Sat.Nov 08, 2014 - Fri.Nov 14, 2014

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Game Based Learning: Is It Appropriate For My Association?

Association eLearning

'According to BigFish games, 58% of Americans play video games , with 68% of that population older than 18. In fact, the average age of a video gamer is 35 – a key demographic we’d all like to include in our association’s ranks, right? Why are games so popular, and how can we leverage gamification for association learning? Like any effective learning project, it’s critical to define your audience and determine if gamification is a good fit.

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Road Trip USA – Vegas & Richmond

B Online Learning

'Some of the B Online Learning team have spent the last few weeks in the USA. We like to travel every few years to keep up to date with industry happenings and more importantly to see what’s on the horizon. What was obvious this trip is how far Australia have progressed in the last few years that […].

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ID and e-Learning Links (11/9/14)

Experiencing eLearning

'What Instructional Designers Don’t Want to Hear. What do we dread hearing from clients? All of these! tags: instructionaldesign humor. Why the Former Teacher May be Your Next Star Employee – Part II | James L. Simers. Comparing ATD’s list of core competencies to the skills teachers already have. Teachers who want to switch careers might find this helpful for figuring out how to speak the language of business and explain how their skills transfer. tags: instructionaldesign newid care

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People: The Real Value of DevLearn

Learning Rebels

'Next up on our Learning Rebel tour of DevLearn 2014 – Laura Payette. Laura currently is a Learning Rebel who’s day job is with Nielsen GTO. You can find Laura on twitter, where she is a great supporter of new ideas and innovations, always on hand to offer up great thoughts and ideas. Look her up @ljwp. Look up. Stop multi-tasking for a minute (which we know isn’t really multi-tasking anyway) and take a moment to notice what’s going on around you.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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Why Top Organizations are Choosing Open Source LMS?

Lambda Solutions

'Depending on which side of the fence you fall on, you are either in favor of open source learning management systems (LMS) or not. Being in the open source business for over 12 years now we have come to understand that it is a pretty polarized debate. There are some though, that wisely sit in […] The post Why Top Organizations are Choosing Open Source LMS?

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Walking down the Interactive Learning Path with Raptivity

Raptivity

'One of the major challenges that educators face is holding learners’ attention and helping them retain information. With a tool like Raptivity, educators can bridge this gap by adding meaningful learning interactions (such as brainteasers, interactive diagrams, 3D worlds, games, […].

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Learning Reflections (part one) – The Ups and Downs of DevLearn: Holly MacDonald

Learning Rebels

'Before we begin: One of the things I love about being a “Learning Rebel” is the network of other Learning Rebels which has been built up through this website! There are a lot of Rebels out there, all “Fighting the Good Fight” to bring learning innovation into the workplace. I hear from you often through twitter, through this site and through email.

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Gamification in eLearning: What is it and Why do I want it?

Lambda Solutions

'On December 4th at 1pm ET will are excited to host a webinar that we know you’ve all been wanting—Gamify your eLearning! 6 Ways to Incorporate Gamification in eLearning. Without giving too much away we thought that we’d publish a few blogs to get you excited about gamification (if you’re not already). Today we will […] The post Gamification in eLearning: What is it and Why do I want it?

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UpsideLMS, Now Available On The Device Of Your Choice!

Upside Learning

'UpsideLMS's latest version is out! With this release, learners can now access eLearning courses, training calendar, assessments, social learning and other learning and performance support resources from desktops/laptops, tablets and smartphones through Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari on Mac and IE (9.0 and above). Other important features that the new release brings in are – Ability […].

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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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Why Use ELearning? Here’s Why.

LearnDash

'Most people today agree that elearning is good for business, and a viable way to train people. It is being used in education and corporate sectors alike with great success. We are a digital culture, so elearning is becoming more natural as we rely heavily upon mobile technology in our daily lives. That said, even though many people would agree that elearning is good, they may not necessarily know why.

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Moving Beyond E-Learning (Online Workshop)

Jane Hart

'Next public online workshop runs 17 November – 19 December 2014 (also available as a 1 day onsite Masterclass or pre-conference event) The role of the L&D function in the modern workplace is more than creating, delivering and managing e-learning; it is about addressing performance problems in more relevant and appropriate ways, as well as promoting, […].

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They’re not learners, they’re people

Nick Leffler

'They’re not learners, they’re people. I don’t know if this has any value in stating but it’s something that’s been rolling around in my head for a while. I often hear people referred to as learners, or “my learners” when talking about the audience. It seems odd to me to refer to people in a way that assumes the action that they will get from your creation.

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Learning Different

The Performance Improvement Blog

'What and how people learn is changing dramatically. Digital technology has opened the door to new learning formats and created a demand for new, more fluid types of training and development efforts. Globalization, automation, and networking are making continuous acquisition of new knowledge and the upgrading of skills part of life and work. . In “ The Lifetime Learner ”, a publication of Deloitte University Press , the authors argue that the demand for new forms of education and training are q

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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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Do You Know About Open Badges?

LearnDash

'The Mozilla Open Badge Program is a digital program to recognize skills and achievements. The program is relatively new, being only a few years old, but is growing quickly due to our advancing technological world. For many years, organizations like the Boy Scouts of America and others used physical badges to display the skills and accomplishments of the scouts, while trying to foster a positive environment for learning and involvement.

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New Video: Top Leadership Traps

ej4 eLearning

'Whether you’ve held a high post for 10 years or you’re a newly anointed leader for your company, there are always going to be tough decisions headed your way, and if you’re not careful, mistakes will follow. And while you can’t outrun failure completely, you can learn to avoid the bigger potholes with better knowledge and training. For more on the biggest leadership snares, check out our new video, “Top Leadership Traps.”.

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Tips for Working with Video in Articulate Storyline

B Online Learning

'Most recently I’ve been assisting our team in updating our B Online eLearning Course Catalogue. I’ve been upgrading our MS Office courses to Office 2013, and I came across some great video tutorials, which I decided to use, particularly in the Excel course. As I haven’t worked with video much before, I decided to learn […].

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Inspiring E-Learning Quotes from the Great Masters

Learnnovators

THE QUOTE: “ The key to success is getting people to do the right thing at the right time.” – Michael W. Allen, CEO, Allen Interactions. THE JOURNEY: Where is e-learning heading? If you had been following us, you would already know that it’s almost a year since we started publishing our Crystal Balling interview series with some of the great masters in the e-learning industry.

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Wake Up Your Customer Education Strategy With a New Approach to Content Sharing

Speaker: Tammy Rutherford, Ian McConnell

You invest a lot of time and energy into building training courses for internal use and for your customers and partners. As your reach grows, so does the number of LMSs you need to deliver training to, often both externally and internally. And chances are, you want to deliver that content in a way that’s compatible with every LMS, manageable for administrators, and easy for learners to access.

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How Flipped Classrooms Work

LearnDash

'Flipped classrooms are becoming more popular in the education system as teachers look for new ways to present content, and for better ways to utilize live classroom time. Instead of focusing on lectures, class time in a flipped classroom is dedicated to some form of activity designed to get the students applying the concepts they are learning. To make this happen, flipped classrooms need some form of learning management system in place.

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4 Ways Smartphones are helping People Learn a new Language

mLearning Revolution

'Image courtesy of: Michael Cahill. Being a ubiquitous device in mobile learning, a smartphone has done almost all of the unthinkable, especially in helping learners master a foreign language. A 2012 survey done by the University of Colorado, revealed that 14% of instructors and 60% of foreign students use mobile phones for language-learning purposes.

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Adobe Captivate: Embedding YouTube Videos

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Kevin Siegel        If you need to include YouTube videos in your Captivate eLearning project, the traditional technique was to insert a click box or button on a slide and, on the Properties Inspector, use the  Open URL or File  action to target the video's URL.   When the learner clicks the click box or button, the URL action will take the learner to the YouTube video in a web browser window.

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Learning Problem-solving

Clark Quinn

'While I loved his presentation, his advocacy for science, and his style, I had a problem with one thing Neil deGrasse Tyson said during his talk. Now, he’s working on getting deeper into learning, but this wasn’t off the cuff, this was his presentation (and he says he doesn’t say things publicly until he’s ready). So while it may be that he skipped the details, I can’t.

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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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Add Private Forums to Your Courses!

LearnDash

'We are excited to announce today the release of our latest integration, one that is sure to add an element of life to your courses. Before getting into the details, we want to thank you all for your contributions to the LearnDash community. Your continued suggestions, encouragement, ideas, and comments have been instrumental in the evolution of LearnDash.

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33 Twitter Tips in 140 characters

Jane Hart

'33 Twitter Tips, in 140 characters or less comes from Ethos3 | Presentation Design and Training.

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Microsoft PowerPoint: Create and Use Chart Templates

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by AJ Walther      Do you work for an organization that uses many charts? Do all of those charts need to be formatted to match specific corporate branding? Does this take you ages? Utilizing PowerPoint's custom Chart Templates might just save you a lot of time.   Create a Chart Template. Insert a chart in PowerPoint. Format the chart to reflect your company's branding guidelines.

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Cammy and Connie in Podcast Form!

Learning Visions

'Connie Malamed, world renowned as The eLearning Coach, and one of the better human beings in this world, interviewed me for a podcast a few weeks ago. I haven''t listened to it (I mean, who wants to hear her own voice?), but Connie assures me that we both sound reasonably intelligent. Head over to Connie''s blog for a listen as we chat about pressing matters: Who is an accidental instructional designer How to work with subject matter experts (SMEs) Three approaches or categories of learning des

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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.