The Logical Blog by IconLogic
APRIL 20, 2017
by Kevin Siegel, COTP. Adobe recently announced a upgrade to Adobe Captivate, its popular eLearning development tool. According to Adobe's Allen Partridge, Captivate version 2017 , includes several new features including something called Fluid Boxes. "To understand Fluid Boxes, you need to first imagine the various items on the screen are each contained in a virtual rectangle," said Partridge.
eLearning Brothers
APRIL 20, 2017
We at eLearning Brothers have just recently released the all new Professional Development Package. If it had to be explained in one sentence, it is a package that contains 1-on-1 mentoring with an eLearning Brothers “mentor,” a membership to either The eLearning Guild or ATD, and a subscription to the most well-known self-paced video training library on the planet.
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InSync Training
APRIL 20, 2017
Training and development are extremely important components of employee satisfaction and engagement. Appropriate training and development opportunities also play a factor in your staff's ability to be productive throughout the day. In fact, a recent study found that 87 percent of Millennial-aged employees list opportunity for training and career advancement as extremely important in their job search.
SHIFT eLearning
APRIL 20, 2017
Let’s talk about learning and development. First of all, did you doze off halfway through reading that sentence? If so, then you have a lot in common with most employees who also aren’t having an easy time engaging with L&D programs. So, why is that? Mostly because learners and the technology they have access to are developing way faster than the programs designed to teach them.
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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.
CLO Magazine
APRIL 20, 2017
Even with the best planning and implementation, change is never all puppy dogs and ice cream. There’s generally some turbulence along the way. Leadership expert Robin Sharma once said, “Change is hard in the beginning, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.”. These hard and messy phases frustrate leaders and team members alike. The performance dip that sets in at the onset of a change is never what we expect to happen.
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CommLab India
APRIL 20, 2017
Many factors are changing the pharmaceutical selling landscape – not only the way healthcare professionals do their jobs, but also the need to align sales training programs with these changes. In this blog, let us first understand the three key aspects contributing to the transformation of the world of pharmaceutical sales and then see how to design training programs that will help your medical reps succeed. 1.
CLO Magazine
APRIL 20, 2017
A lack of advanced skilled workers has made it hard for manufacturers across the country to build a qualified workforce. To get the type of employees they need to succeed in the current marketplace, manufacturers are cultivating in-house apprenticeship programs to grow their employees’ skill set. Per 2016 data from the United States Department of Labor, there are more than 21,000 registered apprenticeship programs across the nation, and 14,422 of those are in the manufacturing industry.
Thought Industries
APRIL 20, 2017
Organizations engaged in online learning spend a lot of time building their learning platforms and creating learning content with a certain goal in mind: boost customer engagement and customer success. In our recent webinar , Thought Industries CEO and co-founder Barry Kelly shared education strategies to help keep customers engaged with a product and boost retention.
The Learning Dispatch
APRIL 20, 2017
Corporate Training Tips & Tricks—Save Your Money & Prove Your Worth , Book Excerpt #3. [image here]. NOTE: The following article is taken, with minor changes, from Corporate Training Tips & Tricks: Save Your Money & Prove Your Worth by Katrina Baker. It is one of three articles by Microassist Senior Learning Architect Kevin Gumienny.
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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.
Thought Industries
APRIL 20, 2017
Organizations engaged in online learning spend a lot of time building their learning platforms and creating learning content with a certain goal in mind: boost customer engagement and customer success. In our recent webinar , Thought Industries CEO and co-founder Barry Kelly shared education strategies to help keep customers engaged with a product and boost retention.
LearnUpon
APRIL 20, 2017
Like any good recipe, the result is dependent on the quality of the ingredients. This applies to your LMS also. LearnUpon is designed to be quick to set up and easy to use. Our LMS has a modern design and is packed full of powerful features. Why not join us on the 3rd of May , so that our Inside Sales Manager Caoimhín can show you what we think makes a great LMS!
Designing Digitally
APRIL 20, 2017
Gartner predicts that by 2017, almost 70% of the mobile workforce will use tablets and other mobile devices to access information. Learning designers need to focus on mobile learning solutions, if they want the mobile sales force to benefit from their training. . Mobile learning solutions, or m-learning, has huge benefits for the learners. The top benefit is the flexibility it offers to its learners, in terms of the format, time, and location.
Learning with e's
APRIL 20, 2017
This is a continuation of my series of interviews with former students who are now teachers. The interview on this page features Kate Bartlett , a teacher at a primary school in Cornwall. You can follow her on Twitter as MissBartlettNQT. 1) What made you decide to become a teacher? What/who inspired you? What were your motivations? I’d worked so many jobs where I was constantly bored, uninspired and felt like I was just muddling through life.
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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.
Matrix
APRIL 20, 2017
These days, self-directed learning (SDL) is a must in the workplace. With millennials making up most of the workforce, controlling each and every person’s learning and development plan is quite a challenge, if not downright impossible. The modern employee grew up with constant and unrestricted access to information and this gradually lead to the creation of a culture of self-directed learning through content such as forum posts, specialized Facebook groups and YouTube how-to videos.
CommLab India
APRIL 20, 2017
Welcome to the fifth post in a series of fourteen. In my earlier blogs, we looked at the easy authoring features of Storyline 360 and its ability to create good animations and facilitate effective learning interactions. We saw that the Articulate 360 component enables the development of high quality software simulations and e-learning assessments. We also examined Storyline 360’s features that facilitate responsive and accessible online learning.
eFront
APRIL 20, 2017
There’s no doubt that eLearning has completely transformed the world of corporate training. It’s not just the unique flexibility it offers, it’s also the fact that it drastically reduces costs and there is far less need for direct face-to-face training. But there’s one more step to reach the Holy Grail of eLearning excellence: entirely autonomous, interactive self-paced learning.
Growth Engineering
APRIL 20, 2017
In the grips of traditional eLearning, learners are subjected to between 30-60 minutes of training. One. Entire. Hour. In that time, your hair has grown 0.18796 mm, 916,500 McDonald’s hamburgers have been eaten and 17,465 bottles of whisky have been produced. The irony being that come the end you’ll be pulling your hair out, comforting yourself with junk food and desperate for a drink!
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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,
Degreed
APRIL 20, 2017
If we look at a traditional education or career path, they might seem quite linear. Your journey likely consisted of going to college, and you might have even known what you wanted to do, which lead to a certain career ladder, lasting decades within a company. The learning resources were in a classroom, training manuals, one-way disseminations of content being pushed to you.
CD2 Learning
APRIL 20, 2017
The NFL Draft is the league's primary source of player recruitment and a highly anticipated annual reminder that football is a multi-billion-dollar industry, continually searching for innovative ways to help players and teams succeed. This year there's a new technology resource to help achieve that goal - ReadyList PRO, a revolutionary learning and testing product, made by players and coaches for players, coaches, and scouts.
Adobe Captivate
APRIL 20, 2017
If you open a responsive project that you had created using Captivate 8 or 9 in Captivate (2017 release), you can see the following: Breakpoints from the previous version. File > Save as Responsive option is disabled. No option to add a Fluid Box. To convert to auto-responsive project in Captivate (2017 release), create a new responsive project, and copy-paste the objects into the new responsive project.
Stratbeans
APRIL 20, 2017
Whenever a common learning bit has to be shared within your team or across your co-workers in different teams, email is the most common means of communication to make sure all of the employees get access to the shared item. Sending email can be made interactive by using any email marketing software where drag and drop editors are provided to make the task easier.
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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.
CLO Magazine
APRIL 20, 2017
This From the Vault article was originally published on CLOmedia in March 2005. The CLO’s role will remain viable as long as learning executives can continue to think and act as strategic leaders, build credibility among their executive peers and sponsor the initiatives that build organizational capability, employee competency and measurable performance improvement.
Everwise
APRIL 20, 2017
With the ever-increasing pace of work, taking a step back to focus on employee development can feel challenging. As a result, employees often lack the opportunity or tools to grow within their companies. That said, building a professional development program can improve engagement, growth, and productivity. Not only that, it can net a positive Return On Investment, or be ROI-positive.
AXIOM Learning Solutions
APRIL 20, 2017
Training projects can be huge! And with big projects, come big risks. We’ve started a series from AXIOM partner Linda Wade on the “Top 10 Training Project Mistakes to Avoid” Last month we brought you the first mistake, and some great tips on how to navigate around something that can derail your project before it starts: Tip 1: Failing to Obtain.
KnowledgeCity
APRIL 20, 2017
According to a recent Microsoft study , people’s attention spans have dropped to a range similar to that of a goldfish. This short attention span means that as blog writers working for optimal content SEO, you must craft your writing to grab the reader’s attention immediately. This approach is hardly a new one, but many businesses struggle with understanding who they are writing blogs for.
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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.
Growth Engineering
APRIL 20, 2017
Are you ready to offer bite-size eLearning experiences to your audience? Before you begin, read these 6 microlearning FAQs to brush up on the microlearning basics. I’ll also explore the benefits, examples, and limitations of this memory-boosting ID strategy. Microlearning is one of the top eLearning trends in your industry. And for good reason.
CommLab India
APRIL 20, 2017
E-learning has proved to be quite cost-effective for organizations and easily accessible for learners, compared to traditional training methods 1. So, many organizations have been embracing e-learning as one of the methods to train their employees. However, the transition of training from one platform to the other is never easy. You need to consider various factors for successful conversion.
Yukon Learning
APRIL 20, 2017
Storyline makes it easy to create a custom state for any object on your slide. There may be a time where you’d like to use animation instead of a static state change. One question we received recently was, “Can I create an animated Selected state?” The short answer is “Yes,” …so let’s take a look at how you can do it!
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