Mon.May 18, 2015

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Timesaving Tips When Using Articulate Storyline 2

B Online Learning

When developing eLearning modules, time is a very valuable commodity and sometimes there doesn’t seem to be enough! I’m all for saving time whenever I can, so here are five things that will save you some precious development time when using Storyline 2. 1. Master Slides If you have objects common to multiple slides, creating […].

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How my Apprenticeship helped me into my chosen career

Kineo

Let me take you back to August 2011. It’s A-Level results day and there I am, clutching my brown envelope containing what was to either guarantee my place in my chosen University or make for some awkward “you did your best” conversations over dinner.

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Corporate Learning Insights and Trends from TrainingIndustry.com

dVinci Interactive

Video interview with the CEO and Founder of Training Industry, Inc. I recently attended the Training Industry Conference and Expo (TICE) in Raleigh, North Carolina. At the conference, we conducted a number of interviews with industry leaders from leading corporations to share over the coming weeks on the JPL Learning Solutions video blog. TrainingIndustry.com is a well-known source of information about the business of corporate learning.

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5 Ways to Make Your Compliance Elearning Go Beyond the Screen

Kineo

We've all been here. We take a course because we have to. We go through the motions and then that's it. Nothing transfers into our day-to-day lives. This is a common challenge for compliance training. Employers put all the effort into getting people to take compliance modules – but then there are no follow-up activities to support the knowledge transfer.

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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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Using Twitter For Social Learning

LearnDash

Social learning is making its way into formal education, often on the heals of popular education technology apps. In many cases, this can simply mean leveraging platforms that learners are already familiar with and applying them to course (classroom) learning points or objectives. While there are many tools available today that are conducive to social learning, usually the first ones that come to people’s minds are Facebook and Twitter given their mainstream influence in social media.

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Micro-Learning Myth or Must

Tony Karrer

This week on eLearning Learning , the top two articles were funny to see side-by-side: You can find them on the Weekly Edition. Both articles may be interesting to read, but it also highlights how hot Micro-Learning is right now. Lot’s more content can be found on Micro-Learning on eLearning Learning , including it’s Top Ten articles. The Myth of “Micro-Learning” - Bottom-Line Performance, May 13, 2015 Micro-Learning as a Workplace Learning Strategy - ID Reflections, March 31, 2015 Micro-Learnin

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5 Ways to Make Your Compliance Elearning Go Beyond the Screen

Kineo

We've all been here. We take a course because we have to. We go through the motions and then that's it. Nothing transfers into our day-to-day lives. This is a common challenge for compliance training. Employers put all the effort into getting people to take compliance modules – but then there are no follow-up activities to support the knowledge transfer.

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ATD ICE 2015 Kicks off with Concurrent Sessions on Day 1!

Origin Learning

The wait is finally over! Day 1 of the ATD International Conference and Exposition (ICE) 2015 began yesterday on May 17 with several concurrent sessions keeping the attendees engaged. While there were a diverse range of topics being discussed, the common thread running through all was – How to make learning more effective and learners happier. After the International Orientation which ended at 11:00 am, Rick Lozano , a Learning Guru at Rackspace Hosting, enthralled the audience with his insights

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Template Library Overhaul

eLearning Brothers

Last week we updated our library, so you may notice some interesting new features. Take a look at a few of the changes we’ve made. Search by library. You’ve probably had the experience of using a site’s built-in search function and being frustrated by how irrelevant your results were. A lack of specificity is often to blame. That’s why our new search feature allows you to narrow your search results down to the correct section of the site.

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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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Origin Learning at Booth 102 #ATD2015

Origin Learning

The ATD floor is buzzing with energy. Some live pictures from our booth 102 on Day 2. We’ll be happy to meet you, do stop by!

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Our Spring Education Webinar Series Starts Tomorrow!

TechSmith Camtasia

This will come as no surprise to you, I’m sure, but video is an incredibly powerful way to really reach your students. Using simple recordings both in and out of the classroom provides them with so many opportunities to learn and engage. Whether you’re trying to do something large-scale, like increase retention and engagement, or just starting out with something “small,” like providing better feedback, our Spring Education Webinar Series has something for you.

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Learn How to Build Effective E-Learning with this Free E-Book

Rapid eLearning

I’m not sure you noticed but we just updated the Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. The first edition of the free e-book was released in 2007, and as you can imagine a lot has changed in our industry. This new addition addresses some of those changes and offers more practical tips and tricks. How Has E-Learning Changed? In 2007, most of the options for creating interactive elearning required Flash.

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Three Tips for Designing Second-screen-friendly Training Programs by Dan Merritts

LearningGuild

The second screen, a term given to utilizing a second mobile device to access supplementary content or applications, is a. powerful interactive component that can increase learner attention and engagement. Here are three things you can do to. begin incorporating this technique into your eLearning designs.

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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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The Basics of Building Interactions

Trivantis

Want to create engaging, interactive learning? The beauty of Lectora® is that it’s incredibly easy to do so! And the release of Lectora® Inspire 12.1 and our partnership with the eLearning Brothers has made it even easier than ever. You can now access the eLearning Brothers Interaction Builder directly inside the Lectora Inspire interface. Check out this video to see how easy it is to add an interactive game in your eLearning course!

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A How To: Update a User’s Information

DigitalChalk eLearning

Need to update one of your user’s information? Follow this how to guide and you’ll be making those changes in no time! Step 1. Go to the ‘Administration’ tab and select ‘Users’ from the left side menu. Step 2. Find the user and click on their name to bring up their information in a new window. Step 3. There are a few tabs where you will be able edit the user’s information.

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4 Ways Sales Training Participants Are Different than Other Learners

Training Industry

Training is essential to an organization’s success and it’s a great tool for developing the full potential of every employee. In order for the program to be beneficial and deliver lasting results, it must be executed with a unique set of participants in mind. When it’s a sales team that you’re looking to train, it’s important to consider the specific characteristics that separate these individuals from their peers.

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The Basics of Building Interactions

Trivantis

Want to create engaging, interactive learning? The beauty of Lectora® is that it’s incredibly easy to do so! And the release of Lectora® Inspire 12.1 and our partnership with the eLearning Brothers has made it even easier than ever. You can now access the eLearning Brothers Interaction Builder directly inside the Lectora Inspire interface. Check out this video to see how easy it is to add an interactive game in your eLearning course!

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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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Behavior Change Slides

Usable Learning

These are the slides from my ATD ICE 2015 presentation on the Science of Behavior Change. Thanks!

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CornerstoneOnDemand Introduces New Analytics and Platform Offerings

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

In early May I attended the CornerstoneOnDemand (CSOD) customer conference and this year the company introduced several important new offerings. As an introduction, CornerstoneOnDemand is one of the few independent, publicly traded talent management software companies in the marketplace. The company competes with dozens of other talent software companies (Saba, Skillsoft, iCims, PeopleFluent, JobVite, Halogen.

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Opening Keynote: Andrea Jung "Leading a Global Business" #ATD2015

Learning Visions

These are my liveblogged notes from the opening keynote at ATD 2015 , happening this week in Orlando, Florida. Andrea Jung is the Chair of the Board and former CEO of Avon -- a truly global company. We need to encourage the next generation of leaders to step up. Her story with Avon -- she joined the company 20 years ago. It was started in 1886! The owner sold perfume with his encyclopedias.no one wanted the books, but they did want to buy the perfume.

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CornerstoneOnDemand Introduces New Analytics and Platform Offerings

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

In early May I attended the CornerstoneOnDemand (CSOD) customer conference and this year the company introduced several important new offerings. As an introduction, CornerstoneOnDemand is one of the few independent, publicly traded talent management software companies in the marketplace. The company competes with dozens of other talent software companies (Saba, Skillsoft, iCims, PeopleFluent, JobVite, Halogen.

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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.

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Spearheading an Organizational Culture of Learning

Mindflash

Creating an organizational culture of learning is imperative. Few people would argue with that statement, I would venture to say. But the nitty gritty of what a culture of learning should entail is likely organization-specific. In other words, each organization needs to develop its own, unique culture of learning in order to best meet its business goals and address its employee needs.

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Exploring the Expanded Talent Development Ecosystem – Resources Shared at #ATD2015

David Kelly

On May 18th, I had the pleasure of speaking at the 2015 ATD Conference & Expo. I led a discussion titled Exploring the Expanded Talent Development Ecosystem. Here’s a description of the session: In nature an ecosystem refers to the combination of a community of living things, the non-living elements that make up their environment, and the many ways in which those individual elements interact.

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Social Learning Cannot Be A Bolt-On Strategy

Learnnovators

“ I’m arguing that something much bigger is happening than the application collaborative tools within the enterprise – it’s a profound transformation of the enterprise as we know it. ” Don Tapscott (italics mine). I recently wrote about the challenges of integrating social learning in the workplace. Even as I was mulling over the topic and browsing through Dion Hinchcliffe’s posts for insights on social business, I had a moment of epiphany.

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SOCIAL LEARNING CANNOT BE A BOLT-ON STRATEGY

Learnnovators

“ I’m arguing that something much bigger is happening than the application collaborative tools within the enterprise – it’s a profound transformation of the enterprise as we know it. ” Don Tapscott (italics mine) I recently wrote about the challenges of integrating social learning in the workplace. Even as I was mulling over the topic and browsing through Dion Hinchcliffe’s posts for insights on social business, I had a moment of epiphany.

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Why and How to Earn Your PMP® Credential

Gaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can be very beneficial for any project manager. Most successful PMP candidates treat preparing for the PMP exam as a personal project. As such, it requires careful planning and a structured approach. Eligibility criteria must be met, and the exam is known for its difficulty, sometimes requiring multiple attempts.