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eLearning: Attention, Attention!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel        A few years ago I wrote about the  perfect playtime for an eLearning lesson (or module). In my article, I referenced a piece by the BBC,  Turning into Digital Goldfish , where the author said "The addictive nature of web browsing can leave you with an attention span of a goldfish.

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How to Create a Custom Review Results Slide in Articulate Storyline

eLearning Brothers

I love the versatility of Articulate Storyline 2 and the ability to forego the default options for navigation in favor of truly custom courseware. However, there’s one drawback I learned of by getting rid of all the buttons that line the bottom of the Storyline course player (Previous, Next, Submit, volume, and the seekbar): navigation for the Review Quiz function is missing!

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My Journey from Instructional Design to Learning Experience Design

Infopro Learning

Recently, InfoPro Learning acquired another learning company with a substantial amount of content for leadership and organizational development. Little did I know at the time that that content would involve me and ultimately change the way I look at my job. It started with a simple conversation…. “How about transforming this new content into a blended learning program?

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ID and E-Learning Links (4/3/16)

Experiencing eLearning

Cutout People – Free. Free cutout characters in a few poses for use in elearning scenarios. tags: e-learning free images. The Top 8 Free/Open Source LMSs – Capterra Blog. This is actually 18+ free and/or open source LMSs. Some are truly open source, some are freemium or other business models. If you want a list that goes well beyond Moodle and Canvas, this is a good place to start. tags: e-learning LMS opensource free tools moodle.

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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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How to select an e-Learning authoring tool

Challenge to Learn

There are hundreds of e-Learning authoring tools around and they come in many shapes an sizes, so how to select the one that fits your requirements? In this post I will give a global overview of different types of e-Learning authoring tools and some questions that you can ask yourself. Your answers should guide you in the right direction. What is an e-Learning authoring tool?

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4 LMS Features That Were Hot and Now Are Not

Absorb LMS

Make sure your team is buying an LMS for the year you’re in. Apart from a two-year stint selling tropical fish at a local pet shop when I was 16, my entire career has been in learning technology. Fresh out of university, I worked as a content developer and designed and authored hundreds of hours of online courses. As an analyst a decade later, I wrote industry reports about learning management systems, authoring tools, and other technologies.

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Why a Lack of Reporting Makes Staff Quit

Administrate

There are many factors in play when it comes to maintaining a successful and competitive business, perhaps none more so than retaining your best staff. Great people who feel valued and content in their jobs are essential, yet creating a happy workforce is no mean feat. If you look at the Read More.

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3 Reasons Companies Need Mobile Learning

TOPYX LMS

Are you one of those individuals who is especially interested in current trends in eLearning? If so, it’s likely that you’ve done a little Internet research on the subject. What did you discover is on the horizon for online learning trends in 2016? No doubt you noticed mention of gamification, automation, big data , and, last but definitely not least, mobile learning.

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Are You Compliance Ready?

Gyrus

Compliance training ensures that employees, contractors, and partners have the right knowledge and understanding to comply with an organization’s legal, operational, ethical aspects of business. It is something that organizations can’t compromise on, if they don’t want to risk a complete business failure. Despite regular reiteration of all state and federal compliance guidelines and audits, organizations fail to be compliant with the latest regulations and research indicates th

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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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Clive Shepherd – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

ABOUT CLIVE SHEPHERD (Founding Director – The More Than Blended Learning Company): Clive Shepherd is a consultant learning technologist. He works with a broad range of public and private sector organisations internationally, helping them to build capability in the application of new media to learning, and to transform workplace learning through the effective integration of formal, informal, on-demand and experiential learning.

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Top 5 Benefits of Online Learning

Lambda Solutions

According to enrollment information gathered from the National Center for Education Statistics’ Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, over 80% of classes were delivered entirely online in 2014. This number increased since then, and will continue to increase as online learning takes off. Online learning has taken the world by storm, completely transforming the learning and training landscape.

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Maximizing Retention In E-Learning – Part 3

Edmego Learning

Maximizing Retention In E-Learning – Part 3. When it comes to maximizing retention in the workplace, your overall efforts will yield its own measure in results. In Part 1 we talked about the overall learning culture that needs to be in place. In Part 2 we reviewed some of the core segments of training and learning that need to be in place whether it is instructor led or in an e-learning format.

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Unite a Multilingual Workforce with an LMS

TOPYX LMS

Did you know that about 20 percent of the US population is bilingual ? Because of this, business owners are seeking bilingual and multilingual employees like never before. In her article The Importance of Bilingual Speakers in the Workplace , Valerie Fox wrote, “Businesses that take advantage of adding bilingual speakers to their payrolls can benefit extensively because of the larger market of clients and customers they can capture.

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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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Gamification Discussion Points for #ozlearn chat on April 12

Kapp Notes

I am excited to be participating in the April 12 April #ozlearn chat next week and as part of preparing of the chat, I’ve written a blog post which I hope to discuss and explore in more detail with the great folks on the chat! See you there! The gamification market in general continues to grow with some estimates having the general gamification marketing growing to a size of $11.10 Billion USD by 2020.

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Return on Learning Metrics

Origin Learning

“What doesn’t get measured, doesn’t get done” – so goes the saying! Well, if you are measuring something, but not necessarily all the right things, your end result could still not be right or you are relying on the wrong data to make your case. “Measuring Learning” has been plagued by this issue since decades. Starting with RoI measurement that captured cost avoidance by drawing comparisons to “classroom training,” measurement went on to compare “cost and time saving with eLearning compare

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Maximizing Retention In E-Learning – Part 3

Edmego Learning

Maximizing Retention In E-Learning – Part 3. When it comes to maximizing retention in the workplace, your overall efforts will yield its own measure in results. In Part 1 we talked about the overall learning culture that needs to be in place. In Part 2 we reviewed some of the core segments of training and learning that need to be in place whether it is instructor led or in an e-learning format.

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Creating, Leading, and Maintaining Highly Functional Virtual Teams

InSync Training

Association for Talent Development (ATD) Session Recap. Over the past 20 years, Jennifer Hofmann has built an entirely virtual and highly functional team at InSync Training. Interestingly, when she started her company, “We used to hide the fact that we were a 100% virtual, work-from-home team. It wasn’t cool back then. People didn’t understand how you could be professional.

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7 Steps to Consider When Implementing a LMS

How Do You Choose the Right Learning Management System? Choosing the perfect Learning Management System can be complex for organizations. Initially, you might ask questions like, "When is the right time to adopt an LMS?" or "Which LMS is the best fit?" Once you've made your LMS selection, your next query is likely, "How do I go about implementing it?

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What Does Competency-Based Learning in Healthcare Look Like?

Lambda Solutions

To ensure the efficiency of their manufacturing processes, Toyota developed a “just-in-time” concept, ensuring that they only make what is needed, avoiding wasted resources, investments, and materials. While the world of auto-mechanics may greatly differ from the healthcare sector, this concept of allocating only the necessary resources - nothing more, nothing less - can apply to healthcare training landscape as well.

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Learning by Influence or Influence to Learn?

Origin Learning

When it comes to learning and development and skills enhancement, organizations prefer to look for tangible outcomes. The flow and schedule of training programs in enterprises are done keeping in mind the measure of performance, productivity and how the learnings impact business. If time, energy, and effort allocation are key factors, the cost-benefit assessment that becomes the core of a learning architecture, is what defines the design and structure of the workplace learning.

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Paper Cuts

Learnnovators

I’m late to the party, but finally I’ve gotten my hands onto Google Cardboard. I’ve been tinkering with it and, in the spirit of Virtual Reality Working Out Loud Week , I’ve decided to share with you what I’ve learned so far. I’ll also share my problems – and there are plenty of them – so if you can solve any for me I’d be grateful! THE DEVICE. The ROI for Google Cardboard is through the roof.

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What would happen if there were no L&D department?

Jane Hart

This was the question I asked last week on Twitter: What would happen if there were no Training/L&D department? Your thoughts for an article I am writing. Quotes will be cited. Thx. — Jane Hart (@C4LPT) March 30, 2016. In advance of the publication of the article, I thought I would share some of the responses I received, and offer the opportunity for others to contribute their thoughts in a comment below.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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5 Tips for Creating Effective & Engaging eLearning

Lambda Solutions

Creating online courses is one thing, creating courses that are both effective and engaging is another. With all the effort that goes into course development, why wouldn’t you ensure that the learning material is being well-received, and is effective? Effective and engaging eLearning programs are ones that deliver meaningful material, that enhance learner interest and increase learner retention.

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New Research: Best-in-class corporate learning approaches that drive business results

Axonify

I attended the CLO Symposium this week, which shone a spotlight on the struggle L&D leaders face to keep up with modern workplace demands. Conversations highlighted how employee learning needs have become almost unrecognizable from those of just ten years ago. The lightening-fast pace of business, combined with the integration of technology, increased customer demands and the need to support multi-generational workforces, have called attention to the importance of changing the way learning l

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Putting It All Together

CourseArc

When creating online courses, think about instructional design for eLearning in terms of learning objects, and create as many reusable pieces as possible to ensure the online courses are developed quickly and efficiently. When most instructional designers think about reusable content, they often think about all the visual elements that go into courses.

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Launching a Mobility Program? Beware of the Adoption Chasm

Inkling

As smartphones, tablets, and wearables flood our personal lives, corporate mobility is becoming a necessity—not just an advantage. With half of the world’s population having a mobile plan, people are increasingly accustomed to accessing the personal information and services they need through any device, easy-to-use applications, and ever-faster bandwidth.

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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.