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Can Captivate 9 Save Adobe?

LearnDash

If you haven’t heard yet, Adobe made some news in the elearning industry yesterday. Specifically, they released their learning management system and Adobe Captivate 9. I discussed the new Adobe learning management system previously in this article. I’m interested to see how that one plays out and what the general perception will be from those who use it.

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Social Media for eLearning Professional Development (Part 1)

eLearning Brothers

Liz Sheffield is a freelance writer with a background in training and development. She specializes in writing about everything related to the human side of business. You can contact her via LinkedIn or Twitter. I recently attended the Society of Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) annual conference where 15,000 HR professionals gathered to share best practices, learn new skills, and improve the HR profession.

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1 Million Views. Thank You!

Experiencing eLearning

Today, I reached a milestone in my blog: 1 million total views. Thank you to everyone who is reading this, from the long term readers who have been there since the beginning to the ones who just found me today. It’s taken me over 8 years to reach this milestone, and I’m hardly the most-viewed blog in our field. It’s still a bit mind-boggling to me though.

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Is BYOD Right for Your Business?

Infopro Learning

These days, asking someone to leave their mobile device at the door is like suggesting that a fish go a day without water. Whether it’s our phones, tablets, laptops or watches, most of us feel as dependent on our devices as we do air. It doesn’t matter if we are out to dinner, on top of a mountain or in a meeting—we can’t help but wonder what we’re missing on the screens tucked away in our pockets and briefcases.

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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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The Value of Personal Learning Networks

B Online Learning

When I started working as an instructional designer a few years ago, I didn’t have much experience. In fact, I didn’t even realise that it was a career path! I’d been working as a classroom trainer and while I was mostly enjoying it, I wanted a change. Since becoming an ID I’ve had the opportunity […].

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Game Element: Balance

Kapp Notes

The concept of “balance” in a game experience encompasses many ideas. Everyone wants to create a balanced game…it’s just…what is a balanced game? Is it the idea of not too challenging but not too difficult? Is it creating an experience that is completely fair with each person having an opportunity to win every time they play.

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JoomlaLMS and Moodle Comparison [Updated]

JoomlaLMS

When people start looking for LMS, the price question becomes a primary criterion to consider. A wide functionality, considerate support and even the simplicity of usage pass into the background. So it is not surprising that we are constantly asked how JoomlaLMS is different from other free Learning Management Systems, particularly Moodle.

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Learning Rebel Book Review: The Social Leadership Handbook by Julian Stodd

Learning Rebels

Recently I was asked to give a book “interview” and I could choose any book I wanted. I didn’t need to think twice, the choice was easy – The Social Leadership Handbook, by Julian Stodd. Anyone who knows me and is a regular reader of this blog knows that Julian Stodd is my hero and if you aren’t reading his work – you are missing out!

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Sahana Chattopadhyay – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

ABOUT SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY (Social Learning & Collaboration Strategist, Performance Consultant Exploring Emergent Learning, Blogger). Sahana Chattopadhyay is a performance consultant and an L&D professional with 15 years of experience in the field of academia and organizational learning. Her passion is to help organizations become learning organizations through social and collaborative learning.

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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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Moodle's Advanced Features: Moodle Mobile

Lambda Solutions

Mobile Moodle learning can refer to two things - mobility of learning (i.e. learning on the go), and learning directly from your mobile device. Not surprisingly, the two definitions are interdependently related. Learning on your mobile phone allows increased collaboration, and it acts as an extra channel for communication in a course. Mobile Moodle learning is best when used as a supplementary method to eLearning environments, or even face-to-face classes.

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Always Give Your Course One Final Look

LearnDash

Creating a quality elearning course can take quite a bit of time. This is especially true if you factor in all the different phases of an elearning project. Most elearning courses require multiple steps. First there is a plan put in place, an analysis phase, then the often design & development. Afterwards is often a short testing periods followed by the implementation and evaluation.

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Concrete and Contextual

Clark Quinn

I’m working on the learning science workshop I’m going to present at DevLearn next month, and in thinking about how to represent the implications of designing to account for how we work better when the learning context is concrete and sufficient contexts are used, I came up with this, which I wanted to share. The empirical data is that we learn better when our learning practice is contextualized.

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BYTE Session Recap - The Art & Science of Working Remotely

InSync Training

Guest speakers Amy Lins and Susan Hillebrandt presented The Art & Science of Working Remotely to a large and enthusiastic audience on July 27. When asked what piqued their interest and their attendance, participants responded with a variety of reasons, such as: “I see this type of activity increasing and I want to be prepared.”. “I’m looking for best practices for managing remote teams.”.

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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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Front-Line Leaders: 3 Capabilities for Improving Productivity

Kineo

At Kineo we’ve recently been talking with a number of organizations about how to develop new Front-Line Leaders. A new Front-Line Leader is someone who has recently made a transition from the role of individual contributor to now being a leader of people. This transition from individual contributor to team leader represents quite the challenge because it requires so many new competencies.

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IDEA: Virtual ELearning Conference

LearnDash

No matter what profession you are in chances are you are aware of its various industry conferences. In fact these kind of events are becoming more and more popular today. By way of example, WordPress dedicated conferences (“WordCamps”) are popping up all over the country. Spin-off conferences have also emerged, such as: PressNomics. LoopConf.

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eLearning: Working with Numbers

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Sally Cox    When eLearning courses contain lots of numbers (such as statistics or sales figures), it can be a challenge to keep things looking interesting and fresh. If the client is committed to displaying data in tables, there isn't much you can do to make the  data more visually appealing. In that case I concentrate on enhancing the overall slide design.

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Where in the world is…

Clark Quinn

It’s time for another game of Where’s Clark? As usual, I’ll be somewhat peripatetic this fall, but more broadly scoped than usual: First I’ll be hitting Shenzhen, China at the end of August to talk advanced mlearning for a private event. Then I’ll be hitting the always excellent DevLearn in Las Vegas at the end of September to run a workshop on learning science for design (you should want to attend!

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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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How about “mind games” and “virtual running” to stay in focus?

Origin Learning

Do you constantly look at innovative ways to keep your workforce calm, mindful, and happy? The present, as well as the future, is all about technology and how businesses are adapting to it. Virtual reality is a concept that has become relevant for different kinds of businesses. Imagine being able to track your focus component through a game! What if a game measuring the competency of a purely physical sport that requires tremendous endurance enables this kind of assessment?

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Front-Line Leaders: 3 Capabilities for Improving Quality

Kineo

It’s a commonplace for a business to say that it must improve its leadership, particularly front-line leadership. But what does it mean to improve leadership? Is it always the same task across companies? Or is 'improving leadership' a job that depends on the context and business goals to be achieved?

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Dealing with Upset Customers: The Advanced Guide

ej4 eLearning

In business, you can’t please everyone. Though everyone has to deal with a disgruntled customer at one point or another, that encounter doesn’t have to ruin your day— or theirs. Unfortunately, a lot of the customer service advice out there is pretty trite: stay calm, listen, solve the problem, the customer is always right. That’s [.]. The post Dealing with Upset Customers: The Advanced Guide appeared first on.

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eLearning: Overcoming the Forgetting Curve

ICS Learning

The human mind is immensely complex, at times capable of amazing feats of intellectual mettle, yet seemingly fragile and forgetful in other circumstances. Great educators overcome this contrast through genuine connection, striving to bring out the best in their learner. This theme rings equally true within the eLearning realm. How do you tap into your learner’s potential and truly leave the forgetting curve behind?

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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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Speaking at DevLearn 2015

Web Courseworks

Image credit: eLearning Guild. Dr. Jon Aleckson and Dr. Andy Hicken of Web Courseworks will be speaking on MOOCs (massive open online courses) at the DevLearn 2015 Conference in Las Vegas, September 30 – October 2. Their session will cover innovative work being done by EdCast and other companies using edX, the open-source MOOC platform created by MIT and Harvard.

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Learning Myths: Debunked

Association eLearning

Perhaps the most pervasive myth about education is the ubiquitous “learning styles” myth. A quick Google search will bring up millions of hits. Many of those hits are, tellingly, for websites trying to sell you their “learning styles” program. One of the main reasons the myth is so widespread is because, on the surface, it seems very intuitive.

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SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

The post SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Why UPS Drivers Don’t Turn Left… And Why Every Organization Should Be Using Learning Data To Drive Strategic Advantage

Axonify

Last week, I was reading an article in Inc. Magazine on the importance of fostering a learning culture within an organization. One particular quote by Dr. Arie de Geus (former head of strategic planning for Royal Dutch/Shell Oil) stood out to me: “The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.” Now, I’m a sucker for a great quote, but I couldn’t agree more. .

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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.