E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 29, 2013

'Hot on the heels of my 5 benefits of open badges for corporates , I now present my 7 big opportunities that MOOCs offer corporates. Regular readers of my blog will know that I’m quite the MOOC fan. While I realise massive open online courses are not a panacea, I believe they have much to offer learners and learning professionals alike. More specifically, I recognise the following opportunities to leverage them in the workplace.

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LearnDash

JULY 31, 2013

'Anyone who is actively involved with instructional design has at some point used the ADDIE model (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) for their course development. This model is one of (if not the) most popular structures used by training designers today. As you can expect, it has received a lot of attention from the community – some criticizing it, others providing praise.

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Upside Learning

JULY 30, 2013

'Over the last couple of years, we’ve witnessed a sharp decline in the proportion of Flash-based eLearning that we create for our clients and partners. And with a team of over 100 dedicated to custom eLearning development, we sure do quite a bit of eLearning development. In the last 6 months, Flash-based courses have been [.].

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Absorb LMS

JULY 31, 2013

'Instructor-led sessions, either in physical or virtual classrooms, play a big part of many organizations’ learning strategies. To support such initiatives, the best learning management systems (LMS) are equally adept at managing scheduled instructor-led events as they are at managing self-paced learning. If your organization delivers a large number of scheduled events, it might be tough for learners to keep track of what’s available and what might fit into their daily schedules.

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B Online Learning

JULY 29, 2013

'With technology’s great impact on education, there has been a tremendous rise in the number of online students. But what makes one successful is why we’re writing here today. We want to discuss the qualities of a great online student, so that you can be one, too. Have excellent skills in technology Of course, the [.].

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LearnDash

JULY 28, 2013

'Recently I received an email from someone on LinkedIn who was curious to know more about instructional design, and how to break into the industry. These questions are always hard to answer since getting into instructional design is dependent on many factors. Nonetheless, I did my best to provide practical advice given their background. Of the three to four questions I was asked by this individual, one question in particular really struck me: “How much can I expect to make as an Instr

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eLearning Cyclops

JULY 28, 2013

'While exploring how others develop characters, I stumbled upon character charts, a tool used by some fiction writers. In the past, I have developed characters in elearning more off the cuff. It has worked well for me, but a character chart, what a great idea. A character chart allows one to flesh out the finer details of a character''s personality, appearance, position, abilities, etc.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 1, 2013

'by Jen Weaver. Everyone has a dialect. Sometimes we think of dialect as an accent; however, an accent is merely how words are pronounced. A dialect has its own grammar, vocabulary, syntax, slang, and pronunciation rules that make it distinct from other dialects of the same language. The United State alone has more than 30 different English dialects.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 31, 2013

'The game elements you choose to include in your game should be carefully selected, with a focus on making the play experience fun and facilitating/enhancing the learning experience. In last week’s post I introduced game elements as a whole, and provided a more in-depth description of conflict, cooperation/competition, and strategy/chance. This week’s post focuses on the next four game elements to consider when developing your learning games: aesthetics, theme, story, and resources—with time co

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Jane Hart

JULY 29, 2013

'Harold Jarche has just released a blog post on the importance of Networked Professional Development in which he writes: “A professional learning network, with its redundant connections, repetition of information and indirect communications, is a much more resilient system than any designed development program can be. Redundancy is also a good principal for [.].

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LearnDash

JULY 29, 2013

'Elearning is establishing itself quite firmly as a viable solution, and often replacement, for classroom learning. I for one don’t believe elearning is the best for every scenario, but it certainly can hold its own. In the training design & delivery world, you will find mixed feelings regarding elearning when compared to live classroom training.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 31, 2013

'by Kevin Siegel. Using Captivate's Spell Check feature is as simple as choosing  Project > Check Spelling. It's a good bet that if you've spent any amount of time developing projects within Captivate, you've used the Check Spelling command at least once. I'm betting that you found using the Check Spelling feature just like the Check Spelling command in common word processors such as Microsoft Word.

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Connect Thinking

JULY 27, 2013

'Question from a client: What do I need to do to ensure our e-learning is WCAG 2.0 compliant? This is a very important question for any Federal or State Government agency in Australia. I reached out to a trusted network of e-learning providers (listed below) to better understand the issues from an e-learning design and development perspective. The following is a synthesis of what I understand to date.

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Raptivity

JULY 30, 2013

'Are you really thinking out of the box while creating interactivities? Well, I am sure the recent Raptivity – Bring your Imagination Alive! 3 Part Webinar Series has given you enormous ideas of using Raptivity interaction models innovatively. The idea [.].

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Clark Quinn

JULY 30, 2013

'What is the current state of L&D, and where is it working (and not)? Some are saying that things are largely okay, while others are suggesting that things must improve. Where are we at? The Learning & Performance Institute research suggests that L&D practitioners don’t assess themselves as having all the skills they might need. Charles Jennings’ work with the 70:20:10 Forum is pushing the model that we could be focusing on a wider range of activities beyond courses.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 2, 2013

'by Willam Van Weelden. In a previous article, I showed you how to use Twisties (images) with RoboHelp drop-down menus. The Twisties indicate to a user if a drop-down menu is open or closed. By default, all drop-downs will use the Twisties you defined for the style Drop-down hotspot. With Adobe RoboHelp 10, you can use multiple styles for your drop-downs and thus use different Twisties for different drop-downs.

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LearnDash

JULY 30, 2013

'There is so much attention given to elearning design, video publishing best-practices , and training program development these days that it can be easy to forget about the supporting documents – specifically: how to optimally format them for your training effort. With any training program, be it elearning or live seminars, there are supporting documents.

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Integrated Learnings

JULY 31, 2013

'By Jonathan Shoaf. The 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, roughly states that 80% of the results are caused by 20% of the effort. This rule is applied commonly in business situations where for example, 80% of your income comes from 20% of your clients. This principle is meant to be a rule of thumb to guide decision making. As a software developer, I use this principle.

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Living in Learning

JULY 27, 2013

'Manfred Mann and the Animals wrote a song in the 60’s about a house in New Orleans. That house was a house of evil and “was the ruin of many a poor boy”. There are many houses in New Orleans that nobody sings about. They stand empty and decaying. As they come down, like the house at 2521 Delachaise, a new house is built expanding the presence of rebirth.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 2, 2013

'by Jennie Ruby  Thanks go out to each of the 40 people who responded to the Me, Myself, and I challenge. The three of us don't feel so lonely now. Correct answers to the  Me, Myself, and I  challenge are brought to you by  Marta Nelson. Explanations are from ( me , myself, I). I went to the store to buy  myself  a new shirt.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 1, 2013

'Facebook is being used for a whole lot more than comments and pictures these days. Not too long ago, an ambitious Facebook app called Izzui came about with the goal of allowing people the opportunity to create and sell training on the world’s most popular social networking platform. Naturally, this program peaked my interest, so I decided to create a free account and take a course.

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Raptivity

JULY 31, 2013

'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. The Raptivity team believes in the same. When we work, we know nothing else and when we party, we know no bounds. The last two quarters were pretty busy for [.].

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Ontuitive

JULY 30, 2013

'9 Elements of Sustainable IT Adoption My colleagues recently attended the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in blazing-hot Houston, TX. They raved about Dux Raymond Sy’s session, “Lead the Enterprise Social Revolution: How to Drive Sustainable Adoption.” Dux is a Microsoft Collaboration guru, a dynamic keynote speaker, and foodie to boot!

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Absorb LMS

JULY 31, 2013

Instructor-led sessions, either in physical or virtual classrooms, play a big part of many organizations’ learning strategies. To support such initiatives, the best learning management systems (LMS) are equally adept at managing scheduled instructor-led events as they are at managing self-paced learning. If your organization delivers a large number of scheduled events, it might be tough for learners to keep track of what’s available and what might fit into their daily schedules.

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Web Courseworks

JULY 31, 2013

'Tips on Integrating an LMS with an AMS Why integrate an AMS with our LMS? An Association Management System (AMS) can be integrated with a Learning Management System (LMS) to provide a seamless experience for its members. Integration benefits include the ability to easily authorize, monitor, and manage members’ information and learning activities. Integration can […].

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 2, 2013

'I recently observed a clockmaker fixing an old grandfather clock. While he had the clock open, I marveled at all the gears and inner-workings of the clock and how all of them had to work in sync in order for the clock to keep accurate time. As I thought about how one small gear not working in that clock can make the timing off or potentially stop the clock, I compared that to the multiple custom eLearning projects we work on here at eLearning Brothers.

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Ontuitive

JULY 29, 2013

'Read Bob Mosher''s guest blog on Charles Jennings'' 70:20:10 Forum: "''Just-in-time'' vs.

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Absorb LMS

JULY 31, 2013

'Instructor-led sessions, either in physical or virtual classrooms, play a big part of many organizations’ learning strategies. To support such initiatives, the best learning management systems (LMS) are equally adept at managing scheduled instructor-led events as they are at managing self-paced learning. If your organization delivers a large number of scheduled events, it might be tough for learners to keep track of what’s available and what might fit into their daily schedules.

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