November, 2016

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Articulate Rise – Responsive Authoring Like It Should Be

B Online Learning

One of the biggest challenges faced by e-learning developers the world over, is being able to efficiently and effectively develop learning for multiple devices and platforms. In the golden age of e-learning development, it was always a bit ‘hit and miss’ as to how your module would look across multiple platforms. How your module would look on a desktop was the known factor, because that is what most people used to access it.

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Section 508 and WCAG: Why Should a Learning Designer Care

CommLab India

Do you know: What are Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)? How to make e-learning courses accessible to all as mandated by the law? Well, Section 508 and WCAG establish a set of rules that when followed, ensure your e-learning content is accessible to even learners with disabilities such as blindness, low vision, speech and hearing impairments, learning disability, limited movement, and photosensitivity.

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Data-Driven Learning: Benefits of Big Data in E-Learning

Content Raven

With the abundance of information we have at our fingertips, today’s digital native generation understands how leveraging learning technologies is key to promoting professional development and ensuring organizational success. Oftentimes, learning and development initiatives are designed, developed and delivered with minimal strategies in place on how to measure learning outcomes.

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Authoring Tool/ Framework Selection for Responsive eLearning Development: Comparative Summary

Upside Learning

In previous posts, we discussed six responsive authoring tools/frameworks: Adapt, Evolve, gomo, Elucidat, Captivate 9, and Lectora 16. As promised, in the last post of the series, we present a comparative summary. We have put together a feature-wise comparison, grouped under design considerations that we felt could influence the choice of tool. So if you’re […].

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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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City & Guilds Group acquires e3Learning

Kineo

The City & Guilds Group has acquired Adelaide-based e3Learning – one of Australia's largest dedicated corporate elearning and compliance providers.

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How do you build eLearning?

B Online Learning

When it comes to building eLearning, how do you do it? Do you just open up Articulate Storyline , have a look at the content that your SME has provided and then just start building it? Do you import a bunch of PowerPoint slides, add a player skin with the obligatory Next and Previous buttons, attach some word documents as resources, and then hit publish?

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‘Tis the Season for Mobile Enablement

Inkling

When twinkling lights, brightly colored packages, holiday music, and mistletoe start to appear, everyone knows what season is upon us. While it may feel like decorations creep into stores earlier and earlier each year, the holiday rush for retailers starts months before the crowds appear. Every September, preparations begin to handle the biggest hurdle of the holiday season: staffing.

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How to make user generated learning work for you

Challenge to Learn

My favourite e-Learning conference of the year is next week: Devlearn 2016. I will be there, and I will present together with Laura Payette about: “how to make user-generated learning work for you.” Laura works at Nielsen where they are using Easygenerator to enable subject matter experts to share their knowledge with their co-workers. Together we will present the lessons learned from the past two years.

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Essential Reports for Training Company Success [Free Templates]

Administrate

Effective reporting is an essential function within any business, however, knowing what to do with the abundance of data available and how to transfer it into actionable information can be difficult. While the solution naturally varies from case to case, we’ve focussed this post on Training Companies and the types Read More. Published on November 11, 2016.

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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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eLearning: Offline & Tracking – What Are Your Options?

Upside Learning

In a previous post I talked about the emerging need for Offline & Tracking – how mobile learning has evolved and from where this need is coming. I would now like to discuss the options you may have at your disposal in trying to make eLearning available offline with tracking. I’ll evaluate whether some of […].

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Six Achievable & Effective Techniques to Enhance Learner Motivation

Allen Interactions

By Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist/ @ethanaedwards. We often talk about the importance of motivation in e-learning instructional design. In fact, we’ve even said that motivation is often more important than the specific content when seeking to maximize the impact of instruction—particularly in e-learning, where relatively few social or external environmental factors are likely to inspire learners.

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Articulate 360 is a ‘must have’

B Online Learning

What a week it’s been! A new President-elect of the US … and now even bigger news a new tool that will change the face of elearning development. Welcome Articulate 360 ! Articulate’s newest and shiniest product hits the market today and it comprises of the following tools: Storyline 360 (desktop): improved version of already awesome, award winning Storyline 2.

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Still shaping the future of learning: the story of Kineo

Kineo

Time flies when you’re having fun. At least that’s how it feels at Kineo when we reflect that we’ve been in business now for over a decade. But what set us in motion still remains true – we still care passionately about shaping the future of learning.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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"TechSmith Camtasia 9: The Essentials" Workbook Nearly Finished

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

I'm excited to announce that my newest book, "TechSmith Camtasia 9: The Essentials" has gone to my beta team for testing and proofreading. I expect the book to be available for purchase in a few short weeks. (You'll be able to purchase the book direct from my website or resellers such as Amazon.com.) Camtasia version 9 is an awesome upgrade to Camtasia and I give it two hearty thumbs up!

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Past Event: Ready or Not – Developing Leaders without Real-world Experience Using Brain Science (Training 2017 Conference, Jan 30-Feb 1, in San Diego)

Learningtogo

If you have kept abreast of the literature in the past few years, it is fairly common knowledge that there are not enough people to fill the gaps left by the Baby Boomers as they exit the workforce. While most research and articles which address this looming crisis look to overcoming the skills gap , this presentation looks beyond entry level to the leadership level.

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Responsive eLearning with Articulate 360

Upside Learning

Last week folks at Articulate released a new version called Articulate 360, which packs several tools and resources, including one of the most popular elearning authoring tools, Storyline, in its latest avatar as Storyline 360. This video review from Tim Slade captures the most important new features: The above video highlights the following key new […].

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Can Snapchat be Used for Education?

LearnDash

Whenever there are popular apps and platforms it seems like it is only a matter of time until we see it used in education. Facebook groups have been used in adult education, even Facebook based learning management systems. We have seen Twitter leveraged for education as well by both teachers in the classroom and at professional conferences. YouTube has been a perennial favorite with educators in nearly every sector.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Top 5 New Features Articulate Storyline 360

B Online Learning

Hooray – a new version Storyline is here and I’m excited! Unlike previous versions, Storyline 360 is now part of a complete eLearning authoring solution known as Articulate 360 and is a definite must have! If you’re getting started with Storyline 360, here’s my top 5 new features: 1. Responsive Player for Mobile. This is a big step forward in creating more mobile friendly courses!

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Still shaping the future of learning: the story of Kineo

Kineo

Time flies when you’re having fun. At least that’s how it feels at Kineo when we reflect that we’ve been in business now for over a decade. But what set us in motion still remains true – we still care passionately about shaping the future of learning.

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Adobe Captivate: Fun and Games

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siege, COTP , CTT+        One huge challenge eLearning developers face when creating course content is engaging the learner, even if the subject matter is a bit dry. One technique we preach in our classes is creating  PowerPoint slides that employ iconography over standard bullets and text. Of course, visuals can only get you so far which is why I love the ability to quickly add interactive objects, even games, via Captivate's Learning Interactions.

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Demoing Out Loud (#wolweek and #DevLearn)

Clark Quinn

Demoing is a form of working out loud, right? So I recently was involved in a project with Learnnovators where we designed some demo elearning (on the workplace of the future), and documented the thinking behind it. (The posts, published by Learning Solutions, are aggregated here.) And now there’s be a chance to see it! So, a couple of things to note.

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Powering Learning Platforms for Personalized Learning Journeys with Generative AI

Explore the transformative synergy of education and technology in 'Powering Learning Platforms.' Uncover the magic of Generative AI shaping personalized learning, revolutionizing your educational journey.

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#DevLearn, Here I Come!

eLearning Cyclops

I am on my way to the DevLearn Conference next week - As always a great time and plenty of valuable sessions. This year I plan on attending numerous mLearning sessions, which look perfect for anyone looking to delve further into delivering mobile learning, like me. I will also be speaking again. This year I am excited to be co-presenting with my colleague, David Schwartz.

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Articulate Implements Subscription Pricing for Their Products

LearnDash

Did you see the big news from Articulate recently? They have made some big changes in their products by introducing the new Articulate 360. Their company’s entire branding strategy is now built behind this one umbrella offering. If you are a fan of Articulate (or even just a previous user of their software), you may be wondering what this means exactly.

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6 Tips for Identifying Potential High-Performance Employees

ej4 eLearning

All organizations want to identify, develop, and deploy their high-performance employees. And no wonder: The top 5% of a company’s employees account for a full quarter ( 26%, according to ERE Media ) of its productivity. Still, more is needed than just good intentions and “managerial instinct”—whatever that is. The best-performing companies have well-developed systems in place to identify high-potential employees and turn them into production powerhouses.

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Podcast: Why Learning and Caring Go Together: Interview with Dr. Paul Zak

Learningtogo

As we contemplate Thanksgiving here in the states, I thought you might want to replay my interview with Dr. Paul Zak. Neuroscience is teaching us that our emotions are part and parcel of our conscious and unconscious lives. As we say in this interview, all learning is emotional. Paul J. Zak is a scientist, prolific author, entrepreneur, TV personality, and public speaker.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.