The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'by Matthew Pierce    In last week's article about  creating effective eLearning videos , I wrote about video viewership and the ideal length for a video. This week, it's all about keeping viewers interested and the best information to present.   Keeping viewers interested One of the prime reasons that viewers turn off to video is because the delivery of content doesn't engage or appears as boring.

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Last week I wrote about Rethinking , how we might want and need to revise our approaches, and showed a few examples of folks thinking out of the box and upending our cherished viewpoints. I discovered another one (much closer to ‘home’) and tweeted it out, only to get a pointer to another. I think it’s worth looking at these two examples that help make the point that maybe it’s time for a rethink of some of our cherished beliefs and practices.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Here are slides, links notes and other items of interest related to my presentation at Training 2015 Conference & Expo. I have also included instructions, in a slide deck that show how to write on a PowerPoint Slide as you are presenting. First the slides. Games, Interactivity and Gamification for Learning from Karl Kapp. Also, here are step-by-step instructions for adding text right onto a PowerPoint Slide as you are presenting.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Anyone who has done business online knows that one of the most important assets you should develop is an email list. To be more specific, a list should include names and emails of a targeted group of people. Even if you don’t sell anything online (yet), putting together a healthy email list is still valuable. You can leverage it at a future date should you decide to pursue an online venture.

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eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Guest blog post by Erik Lord. Erik is an eLearning professional with over 20 years of experience. He is trained as both an instructional designer and developer, and is an Adobe Community Expert. . Before we discuss interactive video in Adobe Captivate 8, we need to discuss a little bit about HTML5 video. While HTML5 video has its advantages — such as cross-platform and browser-native support — it still lags in respect to previous, plugin-supported video.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'A collage made up of several different photographs, screen captures, or other graphics makes for an interesting, creative work of art. While this technique may look complex, it is actually quite simple and fun! To help get you started, you can download some image templates and textures here: [link]. Want to use your own image? If you prefer to use an image you choose, you can find a lot of black and white images on the internet.

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TalentLMS

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Today for the first time we have an interview for you. I had a great conversation with Corinne Sowar in the group “Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals’ Group” on LinkedIn and asked Corinne for an interview to tell us more about what she does, the results and everything in between! Corinne is a manager and responsible for eLearning and training at Safeway Inc.

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OpenSesame

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'As OpenSesame’s Community Manager, I’m very excited to announce that OpenSesame has been selected as one the the Top 100 Companies to Work for in Oregon for 2015 by Oregon Business magazine! We’ve worked hard since our founding in 2011 to build a strong company culture and are so proud to be recognized for our efforts. . Ensuring we have an open and fun culture in which employees thrive is so important to us here at OpenSesame, we have bi-weekly “Culture Club” meetings to discuss issues of cul

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Raptivity

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

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InsiderHub

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'How much would it cost you and your business to not follow project management trends expected for 2015? Still doing the math? In order to be at least in line, if not ahead of competitors, companies must keep a constant eye on changes taking place in this area. We know you’re busy — so we’ve compiled the top 5 trends that you’ll want to address in your project management assessment for 2015: 1.

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Trivantis

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Every year, we lock ourselves in a room and ask ourselves “What will be the perfect conference location for our Lectora® and CourseMill® users? What will they enjoy the most?” And then we spend hours deliberating, sustaining ourselves only on terrible office coffee and whatever mysterious baked goods someone left in the kitchen until we pick a location—or someone unlocks the door and lets us out.

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OpenSesame

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

As OpenSesame’s Community Manager, I’m very excited to announce that OpenSesame has been selected as one the the Top 100 Companies to Work for in Oregon for 2015 by Oregon Business magazine! We’ve worked hard since our founding in 2011 to build a strong company culture and are so proud to be recognized for our efforts. . Ensuring we have an open and fun culture in which employees thrive is so important to us here at OpenSesame, we have bi-weekly “Culture Club” meetings to discuss issues of cult

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eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

'Most eLearning professionals, including designers and developers, have a long list of needs when it comes to building the right eLearning experience. There are various stages of development that require different programs, and assets to create world-class training content. Very seldom is there a one size fits all approach to eLearning development. There are many developers who build their systems piece by piece and others who use branching to plan out their different slides.

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