Sat.Dec 24, 2016 - Fri.Dec 30, 2016

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How to Make a Personal Progress Tracker

Association eLearning

Last time we looked at New Year’s Resolutions from an instructional design perspective. Then I realized that a supplementary how-to was in order. How do you make a personal progress tracker that’s specific but flexible? Here’s one idea. For the purpose of this example, let’s say you’ve decided to make this “your year” and you’re overhauling your whole routine.

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How to Use Pedagogical Agents in Your eLearning

Infopro Learning

Here are Two Sample Course Screens. Which sample do you find more effective? For most of us, it is easier to relate to the second example. Why? Because it is in harmony with the personalization principle—it uses a conversational style, has an effective on-screen coach, and a visible author. Let’s look at the significance of the second aspect of the personalization principle—using effective on-screen coaches or pedagogical agents.

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Micro-Learning Is Bigger Than You Think…And Not Just For Learning

Living in Learning

What the article I'm referencing and comments I read made clear illustrate the gyrations we are heading into now with this “new” micro-learning approach. It will be easy to become distracted, so don't get all raked up in a pile over what we call it…or how long it should be. It's about what it can facilitate at the moment of need to get the DO done.

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5 ways to become an L&D hero

Making Change

It’s time for New Year’s resolutions! How about this one? “I vow to become a hero to my learners and clients. I’ll save them from boring information dumps and wasted money. I’ll help them enjoy their jobs and see real-world improvement. I’ll save the world from boring training!” Without clear steps, our “Become a hero!

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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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2017 – The Year of Progress and Purpose

Learning Rebels

Oh progress…oh purpose, wherefore art thou? Head to the bottom to go straight to the Book Giveaway! Well, here we are at the end of 2016. It’s about time for a fresh start. We are all tired of 2016 and the baggage that came with it. Regardless of your political or philosophical mindset; there are many negative words to describe the feelings of 2016: Despair.

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What do the 24 #C2Xmas resources tell us about how to design modern content and learning experiences?

Jane Hart

In my Countdown to Xmas, I offered a series of 24 daily posts in the form of a different learning resource. So what do these 24 resources tell us about how to design content and learning experiences for the modern workplace? Here they are in one list – with my thoughts about what each one tells us about content and learning experience design.

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Micro-Learning Is Bigger Than You Think…And Not Just For Learning

Living in Learning

What the article I'm referencing and comments I read made clear illustrate the gyrations we are heading into now with this “new” micro-learning approach. It will be easy to become distracted, so don't get all raked up in a pile over what we call it…or how long it should be. It's about what it can facilitate at the moment of need to get the DO done.

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Our Most Popular ELearning Articles of 2016

JoomlaLMS

With 2017 around the corner we wanted to recall in your memory the most viewed eLearning articles of the outgoing year published in the JoomlaLMS blog. In case you were busy and didn’t have time for reading, here is the Top Five eLearning articles of the year. Please enjoy!

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Cultural Alignment

Clark Quinn

I was thinking about the ways in which organizations can support performance. That is, we can and should be aligning with how we think, work, and learn. So we can provide tools to support us in the moment, we can provide tools to help us work together, and we can develop people all slowly over time. In short, I was thinking about cognitive alignment , and I was going to write about it, but it turns out I already have !

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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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Year in Review - 2016

The Performance Improvement Blog

The theme of creating and sustaining a learning culture in organizations continued to influence most of my blog posts in 2016. David Grebow and I also used our blogs to introduce the concept of “managing minds” (not hands) and how that contributes to learning in organizations. As a way of review, I’ve selected five blog posts about a “learning culture” and “managing minds” from 2016 that had the most interest from readers.

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Making a Difference - Lessons in Purpose

Kineo

Too often in elearning, quality is seen as being only about high production values - usually, what it looks like. 'Fit for purpose' can be dismissed as unambitious, but there’s nothing wrong with quality being defined as achieving purpose. .

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Write for the JoomlaLMS Blog

JoomlaLMS

Since 2006 in the JoomlaLMS Blog we have been covering the eLearning industry insights and sharing valuable pieces of advice with thousands of readers interested in the eLearning techniques and strategies they can take advantage of in the real life. We value our audience that is why we are looking for talented bloggers with unique insights and experiences in the sphere of online education, training and business to write for the JoomlaLMS blog.

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Curated Insights: Wrapping up 2016 with L&D Thought Leaders

Axonify

The month of December means different things to different people. Holidays. Time away from the office. Winter weather. Family and friends. On the internet, December is the official month of recap articles. Websites from every genre and interest area are publishing their “best of 2016” reflections. Here are the best 11 video games of 2016 according the The Verge.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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2016 Reflections

Clark Quinn

This is the last Learnlet for 2016, and so it’s time for some reflections on what has been an ‘interesting’ year. I’ll admit it’s been rough, what with losing so many people known through popular media. I guess you get to an age where more and more people who’ve you’ve grown up with in one way or another begin to pass on.

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Change Requires Discipline, Not Willpower

eLearning Alchemy

Length: 1196 words. Reading Time: ~6 minutes. Over the next few weeks your social media channels will be flooded with advice about how to keep your New Year’s resolution. It’s a hot topic and despite all the articles 90% of people failed to stick with their resolution last year. There’s lots of advice, and very little follow-through. What you already know….

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Eight Predictions for 2017!

Learningtogo

As 2016 draws to a close, I’ve been enjoying all the “year in review” posts and articles that folks are putting out. I’d like to try something a little bit different, by using my brain’s power of prediction to see what we will be bragging out in December, 2017. Some of these “predictions” are already underway, while others are purely aspirational. It will be fun to look back and see how many of these predictions come true!

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Curated Insights: Wrapping up 2016 with L&D Thought Leaders

Axonify

The month of December means different things to different people. Holidays. Time away from the office. Winter weather. Family and friends. On the internet, December is the official month of recap articles. Websites from every genre and interest area are publishing their “best of 2016” reflections. Here are the best 11 video games of 2016 according the The Verge.

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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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4 New Year’s Resolutions For Your LMS

Wisetail

These are the four New Year's resolutions you should be setting for your L&D strategy to make your LMS better than ever in the coming year. The post 4 New Year’s Resolutions For Your LMS appeared first on Wisetail.

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THERE AIN’T NO BETTER TEACHER THAN A MISTAKE

Learnnovators

The post THERE AIN’T NO BETTER TEACHER THAN A MISTAKE appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Top 10 Camtasia Blogs of 2016

eLearning Brothers

This last year our love for Camtasia has grown quite a bit. We saw a new version of Camtasia be released, and it included some eLearning Brothers assets. Over 300 Camtasia templates were created and added to our library. Additionally, we made those Camtasia templates available in their own package, priced for the every-day Camtasia user. As this all happened, we wrote several blogs with tips, tricks, and updates to insure you are up to date on everything eLearning about Camtasia and to help you

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#C2Xmas Day 24 – Google Santa Tracker

Jane Hart

Countdown to Xmas concludes here – have some fun with the kids! GOOGLE SANTA TRACKER.

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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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4 New Year’s Resolutions For Your LMS

Wisetail

All gamification is not created equal. Do you know if your gamified learning is working? Follow these four tips to help level up your learning. The post 4 New Year’s Resolutions For Your LMS appeared first on Wisetail.

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Top 7 E-learning TED Talks of 2016

CommLab India

If an action has the power to change the position of an object, inspiring words have the power to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately, the world. An inspiring speech will act as a powerful tool that brings light to the lives of many by driving motivation and enabling them to explore their inner strengths. Mentioned in this post are speeches by a few pioneers who have strived to provide quality education all over the world.

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Exploring Careers through Storyline Templates

eLearning Brothers

Over the past few decades, there has been a great diversification of careers in the world. Thanks to changing technologies and cultures, there are thousands of careers today that didn’t exist just one generation prior. Many an eLearning expert can surely attest to the difficulty they face around the holidays trying to explain to their elderly relatives just what it is they do for a living. “You see, Ma, I teach computers how to teach other people…” or in my own particular

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Why yesterday’s skills and development strategies aren’t enough to survive today’s digital transformation

CrossKnowledge

Organizations today are faced with a disruption that is nothing short of historic. Digital technologies have steadily been making their way into organizations and now impact every facet of organizational behavior, both externally and internally. And the digital transformation is just beginning: by 2018, 50% of all business process jobs will have disappeared and digital jobs will increase by 500% [1].

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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.