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Enhance Digital Learning Experiences with Video

B Online Learning

I love a good vid. In this age of Netflix, Stan, Foxtel Now and YouTube, you can be pretty much guaranteed to find something you want to watch that is engaging and entertaining. Pretty much any interest you have can be ‘googled’ and located not only for entertainment purposes but also for learning. Want to learn how to build a deck? There’s a vid for that.

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Webinar: Elevating eLearning Design

eLearning Brothers

Bullet points. Stale narration. “Click next” instruction. Long audio lectures. Yawns. We all know what boring eLearning courses feel like. We all hate them. The real question is, why do we keep producing them? The answer is that most of us haven’t seen better examples. We have nothing to go on, and we’re usually under tight deadlines with limited resources so we resort to what everyone else is doing: bullet points and cheap clip art.

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Enhance Digital Learning Experiences with Video

B Online Learning

I love a good vid. In this age of Netflix, Stan, Foxtel Now and YouTube, you can be pretty much guaranteed to find […]. The post Enhance Digital Learning Experiences with Video appeared first on B Online Learning.

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Use LearnDash or a Hosted Course Creation Platform?

LearnDash

You have decided that you want to create and sell an online course. Now you need to choose your platform – which one is best for you? Many people who write us with pre-sales questions are usually trying to decide between using WordPress with LearnDash or choosing a hosted solution for creating & selling their online courses. It’s a tough decision, no doubt.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

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.

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What Is E-Learning Today?

looop

In the L&D world, e-learning today can sometimes be seen as the poor cousin to instructor-led training. It’s mostly because when we think about e-learning we think about the boring compliance courses we’re expected to complete to protect against organisational risk. Very rarely does that form of learning solution serve the purpose it’s intended for.

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‘Intrapreneurs’ Improving Internal Innovation

CLO Magazine

To make innovation more than just a buzzword requires employees to think like entrepreneurs. The problem is that traditional internal programs don’t focus on the risk-taking and rapid product prototyping that characterizes successful entrepreneurs. That’s starting to change as companies like Deloitte, Accenture and Barclays have created formal programs centered on a concept called “intrapreneurship.

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Six Proven Steps for Successful LMS Implementation (Part 5 of 6)

AbaraLMS

Step 5 of the successful implementation of an LMS is User Acceptance Testing. This is a major step involved in the entire process, wherein your organization tests the overall working of the LMS provided by the vendor to make sure it is bug-free, and is delivered as requested. In this step, as a user, your organization must ensure the configuration, courses, and data are available in the system as expected by the organization.

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The New Education #bookreview

Learning with e's

Image from Carpe Diem I was sent a pre-publication copy of Cathy Davidson's new book The New Education recently, to review. Cathy is one of my favourite authors because she pulls no punches and writes in a style that challenges and encourages in equal measure. She is a doyen of the progressive education movement, and her ideas are far reaching and influential.

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The NexGen LMS Grid

eLearning 24-7

It’s been a long time coming. One Grid that goes beyond the Quadrants of the world, the other type of grids focusing on the space, the vendors that make it based on a variety of factors as defined by the firms themselves. I totally get it. But one area that always seem missing was that of next generation functionality. This is where the rubber gets run over by lots of self-driving cars and trucks, and as a result makes silly putty seem so ‘yesteryear’ .

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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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The Two Sides of Servant Leadership

CLO Magazine

Ken Blanchard is chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Cos. When people hear the phrase servant leadership, they are often confused. They think you can’t lead and serve at the same time. But you can if you understand that servant leadership consists of two parts: A visionary or strategic role — the leadership aspect of servant leadership. An implementation or operational role — the servant aspect of servant leadership.

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Steps to Implementing a Learning Management System

CommLab India

This post takes you through the various steps involved in LMS implementation and highlights some common mistakes organizations end up making.

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Use your Training Intake Process to Improve Alignment and ROI

Actio Learning

If your L&D organization is like most, requests for training arrive in the inbox all the time. The volume, the variation in type and quality, and the myriad ways the requests arrive can make each day a challenge. Making a few minor adjustments to your intake process has a big impact - including better alignment with the business and ultimately greater ROI.

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E-learning – Propelling the Knowledge Economy of Independent India

CommLab India

On the occasion of India’s 70th Independence Day, this post examines the role of e-learning in imparting the knowledge and skills needed by the 21st century Indian.

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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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Where Have All the People Skills Gone

Training Industry

Recently, a large group of public school teachers participated in a summer workshop focusing on workplace changes and improvements. During the workshop, the facilitator asked this question of teachers with more than 10 years of experience: “How do kids of today differ from kids of 10 years ago?” The response was nearly universal: Kids of today are more technologically savvy and dependent; however, there has been a definite erosion of their interpersonal skills (e.g., solving problems, dealing wi

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Virtual Reality and Micro Learning: Ready. Set. Engage. - Tip #145

Vignettes Learning

Steven Spielberg just released the trailer for the highly anticipated movie “ Ready Player One.” This movie is an adaptation of the same titled Ernest Cline’s virtual reality thriller novel and is set in the year 2044. In this story, people escape the harsh reality of the real world by entering into a virtual reality (VR) platform called OASIS. The virtual worlds shown and how people interface with them are pure science fiction; however, they are based on current science and trends being explore

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Top 10 Learning Conferences You Need to Attend

eLearningMind

The learning industry is an open book when it comes to sharing information, trends, and strategies. Why? Because we believe that when organizations–big and small–improve their L&D initiatives, everyone benefits. This year’s learning conferences promise to be forums for networking, thought leadership, and industry disruption, and we can’t wait. Here are our top picks for must-attend learning conferences over the next year.

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Teach a Man to Fish: The Business of Elearning

Designing Digitally

Elearning isn’t immune to the age-old debate between traditional ways of doing things and new methods. Some push for the latest trends, legitimate or not, while others hold tightly to the way they’ve “always done it.

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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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In Real Life: Self-Directed Learning Can Only Work If… by JD Dillon

LearningGuild

Why self-directed learning? Why now? Here are six considerations L&D must address before venturing down the path of strategic. self-directed learning.

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Use your Training Intake Process to Improve Alignment and ROI

Actio Learning

If your L&D organization is like most, requests for training arrive in the inbox all the time. The volume, the variation in type and quality, and the myriad ways the requests arrive can make each day a challenge. Making a few minor adjustments to your intake process has a big impact - including better alignment with the business and ultimately greater ROI.

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Pro Tip: Support Informal Learning with Formal Training

ATD Learning Technologies

Modern learning truth: everything’s a blend. Our audience learns perpetually; they turn to Google and each other when they need to know something immediately. As learning and development professionals, we need to adapt our design and facilitation approach to accommodate this new global, mobile, social, and always-changing reality. It seems like an insurmountable task.

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How to deal with internal requirements?

Melon Learning

Even though eLearning is not a new approach to sharing knowledge and developing skills and competencies within organizations it is far too often misunderstood, not given enough credit or simply fails to get buy-in even when the need is clearly there. One of the main reasons for the lack of success or for not being successful enough is dealing with the requirements of different groups within your company.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Send Us—and Accessible Elearning Development—to SXSW EDU 2018!

The Learning Dispatch

“Upvote” Our SXSW EDU 2018 Workshop: “Online Learning for Everyone! Designing for Access” Friends and partners, we have a chance to present an accessible elearning workshop at the SXSW EDU 2018 Conference and Festival next spring. It’s the SXSW-connected event in Austin for education, training, and professional development.

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JavaScript Drives Engaging Web Content—and eLearning by Pamela S. Hogle

LearningGuild

Using JavaScript, eLearning developers can add animation, automate some tasks, create simple games—and more.

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Improving Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness

Powerhouse Hub

Have all your staff access the same content any time and from anywhere in the world.

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Swift Wishes 71st Independence Day

Swift eLearning Services

Celebrating the joy of Freedom….

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Security Awareness Training for Employees

KMI Learning

The security of your organization depends on secure actions of every employee, every day. Universally, cyberattacks are on the rise and growing in sophistication. Employees must make the right decisions when faced with risks, and therefore they must be equipped with the most up-to-date and memorable cyber security training. Security awareness training for employees is something I think we can all agree is of utmost importance in today’s day and age.

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Advantages of Localization to Break the Barriers of Geography in Training [Infographic]

CommLab India

This infographic lists the advantages of localizing online courses.