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Cancer Council NSW & BOL awarded LearnX Silver for Best Learning Project

B Online Learning

'We are pleased to announce Cancer Council NSW with B Online Learning have won a SILVER LearnX Impact Award 2015 for Best Learning Project Induction. Cancer Council NSW needed to improve the way they orientated staff and volunteers in their first few weeks of employment to help new joiners get to know the organisation, understand […].

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The science behind gamification

Origin Learning

'Gamification is the application of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts to encourage users to solve problems. A 2015 study by Research and Markets has forecasted that Gamification in E-Learning growth will reach $319 billion by 2020. How and why are game mechanics and game dynamics touted to be capable of achieving what other, more direct forms of training can’t?

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7 Tips for Conducting UX Testing for Multi-device eLearning

Upside Learning

'This brings us to User Experience (UX) testing. As the name so obviously suggests, it simply is the process of understanding the users’ experience with the eLearning course. It includes everything your users see, hear and do; the rationale behind their actions; and their emotional reactions to the results. Every multi-device eLearning course is designed […].

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The 6 Ps of Modern Workplace Learning

Jane Hart

'I have shared, in a number of places, a diagram of Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) , which I believes visualise all the main ways we learn at work. However, I have recently added a few P words that have helped to (a) summarise the different elements as well as (b) L&D’s role in it, so I am sharing this diagram […].

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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ACSP & BOL awarded LearnX Gold for Best eLearning Adopter

B Online Learning

'We are pleased to announce the Australasian College of Sports College (ACSP) along with B Online Learning (BOL) have won a GOLD LearnX Impact Award 2015 for Best eLearning Adopter. The Australasian College of Sports Physicians is the professional body representing Sport and Exercise physicians in both Australia and New Zealand. Training and employment in this […].

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Attention Spans Are Getting Shorter

Nick Leffler

'Attentions spans are shrinking, nobody can pay attention for more than a few seconds. That’s what I hear all the time, and it was brought up many times in a recent chat2lrn. Just to clear things up, an attention span is that thing that allows us to pay attention to something. You know, when something captures our attention because it’s so incredibly interesting and we can’t turn away.

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To “Kirkpatrick” or not to “Kirkpatrick”, that is the Question (or is it?)

Learning Rebels

'Here we go again. To “Kirkpatrick” or not to “Kirkpatrick”, that is the question. To be, or not to be, that is the question—. Whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to suffer. The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep—. William Shakespeare, Hamlet in Act III, scene i.

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Tips To K.I.S.S. Your eLearning

B Online Learning

'We have all heard the K.I.S.S acronym, Keep It Simple Stupid originally coined by the US Navy in the 60’s as a design concept which acknowledges that most systems work best when they are simple and not needlessly complicated. That self-same principal can easily be applied to any piece of content that you are wanting […].

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#DoGreat Custom Learning with our New eBook

Upside Learning

'A typical Custom Learning project begins with getting the client’s learning requirements, designing, developing and testing the courseware, and ends with the courseware delivery. ‘Great’ Custom Learning, on the other hand, is the result of a deep understanding of the client’s learning objectives, their learner profiles and the expected performance goals; the entire process underpinned […].

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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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Track and trace Learners results. What do SCORM compliance, AICC, XAPI and CMI5 mean?

Challenge to Learn

Do you want to buy a LMS or an authoring tool and are you wondering what the best option is for tracking the results of your learners? Or are you just confused by all the abbreviations like: SCORM, AICC, XAPI, and CMI5? Here is an overview that will help you out. SCORM and SCORM compliant. SCORM is a standard in e-Learning that makes it possible to track and trace the results of your learners in a Learning Management system (LMS).

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How to Integrate Social Learning in the Workplace

Origin Learning

Social learning is not a new concept. Various theories have explained man’s social approach to learning, some of these dating to as back as the 1940s. For example, Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory stresses the importance of observational learning, imitation and modeling to learn certain behaviors. However, with the coming of the industrialization age, skill division became the primary focus and man’s social instincts of sharing, communicating and learning were overthrown by a lust for ma

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Defence Housing Australia & BOL awarded LearnX Platinum for Deployment of a Hosted LMS

B Online Learning

'We are pleased to announce Defence Housing Australia (DHA)with B Online Learning have won the PLATINUM LearnX Impact Award 2015 for Best New Technology Implementation – Deployment of a Hosted LMS. DHA has more than 650 employees throughout Australia with 16 regional offices and four call centres. Prior to 2012 training was decentralised with minimal record […].

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Social Collaboration 101: How to help a team learn as they work together

Jane Hart

'Next public online workshop runs: 4 – 29 May In the workplace, people learn continuously as a result of working in their teams. The advent of social technologies brings huge benefits to a work team, including the facility to improve communication, enhance continuous learning and performance improvement and capture organisational knowledge. This is known as social […].

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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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5 Rapidly Growing ELearning Sectors

LearnDash

'The outlook for the elearning industry is a positive one. In fact, there has never been a better time to be involved with elearning than ever before given its growing influence. Technological trends are driving innovation across a variety of sectors. Specifically, we are seeing increased use (and growth) in areas like: Mobile learning. Learning management systems.

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Hiring for a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

One of the keys to creating and sustaining a learning culture is hiring people who are continuous learners and who help others learn continuously. This is not simply about attending training programs or, as a manager, sending others to training programs. You want people who are always receptive to increasing their knowledge and developing new skills and competencies.

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Emergent Workplaces: Learning In The Networked World

Learnnovators

This is my area of passion. A recent, very brief conversation with @krishashok triggered a few thoughts related to emergent workplaces and what learning in the networked world will look like. And after mulling over some of these, I thought they were worth putting down on virtual paper. SETTING THE CONTEXT. Here are two definitions from Wikipedia that captures the essence of Networked Learning: “ Networked learning is a process of developing and maintaining connections with people and infor

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Social Collaboration 101 (Online Workshop)

Jane Hart

Next public online workshop runs: 4 – 29 May In the workplace, people learn continuously as a result of working in their teams. The advent of social technologies brings huge benefits to a work team, including the facility to improve communication, enhance continuous learning and performance improvement and capture organisational knowledge. This is known as social […].

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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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EdTech That Teachers Use In Classrooms

LearnDash

'The classroom is a different place than it was 10 to 15 years ago. Once the home of green chalkboards and pencils, there has been a transformation in recent times fusing today’s technology with classrooms across the world. A variety of technology is used to enhance the student’s learning. Teachers indicate that the following technology is used on a regular basis: Laptops & Desktops – 93%.

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Why models matter

Clark Quinn

'In the industrial age, you really didn’t need to understand why you were doing what you were doing, you were just supposed to do it. At the management level, you supervised behavior, but you didn’t really set strategy. It was only at the top level where you used the basic principles of business to run your organization. That was then, this is now.

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Famous Leadership Quotes to Guide Your Day

ej4 eLearning

'Here are some inspirational quotes that address many of the traits your managers will pick up as they train and practice. . The post Famous Leadership Quotes to Guide Your Day appeared first on.

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Lambda Solutions Will Be Attending ATD 2015

Lambda Solutions

'Lambda Solutions will be attending the ATD 2015 International Conference & Exposition in Orlando this year. Lambda looks forward to networking with industry peers, engaging and discussing with keynote speakers, and building relationships with training partners. Fellow attendees will include Apple, Amazon, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Yahoo!, and HBO.

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What Is a Performance Learning Management System (PLMS)?

If you're reading this you're probably ready for better organizational learning and performance. A Performance LMS allows you to continually assess and improve learners based on their specific company and role-based capabilities. In the whitepaper, we’ll also answer questions such as: What exactly is a PLMS? I have just started exploring capability building or am not yet ready.

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Times When ELearning Isn’t Needed

LearnDash

As instructional designers we are all eager to whip up an online course for just about any topic – putting our course development skills to work. While this enthusiasm is often appreciated, sometimes a complete elearning module isn’t necessarily needed. In fact, there are times when building a complete course is actually counterproductive.

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Personal Mobile Mastery

Clark Quinn

'A conversation with a colleague prompted a reflection. The topic was personal learning, and in looking for my intersections (beyond my love of meta-learning ), I looked at my books. The Revolution isn’t an obvious match, nor is games (though trust me, I could make them work ;), but a more obvious match was mlearning. So the question is, how do we do personal knowledge mastery with mobile?

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Celebrating Earth Day in the Office

ej4 eLearning

'April 22 is Earth Day. Here are some tips for going green that you can keep up all year long. . The post Celebrating Earth Day in the Office appeared first on.

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Origin Learning at mLearnCon 2015

Origin Learning

This is an exciting time for mobile learning. New trends are already taking shape, the need for smartphones and tablets is fast becoming a necessity rather than a luxury, and instructional designers and content developers are busying themselves in exploring new ways to use the mobile device for learning. mLearnCon 2015 is all about mobile learning– the much awaited conference and expo is here to take mLearning to the next level.

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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.