Tue.Nov 25, 2014

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Voice Over Script Pitfalls

Experiencing eLearning

'Instructional designers sometimes run into pitfalls when writing voice over scripts. Jill Goldman of Goldivox is a voice over professional who graciously agreed to share with me the issues she sometimes sees in scripts. I’ll share her perspective in block quotes below, along with my own tips. This is part 3 of my series on writing voice over scripts.

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When I Develop Device-Agnostic Content, Should I Develop for The Lowest Form Factor?

Origin Learning

'What is device-agnostic content? To put it simply, content that is device independent is device agnostic. Initially when devices (PCs, laptops and even mobiles were more or less similar in their form factor (read: specifications), the approach to designing was by putting the content layout at the center- i.e. how the content would look on the screen decided what content would go on each screen, the sequence of pages and other such website details.

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Transformative Experiences

Clark Quinn

'I’ve had the pleasure last week of keynoting Charles Sturt University’s annual Education conference. They’re in the process of rethinking what their learning experience should be, and I talked about the changes we’re trying to make at the Wadhwani Foundation. I was reminded of previous conversations about learning experience design and the transformative experience.

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Learned Vs. Learners - Revised

ID Reflections

'The classic quotation summarizes in a sentence what takes scholars and academicians reams of paper to theorize and prove. And this is the trigger for today’s post. The difference between the terms “ learners ” and “ learned ” and what it implies when applied to the experts in our organizations is crucial in today’s environment of constant change. I have recently been reading Building Expertise: Cognitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement.

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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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Top 5 eLearning Game Templates for Adobe Captivate

eLearning Brothers

'Since we began offering eLearning Game Templates for Adobe Captivate, our international audience from 99 countries (from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe) have been downloading them en masse, saving development time and adding awesome design to their eLearning projects. So, I bet you are dying to see what the cool kids are downloading in the eLearning Template Library.

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TechX Revenue Accelerator Honors Top Ten Companies for Doubling Sales in 2014

eLearning Brothers

'Thanksgiving Point, Utah – November 20, 2014 – The Utah TechX Revenue Accelerator honored its Top Ten Companies, who more than doubled sales this year, at its annual Awards and Graduation Gala.Sales for these companies were 214% of their 2013 results, totaling more than $35 million. Additionally, these companies have nearly tripled their employees to more than 400.

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Adobe Learning Summit 2014 session recordings now available!

Adobe Captivate

'Last month we had a great show at Adobe Learning Summit 2014 in Bellagio, Las Vegas where Adobe community experts, industry luminaries, experienced learning professionals, and Captivate engineering team got together and talked about the latest and upcoming eLearning technologies. Missed attending it? We recorded some of the sessions for you.

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Instructional Designers: How to Pick Your SME's Brain in an Interview

SHIFT eLearning

'INTRODUCTION: You may be an eLearning professional, but the subject matter expert or the SME actually flags off your course by providing the all-important content for you and your team to sculpt on. The SME may be a software programmer or a marketing analyst in your company, a professor, doctor, or a best-selling author who has penned books of encyclopedic proportions on the course matter.

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The Best of e-Learning in November

Trivantis

'There’s a lot to be thankful for this week; we’re thankful for all our awesome Lectora® users! That’s why we collected a bunch of cool tips and freebies for the Best of e-Learning in November! Check out these top 10 November e-Learning articles: 1. Five Tips: Are You Ready to Deploy Mobile Learning? . This Learning Solutions Magazine article discusses how to think deeply about your mobile learning strategy. 2.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Comparing Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning by Andrew Hughes

LearningGuild

'When a company decides to embark on an eLearning project, there are many decisions to make. One of these decisions is. about the choice between synchronous and asynchronous learning. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of. these approaches? Here’s a quick guide!

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Uniform behaviour?

Learning with e's

'When psychologist Philip Zimbardo embarked on a new social experiment in 1971, he could not possibly have predicted its outcome nor the repercussions. The Stanford prison experiment was a study that sought to investigate what happened to people when they were imprisoned. 24 student volunteers were randomly assigned as either guards or prisoners. The former were kitted out with guard uniforms and other associated paraphernalia.

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Using jQuery and Lectora to Customize Your e-Learning Courses: Part 4

Trivantis

'This is the fourth and final part of my jQuery in Lectora® series, so we are going to build something exciting and learn something rather complex. But let’s first recap what we’ve learned so far: Part 1 —Why jQuery is useful and how to include it in your title. We also enhanced a multiple choice question. Part 2 —How to optimize your jQuery workflow and include external scripts.

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AVA and Saffron Interactive win MEDEA Award for Digital Prevention Platform at international conference

Saffron Interactive

'The MEDEA Award for Professionally Produced Educational Media 2014 is European-wide and is awarded to the best educational media produced by a professional company or semi-professional production unit. The accolade.

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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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ProProfs Awards & Celebrations 2014

ProProfs

'Keeping the tradition alive at ProProfs, our CEO Sameer Bhatia, took us out for an annual outing on a beautiful Saturday to Surjivan resort near Manesar, Gurgaon. And boy, it was a day filled with excitement, celebrations and honors! The whole team spent the day bonding with each other over tasty food, awesome adventure activities and friendly conversations.

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3 Tips on How to Integrate Video into Training and Communication Programs

KZO Innovations

'One key to any successful organization is strong communication. Companies that employ the strongest communication are over 50% more likely to impart below average turnover levels. Communication also has an impact on employee motivation. A study revealed that 18% of absence rates was due to subpar communication practices. And it’s all about the bottom line, right?

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Mobile Web progress casts HTML5 in good light

Aptara

Mobile Web progress casts HTML5 in good light. Developing for mobile today means crossing boundaries. Even if interactive content creators cut down their view to the two operating systems ruling the marketplace, Android and iOS, the division is sharp and reaching a wide range of consumers means targeting both. The need for content that suits all of these individuals is pressing, and as such, leaders are tasked with deciding whether they are better served distributing their materials through app

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Turning Offline Content into ELearning

LearnDash

'Finding content for your elearning can sometimes be the most challenging aspect of course creation. Generating learning material from scratch can seem nearly impossible. Naturally, when it is time to create an online course, it only makes sense to leverage already existing material. But what if the only material available is in the form of offline content?

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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Free information a major B2B advantage

Aptara

Free information a major B2B advantage. Great B2B content answers a question. That query may not even be directly related to the product for sale. This is one of the most important concepts behind eBook creation in fields that make most of their sales through B2B channels. Individuals with purchasing responsibilities are always in search of answers and reassurance, as their jobs involve spending huge quantities of corporate funds.

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Basics and Benefits of Blended Learning

OpenSesame

'The debate between in-person and online training has been prominent since elearning was first introduced. Research shows benefits of both, and defenders of both sides vehemently argue their points. However, there is a way to maintain the advantages of both without sacrificing any learning. Known as “blended learning,” it combines elearning and traditional classroom-esque interactions. eLearning has been shown to increase student enthusiasm, cost effectiveness, and in many cases, retention and

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Basics and Benefits of Blended Learning

OpenSesame

The debate between in-person and online training has been prominent since elearning was first introduced. Research shows benefits of both, and defenders of both sides vehemently argue their points. However, there is a way to maintain the advantages of both without sacrificing any learning. Known as “blended learning,” it combines elearning and traditional classroom-esque interactions. eLearning has been shown to increase student enthusiasm, cost effectiveness, and in many cases, retention and s