November, 2013

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Selling Storytelling in Learning

Experiencing eLearning

'I got a call from a prospective client looking to hire an instructional designer. “Tell me about what you’re looking for,” I said. “Well, I have a classroom training program I’d like to convert to online. It’s a course on pregnancy discrimination. Our company has added a ton of specifics about this to our employee handbook, so it’s important everyone’s aware of the new policy.

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eLearning on Tablets – From Understanding to Execution

Upside Learning

'What brought me to Sydney this time of the year was the Learning@Work Conference and Exhibition, which concluded just yesterday. A premium event featuring some of the world’s foremost thinkers in learning and organizational development, the event saw over 300 attendees and 40+ exhibitors. We showcased our wide range of innovative learning solutions and interacted […].

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Gamification Foundations and Future

Kapp Notes

'What are the foundations of gamification? In recent thinking about gamification, I think there are four foundational elements in any type of gamification effort. Gamification involves engagement, autonomy, mastery and the sense of progression. Engagement -The learner needs to be engaged with the content, thinking about it, interacting with it and reacting to what happens with the content and doing task related to the content.

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How to create a training goal in 2 quick steps

Making Change

'A measurable business goal is a great way to focus your training and show how your work helps your organization — that’s why it’s the first step in action mapping. Unfortunately, most clients don’t have a clear goal, so here’s a quick formula that can help you connect what they want with what’s good for the organization. 1.

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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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[INTERVIEW] with Jay Cross

Raptivity

'What are some of the key eLearning trends you are looking forward for in 2014? Smart companies will dedicate more time and effort to building learning ecosystems. Existing trends will continue. Learning will continue to be more mobile, social, and […].

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Funny business

E-Learning Provocateur

'Do you find yourself going to too many meetings? Or to meetings that don’t really achieve anything? I know I do. Like many large organisations around the world, my employer is not immune to that most insidious of diseases: the ineffective meeting. However, unlike other organisations that prefer to sweep the problem under the carpet, I’m proud to say that ours has chosen to tackle it head on.

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Online Training: Best Practices for Attending a Live, Online Course

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by AJ Walther. Online classes are here to stay. They're easy, they're environmentally friendly, they're economical, and they're extremely effective. But, if you've never taken one, they can also be kind of scary and intimidating. The best way to eliminate your pre-class jitters is to know what you're getting yourself into and be prepared.

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Interesting Gamification Infographic

Kapp Notes

'The Business of Gamification Infographic; The Business of Gamification Infographic Powered by Demand Metric. – See more at: [link]. Powered by Demand Metric – See more at: [link]. To learn more about gamification, check out these two books.

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4 ideas you should steal from interactive fiction

Making Change

'Here are a few fun stories from the wild world of interactive fiction. Try them out to see cool techniques you can steal for your training scenarios. 1. Put the backstory in links. The most realistic scenarios are rich in detail, but lots of detail can mean lots of text on the screen. One way to lighten the load is to put the backstory in optional links.

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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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AGILE Is As AGILE Does

Living in Learning

'As with earlier conferences that I’ve spoken at this year, there is once again a lot of buzz around the concept of AGILE. AGILE what? That is a key question to ask because from what I’m seeing, not all AGILE approaches are scoped equally when it comes to learning and performance solutions.

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My daily PKM routine (practices and toolset)

Jane Hart

'Harold Jarche is a leading authority on Personal Knowledge Management, which he describes as a set of processes, individually constructed, to help each of us make sense of our world, and work more effectively. He has developed a popular Seek-Sense-Share framework which identifies the 3 key elements of PKM (see diagram on the right) [.].

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Using Games to Improve Product Knowledge

Knowledge Guru

'Product knowledge training is one of the most common types of training in many organizations. Some companies release multiple new products every month, whereas others have so many different products that getting new hires up to speed can turn into a nightmare. The problem with product knowledge training is that we need to take lots of it to really know the facts… but memorizing content is not fun to do.

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5 Strategies for Better Learning [INFOGRAPHIC]

LearnDash

'Teachers are constantly looking for innovative ways to engage students in the classroom. As a result, new technologies are being introduced into the formal education setting that have opened doors in regards to the methods that a student is presented (and learns) new information. For many educational institutions, the latest trends involve blended learning and flipped classrooms , but these are just concepts, and lack specifics (unless you look for them).

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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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#BUCAC13 Presentations and Insights from our Corporate Advisory Council

Kapp Notes

'This will be updated during the day today! If you want to follow live, tune into our live channel. Shawn Rosler Lead Systems Analyst/Instructional Designer at Geisigner Medical Center talks about “Membership has its Privileges” Shawn does a quick intro of himself. Shawn encouraged us to share our ideas and products with each other even if its incomplete and how his personal journey lead him to some great epiphanies.

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No Time to Learn

The Performance Improvement Blog

'One of the concerns that worry training and learning professionals most about leading culture change in their organizations is that managers will say that they don’t have time to facilitate and support employee development. These managers don’t value learning. Maybe there was a time when you could learn a set of skills in your youth and then build a career around those abilities.

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Technical Communications: Writer Challenges in Agile and Traditional Development Teams

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Alyssa Fox. Technical communicators have historically faced several challenges when working on development teams. From not receiving the information needed to do their jobs, to ensuring their work estimates are included in the overall team's estimates, to showing their value to stakeholders, writers on project teams can feel like they are facing an uphill battle to create good documentation.

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5 Ways To Make Corporate Learning More Effective

Dashe & Thomson

'While at the dentist last week, I was asked the usual questions, including, “Have you been flossing regularly?” This question triggered a memory of the dentist from over ten years ago. While admitting to the dentist that I often intended to floss, but rarely carried out my intention, she said: […] The post 5 Ways To Make Corporate Learning More Effective appeared first on Social Learning Blog.

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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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How FrieslandCampina Uses Knowledge Guru to Increase Engagement (Interview)

Knowledge Guru

'I’m convinced that Knowledge Guru customers are a highly creative bunch. Why? They found the game because they were looking to deliver training differently. They wanted a bold, new approach to corporate learning. It comes as no surprise that these same people find creative ways to implement Knowledge Guru in their organization, extending the value of the game beyond what’s included in the subscription.

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3 Types of ELearning

LearnDash

'For years, many people thought that creating an elearning course was just the matter of taking an old PowerPoint presentation and publishing it in a fancy player. Over time though, elearning began to evolve into something far more effective (although we still haven’t shaken the PowerPoint past completely). Truth is, different contexts drive different requirements for elearning.

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Gamification as Learner-Centered Instruction

Kapp Notes

'There are several research-based learner-centered psychological principles that apply to gamification. These principles begin drawn upon for the discussion of gamification are derived from research conducted by the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Psychology and Education (1997). A successful learner is typically active, goal-directed, self-regulating and assumes personal responsibility for contributing to their own learning.

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Current Learning Technology Trends

Jane Hart

'I used the following slideset at the WCET Annual Meeting in Denver Colorado to discuss the results of my Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013 list and the technology trends in 10 categories. The Practical Guide to the Top 100 Tools 2013 is available here. Current Learning Technology Trends from Jane Hart.

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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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ROE vs ROI – A Focus on Engagement

Association eLearning

'If you’ve been a member of the association universe very long, there’s no doubt you understand the importance of member engagement. The Decision to Join study showed that the more engaged a member is, the more likely they are to register for events, renew their membership, volunteer their time, etc. As more and more membership organizations have come to value member engagement, more emphasis has been put on the association’s return on engagement (ROE).

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Adobe Captivate 7.01: Twice the Locking Power

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Kevin Siegel. Adobe recently announced a patch for Adobe Captivate 7. The patch offers support for the new Macintosh and Windows operating systems and fixes several bugs. As patches go, bug fixes and expanded support for operating systems is typical fare. However, if you've spent the few minutes that it takes to install the free upgrade, you might have missed some enhancements that are a pleasant surprise (and above and beyond what one might expect to find in a simple patch).

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Happy 12th Birthday iPod! [The Beginning of the Mobile Revolution]

mLearning Revolution

'Apple iPod vs. Diamond Rio MP3 Player. Twelve years ago yesterday, Steve Jobs and Apple introduced the first iPod using the amazing tagline: 1,000 songs in your pocket. With those words, a simple little device changed the way we listen to music, revolutionized an entire industry, and in my opinion launched the modern mobile revolution. Many people may argue that it was the iPhone in 2007 that catapulted the mobile revolution forward, but I believe the iPhone wouldn’t have existed without

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6 Blended Learning Models [INFOGRAPHIC]

LearnDash

'Today it is not uncommon to see a blended learning approach with elearning, especially in the academic setting. For those of you who are unfamiliar, blended learning is an approach that uses both live instructors and elearning to deliver content. So, if you are a student, you are taught a subject in the classroom and that topic is reinforced when you are required to interact with an elearning module.

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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.