Sat.Jan 23, 2016 - Fri.Jan 29, 2016

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Fighting Forgetfulness

Association eLearning

Think of your brain as a refrigerator. You put information in it to preserve and use later. When you need that information again you remember it, “taking it out of the fridge” so to speak. But what happens if you leave something in there for too long? In a fridge, old food goes bad and needs to be thrown out. In your brain, unused information gets tossed out too.

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TOPYX LMS and EdTek Services Announce Partnership

TOPYX LMS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. BONITA SPRINGS, FL – Interactyx, the developer of the TOPYX® learning management system (LMS) software , and EdTek Services, Inc. , a full-service eLearning technology and support provider for small to midsize organizations, are excited to announce a strategic partnership to jointly serve the growing eLearning market. TOPYX LMS is a fully-hosted, social learning management system without user, data or implementation fees.

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How To Use Icons In eLearning

The eLearning Coach

Download the resource: I have a scandalous confession to make. I’m in love with icons. I think they are brilliant. I love the way they distill an object or concept to its essence. If visual design is of interest to you, then read on for more on icons styles and ways to use icons in eLearning. Icon Defined Icons communicate through an efficient […].

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Breaking Down the 70/20/10 Framework

Infopro Learning

The 70/20/10 framework is one of the most popular learning and development models used today. The framework breaks down the major avenues for which a learner acquires new job skills. According to this model, 70% of what an employee learns comes from on-the-job training, 20% from peer learning, and 10% from formal learning. Included in the video is practical advice for how you can incorporate the 70/20/10 framework in your organization, but I have summarized it below for you: 10% Formal Learning.

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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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Fighting Forgetfulness

Association eLearning

Think of your brain as a refrigerator. You put information in it to preserve and use later. When you need that information again you remember it, “taking it out of the fridge” so to speak. But what happens if you leave something in there for too long? In a fridge, old food goes bad and needs to be thrown out. In your brain, unused information gets tossed out too.

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10 Strategies for Impactful Instruction

LearnDash

Whether you’re administering elearning or live classroom training the end-goal is often the same. At the end of the course you want the participants to leave with new information. Not only that, you want them to apply this information. The interesting this is that the majority of the time the success of a course (be it online or in-person) is hardly the result of the content.

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Breaking Down the 70/20/10 Framework

Infopro Learning

The 70/20/10 framework is one of the most popular learning and development models used today. The framework breaks down the major avenues for which a learner acquires new job skills. According to this model, 70% of what an employee learns comes from on-the-job training, 20% from peer learning, and 10% from formal learning. Included in the video is practical advice for how you can incorporate the 70/20/10 framework in your organization, but I have summarized it below for you: 10% Formal Learning.

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Useless vs. Useful Learning Data

Axonify

An Interview with Learning & Performance Consultant JD Dillon on metrics L&D should value to prove learning success in business. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with JD Dillon (pictured right), an experienced, active and well-respected proponent for improving corporate learning and development. JD authors his own Just Curious Learning Blog and speaks regularly at the industry’s top learning conferences.

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Impress New Hires with LMS-based Training

TOPYX LMS

Nobody likes the ol’ “bait and switch.” This often occurs in false advertising when a consumer thinks he or she will receive a certain item, service or experience but, upon delivery, discovers the original promise is not all it cracks up to be. This often bleeds over into new hire practices. A lack of quality new employee training can cause a new hire to feel as though he or she has fallen for a gimmick in accepting a position.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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Research Brief: Measuring the ROI of Informal Learning

Docebo

We know people learn and retain more information through informal channels , on-the-job experience and coaching, but most companies still expect their people to gain the bulk of their knowledge through more formal, structured means. In fact, studies have shown that most learners forget up to 90% of what they learn over time. Measuring the ROI of Informal Learning.

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No Perfect Courses

Experiencing eLearning

One truth I have learned about instructional design is that I will never create a “perfect” course; there’s always something that could be better if I had more time or more resources or more skills. When I interviewed for my first ID job, I asked my soon-to-be-peers the hardest part of their job. One answer stuck with me all these years.

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Remaining Positive In A Non-Positive Environment

Edmego Learning

Remaining Positive In A Non-Positive Environment. I dare anyone to challenge the inevitable fact that we all have days at times when our mood is less than pretty. As leaders it can be a struggle to inhibit outside influences that wreck havoc on our emotions. Here are just a few quick reminders on how to make sure we have a better day. Have a solid exercise routine.

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Close the Sale With Quality Content

Inkling

Sales leaders know that it’s vital to start with an honest conversation and be ready to improvise , rather than relying on rigid sales scripts and outdated resources during an important sales dialogue. But no matter how natural the conversation, sales teams will always need reference materials and other sales enablement resources to close the deal.

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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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Engaging eLearning and Award Winning Learning Management System at the Learning Technologies 2016

Upside Learning

Yes, the bags are packed and ready, the demos tried and tested and the best learning solutions sorted to be showcased at the biggest learning technology gathering of the year. This February, 3rd and 4th to be precise, the entire learning and development community will congregate to discuss the latest learning technologies, the major game […].

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Reminder: 2016 L&D Challenge starts Monday 1 February

Jane Hart

What is the 2016 L&D Challenge? It is a series of activities (over 15 weeks) to extend your own personal learning skills to prepare you for your professional practice of supporting learning in the modern workplace. Part A is designed for you to experience a range of different learning approaches, so that in Part B you […].

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Remaining Positive In A Non-Positive Environment

Edmego Learning

Remaining Positive In A Non-Positive Environment. I dare anyone to challenge the inevitable fact that we all have days at times when our mood is less than pretty. As leaders it can be a struggle to inhibit outside influences that wreck havoc on our emotions. Here are just a few quick reminders on how to make sure we have a better day. Have a solid exercise routine.

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3 Key eLearning Trends for 2016

Administrate

The eLearning industry is always changing and evolving as new technologies are developed. In 2015 gamification was one of the most talked about learning concepts. It fast became one of the best tools in eLearning to grab students’ attention and get them really engaged with content. It’s popularity is still present, and Read More.

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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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Reactivating Learning

Clark Quinn

(I looked because I’m sure I’ve talked about this before, but apparently not a full post, so here we go.). If we want our learning to stick, it needs to be spaced out over time. But what sorts of things will accomplish this? I like to think of three types, all different forms of reactivating learning. Reactivating learning is important.

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Meaningful LMS Use Case Scenarios

Gyrus

For those who are unfamiliar with use case scenarios, they are simply the scenarios that users of your system would perform. Put another way: This is a way for you to make a case for the usage scenarios of your potential LMS users. It is pretty difficult to decide on an LMS provider if you haven't first decided how your employees will be using the LMS.

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5 Lessons for Designing Engaging e-Learning Interactions from Project Runway

Allen Interactions

By Ethan Edwards , Chief Instructional Strategist / @ethanedwards. Earlier this month, I had the honor of speaking at the ATD TechKnowledge Conference in Las Vegas. At the conference, I talked about sketching and prototyping as a design methodology for designing effective e-learning. I’m always on the lookout for new ways to explain or illustrate a novel approach to a familiar task.

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How to Overcome Information Overload – Interview with Steven W. Anderson

JoomlaLMS

Information overload, also known as "information glut" and "data smog", is a widely known phenomenon caused by an abundance of information that our brain cannot cope with. The term is a buzzword, however, few people know the nature of the problem and how to avoid it when designing eLearning courses and teaching students. To get to the bottom of information overload problem, we interviewed an educator, speaker, director of Instructional Technology, #edchat contributor and author of the “Content c

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.

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How to Become an eLearning Freelancer or Startup Business

eLearning Architect

Getting started as an independent professional in eLearning is a challenge. In fact, I'm sure getting started as an independent professional in any industry is a daunting prospect. But recently I did just that - quit my job to work for myself. In this article I will take you through my experience so far - my first 18 months of going solo in the world of eLearning.

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The path toward better partner channel learning content

Docebo

The more product knowledge and information your partners and resellers acquire, the more effective they’ll be, right? Take a second to think about the type of learning content you provide for your reseller network. How does it stack up to your internal sales training content? When was it last updated? Organizations in the extended enterprise shouldn’t take this powerful network for granted.

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Making Money In Compliance Training

LearnDash

One of the hardest decisions to make when selling courses online is determining what the course will cover. Should you create a course related to your hobbies? Should the course be related to your profession? Perhaps it makes sense to sell a course that has a proven market and you can learn as you go along? The truth is that any one of these approaches can be successful.

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Discover How to Engage Tech-Savvy Learners at LearnTech 2016

Kineo

“The Times They are a-Changin’”, as Bob Dylan once sang. Well one thing is for sure, technology and the way we use it certainly hasn’t stood still!

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Navigating Recruitment Agencies: A TA Leader Strategy Guide

Navigating the realm of recruitment agencies isn’t always easy. As talent acquisition has evolved, so have the challenges in managing agency relationships and spend. If you've ever felt in the dark about rogue hires, elusive budget spends, or questioned which agencies truly deliver, this guide is your beacon. Dive into our exploration of the most common agency-related challenges and strategies tailored for 2024's hiring landscape.