Sat.Dec 20, 2014 - Fri.Dec 26, 2014

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8 Ways to Develop an E-Learning Mindset

Origin Learning

'E-Learning is the use of electronic media such as videos, audios, presentations and online content created using the effective use of technological tools in learning and teaching. Although there are various linguistically restrictive terms for E-Learning (for example, Computer Based Instruction, Internet Based Training, Virtual Learning , Flexible Learning, etc.), it is basically the use of technology and electronic media in the field of education.

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Abstract of Study Related to Storytelling

Kapp Notes

'Here is an interesting research abstract about using storytelling or narrative in instruction. Opening The Knowledge Guru with a story. Abstract. Glonek, K. L., & King, P. E. (2014). Listening to Narratives: An Experimental Examination of Storytelling in the Classroom. International Journal Of Listening, 28(1), 32-46. doi:10.1080/10904018.2014.861302.

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Top 4 Ways A Responsive LMS Improves Learning Experience

Upside Learning

'Responsive design is an approach to web page creation that makes use of flexible layouts, flexible images and cascading style sheet media queries. The goal of responsive design is to build web pages that detect the visitor’s screen size and orientation, and change the layout accordingly. While we have written about ‘designing’ responsive eLearning and […].

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My 20 most popular posts in 2014

Jane Hart

'Here is a list of my 20 most popular posts in 2014 (as at 21 December) according to comments, and social shares (on Twitter, Facebook, LInkedIn etc). Thanks to everyone who commented or shared. Happy Christmas to all! Top 100 Tools for Learning 2014 is ready (22 September 2014) Moving beyond e-learning – the new mindset […].

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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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SMAC and the Shift in Learning Paradigm

Origin Learning

'Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC) are the four pillars which are driving business innovation worldwide. How? Here’s how: Social Applications and Media allow businesses to reach their customers anywhere anytime, as most of these customers now use Mobile technologies to interact, communicate, search and buy products and services. Behind this social one-to-one interaction by organizations is a careful strategy that uses Data Analytics using Cloud Computing software to understand users’ e

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Quinn-Thalheimer: Tools, ADDIE, and Limitations on Design

Clark Quinn

'A few months back, the esteemed Dr. Will Thalheimer encouraged me to join him in a blog dialog, and we posted the first one on who L&D had responsibility to. And while we took the content seriously, I can’t say our approach was similarly. We decided to continue, and here’s the second in the series, this time trying to look at what might be hindering the opportunity for design to get better.

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JoomlaLMS Wishes Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

JoomlaLMS

'JoomlaLMS Wishes Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! JoomlaLMS team would like to thank you for being with us during the ending 2014 and wishes you a joyful holiday season and a New Year filled with happiness and prosperity!

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Your Ticket to Great Instructional Design

Origin Learning

'Instructional design is certainly not an easy business. Having been in the learning, training and development industry for more than 27 years, I can assertively say so. Instructional designers shoulder the important responsibility of sugar-coating the critical learning content in such a manner that training becomes not just a mandatory activity, but something that employees love.

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5 Insights into Workplace Social Learning Technologies

Lambda Solutions

'The evolution of social technologies from Yahoo in 1995 to Facebook in 2004 has greatly impacted the way we communicate and hence the way we learn in our professional lives. Saba and the Human Capital Media (HCM) Advisory Group surveyed over 500 senior leaders from a wide range of industries and company sizes to better understand how organizations are adopting social learning technologies to achieve their learning and talent development goals.

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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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Mobile Learning in Africa Facts

LearnDash

'At this point it isn’t a secret that mobile learning (also referred to as ‘mlearning’) is projected to grow over the foreseeable future. A simple trip the store will provide all the evidence you need that people prefer mobile devices for entertainment and learning. Kids are playing with apps as their parents push them in their stroller.

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Rethinking The Holiday Rush

Nick Leffler

'The holidays is always the busiest time of year. Everyone is out and about doing last minute errands and trying to get that last project out the door before going away for the year. My rush has been a bit different this year. While it still has that normal rush at work trying to get projects out the door, I have a new rush for December. This one is specific to this year and it’s caused me to write one last post before Christmas that I wasn’t planning on writing.

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Fun and Funny Holiday Songs from SNL

Kapp Notes

'Here are a few fun Holiday songs from Saturday Night Live, I thought it would be nice to post them for this week. You have to click on this one because I can’t embedded it but it is well worth it!! I Wish It Was Christmas (I think this was the original). Here is another version of same song (I think it was a later version). Yous See a bunch of other SNL Christmas themed skits at this web address.

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What is the future of #mLearning Design? Storyline’s native app vs. Captivate’s Responsive Design [Poll]

mLearning Revolution

'image credit: table xi. Three years ago when I began focusing on mobile learning, I looked at the most popular rapid eLearning development tools and I was convinced there was very little chance they could re-invent themselves into decent mobile learning design tools. However today after several iterations to their products, most vendors have made great strides in reimagining they products, and I’m not so sure I believe that anymore.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Talking eLearning ROI

Web Courseworks

'Are you an eLearning expert with an excellent idea for a new initiative or online education program? Do you see an opportunity for your association or organization to get ahead of the curve and leverage its collective expertise to become an industry expert? If you’ve identified an eLearning opportunity and developed a grand vision to capitalize on it, you’re probably thinking about how to approach your executive director or board of directors to get the funding you need.

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e-learning professionals “the cobbler’s children with no shoes”

From the Coleface

'At a recent Professional Services e-learning Forum, L&D teams were likened to “cobbler’s children with no shoes” This allegory describes the phenomenon where professionals are so busy with work for their clients and their teams that they neglect using their professional skills to help themselves or those closest to them. A beautiful metaphor, but is it true to life?

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Merry Christmas and a happy 2015!

Challenge to Learn

'We have this plastic Christmas tree for ages, but his message is still actual! Merry Christmas and a happy new year from me and Kinne.

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My 15 Most Popular Posts in 2014

ID Reflections

'Here''s a list of my most shared and tweeted posts in 2014. Jane Hart''s list of Top 20 inspired me to put up my own. The Changing Face of Work and Workplace Learning ( November 26, 2014 ) The Changing Nature of Workplace Learning ( November 2, 2014 ) Instructional Design in the VUCA World ( December 6, 2014 ) Why Organizations Must Encourage Collaboration ( November 5, 2014 ) Learning vs.

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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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How to Use the Lectora Course Starter Template

eLearning Brothers

'Are you in search for a template that will give you a kick start to your Lectora Courses? We have exactly what you are looking for, Lectora Course Starter Templates. These awesome Course Starters are ready to streamline your development. By course starter templates I mean, a course wire framed with the backbone of the necessary assets to get your off and running.

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Happy Holidays From All of Us

LearnDash

'The LearnDash team would like to wish you happy holidays. Stay safe and take some time to re-energize as you prepare for a certainly exciting 2015!

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Top 5 productivity tips for Adobe Captivate

Adobe Captivate

'Adobe Captivate is a powerful eLearning authoring tool which allows you to create several types of engaging and interactive eLearning courses. To make the most of this tool, here are the top 5 productivity tips I’ve followed over the years. Go ahead and use them if you like. 1. Take my advice — Always begin […]. How do I.

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Create Layered Graphics With Snagit 12

TechSmith Camtasia

'Layered graphics are impressive to see and they are fast and easy to create using Snagit 12. This tutorial makes use of the Quick Styles gallery feature. The Quick Styles gallery is a collection of preset styles for the Editor’s Drawing Tools and Image Effects. In this tutorial you’ll use one image to create and save custom styles to the gallery.

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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.

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Quick Tip: How to Speed up Course Production?

eLearning Brothers

'Guest Post by Renata Souza, QuickLessons Evangelist. Today companies need agility in creating and editing training material. Contracting external resources is very expensive and time-consuming. The process of validating and making changes to courses takes too long when speed is fundamental. How Can QuickLessons Help? • Using learning objects: learning objects expedite courses production by reusing content.

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12 eLearning Audio and Video Tools

DigitalChalk eLearning

'When creating an online course, you often need to capture a live video, audio, or screen recording. We’ve narrowed it down to 12 great eLearning audio and video tools to help you get started easily. iMovie. iMovie allows you to turn your home video into your favorite film with just a few clicks. Fine-tune every cut and transition, edit color and audio, and fix shaky video. iMovie gives you the controls you need to easily smooth out the rough parts.

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How to Achieve True Learner Engagement: Tap Into These Core Motivators

SHIFT eLearning

'eLearning and Learner Engagement: What is learner engagement ? It’s not just about keeping your students busy. It’s keeping your students motivated, giving them the tools that they need to learn, and fostering a sense of pride in achieving personal goals. It’s about encouraging learning for the pure love of it, not just for the sake of getting grades.

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Season Greetings & Happy New Year!

OpenSesame

'I’m sure very few of us would disagree with the statement this is the busiest time of the year. It’s also a time to find a balance between holiday fun and thoughtful reflection on the past and upcoming year. As with all things at OpenSesame, we’ve found a way to balance working hard and having fun. Here are some of the things we’ve been up to this Holiday Season.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.