LearnDash
JUNE 26, 2014
'If your organization is in need of course development, then you generally have two options: create the material in-house, or outsource the development to another firm. There is not a clear-cut answer as to which you should choose as it is dependent on a variety of factors. That said, I have found that many organizations will first try to keep content development and management in-house to leverage their current workforce.
Jane Hart
JUNE 26, 2014
'I’ve been quietly monitoring the emergence of wearable technologies for the last few years. However, since most of the wearable devices (Google Glass, smart watches, jewellery, etc) have only been available in the US, I’ve not been able to get my hands on them, but things have now changed, as the Google Glass Explorer Program has now come […].
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The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 26, 2014
'Disruptive innovation has become a very popular notion about competition and organizational change. Since Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen’s 1997 book The Innovator’s Dilemma , business leaders (and, more recently, educators) have been trying to anticipate disruptive innovation in their industries and encourage disruptive innovation in their companies. .
Challenge to Learn
JUNE 26, 2014
'A session on (mobile) interface design. Another crash course for me, she covered all key elements and principles. Good session. Key messages: only use what is really necessary and it is al about the tiny choices!
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Origin Learning
JUNE 26, 2014
'Mobile Learning - it’s easy, it’s intuitive and it definitely gives good returns on investment. With many organizations already using it and others beginning to take the plunge, mlearning seems to have taken off well - thanks to rapid innovation in cloud computing and widespread adoption of BYOD policies. Already, combined tablet and smartphone shipments surpass those of desktops and notebooks.
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Challenge to Learn
JUNE 26, 2014
'For memory retention it is necessary to spread out learning over time, it will enhance retention. This presentation covered the principles of the forgetting curve and how AT&T puts this into practice. Good presentation.
SHIFT eLearning
JUNE 26, 2014
'There are several types of eLearning courses, but if you want to create an effective one, then there are some ideas you need to follow. Creating an effective online course requires, time, effort, planning and these tips can help you along the way, especially when you are just getting started. 1) Understand your audience. Right from the word go, you need to have a fair idea of who your audience is.
Challenge to Learn
JUNE 26, 2014
'I loved this mLearncon , I really did. But when I had to come up with a title for this recap it didn’t come to mind immediately. At first glance there was no leading trend or great news. I had to reread the posts about the previous mLearncon’s I attended before it came to me.Two years ago, there where some early adapters at mLearncon, most of them where publishing existing courses to tablets.
eLearning Brothers
JUNE 26, 2014
'Sometimes in your Lectora courses you’ll want to disable a user to look through all of the content of the course. To do this, most developers disable the next button until all the buttons have been clicked. We are going to discuss how to do this tip with our Lectora Templates. It’s very simple because we’ve made our templates so you can change anything you want.
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Challenge to Learn
JUNE 26, 2014
'The closing panel discussion with Chad Udell, Clark Quinn, David Kelly and Imogene Casebourne.
DigitalChalk eLearning
JUNE 26, 2014
'The ADDIE model is one of the most popular processes that instructional designers and training developers use. It represents a guideline for building effective training and performance support tools in five phases. Analysis. This is the most important step in the process. Identify your audience, problems and objectives, the learning environment, and the audience’s existing knowledge and skills.
Clive on Learning
JUNE 26, 2014
'The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development shot this movie at the Learning and Development Show in London in April. It previews a digital learning design workshop that I will be running in October and throughout 2015.
TechSmith Camtasia
JUNE 26, 2014
'TechSmith and soccer (football) don’t have much in common, but this time of year changes that. Today’s match is especially relevant because the USA has a chance to advance out of the group stage, and TechSmith has both a US and German team. We asked TechSmithies their prediction for today’s game and while some guesses are a little silly… We’re all looking forward to a fun and fair match!
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Learning with e's
JUNE 26, 2014
'This is number 20 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my last post I featured the work of Marie Jahoda on ideal mental health. In this post, we will explore the Gestalt theory of Kurt Koffka. As usual, this is a simplified interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the associated literature.
Mindflash
JUNE 26, 2014
'When I talk about visual design in online training, I talk about simple things a designer can do to lay out a slide so that it makes the most of evidenced-based instructional design techniques that maximize learning. I am not a huge stickler for visual design in online training. The reason might be because I am not a graphic designer. But neither are most instructional designers.
Clive on Learning
JUNE 26, 2014
'I haven''t been posting much recently, mainly because every moment I''m not working for other people I''m spending on my new book. However, Learnnovators did manage to get me to hold forth on a wide range of different learning technology issues in this post just published.
SmartBuilder
JUNE 26, 2014
Have you ever thought about how graphics’ file sizes impact elearning courses? Think back to the last video you viewed that buffered while you watched it. Buffering can make a video difficult to follow. The same thing happens when learners wait for graphics to load in elearning. Warning: Images you download from your company network or from stock image sites are not optimized for elearning.
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Aptara
JUNE 26, 2014
Publishers and libraries pushing for eBooks solution. The library is at a crossroads. As the activity of reading becomes increasingly digital, these institutions are going to have to change. The friction thus far between eBook sales and distribution models and library buying practices has held everyone back. It's clear that a solution is needed, and soon.
Learnnovators
JUNE 26, 2014
ABOUT CLIVE SHEPHERD (Learning Technologist, Director – Onlignment Ltd. & Fastrak Consulting Ltd.): Clive is a consultant learning technologist. He works with a broad range of public and private sector organisations internationally, helping them to build capability in the application of new media to learning, and to transform workplace learning through the effective integration of formal, informal, on-demand and experiential learning.
Xyleme
JUNE 26, 2014
'It seems that almost every day we are inundated with more stats about how mobile is becoming an even more integral part of our lives. Here are a couple of the latest mind-blowing ones: As of March 2014, users spend an average of 2.42 hours per day on mobile device 1. One of four online searches is currently conducted on a mobile device 2. People check their cell phones up to 150 times per day 3. 40–50% of job candidates want to apply for jobs from their mobile phones 4.
OpenSesame
JUNE 26, 2014
Here at OpenSesame, we have a wide variety of sellers specializing in everything from healthcare to information technology to construction. We’re extremely proud of the success they’ve had providing training and education to professionals throughout the globe. As with any recipe for success, increasing sales involves perseverance, responsibility, positivity, and a little bit of our secret sauce!
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TechSmith Camtasia
JUNE 26, 2014
'It’s update time! With our last major update , we debuted video screen recording in Snagit for Google Chrome. The response has been great, but we’re not done yet! We wanted to continue to make the workflow even easier. Until now, starting a screen recording was a bit confusing. Video recording had to happen from within the app, while image captures happened from within the extension.
OpenSesame
JUNE 26, 2014
'Here at OpenSesame, we have a wide variety of sellers specializing in everything from healthcare to information technology to construction. We’re extremely proud of the success they’ve had providing training and education to professionals throughout the globe. As with any recipe for success, increasing sales involves perseverance, responsibility, positivity, and a little bit of our secret sauce!
ID Reflections
JUNE 26, 2014
'I love this definition of MOOCs by Ignatia Inge deWaard in her e-book, MOOC Yourself: “A MOOC is a non-defined pedagogical format to organize learning /teaching/training on a specific topic in an informal, online, and collaborative way.” This captures the key essence of a MOOC highlighting the key differentiators between a MOOC and an online course.
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