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

Experiencing eLearning

'Microsoft Office Mix review – a potential new player in digital learning? Microsoft’s entry into the e-learning world is a lightweight but free PowerPoint add-in. You can record presentations and do basic quizzing. They have their own reporting tool, but you can’t use it in an LMS. tags: e-learning tools free. Drag&Drop tips – Captivate blog.

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Gamification: It’s All About Engagement

dVinci Interactive

'Dr. Karl Kapp, a noted author and faculty member at Bloomsburg University’s Institute for Interactive Technologies (IIT) recently visited JPL to talk to our team about gamification. Gamification is using game-based approaches and elements in order to engage an audience. Before his session, he spoke to us about why the popularity of gamification is growing in the corporate world.

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Three Videos about Transmedia Storytelling

Kapp Notes

'Here are some videos about transmedia storytelling. A couple of the videos tend to be more focused on marketing of products using transmedia but could transmedia be used for learning and instruction? There is one video of an experience of students in Florida that does link it to education. How can it be used to propel learners into an immersive experience that helps them retain knowledge and change behavior?

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Is Informal Learning The Same As Social Learning?

Upside Learning

'Very often I find that informal and social learning are grouped together. Sure there are some overlaps between the two, but they are not necessarily one and the same. Let's start by looking at their definitions. Social Learning Social Learning is participating with others to make sense of new ideas. Marcia Conner, author of The […].

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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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Gamification Basics

Web Courseworks

'Gamification is revolutionizing the field of learning and development. That was the main thrust of the Game On! Gamification Strategies for Instructional Designers and Trainers skills seminar I led at the recent ASTD Chicagoland Chapter meeting at the DePaul University School for New Learning on September 18 th. Using mircrocredentials to reward users for acquiring new knowledge or improving skill sets is a potential growth area for associations looking to enhance eLearning initiatives and inc

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What Can Managers Do to Create and Sustain Learning?

The Performance Improvement Blog

'Managers in any organization, whether nonprofit, government, or business, play a pivotal role in creating and sustaining learning. They do not have to be instructors nor do they have to be expert in the knowledge and skills needed by their direct reports. However, they do have to believe that people can learn and change, they have to care about their own learning, and they have to value the development of the people they supervise.

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The Explosive Growth of ELearning

LearnDash

'ELearning has been enjoying unprecedented growth in the last decade, and that growth is expected to accelerate for the foreseeable future. Analysts have estimated that elearning accounted for over $27 billion in 2009, and has risen to over $50 billion in 2014. These figures include money spent on self-paced online learning, which includes both packaged and custom content services.

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September 15, 2014 - How to Get Students to JoomlaLMS Classroom?

JoomlaLMS

'How to Get Students to JoomlaLMS Classroom? A new semester has just started and if you are a teacher you have a lot of stuff to do on the agenda, especially if you are a distant learning beginner. However, users, classroom and task management, performance assessment, students and parents’ engagement etc. have no sense if your online classroom is empty, right?

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Putting Members’ Needs First: Working with Subject Matter Experts

Association eLearning

'Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) may be from Mars, and Instructional Designers may be from Venus … but at the end of the day, your members are the actual center of the universe! The working relationship between Subject Matter Experts and Instructional Designers (IDs) is often portrayed as antagonistic, challenging, and “like pioneering a new frontier in the universe.

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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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A Conversation with Cammy Bean

Kapp Notes

'The other day I had a chance to catch up with Cammy Bean, she is passionate about the field of L&D and is founder of the popular Learning Visions blog and a staple among presenters at various elearning and learning conferences. Cammy has just written her first book called The Accidental Instructional Designer which has gotten great reviews on Amazon and from among the learning community.

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Enabling and supporting workplace learning on your Enterprise Social Network

Jane Hart

'Next public online workshop takes place 29 September – 31 October 2014 Many organisations have now adopted an Enterprise Social Network like Yammer, Jive, Socialcast of Chatter to underpin collaborative working int he organisation. However, the ESN also offers a big new opportunity for L&D, because by integrating their own learning initiatives in the very […].

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Learning in 2024 #LRN2024

Clark Quinn

'The eLearning Guild is celebrating it’s 10th year, and is using the opportunity to reflect on what learning will look like 10 years from now. While I couldn’t participate in the twitter chat they held, I optimistically weighed in: “learning in 2024 will look like individualized personal mentoring via augmented reality, AI, and the network” However, I thought I would elaborate in line with a series of followup posts leveraging the #lrn2024 hashtag.

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5 Tips for ELearning Success

LearnDash

'Not all elearning is created equally. In fact, there are many programs out there that lack fundamental instructional design techniques. As a result, the courses lack in effectiveness. In order to create truly effective courses, there is much to learn about the best practices in instructional design, learning theory, and other areas like gamification.

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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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National Registry Summit Gamification Keynote Resources

Kapp Notes

'Had a great time in Nashville speaking with NASBA at the conference, great times and good fun with games and gamification for learning. Here is some additional information. Videos. Games References. Zombies Run! Articles and Blog Entries of Interest. 8 Types of Stories to Effect Change. Storytelling and Instructional Design. Eight Game Elements to Make Learning More Intriguing.

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Localization: Training and Development in Italy

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Jen Weaver      We love their wine, culture, and food. But what do we know about Italians and their expectations when it comes to training and development? If your answer is "not much," keep reading! Test Your Knowledge of Italian Culture. The modern Italian language evolved from what region in Italy? Sardinia. Tuscany.

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The Benefits and Potential of NFC

Origin Learning

'NFC stands for Near Field Communication and as the name suggests, it is used for transmitting information to nearby devices by putting them in physical contact with each other. The technology though developed around the early-mid 2000s, is still a long way to go, predominantly because its commercialization has not taken place. Nevertheless, NFC has great potential to be THE future of how we interact with devices around us.

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Building an Audience For Your Courses

LearnDash

'Many people have great ideas for online courses that they could sell, but when they start digging a bit further, they all encounter a similar situation: how do you build an audience? A simple internet search will bring you to a large variety of opinions with complex strategies and multiple considerations. The truth is, this process is the fun part, and shouldn’t seem like a burden or overwhelming.

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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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What is your eLearning type – Menu Maestro, Right Click Raconteur or Keyboard King?

B Online Learning

'“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.” ? Robert Frost OK so that might be a slightly highbrow opening to a post on using Storyline but I think it fits quite well. One of the questions I am most often […].

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On the Road Fall 2014

Clark Quinn

'Fall always seems to be a busy time, and I reckon it’s worthwhile to let you know where I’ll be in case you might be there too! Coming up are a couple of different events that you might be interested in: September 28-30 I’ll be at the Future of Talent retreat at the Marconi Center up the coast from San Francisco. It’s a lovely spot with a limited number of participants who will go deep on what’s coming in the Talent world.

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Writing & Grammar: Confusing Words for 500

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Jennie Ruby    This week we examine two of my pet peeves--the confusion of  appraise  and  apprise  and the confusion of  flesh out  and  flush out. And some other bonus words may appear in the problem sentences! To appraise something is to estimate its value: I need to have my used car  appraised  before I decide on a selling price.

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Gamification Basics

Web Courseworks

'Gamification is revolutionizing the field of learning and development. That was the main thrust of the Game On! Gamification Strategies for Instructional Designers and Trainers skills seminar I led at the recent ASTD Chicagoland Chapter meeting at the DePaul University School for New Learning on September 18 th. Using mircrocredentials to reward users for acquiring new knowledge or improving skill sets is a potential growth area for associations looking to enhance eLearning initiatives and inc

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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.

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10 Must-Know Features for Articulate Storyline 2

eLearning Brothers

'Good news! Articulate released their newest eLearning authoring tool, Storyline 2. Along with the news, Articulate Storyline 2 has some great new features you should know about. Wouldn’t it be nice to know all the must-know features of Articulate Storyline 2? I think so too! This post will cover ten must-know new features of Storyline 2 that every eLearning developer should know.

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My Twist Conversation with the eLearning Guild - #DevLearn

eLearning Cyclops

'David Kelly of the eLearning Guild interviewed me recently regarding my upcoming presentation at the DevLearn conference, " Be Concise: Designing for On-the-go Learners." T he eLearning Guild''s Twist blog also has additional interviews and posts from other DevLearn presenters - all worth the visit.

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Origin Learning Wins the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award in Two Categories

Origin Learning

'We’re excited to announce that we have won the 2014 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Learning Awards yet again! And not just in one, but two categories. We won the Silver medal for “Best in Competencies and Skill Development” for assisting a leading transportation company in its on-the-job training initiatives. The second category is “Best Use of Video for Learning” wherein we received the Bronze medal for assisting two different organizations to create awareness using videos for preventing vio

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Ask The Experts: Deirdre Reid

Association eLearning

'Jack McGrath: Hi and welcome to another in our series Ask the Experts. My name is Jack McGrath and today we’re talking to Deirdre Reid who is a copy writer for the association space. Deirdre, welcome and thank you. Deirdre Reid: Thank you. McGrath: Couple of questions for you. So, as a freelance writer for associations and vendors, I imagine you learn a lot about industry trends and issues facing associations before a lot of the rest of us do.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.