Mon.May 13, 2013

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M-Learning’s dirty little secrets

E-Learning Provocateur

'I have a confession to make. At my workplace a little while ago, I created a smartphone-friendly version of our online induction course. Ownership of smartphones is relatively common in this corner of the world, and a large proportion of our new recruits are Gen Y. So conventional wisdom dictated that a mobile version of the course would be a smash hit.

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Content as a Service (CaaS)

KnowledgeStar

'The etextbook in 2018 will be coupled to an app that will provide you with Content as a Service (CaaS). It will be designed to make learning easier and more effective. It will replace the old print (and even current online) proto-etextbook that used content as the product you bought. By 2018, you will be purchasing the services which the app and the etextbook will provide.

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Infographic: How 3D Printing Will Revolutionize the Classroom

Kapp Notes

'Here is a neat infographic on how 3D printers will revolutionize learning, or instructional technology department just ordered one which we will receive this summer. (can you say manipulatives …an old but great concept). Would like to credit OnlineDegrees.org for this graphic.

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Learning Theories

Learning Visions

'The amazing Jane Bozarth (@janebozarth) shared this today and it looks like a great resource if you''re looking to learn more about learning theories. With hyperlinks galore, you can drill down to learn about Vygotsky (and possibly even how to say it!), scaffolding, experiential learning and more. What are the established learning theories?

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How to Sell Your Elearning Courses for Profit [PART 3]

LearnDash

'For the past couple of weeks we have discussed the necessary steps for how to get started selling elearning courses for profit. At this point, you have a good idea on how to find topics that are in demand and how to get your online delivery platform set-up. But just because you build it doesn’t mean that they will come! Two-Prong Approach. Even though elearning takes place online, you need to think about your marketing efforts from two fronts: online and offline.

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Adobe Presenter wins 2013 CODiE award for ‘Best Video Tool’

Adobe Captivate

'The winners of this year’s CODiE awards have been announced by the SIIE and we’re very pleased to share the great news regarding Adobe Presenter. Adobe Presenter Video Creator, one of the favorite new features in Adobe Presenter 8, has been recognized as the winner in the Best Video Tool category. The SIIA CODiE Awards [.]. Adobe Presenter Community Documentation eLearning Suite eLearning this week How do I.

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Planet Earth: The Community of Learners

KnowledgeStar

'I can see a day soon where you’ll create your own college degree by taking the best online courses from the best professors from around the world — some computing from Stanford, some entrepreneurship from Wharton, some ethics from Brandeis, some literature from Edinburgh — paying only the nominal fee for the certificates of completion. It will change teaching, learning and the pathway to employment.

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Webinar Recap: How Yammer Uses Mindflash For Training

Mindflash

'On Thursday, May 9, Mindflash hosted a webinar to discuss how Yammer uses Mindflash to conduct training. It was a very informative webinar, and I thought I would recap some of the highlights so you can learn how to use Mindflash and Yammer together to develop and deliver training in your organization. In this webinar, Yammer discusses three challenges that it needed to overcome, what they were looking for in an e-learning authoring tool, and how Yammer actually uses Mindflash to conduct trainin

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Marc My Words: Boston, Social Media, and Lessons for Learning by Marc J. Rosenberg

LearningGuild

'Social media played an incredible role in reporting the events at the 2013 Boston Marathon and assisting in its outcome. There are some lessons about the power of social media in learning we can take away from those events. What are the benefits and what are the pitfalls?

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

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Freestyle Learning

Marcia Conner

'In 2009, Coca Cola set out to refresh the way soda was dispensed at restaurants such as McDonalds and Moe’s. It aimed to put choice in customers’ hands. It intended to empower its customer with the act of artistry. Designed with the automaker Ferrari, Coca Cola introduced Freestyle ; a sleek new approach to do more than serve soda. Freestyle is a drink machine that can mix over 100 different kinds of Coca Cola products including soda pop, power drinks, and flavored waters.

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Personally Disconnected. Why Don’t We Care?

Training Industry

'Our collective capacity to empathize, understand others and care about them crashed by 40% a few years ago. This is fact, statistically reliable and valid – we simply no longer care for one another as we once did. And, I wanted to find out why. I wanted to find out how such a basic human connection could disintegrate over a relatively short period of time.