Sat.Jun 28, 2014 - Fri.Jul 04, 2014

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Simple Articulate Storyline Tips to Save Time

B Online Learning

'I haven’t been working with Articulate Storyline for all that long, and most things I’ve picked up have been self-taught, so I thought I’d share a few of those little tips that have truly saved my life (well, a lot of time anyway) so to speak! Working for an eLearning development business, we are often […].

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Achieving The Right Learning Blend For Your Organization

Upside Learning

'Every organization has different requirements for their learning processes. Creating a customized Learning Management System for your organization with just the right blend of techniques and touch points is crucial to how efficiently your trainers train and your learners learn. There are a few factors that should be taken into consideration when you are on […].

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MOOCs in Performance Support

ID Reflections

'I have been writing about MOOCs and the characteristics of MOOCs in my last few posts. One of my recent posts talks about the differences ( some of them ) between an online course and a MOOC. The more I mull over some of the core characteristics of a MOOC ecosystem, I feel it lends itself very well to providing performance support (PS) within the workflow.

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Courseware vs LearningWear – or how wearables fit into the learning ecosystem

Jane Hart

'I had a lot of interest in my blog post on wearable learning last week, as well as a number of questions on how I saw wearables fitting into the learning ecosystem. So I decided to draw a picture – which I’ve posted below. The point I want to emphasize (which I probably didn’t do […].

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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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Building ELearning For Tablets

LearnDash

'There once was a time when all you had to do was create elearning programs with a computer screen in time. Today, it’s not that easy. Whenever you create an elearning course, you have to consider the various devices that someone could use to take the course. While there are a variety of screen sizes out there, but mainly you need to be concerned about cell phone screens and tablets.

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A How to Guide on the Principles of the #elearningmanifesto: # 5 Provide realistic practice

Challenge to Learn

'This is Principle 5 of the manifesto: “We will provide learners sufficient levels of realistic practice; for example, simulations, scenario-based decision making, case-based evaluations, and authentic exercises.” My response to this is, of course we do this. The underlying reason is simple. We should place the learner and the work context central to the learning, instead of giving the content the lead role.

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Technology changes Everything

Jane Hart

'In probably the most powerful indictment of current e-learning practices that I have ever read, Ethan Edwards asks Why Do We Continue to Perpetuate and Promote Ineffective E-Learning? He explains that in his contact with instructional designers, he has noticed that … Following tradition, doing what is recommended by many authoring tools, and patterning one’s work after […].

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Should You Sell Your Courses?

LearnDash

'Many instructional designers today are interested in potentially selling their elearning courses in order to generate some income on the side, or potentially transition to another profession. But should you do it? The short answer is “yes”, but it really does depend on a variety of factors. First, you need to establish some direction for your courses.

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A Quick Look at Two 3D Learning Worlds

Kapp Notes

'It is interesting that with all the attention on the Facebook purchase of Oculus Rift , the virtual reality goggles that immerse the learner in a 3D world, people have forgotten about the continued work on building and creating 3D virtual world platforms for learning, collaboration and teamwork. Well two companies that I have worked with are continuing to be pioneers in the area of virtual 3D worlds.

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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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Tips for Working Successfully with an eLearning Partner

Association eLearning

'According to the old saying, “it takes a village to raise a child.” Similarly, in eLearning, it takes a team to create a course. You might have a different person in each role or you may have a few people wearing multiple hats, but it’s unlikely you’re creating an online course alone. Three of the most common roles in any eLearning production are Project Manager (PM), Subject Matter Expert (SME), and Education Director.

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Must reads from June 2014

Jane Hart

'Here is my choice of MUST READs from the posts, articles and videos I tweeted in June. These are the ones that stopped me in my tracks, made me think or inspired me. Find the others in my 2014 Reading List. Do you want transformation or tinkering?, Euan Semple (5 June 2014) writes “In the face of this pain tinkering […].

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Role of L&D in the 21C Workplace

ID Reflections

'It is increasingly becoming evident that L&D department in organizations can no longer function the way they used to, at least not if they want to be relevant and be a business partner to the organization. The impact of technology, globalization, ubiquitous connectivity, remote work and distributed work teams, and economy of individuals to name a few drivers have changed the face of workplace learning and performance dramatically.

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Adobe Captivate: Record Simulations Using Smart Shapes Instead of Text Captions

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Kevin Siegel        Text Captions have been available in Adobe Captivate since before Captivate was Captivate (think RoboDemo). While there's nothing terribly wrong with Text Captions, you're a bit limited when it comes to editing the way they look. Take the Text Caption shown below for example. The arrow in the upper left of the caption is known as a callout.    You can control a few attributes of the callout (you can use the Properties Inspector

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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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Can GM Learn From Its Mistakes?

The Performance Improvement Blog

'“We failed these customers and we must face up to it and we must learn from it,” said Mary Barra, embattled CEO of GM , talking to Matt Lauer of NBC News. Barra seems to be intent on making the company acknowledge its mistakes (29 million vehicles recalled this year so far). Since she became CEO, GM has increased the number, size, and frequency of product recalls, including the faulty Chevy Cobalt ignition switches. . .

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Training on the Edge: Trend 4 - Blurring the Lines Between Work and Learning

InSync Training

'This is the final post in a series of six exploring issues currently facing training professionals and the upcoming trends in training for the next five years. In this series we will examine the outlook for the modern workplace and for the next five years, as well as four key trends associated with adapting training to the new context. As these trends play out, we need to consider how to implement a culture change in our training organizations and identify some of the challenges these changes w

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Wearable affordances

Clark Quinn

'At the mLearnCon conference, it became clear it was time to write about wearables. At the same time, David Kelly (program director for t he Guild) asked for conference reflections for the Guild Blog. Long story short, my reflections are a guest post there.

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How Performance Support Apps Are Faring In Today’s Workplaces

Learnnovators

THE QUOTE: “ The incredible expansion of mobile technologies is an important factor that will both drive and support the deployment of workplace learning tools and systems in the area of performance support.” – Charles Jennings (Managing Director, Duntroon Associates, and Founder, 70:20:10 Forum ). The above quote is from our interview with Charles Jennings.

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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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Off to Ladakh

ID Reflections

'This is a short post to let my readers and friends know that I am traveling to Ladakh today. It has been one of my dream destinations. We will be traveling from Shrinagar to Leh and then go up to Nubra Valley via the highest motorable road in the world. We will also get an opportunity to see the Hemis Festival. I won''t be blogging for a week. Once I am back on the 14th, along with posts on learning and ID, I will share my experience of Ladakh.

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Professional services e-learning forum achieves ten

From the Coleface

'7 th July sees the 10 th meeting of the Professional services e-learning forum, an informal networking and benchmarking group for L&D professionals working for the UK’s top 15 accountancy and top 15 law firms. Meetings involve a structured round table discussion under Chatham House rules followed by informal networking. When I was a training manager at a Big Four accountancy firm, I found it bizarre that L&D people in professional services firms did not get together more to compar

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MOOC Network

Moodle Journal

'? Following on from my experience of Mooc''s that I blogged on recently, I was more than pleased to discover that the college had been approach to join the QAA MOOC Network and even better that I was invited to be our representative, needless to say an offer that I agreed to with enthusiasm. Our regular contact is facilitated through a Linkedin group and I have conference next month and looking to that, so do please stay in touch for future postings.

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HOW PERFORMANCE SUPPORT APPS ARE FARING IN TODAY’S WORKPLACES

Learnnovators

THE QUOTE: “ The incredible expansion of mobile technologies is an important factor that will both drive and support the deployment of workplace learning tools and systems in the area of performance support.” – Charles Jennings (Managing Director, Duntroon Associates, and Founder, 70:20:10 Forum ) The above quote is from our interview with Charles Jennings.

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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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Why Do We Continue to Perpetuate and Promote Ineffective E-Learning?

ATD Learning Technologies

'Ethan Edwards contemplates why the field of e-learning perpetuates—and even encourages—ineffective practices for so long.If our goal is to create performance-changing training, we need to figure out what is essentially valuable about e-learning as a training tool. Click here to read full version.

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How Instructional Designers Can Cope with Continuous Partial Attention in "The Age of Distraction"

SHIFT eLearning

'The current era is often referred to as the Age of Information; however, it could just as easily be called the Age of Distraction or the Age of Interruptio n as, although humanity has never in its history been entirely distraction free, distractions have never been more rampant as they are today. Different forms of information are constantly battling for attention causing continuous partial attention to become commonplace.

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Your Last Chance for Captivate 8 Templates, Training, and Book

eLearning Brothers

'This is your last chance to save over $500 on Captivate 8 templates, training, and the only book on the market. After today, it’s back to full price. Don’t miss this great package to elevate your Captivate 8 knowledge, skills, and creativity. THE FULL ROCKSTAR PACKAGE . Captivate 8 Training, Templates, and the Book. eLearning Brothers is the only place on the planet to get all three Captivate 8 resources in one place.

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Action Mapping With a Twist: A Tool for Budgeting E-Learning Development

E-learning Uncovered

'Whether you’ve been developing e-learning content for years or you’re just getting started, it can be challenging to predict how much time and money an e-learning development project will take. But how exactly can we predict and calculate that amount of time and what factors influence those amounts? I found that completing an exercise similar to Cathy Moore’s Action Mapping process – the same process many of us use for designing our e-learning content – was an effective tool for identifyi

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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.