Kineo

JANUARY 7, 2016

Ooh, shiny! We’ve just recently received the Brandon Hall Awards plaque for our latest BH Gold Award: Best Advance in Custom Content for The Leadership Practice Improvement (LPI) with New Leaders. As we add another distinctive award to our collection, we can’t help but feel particularly proud about this one. Why? Because we’re truly helping people make a difference in the work they do as teachers and educators in public schools throughout the US.

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Allen Interactions

JANUARY 7, 2016

By Ethan Edwards , Chief Instructional Strategist / @ethanedwards. I had the pleasure to spend some time earlier this month in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. It is great to be reminded of the design aspect of instructional design. So often we get obsessed with the technical and management aspects of creating e-learning that the importance of powerful design thinking gets overlooked.

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Kineo

JANUARY 7, 2016

Ooh, shiny! We’ve just recently received the Brandon Hall Awards plaque for our latest BH Gold Award: Best Advance in Custom Content for The Leadership Practice Improvement (LPI) with New Leaders. As we add another distinctive award to our collection, we can’t help but feel particularly proud about this one. Why? Because we’re truly helping people make a difference in the work they do as teachers and educators in public schools throughout the US.

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Raptivity

JANUARY 7, 2016

Today's interview in the Vision 2016 series is with Anne Mills, Director/Developer, Learning Solutions. Anne is a graphic designer whose skills have enabled her to produce appealing learning objects and engaging online learning experiences. Anne has created a range of learning and training courses for clients as small as a hospitality college in India, to industry giants like the Linfox Group in Australia.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 7, 2016

Creating courses for your employees is now easier than ever thanks to technology. However, before you rush ahead and start blowing your budget churning out courses that no one wants to suffer through, take a look at the following reasons why eLearning courses fail with employees and what steps you can take to ensure the courses you produce are winners.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 7, 2016

As you may be aware, we at eLearning Brothers have a boatload of PowerPoint graphics docked in our template library. How many is a boatload? In this case, we have over 9000 customizable graphics, pre-made and ready to go for your next eLearning Project. Being a fairly intuitive program, PowerPoint is often a first step for eLearning professionals designing a course.

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Skillsoft

JANUARY 7, 2016

Companies should implement a blended approach: create a foundation with cloud-based learning solutions that support and reinforces instructor-led training.

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eFront

JANUARY 7, 2016

Gamification, the idea of using game-based techniques to increase engagement in a non-gaming activity, might have began as a novelty reserved for web 2.0 social startups, but is now an accepted part of the web in general and the eLearning industry in particular. And not just in eLearning courses meant for the general public — gamification is big in business and corporate training too, while an increasing number of enterprises is implementing game based eLearning courses or adding a touch o

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LearnDash

JANUARY 7, 2016

As great as elearning is, it still can be incredibly boring. We have all probably taken a course that seemingly goes on forever with little (or no) engagement with the content. But it doesn’t always have to be that way. Instructional designers can easily add some engagement points in even the shortest of elearning courses to “spice it up” If you are creating an online course and are trying to figure out ways to create learner engagement, then check out the list of ideas below.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JANUARY 7, 2016

Using Integrative Technology to Create Engagement! Today keeping your learner engaged in online classes and training is tough. So being creative is a must. One new creative way to keep your people engaged is using creative theme scenarios. For example Zombies. I know you are thinking, Dr. Julie, how can you a doctor in business and being a college instructor for 16 years tell me I can use zombies in my class?

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 7, 2016

There are always predictions at the start of a new year. Many of them are about new technologies. The Horizon report has a monopoly on this for educaion, using a virtual round table of 'experts' to whittle down all the possibilities into one or two trends that they think will be prevalent in education in the next one year, 2-3 years and 4-5 years. The problem with this approach though, is that you get predictions based on what that small group of experts in really interested in.

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There Is No Chalk

JANUARY 7, 2016

Catherine Lombardozzie, writing for ATD's online magazine, expounds on the characteristics of a true learning environment in an organization. She's essentially making a case for talent development professionals facilitating an environment where learning can happen at whatever level of formality and pace each individual deems necessary.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2016

Leadership is about people, and while it’s not an easy job — it takes time and effort to become a.

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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.

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WalkMe Training Station

JANUARY 7, 2016

You know that you deserve a promotion. Now, your New Years resolution is to convince management of that. I spoke to a few training experts in the field, and gathered their advice on how to get that coveted promotion. So, here is your 9-step guide to push your own personal boundaries in 2016 to finally turn your resolution into a reality. 1. Create a Personal Blog.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 7, 2016

Chances are, since you’re reading this, you’ve read our blogs fairly often. You’ve seen that we discuss many topics including but not limited to eLearning, instructional design, graphic design, and best practices for using all of the major authoring tools and software programs in our industry. If you are interested in contributing to our blog, we’d love to leverage your expertise to spread eLearning greatness to all.

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David Kelly

JANUARY 7, 2016

Most who know me know that I’m a “bit” of a Star Wars fan. And most of the people on earth that haven’t been in a coma for the past 12 months know that a brand new Star Wars movie came out a few weeks ago. It was like an old friend came back to town, eager to show off his or her newest project. Needless to say, I was excited and really looked forward to checking out the latest story from a saga that I’ve appreciated so much over the course of decades.

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SHIFT eLearning

JANUARY 7, 2016

What an architectural plan is for civil engineers, an eLearning storyboard is for eLearning developers. Exactly as the architect conceptualizes the building, and provides a plan to be used by civil engineers and constructors, in the same manner, the Instructional Designer conceptualizes the eLearning course deliverable and writes down every single detail of it, providing a complete guide in terms of content, audio, visuals, and interactive elements to be included, so that all members involved in

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Matrix

JANUARY 7, 2016

Question: What do all companies have in common, no matter their size, industry or field of activity? Answer: They all hire millennials. This new generation of employees are bright, tech-savvy and social. They are eager to work, but they want to do it on their own terms. And one of these terms is to be able to develop their professional skills. In other words, millennials demand continuous learning and development programs.

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