Tue.Nov 05, 2013

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4 ideas you should steal from interactive fiction

Making Change

'Here are a few fun stories from the wild world of interactive fiction. Try them out to see cool techniques you can steal for your training scenarios. 1. Put the backstory in links. The most realistic scenarios are rich in detail, but lots of detail can mean lots of text on the screen. One way to lighten the load is to put the backstory in optional links.

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Interesting Gamification Infographic

Kapp Notes

'The Business of Gamification Infographic; The Business of Gamification Infographic Powered by Demand Metric. – See more at: [link]. Powered by Demand Metric – See more at: [link]. To learn more about gamification, check out these two books.

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Performance & Development

Clark Quinn

'In thinking about L&D needs to shift to accommodate this new day and age, I started thinking from the perspective of why the term Learning & Development (let alone Training & Development) bothered me, and it’s because I believe we need to shift from thinking about learning to think about performance. My first take was that training and development wasn’t enough.

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Adobe Captivate: Master Slide Placeholder Objects

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Kevin Siegel. When you insert a Standard Object onto a master slide and then apply the master slide to a Filmstrip slide, the Standard Object on the master slide appears on the Filmstrip slide(s). You can see the Standard Object, but you can't select it or edit it. In my Captivate classes , I describe the relationship between objects placed on a master slide and a Filmstrip slide this way: it's as if a piece of plexiglass has been dropped on top of the Filmstrip slide that protects t

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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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Gaps in the ADDIE Instructional Design Model

LearnDash

'I have often written in the past about the strengths of using an elearning model, such as ADDIE , for course design, development, and delivery. I still happen to believe that ADDIE (or derivatives of this framework) tend to capture the most under the instructional design umbrella, but that’s not to say there aren’t any flaws. As with any model out there, they should be modified depending on the context of the training material, audience, and client.

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ANNOUNCE: Captivate 7 Update for Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks Expected Mid November

Adobe Captivate

'As we shared in late October, Adobe Captivate 7 is not yet compatible with the 10.9 Mavericks update to the Mac Operating System. We are actively testing an update for Captivate 7 that will fix compatibility issues with the new Mavericks Operating System. The update for Captivate 7 is expected to be available using the […]. eLearning Suite eLearning this week How do I.

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Is your eLearning On-the-Job Training Friendly?

Mindflash

'Whether or not we can prove it, most of us “know” that we learn most of what we need to know about our jobs through some form of informal learning. Most of us will cite experience or on-the-job (OJT) training as the most popular form of learning we use to learn our jobs. However we define it, OJT plays a major role for how people learn their jobs.

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Business Rules, Simplified

Marcia Conner

'When people ask me about the most healthful workplace I’ve worked in, I get a bit nostalgic for the years I spent at PeopleSoft. “What made it so special?” people ask. Recently I had the chance to talk with the co-founder of the company, Dave Duffield , who now is co-CEO at Workday, and told him what I share with others when they ask. “It was Dave’s rules–or lack there of them–that set the tone and conveyed to everyone the company was out of the ordinar

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Job Flexibility Makes Employees More Loyal

CLO Magazine

'Employees are more likely to express loyalty to their companies if offered flexible work options, a new survey shows. Boulder, Colo. — Nov. 2 A recent survey by FlexJobs, a website for finding telecommuting and other flexible work options, found that 83 percent of employees said that they would be more loyal to their employer if they had flexible work options.

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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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AGILE Instructional Design: Do You Have What It Takes? (Part 2 of 3) by Jennifer Neibert

LearningGuild

'The first two steps of AGILE instructional design (Align and Get Set) identify and validate business. performance needs and define requirements for learning and performance interventions. And with. two. systematic approaches you can scope performance and rate the impact of failure to ensure your. solutions. best meet your learners’ needs.

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Top 7 Tips for Getting Started with Lectora

Trivantis

'Ready to start creating amazing e-Learning with Lectora®? Lectora.com contains all the tools you need to create amazing e-Learning. It’s Your Everything for e-Learning Place! Here are 7 awesome resources to take you from newbie to pro in no time: Video Tutorials. Our quick video tutorials are a great place to start. These short tutorials will give you easy-to-follow instructions for using the different features in Lectora.

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User-Generated Content

Training Industry

User-Generated Content - Read more by Taryn Oesch on Training Industry.

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