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Scenario-Based Learning: Why & How

Experiencing eLearning

This is the recording of a presentation I gave to the Online Network of Learning and Development Professionals on September 28, 2016. The presentation covers: Why scenario-based learning works. A range of options for using scenarios in elearning and classroom training. When scenario-based learning is a good choice. Tips for writing scenarios with the 4 Cs.

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eLearning 101: Designing The Right Course

Infopro Learning

Are you designing the right e-learning course? We all know that e-learning doesn’t just happen, it requires proper planning. So let’s set up to the plate and get passionate about designing the right e-learning course. In an e-learning course , content is everything, and developing it is multifaceted. So instead of bringing people to learning, we need to bring learning to people by masterfully designing the courses.

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The Top 10 Challenges that eLearning Professionals Face Everyday

Docebo

Unrealistic deadlines, small budgets and other eLearning challenges can be crushed with these tips. Life is full of obstacles, but eLearning professionals have a unique set of eLearning challenges that come with the job title. In fact, there are some hurdles that we must leap over on a regular basis. From difficult clients and bland subject matter to shoestring eLearning budgets that need to be stretched, we have to use every trick we know to get through the day in one piece and persevere.

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Can I Get a Mentor?

Association eLearning

I hate to say it, but medieval Europe might have had better job preparation than we do today. In short, they used apprenticeships. I’m glossing over a lot of details and caveats here but, if you wanted to be a blacksmith you found a blacksmith and talked them into teaching you. You then spent the next several years working for and with that blacksmith.

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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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7 ways L&D can foster employee engagement

Kineo

Employee engagement plays a huge part in the success and growth of an organisation; when done right it can drive the productivity, motivation and innovation of its employees. In our new guide People Power – why employee engagement and L&D go hand in hand we explore why learning and development is such a vital part of employee engagement and how L&D can have a big impact. .

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The Structure Of Intellect: Everything e-Learning Pros Need To Know

Allen Interactions

By Guest Blogger Christopher Pappas / @cpappas. All of your online learners have unique abilities, skills, and experiences that form the basis of their intellect. The challenge is creating e-learning courses that cater to all their needs, even though there are countless combinations of talents and traits. In this article, I'll share everything you need to know about all of the "dimensions" of the Structure of Intellect that play a significant role in human intelligence.

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Why Sales Managers Struggle with Coaching

Knowledge Guru

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Those who can, do; those who can’t do, teach”? If you’re a sales manager, you’re living proof that this is often far from the truth. Lots of companies take their top performing sales reps and turn them into sales managers at some point in their careers. These new sales managers have to then transition their role from the doer (selling products) to the teacher and coach (managing sales reps).

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Spoiler alert: why you should be excited about Totara 9

Kineo

It’s been a year since Totara announced the release of Totara 9, and as the clock ticks down to the latest release, we thought we’d share why you should be joining us in New Year’s Eve-style anticipation.

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What Business Application Training Accomplishes

Gyrus

What Business Application Training Accomplishes. In corporate training programs, often the focus is strictly on compliance. It seems that not everyone is hip to the idea that there is indeed a utilization that can improve their personnel’s’ capabilities in competitively selected industries. Well, I am here to tell you that there indeed is.

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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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Check Out The LearnDash Gradebook!

LearnDash

Today we are really excited to let you know about the latest add-on, the LearnDash Gradebook! This is a prefect tool if you are using LearnDash in a traditional classroom setting or wish to have a blended learning program. With the Gradebook add-on you can mange your students grades and track their online progress all from a centralized location – no more jumping between tools!

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Using PowerPoint to Edit Images

B Online Learning

Generally, images are included in all eLearning projects and sometimes you might want to change the image from its standard look. A lot of people use Photoshop or Illustrator to edit their images but if you don’t have access to either of these you can use PowerPoint to do some simple editing to your images.In […].

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Have We Forgotten What Microlearning Means?

Axonify

Let’s take a walk around the modern corporate learning ecosystem. Picture a verdant garden, where technological innovation has ploughed over a massive acreage of ineffective tools, like the LMS, to completely renew the landscape. Hear that? If you listen closely, that’s the sound of a thousand buzzwords being born. The profound transformation currently underway has reached a level of maturity where established principles are now being shamelessly misused and exploited for the attention they grab

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13 Free e-Learning Resources to Make Your Courses Beautiful

Dashe & Thomson

by: Andy Schiemo. Does your eLearning feel stale or still have that 1990s vibe? Are you bored with your existing stock photography? Are you still using photos that look like this?

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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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What is Asynchronous ELearning?

LearnDash

While many people know what elearning is, not as many know that there are different types of elearning. Sure there is mobile learning (a fast growing segment of elearning ), but there is also two distinct types of elearning: asynchronous and synchronous. In this short article I will go over asynchronous elearning. Specifically, what it is, why it’s good, and the potential limitations.

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3 Key Takeaways from LITE 2016 – Part 1

Administrate

Three weeks ago today, our annual EdTech conference, LITE (Learning Innovation Technology and Evolution), opened in front of a record crowd at the spectacular Assembly Roxy, here in Edinburgh. Fast forward to present day and the team has just about recovered from what was an incredible two days of learning, although Read More Published on October 13, 2016.

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HELEN BLUNDEN – CRYTSAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

The post HELEN BLUNDEN – CRYTSAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Infrastructure and integration

Clark Quinn

When I wrote the L&D Revolution book, I created a chart that documented the different stages that L&D could go through on the way. I look at it again, and I see that I got (at least) one thing slightly off, as I talked about content and it’s more, it’s about integration and infrastructure. And I reckon I should share my thinking, then and now.

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The DNA of Online Learning

This white paper examines how organisations can get the best out of online learning, via a deep dive into how it works and how to apply it in order to achieve specific objectives.

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Using LearnDash for Schools

LearnDash

Over the years we have seen LearnDash used in a variety of industries in many different context. Many of the core LearnDash features are shared across these different contexts but there are some unique characteristics in each. One industry may be interested in a particular feature whereas another does not. In this article I will share some of the relevant features and add-ons used within the classroom (traditional education) setting.

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How to Gamify Compliance Training

Gyrus

How to Gamify Compliance Training. In September we explored ways in which to make compliance training more fun, with our article entitled “ Fun Compliance Training – A Real Phrase ” However, we did not fully dive into the depths of manners in which such fun could be accomplished. It seems nowadays in the learning world we can’t escape it.

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Your Performance Support Doesn't Speak xAPI? 3 Reasons it Should

Ontuitive

​By now, you’ve heard the buzz regarding what’s variously called Experience API , xAPI, or The Tin Can API. And you know that it’s an emerging learning technology standard that facilitates the collection and communication of data related to the wide range of ways in which a learner interacts with formal or informal learning assets.

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Organizational Effectiveness for L&D?

Clark Quinn

Last week included an interesting series of events and conversations. There was a formal event on innovation in learning technology (that was only partly so), and a presentation by a colleague. I also had a couple of conversations, one with said colleague following his more formal event, and another with another colleague before the initial event. And from that latter conversation came an interesting revelation.

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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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3 Easy Ways to Use a Classroom LMS

LearnDash

If you were to ask a teacher if having a classroom learning management system is a good idea, most would likely think that it can be conducive to learning but still have reservations about it. These reservations are not about the technology but instead are with regards the implementation process. Managing a classroom LMS takes time, and when you have to plan lessons, grade papers, and help students in after-hours the prospect of a classroom based learning system is daunting.

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Tracking the Elusive Compliance Beast

ej4 eLearning

No matter the size of your company, there are going to be laws and regulations that mandate certain kinds of training. Companies have to stay in strict compliance with these mandates, or else face penalties. OSHA, for example, penalizes companies every year for lapses in required training or training inefficiencies. This creates a need for delivering compliance training quickly and efficiently, and then proving that the training was completed according to the pertinent laws and regulations.

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Reengaging Learners Using Gamification and Game-Based Learning

InSync Training

BYTE Session Recap. Karl Kapp, gamification expert and friend of InSync Training, recently helped BYTE session attendees "solve the case of the disengaged learner," and provided detailed recommendations for effectively including games in our instructional designs. This blog post will define the differences between gamification and games in learning, the various types of gamification, and the science behind why our learners’ brains respond positively to gamified learning programs.

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THE BIG MISS AND THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IN GAMIFICATION

Learnnovators

The post THE BIG MISS AND THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IN GAMIFICATION appeared first on Learnnovators.

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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.