mLearning Revolution

AUGUST 20, 2012

'In a previous post entitled The “m” in mLearning means More , I made a case for why I believe mobile learning has vastly more potential than eLearning, in no small part because of all the sensor superpowers built into mobile devices. I’m writing an eBook now on my thoughts on mLearning, and among other things, I’m trying to expand on the definition we currently have on Wikipedia on what mLearning is.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 21, 2012

by AJ George  I've previously written about  the value of being selective with the fonts you use for eLearning. The right font selection can mean the difference between your content being taken seriously or not. Why spend the time pouring your time and effort into solid content, only to have your learners question its validity--solely on the basis of a poor font choice?

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 22, 2012

As you probably already know, last week we kicked off our independent webinar series with the first one titled as ‘No Escaping Mobile Learning’ which I co-presented with Abhijit Kadle (watch recording here ). I’m very pleased with the response we got on this – 400 registrations and 136 actual attendees. Thank you for making it a successful beginning for us and we do hope to continue sharing our insights on topics that matter the most to you.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2012

Dramatically increased urgency to remain competitive, regardless of business specialty, has come upon us in the form of continuous velocity – of continuous demands for flawless performance – of continuous demands for agility to adapt to an ever-changing competitive and regulatory work environment. These pressures beg the question, “Why would we not provide a learning environment that supports our workforce that is any less continuous?

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mLearning Revolution

AUGUST 23, 2012

'The only thing better than Blogging is the comments one gets below a post. Comments I believe is the real killer app of Blogs and some times comments are so insightful than they trigger ideas for new posts. Here’s one such comment I received in my is it time to remove the “e” and “m” from Learning ? post: One of the issues I still cannot get answered is whether “elearning” on tablets should be “mlearning”?

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 23, 2012

We’ll be in Melbourne later this month for the LearnX Asia Pacific, 2012 Event , which is a premier learning technology event in Australia. To be held on 29th and 30th August, LearnX brings together visionary learning leaders across the globe and I am looking forward to two days of learning and innovations. I will be delivering a 30 minute session – ‘ Key Decision Areas for Implementing Mobile Learning ’ – at 11 AM AEST on 30th August.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Today I gave a webinar presentation on Social & Collaborative Learning. Below is the slideset I made available on Slideshare, but if you would like to read the slide notes and get the links to further resources, you will find them here: Social & Collaborative Learning in the Workplace.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

AUGUST 20, 2012

Executive coaching has quickly become a nearly two billion dollar industry. Many companies now rely on coaching for the development of their leaders. Having a coach, once perceived as an admission of failure, is now perceived as a normal part of managing large, complex organizations. And coaching has also become common for entrepreneurs who need help transitioning from a leader of a start-up to a leader of a second and third-stage company.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 20, 2012

I’ve been revisiting performance support in preparation for the Guild’s Performance Support Symposium next month, and I’m seeing a connection between two models that really excite me. It’s abut how social and performance support are a natural connection. So, let’s start with a performance model. This model came from a look at how people act in the world and I was reminded of it during a conversation on informal learning.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 19, 2012

Paradigm shift? Methinks this evolution is going to make more noise than a dramatic shift of thinking. My only hope is that training organizations hear the noise and embrace the implications of new skills and integration of learning @ the point of work before they hear another sound – the firing squad blasting away at their training budget.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 19, 2012

One of the recurring themes on my blog is a call for Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to share their knowledge with the wider organisation. In my view, this isn’t just an expectation: it’s an obligation. Organisations whose people embrace collaboration will prosper, while those who don’t will be left behind. While the stereotype of an SME is a Sheldon-like character with superhuman intellect, the convenient truth is that we’re regular folk.

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Dashe & Thomson

AUGUST 20, 2012

In my last post I examined several characteristics that make for hi-quality learning videos – [link] In this post, I take a look at some of the latest tools available to Instructional Designers to make their video efforts come to life. Captivate 6 from Adobe - www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html - makes producing and distributing video easier than ever.

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Absorb LMS

AUGUST 21, 2012

In most organizations, communicating with large numbers of employees isn’t easy unless you’re part of some privileged inner circle. Your HR and IT departments act as gatekeepers to bulk communication, probably out of fear that you’ll abuse your powers and send hundreds of e-mails announcing that you’re selling your 1980s orange shag carpet ($75) and ceiling disco ball ($50).

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 19, 2012

With all the recent press performance support is getting…make that positive press…I’m noticing that we could easily slip into a best practice of admiring the problem of what to do about it. To be a bit less sarcastic, I must clarify that admiration of the problem is NOT a best practice, but it often seems like we manage to do it best.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 19, 2012

by Jennie Ruby    I received an email message yesterday from a well-respected anti-virus company to which I subscribe. I was surprised to see a grammar error in the message, because grammar errors are often a give-away of internet scams, and I was sure this was a legitimate message from an established company. The error was a run-together verb that should have been two separate words.

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Ontuitive

AUGUST 24, 2012

The other day I helped a friend make banana splits for her kids. We carefully split the banana, piled on three scoops of ice cream, and then finished it off with toppings. Each child’s banana split was unique. One had a traditional banana split with three kinds of ice cream and all the toppings. The other had vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, whipped cream and no nuts.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 19, 2012

One of the recurring themes on my blog is a call for Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to share their knowledge with the wider organisation. In my view, this isn’t just an expectation: it’s an obligation. Organisations whose people embrace collaboration will prosper, while those who don’t will be left behind. While the stereotype of an SME is a Sheldon-like character with superhuman intellect, the convenient truth is that we’re regular folk.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 21, 2012

Two-thirds of all new job in the U.S. require post-high school education. With the rise in high school and college drop outs, the United States is scrambling to keep the attention of its students and develop a positive way to keep them involved. Experts agree that technology can save education if it is used by prepared teachers who can provide guidance to their students.

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B Online Learning

AUGUST 22, 2012

“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands” (Richard Bach). I like this quote because it is a positive way of looking at the problems and challenges we face as eLearning designers. By learning to meet each new design challenge, we develop new skills to create better online courses. There is no doubt [.].

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 23, 2012

Mobile learning continues to grow. If you are using Lectora then you’re already prepared to build mobile content. Here are some links to help guide you. Post from the Lectora Blog: Before You Go Mobile: 28 Mobile Learning Questions to Ask. Did You Know Lectora is the ONLY Major HTML5 Authoring Tool? Beyond Course Development: Utilizing Lectora as a Performance Support Tool.

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Adobe Captivate

AUGUST 21, 2012

Guest Blog by: Bryan Jones, author of the Assets eLearning Blog and President of eLearningArt.com, a stock photo site for the eLearning industry. How most people use characters One thing I notice when hosting workshops is that the first time users try to insert character images, the end product looks about the same for all [.].

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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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Mindflash

AUGUST 21, 2012

I have always been fascinated with software design, even as a young kid learning BASIC on a Radio Shack TRS-80 , I wanted to make that computer do stuff. The problem was that when the sun came up, I wanted to go fishing or skateboarding or play baseball with my friends. Although part of me always enjoyed it, I began to see software design like golf or windsurfing, which is to say, one has to spend a lot of time to get good enough for it to be enjoyable.

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e-Learning Academy

AUGUST 24, 2012

Last week on the Connect Thinking blog I wrote an article Compliance E-Learning Alone Will Not Make an Ethical Culture. I discussed the over-reliance of compliance e-learning as the solution to addressing organisational ethics. I also brought into question the authoritarian nature of the instructional design approach of many of the compliance e-learning I see. [.].

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ATD Learning Technologies

AUGUST 21, 2012

Last week, I described mobile devices as multitasking tools that enable users to seamlessly collaborate and communicate with others, to consume and create content, and to research and manage information. These learning activities help the new generation of connected learners make sense of the world around them as they navigate and apply knowledge on the go.

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E-learning Uncovered

AUGUST 23, 2012

“Can our users take this new course on an Android device? “I love the new course you designed. It will look the same on an iPad, right?”. “We want our employees to access all our existing training on a Windows tablet. Is that a problem?”. Answering these questions requires you to test your training in these mobile environments. What’s the best way to do that?

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LearningGuild

AUGUST 20, 2012

Integrating social media into academia is no longer a novel idea. But many educators may still wonder why they should do this, and, most specifically, they wonder whether Twitter is helpful. Research shows that, when used explicitly as a tool to improve self-regulation through metacognitive support, Twitter becomes very effective.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 23, 2012

This is the third in a series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' Yesterday's post can be found on this link. Previous posts in this series have outlined the need for universities to respond to changes, and to develop strategies for survival in a world where the future is uncertain. It is increasingly apparent that learning technology and digital communication will play a key role in the shaping of future higher education.

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 24, 2012

More and more I am being asked by clients to help them assemble a collection of resources to support some new business initiative. Not 'courses' - although they may also provide some of these - but 'resources'. These resources are not 'pushed' at people, who have to use them whether they like it or not; they are 'pulled' as and when needed. They don't sit on an LMS, where each individual's usage is monitored, but on the intranet, where they can be freely accessed at any time and found using a se

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