Sat.May 23, 2015 - Fri.May 29, 2015

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Education Balancing Act: Asynchronous, Synchronous, and Blended Learning

Association eLearning

What do you think of when you hear the term eLearning? Maybe your mind jumps to webinars or interactive courses in a Learning Management System (LMS). There are many different types of eLearning, so it isn’t surprising that they can be divided into categories. Let’s explore them and take a look at their advantages and disadvantages. Asynchronous/ Self-Paced.

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Book Review: Visual Design Solutions

Experiencing eLearning

Connie Malamed’s new book Visual Design Solutions: Principles and Creative Inspiration for Learning Professionals is written specifically for learning professionals. As instructional designers, we often communicate visually as well as with text, audio, and other media. Many of us (myself included) don’t feel as strong about our graphic design skills as about our other instructional design skills.

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A Brief History of Instructional Design

Origin Learning

Instructional Design has come a long way. From ‘training’, which was merely considered a passive function in an organization, the emphasis has now shifted towards making learning and talent development an integral part of corporate culture. A 2015 research by ATD , titled ‘Instructional Design Now’, which is based on a survey of 1,120 instructional designers provides a current snapshot of ID in organizations and the challenges that they typically face.

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Could You Shock Your Learners With Interactive Video?

Kineo

As a new Lead Learning Designer at City & Guilds Kineo, I’ve been lucky enough to be able look through our back catalogue of courses recently. One of the things that I think we do really well here is experiential elearning.

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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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Tips to Test Your eLearning

B Online Learning

“A stitch in time saves nine”, one of those classic old sayings that defies social, technological and spiritual upheavals and constantly rings true. Unlike “You want to have your cake and eat it too” which never made any sense to me because what is the point of cake if you cannot eat it, but I […].

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Pricing Multi-Device eLearning Projects

Upside Learning

During the sales process, one of the most common questions to an eLearning vendor like us is “How do you price your custom eLearning projects?“ A few years ago, the answer to this used to be relatively simple. Typically it would mention pricing as per ‘level’ of output. Most vendors would classify their eLearning output […].

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Could You Shock Your Learners With Interactive Video?

Kineo

As a new Lead Learning Designer at City & Guilds Kineo, I’ve been lucky enough to be able look through our back catalogue of courses recently. One of the things that I think we do really well here is experiential elearning.

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Continuous learning : it’s a mindset not a technology or product

Jane Hart

In this fast-moving world, we constantly need to learn new stuff. In the workplace, this is particularly important, as I showed in an earlier blog post, where Jacob Morgan talks of the future employee moving from “knowledge worker” (knowing stuff) to “learning worker” (learning new stuff). So how can organisations support continuous learning at work?

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#ATD2015 It’s a Wrap, Part Three – Miranda Lee

Learning Rebels

#ATD2015 It’s a Wrap: Where the Magic Happens. I was so happy to meet Miranda Lee. Talk about magic! Really it was serendipitous. You know, like the kind of serendipity that Jean Marrapodi talked about yesterday. Just like that. I happened to be sitting next to her at a Red Feather Network event and we got to talking, instructional design, social media, the new generation of learning (geeky learning stuff).

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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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7 Strategies to Facilitate "Working Out Loud"

ID Reflections

I spent the greater part of the weekend mulling over the practice of working out loud , what makes some folks adopt the habit with ease while others struggle, and what could be some of the possible enabling factors that support working out loud. The more I thought about it, the more it seemed to me that it is one of the fundamental blocks of building a community of practice.

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Could You Shock Your Learners With Interactive Video?

Kineo

As a new Lead Learning Designer at City & Guilds Kineo, I’ve been lucky enough to be able look through our back catalogue of courses recently. One of the things that I think we do really well here is experiential elearning.

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Online Learning Tools to Improve Studying Process

Web Courseworks

We all come across students who may need a little nudge, technique or tool to help them study. Julie Peterson has submitted this guest post. Julie Petersen is a tutor and a blogger, who features the latest career and educational trends in her articles. At present time she is working on her first ebook dedicated to online learning. You may contact Julie via juliepetersen1988@gmail.com.

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#ATD2015 It’s a Wrap, Part Two: Jean Marrapodi

Learning Rebels

#ATD2015 It’s a Wrap: Serendipitous Learning. There is something to be said about learning serendipity and ATD ICE (Association for Talent Development International Conference and Expo #ATD2015 ) is full of serendipitous moments. Whether it’s over the expo lunch, finding that one twitter you’ve been talking with for months (or years) or over cocktails.

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Powering Learning Platforms for Personalized Learning Journeys with Generative AI

Explore the transformative synergy of education and technology in 'Powering Learning Platforms.' Uncover the magic of Generative AI shaping personalized learning, revolutionizing your educational journey.

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The Web is my Workplace (and Learnplace)

Jane Hart

As an independent adviser, I don’t have a traditional workplace – my office is the Web! I connect with colleagues all around the Web in many different ways. For instance, I use Skype to talk on a regular basis with my close Internet Time Alliance colleagues (Jay Cross, Charles Jennings, Harold Jarche and Clark Quinn) […].

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Formative Assessments in E-Learning

Origin Learning

Assessments in any learning course – whether academic or corporate, are absolutely necessary because they ensure that the course is meetings its objectives. Unless there is a mechanism to test, the effectiveness of the learning program cannot be guaranteed, nor can the course be improvised. Just like with anything else, assessing also requires a careful strategy.

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ELearning Project Launch is Easier than Ever Before!

JoomlaLMS

Putting a new business idea into practice is an exciting and overwhelming process at the same time. ELearning field is an industry of choice and nothing seems to prevent newcomers from the potential payout, however.

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#ATD2015 It’s a Wrap Part One: Sue Prenderville

Learning Rebels

#ATD2015 – It’s a wrap! The ATD ICE (Association for Talent Development International Conference and Expo) Conference never fails to teach me something new. This will have been my sixth time, in a row, attending this conference and by now, one would think I would be nonchalant about the experience. Wow, is that not the case. This year brought a very different social learning experience for me, almost as though I was viewing the conference through bifocal lenses.

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7 Steps to Consider When Implementing a LMS

How Do You Choose the Right Learning Management System? Choosing the perfect Learning Management System can be complex for organizations. Initially, you might ask questions like, "When is the right time to adopt an LMS?" or "Which LMS is the best fit?" Once you've made your LMS selection, your next query is likely, "How do I go about implementing it?

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Trend Spotting: 5 Noteworthy L&D Trends from ATD 2015

Kineo

Last week I spent three days at the ATD International Conference in Orlando along with 10,000 other training and development professionals. We gathered to share ideas while industry providers rolled out loads of new products and services. .

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10 LMS Facts You Should Know

LearnDash

Nearly every elearning program that exists today in almost every industry is powered by a learning management system (LMS). The LMS is what is responsible for successful delivery and recording of the course content. Depending on the system that you are using, it is also what is behind the gamification elements , communication points (such as email and forums), and overall “brand” for your courses.

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Performance Management at Deloitte

The Performance Improvement Blog

Kudos to Deloitte for making a concerted effort to develop a fair, efficient, and useful performance management system for its 65,000 employees. In a blog post for Harvard Business Review titled Reinventing Performance Management , Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall describe Deloitte’s evolving system. They write: This is where we are today: We’ve defined three objectives at the root of performance management—to recognize, see, and fuel performance.

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#ATD2015 It’s a Wrap, Part 5: Brent Schlenker

Learning Rebels

What fun this has been! A week of different learnings, of different perspectives, and of seeing the ATD ICE conference for the first time everyday! Today we kick off with Brent Schlenker. . Brent is an interesting combination of learning professional and vendor. When getting to know Brent, I was shocked to discover that he worked for a “ vendor ” (emphasis added).

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Trend Spotting: 5 Noteworthy L&D Trends from ATD 2015

Kineo

Last week I spent three days at the ATD International Conference in Orlando along with 10,000 other training and development professionals. We gathered to share ideas while industry providers rolled out loads of new products and services. .

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eLearning: The Role of Images

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Sean Stoker    Are the slides that make up your eLearning lessons text-heavy? Images are an often overlooked component of a good eLearning course. Sadly, when images are added to eLearning, they often have little to do with the content being presented or, just as sad, are of poor quality. You've probably heard the saying that a picture is worth 1,000 words.

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A Checklist to Help Select Your LMS Reporting and Analytics Solution - 8 Things to Look For

Lambda Solutions

Reporting for open source learning is one of the top pain points among Moodle and Totara users. Moodle reporting needs are often complex, and they only increase over time. Unfortunately, many of the reporting and analytics solutions that are available simply do not have the capacity to provide what users need. This can make shopping for a reporting solution a lengthy process, with limited success.

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Evolutionary versus revolutionary prototyping

Clark Quinn

At a recent meeting, one of my colleagues mentioned that increasingly people weren’t throwing away prototypes. Which prompted reflection, since I have been a staunch advocate for revolutionary prototyping (and here I’m not talking about “the” Revolution ;). When I used to teach user-centered design, the tools for creating interfaces were complex.

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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.