eLearning Cyclops

JANUARY 20, 2014

'I was having a discussion with some fellow eLearning designers and we got deep into the complexities of working with subject matter experts (SME). Many great ideas came out of the discussion (e.g., guidelines, agreements, best methods of identifying SMEs and a lead SME, etc.). One thing I brought up was that so few SMEs realize what is involved in the process of creating elearning courses or any instruction for that matter.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 21, 2014

'(SLC, UT, January 21, 2014) eLearning Brothers and Lodestone have partnered to provide a new twist in eLearning training. For the first time, eLearning developers can receive software training and over 20,000 eLearning assets in one offering at the same price as training alone. The courses incorporate eLearning templates for hands-on learning and practice.

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Mindflash

JANUARY 23, 2014

'Over the last few years, we have seen software companies successfully adopt a freemium model that allows people to try software for free before they buy. Sometimes the free portion is in the form of a 30-day trial. In another form, you can use a limited version of a software service for free, indefinitely. This has changed the way people purchase software, and it has changed the way people get things done by allowing people to use software for free that they otherwise would not use at all. .

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 23, 2014

'Over the years we have accepted and moved beyond (not away) from the old concept that learning is best delivered and ‘learned’ formally. The advent of technology accelerated this and brought in new mediums and opportunities for the delivery of learning. To embrace and use new technology we have changed the form of learning materials; […].

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Association eLearning

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Unless you want everything to blend together, you don’t put white furnishings in a white room. Likewise, if your learners can’t see your content clearly, they can’t learn from it. To keep your work in visual ship-shape, remember: ? Warm colors naturally “pop,” while cool colors tend to fade into the background. As a result, you only need to use a little of a warm color like red or yellow for it to be effective.

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Raptivity

JANUARY 24, 2014

'Raptivity team today released v7.7 which is claimed as “Simplified Raptivity” with only 2 offerings – Raptivity Essential and Raptivity Suite. Let us hear from Janhavi Padture, Vice President – Strategy & Research, about this simplified Raptivity. 1. Janhavi, what’s […].

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Assessments are a key component of eLearning and are variously seen as the barometer of the elusive and much debated, “ROI of learning” More often than not though, it's seen as evidence of how good the elearning is, proof of learner completion and of course, the BIG one; evidence of compliance – "they all got […].

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LearnDash

JANUARY 22, 2014

'As we forge ahead into 2014, the elearning industry is certainly carrying some momentum. Last year was exciting on many fronts – from new technologies, new services, and tools. It is reasonable to expect an increased growth (and interest) in elearning for 2014. For those of you looking for a little proof regarding the industry’s growth and promise, consider the 14 elearning facts below (originally shared by Aurion Learning ).

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2014

'I presented yesterday at ASTD Tech Knowledge, "Making Interactivity Count". It was a great session, with a lot of audience participation and great conversation. For conference attendees, I believe it was recorded and will be part of the post-conference package so you can hear all the banter. Here are my session slides. Enjoy!

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 22, 2014

'Unfortunately, the weather here in Pennsylvania did not cooperate with my desire to head to Las Vegas to talk about game design. So, I am going to try to provide information and ideas here. So disappointed not to be at the conference. Here are the slides I would have presented. Articles. Here is some information on thinking like a game designer. Improve Training: Thinking Like a Game Designer.

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Raptivity

JANUARY 21, 2014

'The Experience API (xAPI) was formalized in April 2013- version 1.0. Many people still refer to it as the Tin Can API which was its development project code name – much like “Chicago” was the code name for Windows 95 […].

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LearnDash

JANUARY 20, 2014

'It seems that whenever there is an article discussing the ways people learn , then it turns into a debate about the existence (or non-existence) of learning styles. Both camps come prepared with their supporting data and studies, but it never really ends-up anywhere. Just like politics, no one is going to change their mind from a few blog comments.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 23, 2014

'In the first of a series of blog posts that Ralph Jacobson and I wrote for the ASTD Workforce Development Blog, we argue that strategic leaders need strategic tools. However, we have found in our work that many organizational leaders are reluctant to use tools, such as: assessment instruments to observe current organizational performance; worksheets to facilitate decision-making; and structured processes to do long-range planning.

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Jane Hart

JANUARY 21, 2014

'A Social Learning Practitioner is a learning professional who encourages, enables and supports knowledge sharing and collaboration across their organisation – not just in training. He/she is a role model, leading the way by showing the business what it is to be social, and modelling the new knowledge sharing and collaboration practices that are required [.].

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 18, 2014

2013 was an exciting year for e-Learning professionals with many discussions around learning paradigms and technologies. We started the year with our own forecasts through ‘ Top 11 Disruptive e-Learning Technologies ’, many of which, when we look back, turned out to be accurate. The year saw many interesting developments directly impacting e-learning in areas like: Courseware Authoring Tools.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 23, 2014

'No matter what industry you are in there are always buzzwords that everyone should know. If you are new to the elearning space, then you will be doing yourself a favor by knowing what these terms mean (because you will hear them a lot). Now the elearning jargon you are most exposed to often depends on the type of niche that you specialize in. For example, you can probably expect a greater number of technical key terms if you are working more with learning management systems.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 20, 2014

'As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I’m reminded of a learning experience I had junior year of high school. On the first day of school, my American History teacher offered the class a nearly impossible challenge. He said, “If anyone can memorize Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech word-for-word, I’ll raise… Continue Reading The post What Martin Luther King Jr.

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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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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 20, 2014

'The Knowledge Guru team is kicking off 2014 with two exciting new additions to the Knowledge Guru product: an Enterprise edition and a Racing theme pack. New Enterprise Edition. I like to say that Knowledge Guru is ideal for 50 learners, or 5,000+… and that statement has never been more true. With the release of our new Enterprise edition , we’ve added new features large organizations will love.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 20, 2014

'Remember the game Where in the World Is Carmen San Diego ? The game had you chasing an international fugitive, and you had to decipher clues about world facts to figure out where to go next to catch her, using an included world almanac. The claim for learning was that it developed knowledge of world facts. And that was patently shown to be wrong by Cathie Sherwood, then at Griffith University (if memory serves).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 22, 2014

'by Kevin Siegel.   Adobe released Adobe RoboHelp 11 last week. Over the next few weeks, I'll be covering some of hottest new features. This week: sharing resources via the Cloud (specifically, with Dropbox).   Sharing resources isn't a new concept in RoboHelp. In fact, the Resource Manager pod has been around for the past few versions of RoboHelp.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 19, 2014

'When it comes to the learning industry, there are many articles out there who will list off all of the skills that you should have in order to be successful. Most of the advice out there is worth listening too, and can certainly help your career. I could go on with a similar admirable list of qualities that we should all strive to implement in our elearning endeavors, but believe me there is already a lot out there.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2014

'These are my live blogged notes from the Thursday morning keynote at ASTD Tech Knowledge in Las Vegas. @AmyJoMartin NY Times Best Selling Author & Founder of ?@DigitalRoyalty. [link] Find out more here: [link] It’s social communication, not social media. Social Communication impacts all elements of businesses. It spreads across recruitment, development, etc.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 23, 2014

'Amy Jo Martin spoke engagingly about humanizing social media to monetize it. In addition to useful ways to think about the power of social media, for better or worse, she portrayed some interesting ways to think about generating or saving revenue.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 21, 2014

'by Kevin Siegel.   Over the past few weeks I've shown you how to trim portions of a Captivate Video Demo and how to Pan & Zoom. This week, I'm focusing on the Publishing process for Video Demos.   Publishing a Video Demo (cpvc) might seem like a no-brainer if you have past exerience working with standard Captivate project (cptx).

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LearnDash

JANUARY 21, 2014

'Organizations today can become very complex with overarching departments and internal hierarchies. When the number of employees increases to a critical mass, then systems are put in place to manage employees. In fact, everything in an organization is managed by a system or structure. Finances are managed. Human resources are managed. Facilities are managed.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 24, 2014

'These are my live blogged notes from Tim Martin''s session at ASTD Tech Knowledge, wrapping up today in Las Vegas. Tin Can 101: It’s a shared system for two systems to talk about the things that a person does. Unlike SCORM which was about content in a browser. (There’s much more here: [link] ) TinCan allows simulators, servers, mobile devices, etc to communicate.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 21, 2014

'This year is the 30th anniversary of the Macintosh, and my newspaper asked for memories. I’ll point them to this post ;). As context, I was programming for the educational computer game company, DesignWare. DesignWare had started out doing computer games to accompany K12 textbooks, but I (not alone) had been arguing about heading into the home market, and happened to run into Bill Bowman and David Seuss at a computer conference, who’d started Spinnaker to sell education software t

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From the Coleface

JANUARY 22, 2014

'How easy is it to find the information that you need for your job within your organisation? Probably a lot more difficult and frustrating than using a search engine to find public information…. My prediction for 2014 is that this is the year that smart organisations will take significant steps to narrow this gap in user experience. They will gain benefits such as faster time to market, improved customer service and reduced reinvention of the wheel, whilst maintaining business confidentiality an

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