Experiencing eLearning
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'What do you charge for an hourly rate as an instructional designer? What do you make if you’re a full-time salaried employee? People frequently ask me these questions, and I always refer people to the same resources. These are all just benchmarks to use as a starting point, so you need to adjust for your experience, education, skills, industry, whether you’re a full-time employee or freelance consultant, etc.
Raptivity
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
'Is it just a matter of ‘tweaking’ our existing PowerPoint decks to be delivered via a web browser? No. Throwing your existing slide decks (with minimal tweaks) up on the intranet and calling them e-learning is guaranteed to bore your [.].
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Absorb LMS
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'There are two ways to get a young child to school on time in the morning: Method 1: Every minute or so, repeat the words `HURRY UP!’ at increasing levels of volume. After about ten minutes, and upon reaching a decibel level similar to a low flying jet, your goal will be achieved. Mind you, you and the child will be a little stressed, and regrettably, some life-long resentment generated but these are worth the price of having this child succeed in school.
Upside Learning
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
'There have been several constraints in the past to make use of digital technologies for Learning in Africa and some of the major limitations were lack of financial resources / appropriate hardware, required bandwidth and restricted electricity. While e-learning is typically associated with high-end devices and internet connections, with the recent arrival of fiber optic […].
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Knowledge Guru
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
'Learning game design is a VERY iterative process. It’s not an approved design document, two drafts plus final—or design, alpha, beta, and gold master. This post describes (and shows) the iterative design process required to create an effective learning game. I define “effective” as a game that 1) achieves the learning goal set for the game and 2) players describe as engaging or fun to play.
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'by AJ Walther. Did you enjoy playing the color game from my previous article ? Did it make you the best designer ever? Almost? If so, don't you dare stop there! Now it's time to focus on fonts! Last week I was having a blog designed for my personal use. My designer sent over three header samples in three different fonts. I obnoxiously responded with, "These are great, but I'd really like to combine the round punctuation of Option One with the character width in Option Two and t
Association eLearning
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
'It’s no secret that associations want higher member retention, increased non-dues revenue, and a unique value-add members can’t get anywhere else. The question is: what’s so sticky that members will renew year after year just to have access to and be willing to be extra for? And how can associations generate a new, profitable revenue stream AND create higher member engagement?
Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
'With instructional game design, as with any design, there are some common pitfalls one should strive to avoid. Here are a handful. Pitfall #1 – Undertaking this process without playing games. You can’t design learning games if you don’t play or like games. You must be familiar with different game types and experiences to design effective games for learning.
LearnDash
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
'If you have an interest in elearning or instructional design, undoubtedly you have your list of favorite sites that you visit for coming up to speed with new trends and happenings. If you are just getting into the industry, then you should generate a shortlist of sites to frequent on a regular basis as it will help you to truly become emersed into the elearning and instructional design culture.
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Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
'I’m not an expert on compliance training. I haven’t suffered through it, and I haven’t been asked to design it. But I know it’s a monkey on the back of the industry, and I know we have to address it. So how? I think there are two main barriers. The first is the regulatory aspect. Much like I really think the problem holding back better for-profit schools is that the accreditation process isn’t informed enough about pedagogy, I think the agencies that oversee requir
Knowledge Guru
SEPTEMBER 7, 2013
'Another successful Learning Game Design workshop is in the books. Sharon Boller and Karl Kapp gave their first joint session in May of 2013 at ASTD International in Dallas… and the gaming goodness continued in Indianapolis on August 28th. We had a full room, with many participants coming from the Indianapolis area. Some out-of-town guests joined the party as well.
dVinci Interactive
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'Organizations invest heavily in marketing to create opportunities for their sales consultants to meet in-person with customers and prospects. In-person meetings are the consultants’ best chance to close sales and open up new opportunities. At JPL, we have found that technology can improve the results of these meetings by both training and supporting the consultant.
LearnDash
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
'There can be a variety of reasons why an organization needs to create training for their employees. Sometimes it is for standard processes (think orientation training), but other times it is to ultimately change the behavior of the workforce to better the company. If you have never created training before, or are new to the field, your first stop is probably to do a Google search for a valid training design approach.
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Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'The opening session for the eLearning Guild’s Performance Support Symposium was an insightful panel moderated by Allison Rossett, with panelists Rose Lawyer of Huntington, John Low of Carney, and Matthew Henzel of American Express on their experiences with performance support (PS) initiatives. Interesting points included taking a holistic perspective, emphasizing change management, and future directions.
Web Courseworks
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
'Opportunities Abound Who becomes an e-learning manager? Many managers may be moved into the e-learning realm due to being highly qualified within their current managing positions. It may be considered an easy transition, or even a promotion, for a company to move someone into that role from a prior managerial position. Other practitioners become e-learning […].
Absorb LMS
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
There are two ways to get a young child to school on time in the morning: Method 1: Every minute or so, repeat the words `HURRY UP!’ at increasing levels of volume. After about ten minutes, and upon reaching a decibel level similar to a low flying jet, your goal will be achieved. Mind you, you and the child will be a little stressed, and regrettably, some life-long resentment generated but these are worth the price of having this child succeed in school.
LearnDash
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'It’s the one thing everyone thinks about, but no one wants to talk about – and that’s how much money you make as an elearning developer. Just like any industry, you’re going to generally find a bell curve for salary distribution. There are some easy strategies to ensure that you are on the top end of the curve, but that’s not what this post is about (for information on those strategies, take a look at this post ).
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Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
'Peter de Jager spoke eloquently and amusingly on change, addressing both our misconceptions and expectations. Fun and insightful!
KnowledgeStar
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
'Sir Ken Robinson – what more is there to say?
Absorb LMS
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'There are two ways to get a young child to school on time in the morning: Method 1: Every minute or so, repeat the words `HURRY UP!’ at increasing levels of volume. After about ten minutes, and upon reaching a decibel level similar to a low flying jet, your goal will be achieved. Mind you, you and the child will be a little stressed, and regrettably, some life-long resentment generated but these are worth the price of having this child succeed in school.
LearnDash
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
'Every now and again we like to do a spotlight on people who are just like you that have adopted LearnDash as their WordPress LMS plugin for their businesses. Today we are sharing the story of Greg Lam, an entrepreneur dedicated to helping small business owners operate more efficiently. What is Small Business Doer and how did it start? The Small Business Doer is the Entrepreneur’s Guide to Small Biz Bookkeeping.
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Ontuitive
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'Bob Mosher discusses the Performance Zone with Gary Wise in this month''s Performance Support Podcast (19:51).
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
'Teachers are constantly searching for new ways to promote good learning. If those methods can also encourage creative thinking, they are even more welcome in the classroom. Technology can provide some of those creative solutions. Here are just five ideas for using technology to support learning, while promoting creative thinking, and I''m sure that with a little thought you will be able to adapt them to your own subject area. 1) Senses: In this picture the five traditional human senses are depi
eFront
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
'Republished from original post on Capterra blog by @rgogos. Games create engagement – a necessity for any learning experience –. however just how effective is gamification in improving learning. outcomes? I recently listened to a fantastic interview with Bloomsburg University Professor Karl Kapp on the subject and I would like to bring up the main points in this post.
Adobe Captivate
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
'Do you have courses with images or photos that you wanted to edit to make them look better or relevant for your course? Captivate and Photoshop make a powerful combination to put that to work. Here is a free comprehensive 13-hour-course on Photoshop This will teach you the fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop with easy to […].
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eLearning Brothers
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
'Brother Nathan from eLearning Brothers checking in with tips on how to set up your machine for virtual testing. No matter how hard you follow best practices of web design it’s always broken in another browser. When I first learned web design it was aggravating to get a site working perfectly in Firefox and Safari, than opening up in Internet Explorer 6.
TechSmith Camtasia
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
'We often hear the phrase “seeing is believing”, and often, we take this phrase for granted. It is usually used as a way to express a joke, or casually used in a sentence. Some, however, take this phrase and make it a reality. Graham Mallen is a PE and Psychology teacher currently located at Al Bateen School in Abu Dhabi, UAE (United Arab Emerates).
Xyleme
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
'Post Type: Blog post. Competence: The ability of an individual to perform a specific role or do a job properly. Competence. Understanding it is not complicated, but providing your employees the right set of tools to achieve it is. According to Bersin, from the perspective of the Learning & Development (L&D) function itself, 98% believe that their primary mandate is to improve employee knowledge and competencies.
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