Sat.Aug 01, 2015 - Fri.Aug 07, 2015

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Use Gamification to Combat Disengagement at Work

Infopro Learning

Disengagement—we’ve all experienced it. After a few years (or even months) on the job, monotony and habituation inevitably set in. Suddenly what was once inspiring becomes numbingly dull. Enthusiasm is all too readily replaced with complacency, and in the business world, the result is decreased productivity and a vulnerable bottom line. So what can we do about it?

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8 Key Considerations for Selecting a Responsive LMS

Upside Learning

A recent report by comScore, Inc, states that multi-platform usage has increased drastically between 2013 and 2014, among every generation. The on-the-go populace of today, accesses most of the digital content via handheld devices rather than PCs and laptops. Users in the workplace too are increasingly demanding various enterprise applications to be available on a […].

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11 Invaluable Tips To Design Blended Learning Courses for Corporate Training

Docebo

The beauty of the blended learning experience lies in the fact that you get all the benefits of technology, without having to sacrifice that all-important human element. Your learners have the opportunity to access online resources whenever, wherever to enrich their eLearning experience, but still have the support and feedback they need from face-to-face instruction.

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Which came first: Agile or Culture?

Torrance Learning

We get asked the proverbial chicken and egg question a lot: which came first our LLAMA (Lot Like Agile Management Approach) project management or our communicative, accommodating culture? Agile is about more than just project management; it’s a way of perceiving success, communicating and prioritizing the most important work. In other words, Agile is embedded in the culture.

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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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Collateral damage

E-Learning Provocateur

The L&D community may be divided into two camps: (1) Those for whom the mere mention of learning styles makes their blood boil; and (2) Those who are inexplicably unaware of the hullabaloo and are thus oblivious to the aforementioned boiling of blood. The antagonism stems from the popularity of learning styles in the educational discourse – not to mention vocational curricula – despite a lack of empirical evidence supporting their effectiveness when incorporated into instructiona

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Situated Learning: Essential for a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

Recently, I had an experience that, for me, exemplifies the meaning of “situated learning”. I had the basement walls of my house painted including the room where the water heater is located. The next day I had no hot water. The electric pilot light on the water heater was not coming on. I didn’t know how to fix the problem so I turned to YouTube and found a video that explained what to do.

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Adobe Joins LMS Space Late

LearnDash

If you haven’t heard yet, recently Adobe announced that they too will be trying their luck in the learning management system market. They shared this via their blog just a couple of days ago. Perhaps what’s more surprising than this announcement though is that Adobe isn’t already in this space given their Captivate, Presenter, and Connect product line.

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Articulate Certified Training for Experienced Users Too

B Online Learning

I have been using Articulate Storyline for almost three years now and have found the software to be very intuitive. I have basically taught myself how to use this powerful rapid authoring tool, but was recently offered the opportunity to attend the Certified Articulate Storyline 2 training run by B Online Learning and was very […].

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10 Top Tips To Start You On Your Road To Collaboration

Kineo

While it’s clear that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for cross-team collaboration between HR and L&D, this report and its findings highlights how critical better organisational alignment is to the success of businesses – whatever form that takes.

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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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Responsive LMS: All about Selection and Implementation (Webinar)

Upside Learning

In her book ‘Designing Multi-Device Experiences‘, Michal Levin has described the multi-device environment as an ecosystem. She says that, “in looking at the world of online apps and electronics today, we can see a type of ecosystem emerging. In this system – this climate of multiple devices – we see smartphones, tablets, laptops, TVs, and […].

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Moodle Installation Guide Pt 2 | Moodle Course Creation & Management

Lambda Solutions

Course Creation in Moodle. There are a few best practices to follow when it comes to creating Moodle courses. Here are some things to consider. Keep students engaged by having activity based courses (with assignments, and quizzes), or socially based (with forums, chats, and wiki’s). Sticking to only one delivery method can cause boredom, but changing up the delivery method keeps the mind stimulated.

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The best of July 2015

Jane Hart

Here is my pick of the articles and posts from July 2015 – with short quotes from each – just 5 this month 1 – Big Learning, Simon Terry, 15 July 2015 “Organisations need to rethink their approach to learning. It is no longer a function and an oft-neglected subset of the role of HR. Now it […].

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Teasing apart cooperation and collaboration

Clark Quinn

There have been a couple of recent proposals about the relative role of cooperation and collaboration, and I’m trying to make sense of them. Here are a couple of different approaches, and my first take at teasing them apart. Dion Hinchcliffe of Adjuvi tweeted a diagram about different types of working together that shows his take. He has coordination as a subsidiary to cooperation and on to collaboration.

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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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Virtually There: Defining the Modern Learner Experience

InSync Training

Where and when is the modern classroom? Let me ask you a question. Can you define mobile learning ? Is “mobile learning” a learning technology, a design technique, or something else completely? The fact is, the definition of mobile learning is “on the move.” (See what I did there? No? Read it again.) And that is representative of all of the aspects of the modern learning landscape.

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Measuring Training Program ROI

LearnDash

When it comes to training and elearning, one of the biggest concerns for organizations is if they will realize a return on their investment. In the United States, roughly $164.2 billion is spent per year on employee training and learning programs. Per employee, around $1500 is spent on annual training and learning initiatives. These are very large numbers.

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20% discount on Social Learning Handbook in August

Jane Hart

As I put the finishing touches to my new book, Modern Workplace Learning, that will be released on 1 October, I am offering a special 20% discount on my Social Learning Handbook 2014 during August. The price is now £12. The book is available in two formats from Lulu.com: as a paperback – where it will be printed […].

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Meta-learn what?

Clark Quinn

If, indeed, learning is the new business imperative , what does that mean we need to learn? What are the skills that we want to have, or need to develop? I reckon they fall into two categories; those we do for our own learning, and those for learning with and through others. When we learn on our own, we need to address what information we want coming in and how we process it.

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Why and How to Earn Your PMP® Credential

Gaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can be very beneficial for any project manager. Most successful PMP candidates treat preparing for the PMP exam as a personal project. As such, it requires careful planning and a structured approach. Eligibility criteria must be met, and the exam is known for its difficulty, sometimes requiring multiple attempts.

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Lipstick on a Training Paradigm – Oink!

Living in Learning

After drinking the performance consulting Kool-Aid it struck me that the L&D focus was incomplete…and it still is…despite myriad Training innovations like MOOCs, micro-learning, mobile learning, virtual learning, and any other exotic blend you can name. No matter how we dressed it up, no matter how much lipstick, it was still Training. The myth continues to live on.

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Graphic Novels as Great Vehicle for Learning

Kapp Notes

Here are some interesting examples of using graphic novel (comic book format) for teaching different concepts and ideas. As superheros become more mainstream, the use of graphic novels for instruction is becoming more and more acceptable. (although acceptance is by no means universal). I have seen several corporate and governmental organizations adopt graphic novels for learning and have seen successful results.

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10 Top Tips To Start You On Your Road To Collaboration

Kineo

While it’s clear that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for cross-team collaboration between HR and L&D, this report and its findings highlights how critical better organisational alignment is to the success of businesses – whatever form that takes.

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Check out our New and Updated Supervision Content

ej4 eLearning

We’re happy to announce the release of our new and updated Supervision content! We’ve updated important managerial lessons such as transitioning from co-worker to boss, becoming a successful delegator, or learning to analyze employee performance, while at the same time, introducing new courses on how to create a workplan and how to become better [.].

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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Keeping Moodle Innovative with the POET Working Group

Lambda Solutions

Six Companies Form the Partners of Open Source Educational Technologies (POET) Working Group to Develop Common Standards for Moodle Plugin Development. The nature of open source projects allow for massive growth in a small periods of time due to contributions from many developers. Like any large project or organization, one can imagine the difficulties that may arise to ensure that innovation in code is kept on track with a common goal and mission.

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eLearning Guild's First Ever Online #DemoFest

eLearning Cyclops

On August 19th and 20th, the eLearning Guild will be holding its very first online version of their world renowned DemoFest. It will kick off with an opening session from two ever impressive speakers, Jane Bozarth and Karen Hyder. Like all the eLearning Guild's DemoFests, this will be a chance to see some wonderful online solutions for real world learning and support challenges.

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10 Top Tips To Start You On Your Road To Collaboration

Kineo

While it’s clear that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for cross-team collaboration between HR and L&D, this report and its findings highlights how critical better organisational alignment is to the success of businesses – whatever form that takes.

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Social Technology, Community Management & Organizational Development

Learnnovators

I have been reading a spate of articles and posts related to the need for a change in the way organizations function. The diagram below by Dion Hinchcliffe is a succinct illustration of how digital technology has been and will continue to play a key role in bringing about this change. The diagram traces the evolution of different social technology and their potential to enforce and enable a deep change in how organizations function and their structure.

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The DNA of Online Learning

This white paper examines how organisations can get the best out of online learning, via a deep dive into how it works and how to apply it in order to achieve specific objectives.