September, 2021

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Complexity in Learning Design

Clark Quinn

I recently mentioned that one of the problems with research is that things are more interconnected than we think. This is particularly true with cognitive research. While we can make distinctions that simplify things in useful ways (e.g. the human information processing system model*), the underlying picture is of a more interactive system. Which underpins why it makes sense to talk about Learning Experience Design (LXD) and not just instructional design.

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Leadership Training Guide: How To Equip Leaders For Today's Challenges And The Future

eLearning Industry

Which skills do leaders need to save the day? How can you encourage them to seize new opportunities and continually develop their skills? This leadership training guide has tips to maximize your management talent. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Developing Leaders for the “New Normal”

Training Folks

Developing Leaders for the “New Normal”. As we enter the second stage of work transformation as a result of global disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and leaders need to start really thinking about what they will do to develop leaders in this ‘new normal.' What had been previously seen and expected in leadership and management practices must be adjusted, re-learned, or tossed to better fit the working and living conditions we have today.

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How to Use Conditional Feedback in Twine Scenarios

Experiencing eLearning

In my Twine scenario on stakeholder writing feedback, I show conditional feedback messages at the end based on the choices made. I do this by scoring the decisions and adding to a total score each time. At the end, I check the score and show a feedback message based on the range. In this post, I’ll explain step by step how I used scoring and feedback in Twine.

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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

As a training manager looking to amplify your team's results, Knowledge Avatars are the next level. Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. Knowledge Avatars are versatile and adaptable personal coaches! They can be customized with your company's knowledge via a simple upload of your data.

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Driving Business Advantages with Training Outsourcing

Infopro Learning

Modern organizations have changed the way they conduct business. Employee training, which was often an ignored aspect of the corporate strategy, is now at the forefront. Successful companies have modified their strategies and implemented training initiatives to include eLearning programs, microlearning courses, virtual instructor-led training (VILT), and more.

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DR. STELLA LEE – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

DR. STELLA LEE - CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT DR. STELLA LEE: Dr. Stella Lee brings over 20 years of international experience in e-learning, blended, and distance learning strategy, design, development, project management, and implementation. Stella holds a PhD in Computer Science with a focus in adaptive e-learning design, and a post-graduate certificate in adult learning and teaching, both from the University of Hertfordshire in England; a Master Degree in New Media Communications

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Iterating and evaluating

Clark Quinn

I’ve argued before about the need for evaluation in our work. This occurs summatively, where we’re looking beyond smile sheets to actually determine the impact of our efforts. However, it also should work formatively, where we’re seeing if we’re getting closer. Yet there are some ways in which we go off track. So I want to talk about iterating and evaluating our learning initiatives.

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Curiosity as a Business Practice

Learning Rebels

Trying to define curiosity is like trying to define the color blue. Depending on your perspective, mindset, and motivations – curiosity could mean being open to more information or inclined to risk-taking actions and decisions, falling down the rabbit hole of the internet, or being engrossed in research papers. . Curiosity is such a natural part of who we are and what we do that we are oblivious to its reach into our lives.

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Interview on Storytelling for L&D

Experiencing eLearning

I had the pleasure of speaking with Sandhya Lakhanpal on her new podcast, Redefine Instruction. She launched this summer with Tim Slade as her first guest. Our conversation focused on storytelling for L&D. We discussed a range of options for using storytelling and scenario-based learning. We also talked about my journey from teaching to instructional design.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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How Does the Managed Learning Services Strategy Help Businesses Transform?

Infopro Learning

Most organizations have realized the need to collaborate with external partners to design and deliver effective corporate training. Organizations adopt the Managed Learning Services strategy to help with business transformation and improve overall learning experiences. Managed Learning Services (MLS) is a strategic outsourcing model adopted by Learning & Development functions to streamline their training activities and end-to-end learning management.

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LMS Comparison: LearnDash vs. Kajabi

LearnDash

How does one of the premium all-in-one LMSs on the market stand up to LearnDash on WordPress? In our recent series of comparison posts, we’ve looked at two popular platforms with similar price points— Teachable and Thinkific. Both these platforms offered free options, with Basic plans starting at $29/mo. and $39/mo. respectively. The next LMS we’d like to cover has a much more expensive pricing structure.

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How asynchronous learning is changing the way enterprises train workforce

Gyrus

Companies are pivoting their training modes towards asynchronous learning not only because it is practical, if not more, than the traditional online synchronous methods, but because it finds better resonance with employees.

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Coping with Change: A Book Review of Flux by April Rinne

Clark Quinn

How do we cope with change? There’s a myth that we resist change, but Peter de Jaeger busted that in a talk I heard where he pointed out that we make changes all the time. We get married, take a different job, have kids, all of which are changes. The difference is that these are changes we choose! However, in this era of increasing change, we’re likely going to face more and more changes we didn’t expect.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

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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Looking at Learning Engagement Strategy Beyond Tod

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

Learning leaders across every industry agree that launching a learning and development (L&D) program can be a monumental task. Aside from determining strategy, the administrative process to execute that strategy can feel like a mountain of work.

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Customer training: your ticket to stronger loyalty, retention, and brand advocacy

Docebo

In e-learning, the most commonly addressed audience is an organization’s internal employees. That makes sense, given the immediate impact that your employees will have on your organization’s bottom line. There are, however, benefits to expanding your learning programs beyond internal audiences to address your extended enterprise. One such activity, which yields massive returns, is customer training. .

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Training Delivery Strategies—How to Incorporate Feedback

Infopro Learning

In the past decade, we’ve seen the evolution of the training and learning environment in companies. Technology has made this change possible, and a considerable part of the workforce has adapted new training delivery methods. Various professional training methods can be used to achieve training goals. But which ones are right for the company and its staff?

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4 Tips for Upskilling Your Workforce

TOPYX LMS

In April of 2021, there were 9 million vacant jobs in the U.S. 1 A s if this weren’t enough of a problem in the midst of a pandemic, there is also a skills shortage in the workplace. This is causing organizations to prioritize upskilling employees post-COVID.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Why You Should Focus Your Marketing on Trust, Not Sales in 2021 - Bigtincan

BigTinCan

Learn about the many trust signals that build relationships between brands and buyers and then put those first in our campaigns for clients.

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Top 10 eLearning Blogs

Top 10 eLearning

If you want to get to know more about the eLearning industry, listening to the experts with years of experience in the field is a great way to start. These top 10 online training blogs will deepen your understanding of the process, and are invaluable, free resources.

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Create E-learning content that actually works

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

Creating engaging E-learning content isn’t often easy, at least not at first. You need to learn new tools, adapt to diverse online teaching environments and maybe even change your whole mindset about learning. Don’t get discouraged, though, even if it seems like your online courses aren’t working as well as you would like them to. There are a lot of ways for you to improve them.

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How to Build a Personal Brand (Complete Guide)

Thinkific

For entrepreneurs, building a personal brand has never been more important than it is today. In this guide, we share the 7 steps to building a compelling (and profitable!) personal brand. The post How to Build a Personal Brand (Complete Guide) appeared first on Thinkific.

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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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Rethinking Training Delivery for Remote Workforce

Infopro Learning

According to several surveys, training delivery for remote personnel has proven crucial during this pandemic crisis. Therefore, businesses are depending more on a virtual environment which has become intuitive for almost everyone. Although some organizations are slowly reincorporating their staff to an office environment, the majority are keeping staff remotely.

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Leadership Development Essentials for 2022

Coreaxis

As companies turn towards hybrid workplaces, culture is rising to become a top priority. The pandemic revealed many things within the workplace that might have been quietly brewing for decades (or not so quietly). The shift to “people-first” culture has put considerable stress on some companies that had traditionally been “work-first” or “revenue-first.

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Free learning & development webinars for October 2021

Limestone Learning

“ Flying dog, Batman, bats ” by Andrea Bohl is licensed by Pixabay. Boo! It’s that spooky time of year again. If it feels like your time is being drained away by some evil vampire (or maybe YouTube), you’re in fine company. The year is rushing by, and maybe even speeding up. But that doesn’t mean you can’t spend a strategic hour attending a webinar, right?

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Top 10 LMS Providers

Top 10 eLearning

The eLearning industry is highly competitive and there are many potential vendors for you to choose from. How can you make sure you’re making the right decision? That’s where we come in.

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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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The 3 Components of a Sustainable Learning Program

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

Learning and development (L&D) may play a larger, more strategic role in the long-term growth of organizations than previously thought, according to a McKinsey survey from November 2020. Nearly 80% of global business leaders said that “capability building is very or extremely important” to the long-term growth of their business. Only 59% of respondents said the same was true prior to the pandemic.

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How Effective Is K-12 Education In Post-COVID Era?

eLearning Industry

K-12 applications are designed to help primary and secondary educational institutions worldwide enrich the teaching and learning experience. Can they offer student success and institutional sustainability? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Learning Transformation with Training Outsourcing

Infopro Learning

The most common challenge that organizations face in the current world is how to equip their workforce with the right skills that cater to diverse training needs. Today, businesses need to realize the need to accelerate performance through effective training. The ever-evolving need to continuously reskill and upskill employees requires L&D functions to remain agile to transform learning successfully.

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