Experiencing eLearning
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'I got a call from a prospective client looking to hire an instructional designer. “Tell me about what you’re looking for,” I said. “Well, I have a classroom training program I’d like to convert to online. It’s a course on pregnancy discrimination. Our company has added a ton of specifics about this to our employee handbook, so it’s important everyone’s aware of the new policy.
Upside Learning
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'What brought me to Sydney this time of the year was the Learning@Work Conference and Exhibition, which concluded just yesterday. A premium event featuring some of the world’s foremost thinkers in learning and organizational development, the event saw over 300 attendees and 40+ exhibitors. We showcased our wide range of innovative learning solutions and interacted […].
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Kapp Notes
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
'What are the foundations of gamification? In recent thinking about gamification, I think there are four foundational elements in any type of gamification effort. Gamification involves engagement, autonomy, mastery and the sense of progression. Engagement -The learner needs to be engaged with the content, thinking about it, interacting with it and reacting to what happens with the content and doing task related to the content.
The Performance Improvement Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'One of the concerns that worry training and learning professionals most about leading culture change in their organizations is that managers will say that they don’t have time to facilitate and support employee development. These managers don’t value learning. Maybe there was a time when you could learn a set of skills in your youth and then build a career around those abilities.
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LearnDash
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
'Social media is often seen merely as a way to pass the time or stay connected to friends and family. However, its use is rapidly expanding into the educational sector. Each year, Pearson Learning Solutions puts out the results of an annual survey of social media use in education. Across the board, educators are using social media more in 2013 than they did in 2012.
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Kapp Notes
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'This will be updated during the day today! If you want to follow live, tune into our live channel. Shawn Rosler Lead Systems Analyst/Instructional Designer at Geisigner Medical Center talks about “Membership has its Privileges” Shawn does a quick intro of himself. Shawn encouraged us to share our ideas and products with each other even if its incomplete and how his personal journey lead him to some great epiphanies.
mLearning Revolution
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
'Apple iPod vs. Diamond Rio MP3 Player. Twelve years ago yesterday, Steve Jobs and Apple introduced the first iPod using the amazing tagline: 1,000 songs in your pocket. With those words, a simple little device changed the way we listen to music, revolutionized an entire industry, and in my opinion launched the modern mobile revolution. Many people may argue that it was the iPhone in 2007 that catapulted the mobile revolution forward, but I believe the iPhone wouldn’t have existed without
LearnDash
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
'Gamification is all the rage these days, but not everyone is up-to-speed on what gamification is and how it can be used to supplement elearning. Before reading about gamification methodology, or even how to implement your own form of gamification , it’s a good idea to get the basics covered first. Which is the purpose of this post. What is it?
Jane Hart
NOVEMBER 9, 2013
'I’m very pleased to announce the publication of this new book edited by Rob Hubbard, which includes a chapter I have written on informal and social learning. Here’s a description of the book published by Wiley. “Technology has revolutionised every aspect of our lives and how we learn is no exception. The trouble is; the [.].
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E-Learning Provocateur
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'Hooray! My E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 3 is now available. This volume comprises my latest collation of articles from this blog. As in the earlier volumes, my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of e‑learning related themes in the workplace, including: • Mobile learning. • Informal learning. • MOOCs. • Flipped classrooms. • Social intranets. • Open badges. • Self publishing. • Augmented reality. • The future of e-lea
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
'by Kevin Siegel. I was recently working on a new Captivate project and needed to grab several assets that had been used in an older project. Some of the assets were audio files; others were images. I could have inserted each of the assets into the new project manually (I knew where the original assets were located on my server). I could have also opened the project containing the assets and copied/pasted assets from one project to another.
LearnDash
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
'Today more than ever, the importance of a quality learning management system is being recognized in organizations all over the world. Companies are actively training their staff to improve performance, employee satisfaction, and their bottom-line. Therefore, it has become even more necessary to have an up-to-date, functional LMS to reliably deliver elearning.
Ontuitive
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'Here’s a reality: The closer a learner is to the place and moment of “Apply,” the more open and ready that learner is to learn. Consider your own learning mindset while in the workflow compared to when you step away from it to learn in the fabricated environment of a classroom or an eLearning course. At which of those moments are you most motivated and ready to engage mentally, emotionally, and physically to learn?
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Dashe & Thomson
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
'This week Blockbuster began selling off inventory of their last remaining stores in the state of Minnesota, with the rest in the country soon to follow. The closing is bittersweet since a favorite childhood memory of mine was scouring the store on Friday for either a new release or classic […] The post What Blockbuster Can Teach Us About The Cost Of Change appeared first on Social Learning Blog.
Clark Quinn
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Rob Hubbard organized a suite of us to write chapters for a use-focused guide to elearning. And, now it’s out and available! Here’s the official blurb: Technology has revolutionised every aspect of our lives and how we learn is no exception. The trouble is; the range of elearning technologies and the options available can seem bewildering.
LearnDash
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'WordPress has many uses today and has come a long way since its original blogging roots (although it is still #1 as a blog platform). It isn’t uncommon to see WordPress used for content management, user directory, membership site, classified ads, and much more. Since its inception, WordPress has been molded and shaped in unique ways, and has rightfully found its way into education and training.
Kapp Notes
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'Today students present their solutions to a mock RFP dealing with the prevention of surgical fires. The first team is B-A-C-K Designs. Their solution used Thinking Worlds as a 3D solution to help teach the hospital staff how to prevent surgical fires. They also showed a mobile version of their solution. Ana Delgadillo, Bryan Sidwar, Cecil Niger-Thomas and Katie Mazol present their solution to the CAC.
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eLearning Brothers
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
'Have you ever faced the challenge of managing eLearning translation, or localization of training into other languages? It can be a little tricky. Especially, for those who have never made courses for a global audience. If you find that your training will need to localized, don’t fall into the thinking that you don’t have to consider the localization until the original course is complete and approved.
Clark Quinn
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
'I was talking to the ADL Mobile folks about mobile design processes, and as usual I was going on about how mobile is not the sweet spot for courses (augmenting yes, full delivery no). When tablets are acting more like a laptop, sure, but otherwise. I had suggested that the real mobile opportunities are using sensors to do contextual things, and and I also opined that we really don’t have an instructional design model that adequately addresses taking context into account.
LearnDash
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'Over the past couple months we have been gathering requests for a variety of features to add to LearnDash – and one area that is very much in our development roadmap is the integrated Advanced Quiz. Today, we are happy to say that we have started the process of implementing some of these suggested features. This is one of the bigger updates we have made, so thank you to everyone who has provided feedback!
Learnnovators
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
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eLearning Brothers
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'Journaling is essential if effective learning is to occur in a learning module, call it a learning journal. In fact, journaling is an important tool because it encourages reflection, critical thinking and group discussion. Questions utilized during the module to facilitate discussion should be open-ended, but focused enough so that they encourage student participation, while assuring that specific learning objectives are met.
Clark Quinn
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
'During my presentation in Minneapolis on future-looking applications of technology to learning, the usual and completely understandable question came up about how to change an organization to buy-in to this new way of acting in the world: to start focusing on performance outcomes and not courses. I’m sensitive, because I have claimed that the change is needed.
Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
'Type "PLN and CoP" into Google, and you''re likely to be redirected to a currency conversion site (PLN is the abbreviation for Polish Zloty and COP stands for Columbian Pesos). That''s quite an apt result because Google and many of the other large, supposedly ''free'' social media tools are very much focused on making money to sustain their operations.
Learnnovators
NOVEMBER 9, 2013
Ten years, and Learnnovators has come a long way. Our path is dotted with delighted clients, satisfied employees, exhilarating roller coaster rides, and loads of learning and innovation. But what does the future look like? Not just for Learnnovators, but for the learning community as a whole. How would people learn? Where is the industry headed? We set out on a quest for answers, taking the help of front-runners in our field.
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eLearning Brothers
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
'In Lectora, there’s a great way to add visual depth and interest to your graphical user interface (GUI)—just add texture! Finding The Right Textures. An easy, fun resource available that I personally love to visit is [link]. At this site you’ll find hundreds of beautiful patterns, all available for free, ranging from natural fibers to high tech geometric patterns to popular grunge styles.
Clive on Learning
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
'Along with my co-contributors, I’m delighted to be able to let you know about this new publication, edited by my good friend Rob Hubbard, which celebrates 25 years of the eLearning Network. This is what the publishers have to say about the book: “Technology has revolutionised every aspect of our lives and how we learn is no exception. The trouble is, the range of elearning technologies and the options available can seem bewildering.
TechSmith Camtasia
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
'It’s that time of year… conference season! That means I’m on the road and giving demos as well as watching a lot of presentations. As a presenter, I do a lot of work before I get in front the audience to safety-proof my presentation. I don’t want to flounder on stage, especially if I can prevent it. This week, I’m attending O’Reilly’s Velocity Conference in London.
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