Sat.Nov 15, 2014 - Fri.Nov 21, 2014

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Formatting Tips for Voice Over Scripts

Experiencing eLearning

'If we as instructional designers write scripts that are easy for voice over talent to understand, the voice over professionals we work with can record and edit those scripts faster. We’ll end up with a better end product. A few formatting guidelines can make our scripts clearer and easier to use. This is part 2 in my series of posts on tips for creating voice over scripts.

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Why Move eLearning from Flash to HTML5?

Upside Learning

'In 2009, Steve Jobs famously declared Flash to be buggy and resource hungry and the whole world moved to HTML5. He did elaborate his thoughts in this article where he said “new open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and on PCs too)” In that last bit […].

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ELearning Content Chunking is a Key!

JoomlaLMS

'ELearning Content Chunking is a Key! The term “Chunking” has been here for a while, however, not everybody knows where it came from and how to use it in eLearning practice to teach with the best possible outcome. Today’s article is here to highlight the most important aspects and guide you through the content chunking process.

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The relationship between learning and performance support

E-Learning Provocateur

'This post is the third in a series in which I deliberate over the semantics of education. I dedicate this one to Jane Hart whom I was delighted to meet in-person in Sydney last month. Jane is a renowned advocate of performance support in the workplace, and I wonder what she’ll make of my latest musing. While much of Jane’s work exposes the difference between training and performance support – and implores us to do less of the former in favour of the latter – my post here

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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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Learning Heroes

Experiencing eLearning

'Growth Engineering identified me as their weekly Learning Hero. Their very flattering description of me states: Christy is an instructional designer par excellence. Her background has been varied enough to touch all forms of education, from school teaching to corporate training. Throughout her career, she has focussed on creating the most engaging experience possible and exploiting all of the tools and teachings she encounters to make life easier for learners.

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Size DOES Matter. in the Virtual Classroom

InSync Training

'Size DOES matter. In the virtual classroom, how many is too many? Imagine you are about to teach a class on conducting effective performance reviews to new hire supervisors. You’ve taught this class at least a dozen times before with great results. Feedback in the classroom largely focuses on the collaborative nature of the activities and the opportunity to be critiqued.

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The Rising Cost of Care: Decreasing Costs with Education and Technology

Lambda Solutions

'Healthcare Thought Leader Series—Dr. Neel Shah on Decreasing the Cost of Care through Education & Technology The conversation around rapidly rising healthcare costs started in the 80′s when healthcare costs grew significantly faster than the economy through the 60′s, 70′s and 80′s. Even though the increase in healthcare spending began to slow in the […] The post The Rising Cost of Care: Decreasing Costs with Education and Technology appeared first on Lambda Sol

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Inspiration at DevLearn 2014: From Andrea May (Dashe & Thomson)

Learning Rebels

'A first time experience to a large conference can be intimidating or exhilarating, sweat-inducing or electrifying (or maybe all of the above!). How do you plan? How do you prioritize? What is my goal? In this next segment of the DevLearn 2014 reflections – Learning Rebel, Andrea May of Dashe & Thomson, gives us a great peek inside her world of being a first time DevLearn attendee.

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How Virtual Reality is Changing the Way We Travel

Origin Learning

'Google Maps has already changed the way we navigate. Besides giving accurate directions to your destination, complete with traffic and different modes of transport, the Street View has brought virtually every street, landmark, shop and corner of the world on the display screen of your computer, tablet and phone. But that’s not enough. Image credit – [link].

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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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5 Must-Read Articles on Online Quizzes

LearnDash

'You can find online courses in pretty much any industry today. From for-profit organizations to educational institutions, it seems everyone is using elearning in some form or another. And naturally, whenever there is elearning, there are bound to be online quizzes. At first glance, creating an online quiz seems straightforward. However, it doesn’t take long to realize that the entire process is more of an art than a science.

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Dealing with Cheating: A Moodle Plagiarism Plugin

Lambda Solutions

'It’s an icky word that makes any educator or student squirm—plagiarism. Whether intentional or not plagiarism happens and if discovered can ruin careers and educational pursuits. The Josephson Institute Center for Youth anonymously surveyed over 43,000 high school students to determine the percent of youth who admit to plagiarism. In their results they found that […] The post Dealing with Cheating: A Moodle Plagiarism Plugin appeared first on Lambda Solutions.

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DevLearn 2014 – It’s a Wrap (and it’s all about community): Featuring Meg Bertapelle

Learning Rebels

'This is the perfect round up of our DevLearn series. Last week #chat2LRN hosted a twitter chat based on the DevLearn/ Personal Learning Network experience. You can find the transcript of this chat here: [link]. So today you are not only getting Meg’s view of the PLN experience but those of an entire twitter crowd! It seems as the reoccurring theme for DevLearn was about making connections – new ones and strengthening old ones.

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L&D and working out loud #wolweek

Clark Quinn

'This week is Working Out Loud week , and I can’t but come out in support of a principle that I think is going to be key to organizational success. And, I think, L&D has a key role to play. The benefits from working out loud are many. Personally, documenting what you’re doing serves as a reminder to yourself and awareness for others.

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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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5 great reasons to download the Kineo Insights Report today!

Learning Visions

'The latest Kineo Insights report is hot off the PDF presses! Think of it as an early Christmas present - a stocking filled with insightful nuggets, analysis, and trends. Definitely worth the read over your morning cup of joe. What is the Kineo 2014 Learning Insights Report ? Insights and analysis from 35 leaders at stand out organizations all around the world who shared their views with us on what''s happening in the real world.

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Mobile Learning: How Advanced is your Organization?

Lambda Solutions

'Mobile learning—if your organization hasn’t begun to think about it, research indicates that it’s time to start. Statistics from the PewResearch Internet Project tell us that as of January 2014, 90% of American adults own one or more cell phone, 58% of American adults own a smartphone and 42% of American adults own a tablet […] The post Mobile Learning: How Advanced is your Organization?

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7 Key Areas of ELearning Projects

LearnDash

'Taking on an elearning project can seem like a daunting task, especially if there are a lot of stakeholders involved. If you’re not careful, the entire project can get out of hand quite quickly, so it’s important to properly plan and define key components from the beginning. But where do you start? There are all kinds of elements to even the simplest of elearning implementations.

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Synchronous vs. Asynchronous eLearning for Business Training Programs

ej4 eLearning

'If your company is redesigning a training program or building one from the ground up, you may not be sure what your next move should be. You have to decide what strategies you want to use and the tools you should implement to accomplish your goals. Fortunately, training an employee isn’t much different from educating someone. For this reason, you can turn to various learning strategies that have been part of the education industry for years.

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The DNA of Online Learning

This white paper examines how organisations can get the best out of online learning, via a deep dive into how it works and how to apply it in order to achieve specific objectives.

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Localization: Training and Development in New Zealand

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Jen Weaver. As cold weather looms in the United States, our friends in New Zealand are preparing for the summer season. Let's take a warm excursion to the Southern Hemisphere to explore some common cultural facts about New Zealanders and their expectations when it comes to training and development. New Zealand Trivia : True or False? New Zealand was the first country to grant women the right to vote.

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Working out Loud and Serendipity

ID Reflections

'I started my day reading a post by Rawn Shah called Work Out Loud because Everyone is Figuring Out Their Job. The post of course struck a chord and reminded me that this is #wol week. It is serendipity that I also happen to be reading Austin Kleon''s Show Your Work ! at this time. All of this made me think I should write a post on working out loud and its place in workplace learning.

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A Caution About The LMS Industry

LearnDash

'Whenever you hear someone talking about creating online courses, at some point you are likely to hear the term “learning management” On the surface this seems relatively straight-forward, but the more you look into it, the more you begin to realize it is a rather loaded term. In fact, some would contend that learning cannot really be “managed” in the first place – but that’s a conversation for another day.

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LearnFlex LMS Power – Report Generation and Distribution

B Online Learning

'In this post, let’s explore just what is the primary role of a Learning Management System (LMS). Is it: Distribution of eLearning interventions? Mapping of role based learning? Scheduling and recording of Face to Face training? Population and integration of other HR systems like Payroll, HRIS or performance management? I would argue that whilst all […].

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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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Adobe RoboHelp: Embed a YouTube Video

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Willam Van Weelden      Last week, Kevin taught you how to  embed YouTube videos in your eLearning projects. This week I'm going to keep with the YouTube theme and show you how you can embed YouTube content into your RoboHelp project. Go to YouTube and locate the video you'd like to use. Click the  Share  button below the video.

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Crowdsourcing Curriculum Development – The Low-Cost Option for Building Content within Organizations

Origin Learning

'What is crowdsourcing? In the context of training and development, crowdsourcing is the leveraging the knowledge of a number of people outside the organization to help in the design and development of the training curriculum. Before the internet, people had to be physically in one place to be together. Now, it is possible for us to be together in the online space.

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Developing Your ELearning Career

LearnDash

'If you are pursuing an elearning career, you will want to make sure you position yourself for success. The best way to do this is to make smart career decisions early, and continue to push yourself based on the skills that align with your eventual expertise. There are constantly new elearning technologies being introduced, instructional design theories to understand, and professional organizations popping up all over the world.

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Recipe For Disaster

Nick Leffler

'I’ve been thinking about a scenario where I compare a transparent organization with a non-transparent organization. It sounds somewhat boring to compare the two, so I’ve been formulating in my head what it would like to do everything wrong. To put this into context, imagine working with a new application being developed within an organization.

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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