engaging. But with a mountain of content to produce, tight deadlines, and a small budget, where do you even start? That’s why I decided to ask the leading eLearning industry experts to share their single best tip for creating engaging learning.

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(When) Is pattern-matching enough?

Clark Quinn

In the course of my research, I came across the project shown here , as represented by the accompanying video. In the video, they show (and tout) the value of their approach to developing pattern recognition around mathematics. Further, they argue that it’s superior to the typical rule presentation and practice. And I can buy that, but with many caveats that I want to explore.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Find your perfect LMS. Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. With so many options available in the market, how do you ensure you make the best choice? This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. Compiled by industry experts, these questions will help to clarify your needs, prioritize your most essential features, and guide you through the evaluation process.

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Why the Holidays Can Make You Cry (And what you can do about it)

Learningtogo

I don’t know about you, but I’m always incredibly busy this time of year. Most of my clients operate on a calendar year that requires all projects to be completed and paid for by December 31. That means that just when everyone is starting to take days off to be with their families, I am crunching through long days to complete deliverables ahead of the deadline.

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Is Your Mindfulness Training Program Working?

CLO Magazine

Are mindfulness initiatives a marketing tactic to inspire recruitment efforts, or is mindfulness truly an effective tool to increase workplace productivity and organizational happiness? Some might argue it’s a combination of both. You’ve likely heard stories about private meditation sanctuaries at Salesforce and employee nap rooms at Zappos. So, you know global organizations are indeed deploying mindfulness programs to employees and key stakeholders.

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5 Useful Tips to Get Started with Microlearning [Infographic]

CommLab India

Do you know that whenever employees need to learn something for their jobs, almost 70% of them Google it first? Only around 12% approach their organization. Why does this happen even when ample training material is made available to them? The answer is simple – with increasing workloads, employees want easier and quicker access to information which is short and easily digestible.