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SA Water & B Online Learning Win LearnX Platinum for eLearning Adoption

B Online Learning

In this post find out the challenges faced by SA Water learning and development and how B Online Learning provided a solution using LearnFlex LMS and developing content with Articulate Storyline that led to a 2016 LearnX Platinum Award for Best eLearning Adoption. Due to the transient and often field-based nature of many areas of SA Water, […].

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The Most Important Thing I’ve Learned From Instructional Design

Association eLearning

I’m not a “numbers person.” I never have been. Some people aren’t “words people.” And that’s okay. In college, I cringed on behalf of my science major friends when they told me about their multi-hour labs and the reports that went along with them. They told me they were fine with that. They’d take it over my research papers any day. The same is true in the work world.

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70:20:10 and user generated learning: no way!

Challenge to Learn

I’m talking to learning managers each day about the 20 in 70:20:10; about knowledge sharing and about user generated learning that can facilitate this. I see a lot of interest in this topic but a lot of reservations as well. So I decided to list the top 10 objections against user generated learning, with my response. What is user generated learning?

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Save Your Learning Strategy from Collapse with this One Essential Report

Docebo

The One Report You Need to Understand Today’s Learning Trends and Save your Strategies from Collapse. It’s no secret that a learning and development (L&D) program is incomplete and ineffective without a robust L&D strategy. It’s also widely known that it can be challenging to clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of L&D strategies with measurable results.

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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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The Secrets to Growing a Training Business, Revealed

Upside Learning

The business of a Training Company is complex; from running multiple training programs to selling training materials online, it has host of activities to do as a part of its day-to-day functioning. What it needs is an online system that not only simplifies the management of these activities but also helps it grow its business. […].

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Kaihan Krippendorff Keynote Mindmap

Clark Quinn

At a private event, I had a chance to hear Kaihan Krippendorff talk about thinking differently about innovation. He used an 8P’s model as a framework to illustrate how to think differently. He started by pointing out that the myth of entrepreneurial innovation is overblown, and that innovation comes from moving outside ‘business as usual’ In an engaging way, he used several examples for each of the Ps to show how companies succeeded by rethinking around this element (speaking

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WordPress Makes an Impact in ELearning

LearnDash

If you would have asked an elearning professional a few years ago whether they considered WordPress a viable option for an online learning program they probably would have asked you: “What’s WordPress?” I know this to be true as I asked the question back in 2012 to one of my colleagues while working on an elearning implementation.

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Why Your LMS Theme Matters

Lambda Solutions

In a report published by Brandon Hall Group this year, it was revealed that 88% of organizations switching LMS did so for improved User Experience. The most overlooked component of user experience, is your LMS theme. A good LMS theme will create a seamless user experience, which enhances the learner engagement, and makes your users more comfortable.

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Tech Tools That Help eLearning Designers Collaborate

eLearning Brothers

The beauty—and sometimes the bane—of remote work is that you have the ability to create on your own. Most of the time, it’s great to have the space you need to think and get creative. But when you’ve reached the point when you need feedback or some suggestions to spur more creativity, you can’t just ask a colleague to check out the design on your screen.

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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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Augmenting AR for Learning

Clark Quinn

We’re hearing more and more about AR (Augmented Reality), and one of it’s core elements is layering information on top of the world. But in a conversation the other night, it occurred to me that we could push that information to be even more proactive in facilitating learning. And this comes from the use of models. The key idea I want to leverage is the use of models to foster is the use of models to predict or explain what happens in the world.

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THE LEARNING IN GAMIFICATION

Learnnovators

The post THE LEARNING IN GAMIFICATION appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Know the Hidden Curriculum of Work

The Performance Improvement Blog

Do you know what you what you really need to know to be successful in your job? You won’t find it in company training programs, or in an MBA program, or your professional association’s certification workshops. But this learning is more important for survival and success in the workplace over the long term. . Jesse Sostrin calls this the “hidden curriculum”.

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Webinar Roundup – Easy, Customizable and Fun! eLearning Simplified by Raptivity

Raptivity

Team Raptivity recently conducted a much applauded webinar on making eLearning ‘ Easy, Customizable and Fun ’. The webinar was aimed at all instructional designers, course creators and trainers who are stuck with complex eLearning methodologies. Let me share a glimpse of what happened through the session. Jamaica Glenn, the webinar host, and Raptivity Valued professional, opened the session with a very interesting depiction of how most of the courses are perceived by eLearners.

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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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Supercharge Course Sales with Digital Marketing – Part 1: Content & SEO

Administrate

So you’ve integrated online course booking with your website – fantastic! You’re ready to sell your training to the world. Unfortunately, Kevin Costner’s idealistic ‘Field of Dreams’ approach of ‘if you build it, they (he) will come’ doesn’t transition well to digital – if you want to scale your online presence, you’re Read More Published on September 15, 2016.

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How To Use Slack With LearnDash

LearnDash

No matter what your line of work, communication is essential. It’s why we rely so much on tools like email and messenger apps. One such app to rise to prominence recently in this area is Slack. In a sentence, Slack is a free messaging app for teams and companies and its popularity is growing at a stagger pace. In fact, we use Slack at LearnDash for our own team collaboration (messaging, file sharing, and activity tracking).

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How You Can Increase Recall In Your eLearning

InSync Training

One of the primary goals in online learning is promoting active recall in students. Summarizing subject matter into a useful context is one of the keys to information recall. Elearners should be invited to express lessons in their own words for better comprehension and retention. Active and Passive. Two different approaches are typically used to instill learning objectives : Passive recall involves learners reading textual recaps or listening to summaries in the form of lectures.

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Fostering User Adoption in your Learning Program

Gyrus

Fostering User Adoption in your Learning Program. As you transition from your outdated Learning Management System (LMS) to your new GyrusAim v16.1.0.4 application it is important to keep in mind your users’ perception of the change. Successful implementations hinge on how well the user base accepts the new program and what is has to offer. Below I have compiled a list of change management strategies that can be used specifically in optimizing your experience in migrating your enterprise ov

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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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Adobe Captivate: Object Level Audio Management

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel        When adding audio to a Captivate project, you can add audio in a couple of different ways. For instance, you can import audio directly to a project's background or onto a slide. In the image below, audio was added to a few slides. You can easily tell that audio has been added to a slide via the audio icon in the lower right of the slide.       Here's a quick challenge for you.

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IDEA: Crowdsourcing Course Content

LearnDash

One of the biggest obstacles people face when creating an online course is actually creating the content. The process takes months, and it’s easy to underestimate the time it will take so it’s easy to “burn out” Take into consideration that you also have to be actively marketing your program and the entire project can become overwhelming.

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Inside the Walls of Allen Interactions: Three Lessons about e-Learning from Working in a Dream Job

Allen Interactions

By Mindy Waltz-Bach, Instructional Designer. It has been one year since I landed in the Mendota Heights, Minnesota office as an Instructional Designer for Allen Interactions. It has been a fun ride so far. The atmosphere is highly creative and the learning opportunities abound, but the best part is the smell of popcorn around 3pm every afternoon. Even Dr.

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Divided by a common language: matching expectations about training and development

Kineo

What’s the difference between ‘training’ and ‘development’? Is there a difference or is it just down to the language we use? And if we interchange them, does it lead to confusion and frustration for both learning & development teams and employees?

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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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Adobe Captivate: Object Level Audio Management

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel        When adding audio to a Captivate project, you can add audio in a couple of different ways. For instance, you can import audio directly to a project's background or onto a slide. In the image below, audio was added to a few slides. You can easily tell that audio has been added to a slide via the audio icon in the lower right of the slide.       Here's a quick challenge for you.

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Conducting Post-Course Evaluations

CourseArc

Course evaluations are often an afterthought, a last-minute addition to the overwhelming instructional design process. While many instructional designers realize the importance of course evaluations, often the process of corralling SMEs and working on many iterations of multiple courses take precedence over developing evaluations. The industry standard Kirkpatrick model measures training based on the four levels of analysis: Level 1: Did the learners enjoy training?

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Why SCORM Compliance is Absolutely Essential for any Best-In-Class LMS

Docebo

Why SCORM Compliance is Absolutely Essential for Competitive, Market-Leading LMS Performance and Effectiveness. No, SCORM isn’t a Scandinavian heavy metal band, although it might make a great name for one. SCORM is an acronym that stands for sharable content object reference model , and it’s the de facto standard to package your learning content that can easily be read by an LMS.

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When Google Lets You Down 

InSync Training

Consider this scenario. You’ve been hearing some buzz among colleagues in the L&D field about what is referred to as a “learning ecosystem.” While you might guess what that’s about, you decide you want to learn a bit more. So you Google it, of course. In the first page of results, you find three items that may be relevant to your context (corporate learning), and you’ll spend quite a bit of time poking through these links to see if they give you the kind of answers you need.

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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.