Tue.Jan 05, 2016

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Creating Accessible eLearning: What You Need to Know

Trivantis

Whether you develop eLearning for a corporation, academic institution, or government agency, you’ve likely encountered the challenge of developing accessible content. In this post, we’ll cover some basic best practices you can and should follow when developing eLearning that is accessible to learners with disabilities. In fact, following accessibility best practices will also help you to create more usable courses for all learners.

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eLearning Meets the Needs of Small, Medium and Large Businesses

TOPYX LMS

Small, medium and large businesses cannot exist apart from training. Much like oxygen to the human body, training keeps a business alive and well. As time progresses, do does training. In past years, companies have primarily relied up in-person training models. This is no longer the case. Technology has taken on a life of its own and greatly influences corporate training.

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The MoSCoW technique

Kineo

So much to do but not enough time (or money)? This is a common predicament for many of us. Say you buy a house that needs renovating from top to bottom. Would you channel Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and redesign every room overnight, filling it with designer furniture and replacing all the wallpaper? It’s more likely that you’d identify the priority (or most offensive) areas and tackle those first.

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Learning and Emotion

Ontuitive

When Pluto was downgraded from its status as a “planet” to a “dwarf planet” in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union, do you remember how you felt? Certainly among astronomers, professional and amateur, the taxonomic shift—which meant that Pluto was no longer one of the planets in Earth’s solar system—the debate was contentious, even emotional.

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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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RYAN TRACEY – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

The post RYAN TRACEY – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Hello 2016, is it me you're looking for?

eLearning Architect

Initially I wasn't going to write an end of year review post - it seems as though everyone else is doing it and I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon, however it is really easy to forget how far you have come within 12 months. And for that reason, here is my end of year review! Is it me or did that feel like an exceptionally long holiday? I'm not sure whether it was because Christmas and New Year fell at the end of the week, which meant we also had the weekends to drag out the inevitability of

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Our Top Picks for Where to Find the Best Free Images for eLearning

SHIFT eLearning

It can be challenging to find images for your eLearning courses that are stunning, high-resolution and most importantly, free. With the availability of current resources, it’s no longer necessary to use clip art or the type of generic (or cliché) images that make training look dated. Whether you lack the skill or simply the time to create the images for your eLearning courses, we have compiled a list, of what we consider the best free stock photos on the Internet right now.

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2016's Top 10 Big Disruptions in HR Technologies - Part 2

Lambda Solutions

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Making mistakes in e-learning: A dream come true

Matrix

Happy 2016! Raise your glass for a year full of mistakes! Hear, hear! What? Are mistakes not on your new year's resolutions list? I think they should be. I always put "making mistakes" on my list; that's how I know for sure I'll check something off it by the time the new year becomes the old one. The best thing is that I always check off other resolutions and accomplishments too, and some of these only become possible thanks to the many mistakes I make during the year.

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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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Here Are 12 E-Learning Books to Read This Year

Rapid eLearning

One of my goals each year is to read one book a month that will help sharpen my course-building skills. I’m always asked for book recommendations. Some of the recommendations are for those getting started, even if you’re an experienced course designer it helps to review familiar course design concepts or expand to other fields like UX or graphic design.

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Tip of the Week: Test your learners’ knowledge with sequencing exercises

Raptivity

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10 Ways To Work Smarter In 2016

The eLearning Coach

Are you looking for ways to be more effective at work? Would you like to improve your focus and get more done in less time? I think that striving to become more productive has its benefits if your goal is to live a purposeful and balanced life. But increasing productivity should not be about squeezing more […].

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Want to Revolutionize Your Learning and Development Program? Add Mobile Learning.

Skillsoft

67 percent of information workers in North American use mobile phones on the job, yet mobile learning stays in infancy.

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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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I’m an Elephant!

Usable Learning

Specifically, I’m a Neon Elephant: The Neon Elephant is an award from Dr. Will Thalheimer of Work-Learning Research, given for bridging the gap between research and learning practice. This is really delightful, given the company of previous awardees : 2014 – Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel for their book, Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. 2013 – Gary Klein. 2012 – K.

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Wrapping up the year

eFront

2015 was a good year for us, and we wish you have shared the same level of success. During the last year we experienced exponential growth with TalentLMS , we re-positioned our enterprise offering eFront and we released a new mobile app. Along the way we also got some important awards. Our restrengthened goal for 2016 is to excel on what brings value to you; to build usable and innovative learning tools that help you be a bit more productive and a lot more successful.

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Wrapping up the year

TalentLMS

2015 was a good year for us, and we wish you have shared the same level of success. During the last year we experienced exponential growth with TalentLMS , we re-positioned our enterprise offering eFront and we released a new mobile app. Along the way we also got some important awards. Our restrengthened goal for 2016 is to excel on what brings value to you; to build usable and innovative learning tools that help you be a bit more productive and a lot more successful.

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Creative Instructional Design: 9 Examples Of Learning Strategies You Can Use And A Free Gift For Instructional Designers!

EI Design

In September 2015, I had released an eBook on Creative Instructional Design Featuring 7 Learning Strategies You Can Use. The eBook has been designed as a job-aid to Instructional Designers and helps them bridge the gap between theory and application. All the learning strategies shown here can be easily applied on their projects. The 7 strategies featured here are from our online suite of 15 courses for Instructional Designers. 9 Examples Of Creative Instructional Design Learning Strategies You C

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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xAPI Camp Toronto 2015: The Evolution of a Spec by Duncan Welder

LearningGuild

The fourth xAPI Camp of 2015 met in Toronto November 17, where a number of presenters and participants showed and. discussed creative uses of xAPI. The focus of these events has moved from “things we can do” to “interoperability and. standardization.” Read this informative summary of the Toronto meeting, and plan on attending one of the upcoming Camps.

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In the New Year, use an LMS to Promote Growth

Mindflash

Keeping up with the learning and development requirements of your workforce is tough, even when you’re established and have the resources available. Whilst you may only have a few staff members working in your startup, maintaining an effective staff development program on an ongoing basis is tricky when you’re operating on limited resources. Even with external investment, all your expenditure has to be justified and comprehensively accounted for.

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Sweet Lorraine's provides simple franchise system with continual training

Latitude Learning

Can food really make you feel happy? Most people believe the answer to this question is yes. We call them comfort foods. Comfort foods provide happiness on a psychological level and triggers memories of happy times or a specific person. Although comfort foods (or the events attached to them) vary from person to person, one of the most popular comfort foods in America is macaroni and cheese.

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In the New Year, use an LMS to Promote Growth

Mindflash

Keeping up with the learning and development requirements of your workforce is tough, even when you’re established and have the resources available. Whilst you may only have a few staff members working in your startup, maintaining an effective staff development program on an ongoing basis is tricky when you’re operating on limited resources. Even with external investment, all your expenditure has to be justified and comprehensively accounted for.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Top LMS from Paradiso – For Effective Training of Employees!

Paradiso

Given the rising number of corporates all over the world, there arises a need for continuous & effective training of the employees. Training is essential when it comes to the workforce, because it is only through their timely training can organizations sustain in the breakneck candidacy for the number one position. However, today the scale and span of organizations have crossed the geographical barriers.

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2015 - Year of the Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

The theme that cuts across most of my blog posts from last year is creating and sustaining a learning culture in organizations. As a way of review, I’ve selected five blog posts about a learning culture from 2015 that have the most interest for readers. Here is the title of each post with a short excerpt. Click on the title to go to the full post. Developing a Learning Culture Infographic This infographic explains briefly and concisely the need for a learning culture, barriers to a learning cult

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Positive ROI From Video Training

LearnDash

As instructional designers we are all trying to maximize the impact of our training courses. This often means that the content is successful in iliciting a behavioral change based on the content delivered, especially when creating elearning and training events for the corporate sector. Also important is realizing a positive return on investment (ROI) from the content we create.

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Degreed Raises $21M Series B To Make All Professional And Lifelong Learning Matter

Degreed

Today we are proud to announce a $21 million Series B investment to fuel further expansion. The new investment will fuel continued growth of lifelong learning and skills measurement for companies and professionals. Jump Capital led the round, along with Signal Peak, Rethink Education, Deborah Quazzo and other existing investors. Degreed is free for individuals to use and our learner-first approach led to rapid corporate success following the launch of our consumer-friendly, enterprise learning s

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The Credential Everyone Wants: The PMP Certification

The Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification is one of many professional credentials that is awarded by the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. Currently, there are approximately 1.4 million PMI PMPs awarded by PMI, the world’s leading authority on management. The PMP® certification is accredited against the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 and ISO/ANSI 17024 standards.