Thu.Oct 23, 2014

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Using Educational Animation to Improve eLearning

Origin Learning

'Well-designed animations have the power to transform difficult to understand concepts into easily comprehensible ones. Educational animations are animations produced for the specific purpose of fostering learning. They use basic elements to explain a process, concept or abstract idea; and they may range from being primitively simple to a full-blown animated movie.

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Looking forward to DevLearn

Kapp Notes

'This year at DevLearn is going to be a busy one! First, I am doing a workshop with over 60 participants with Sharon Boller called “Play to Learn” we’ve had a wonderful time presenting this workshop before at various events and are excited to once again offer it at DevLearn. The idea behind the workshop is to teach people the basics of designing a learning game.

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Adobe RoboHelp: In Word We Trust

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Willam Van Weelden      If you have attempted to create printed documentation with RoboHelp, there is a good chance you have run into a macro error. RoboHelp uses Word for printed documentation, and this error occurs if Word's security settings don't allow macros. You can enable macros in Word, but that may not be enough.

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Understanding The Benefits of CEUs

LearnDash

'Many occupations require continuing education so as to help people keep abreast of updates, and the latest information in their fields. Continuing education units have been established to verify that a person has completed the required program to get their professional certificates, which in turn allow them to continue practicing. CEUs provide a good way of measuring a person’s participation in a continuing education program.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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What's a Thought Leader?

The Performance Improvement Blog

'Readers of this blog know that I like to define terms that have become over-used to the point of meaninglessness. “Thought leader” is one of those terms. The designation has been applied to long-established experts as well as overnight, social media sensations. What do we mean when we say someone is a thought leader? First use of the term is attributed to Joel Kurtzman who, in 1994, used it in marketing to refer to companies that were intentionally positioned to become known as authorities on a

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Free Responsive eLearning Game Template for Adobe Captivate

eLearning Brothers

'Looking for a Free eLearning Game Template for Adobe Captivate 8 with responsive design? You are at the right place. The Trivia eLearning Game Template is one of the most popular games in the Template Library. The cool thing about this free template is it uses responsive design so you can make courses for mobile, tablet, and desktop. If you’ve never used Adobe Captivate 8 responsive templates we invite you to get a Free eLearning Templates account.

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Overcoming the Motivation Challenge in eLearning: 5 Things You Can Do

SHIFT eLearning

'Motivation in eLearning can best be described with a U-shaped curve: novelty and enthusiasm produce high drive at the beginning, but it drops off sharply thereafter, only increasing when the end of the course is in sight. It is up to you to boost and maintain your students'' motivation throughout the course, so that they will get the most out of it.

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Thursday’s Trending e-Learning Topic: The Global Nature of e-Learning

Trivantis

'Disney was right—it is a “small world after all.” Or maybe the world just seems small because e-Learning and other technologies—like cloud development—are bringing us closer together. Training programs are no longer isolated courses delivered in the office conference room and then forgotten. Today an employee in Fargo, North Dakota, could be taking the same training course as an employee in Morocco.

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8 Essential Skills for Managers (in Food Service, Retail, and Beyond!)

OpenSesame

'As a manager, it is important that you are prepared to take on leadership and control the chaos that is busy nights and impatient customers. As the highest power on the floor, responsibility for success or failure falls to you and it is your job to be prepared for anything. Whether you are a restaurant, hotel, retail, or any establishment manager these 8 skills will give you the edge you need for success. 1.

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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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Train Healthcare Workers on Ebola for Free

Mindflash

'We’ve been reading the same headlines that you have, and we share the same concerns. We feel we’re in a position to help. So, we are making our product available for free to qualified healthcare organizations doing Ebola training. Ebola has already infected about 9,000 people and taken the lives of about 4,500. The size of this devastating Ebola outbreak, combined with our highly mobile, global population, means that healthcare workers that were never educated on treating Ebola virus patient

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8 Essential Skills for Managers (in Food Service, Retail, and Beyond!)

OpenSesame

As a manager, it is important that you are prepared to take on leadership and control the chaos that is busy nights and impatient customers. As the highest power on the floor, responsibility for success or failure falls to you and it is your job to be prepared for anything. Whether you are a restaurant, hotel, retail, or any establishment manager these 8 skills will give you the edge you need for success. 1.

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Digital magazines: A growing, changing market

Aptara

Digital magazines: A growing, changing market. Traditional media and digital offerings are often tied together in ways that both help and hinder each medium. There is a sense of familiarity that comes with encountering a well-known publication type through a relatively novel medium such as a tablet. This confluence can ease consumers into a new era and ensure great content finds an audience.

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Come See Us at DevLearn!

DigitalChalk eLearning

'It’s that time again and this year’s DevLearn Conference & Expo will be bigger than ever. Our team will be sponsoring and exhibiting at this year’s show in Las Vegas, NV on October 29-31, 2014. Come see us to learn how DigitalChalk is your one-stop solution for online learning. Have questions? We’ll be ready to answer! There will be plenty of opportunities for you to meet face-to-face with the leaders in the eLearning industry and learn how to maximize your time and effort when it comes to

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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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10 Must-Read Articles about MOOCs

TalentLMS

'Pretty much everyone in the world of eLearning is familiar with the rise of MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses. MOOCs, which first began to see large emergence in 2012, are still in their preliminary stages, and many are still waiting to see the verdict of how effective they are and if they are going to be the next big thing in distance education.

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Pressing Play on Gamification

Training Industry

'Millennials have never lived in a world without video games. The oldest members of this generation were mere toddlers when the Nintendo game system launched in 1985, sparking a gaming trend that has not only infiltrated our homes, but now our workplace. Personal achievement is a critical part of the core value proposition of millennials and developing engaging training options that leverage this sense of accomplishment is necessary to meet the needs of these young professionals.

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