2019

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How Understanding Cognitive Load Can Improve Your Course

LearnDash

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4 Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in eLearning

Tim Slade

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3 Points To Keep In Mind When Outsourcing Flash To HTML5 Conversion

eLearning Industry

Flash is all but dead, and HTML5 is the new gold standard of eLearning courses. In order to convert their legacy Flash course, an organization needs to either hire an in-house team or outsource it to an eLearning vendor. If you decide to do the latter, here are 3 points to keep in mind. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Best Practices to Switch From Instructor Led Training to eLearning

Swift eLearning Services

Instructor Led Training- this word gives you a picture of Instructor in the classroom with a PowerPoint (PPT) and the learners with their notebooks. This was the leading traditional learning method used for employee training and development. But the trend shows steady decline in instructor led training over the last few years.

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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

As a training manager looking to amplify your team's results, Knowledge Avatars are the next level. Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. Knowledge Avatars are versatile and adaptable personal coaches! They can be customized with your company's knowledge via a simple upload of your data.

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A 5-Step Guide to Create an Employee Onboarding Plan

Infopro Learning

If you are looking to improve your employee retention rates, implementing an effective onboarding plan might be the answer you’re looking for. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 3 million Americans quit their jobs every month (1). Poor onboarding experiences and unclear expectations are some of the top reasons for employees to leave their positions within the first six months (2).

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Micro-learning’s unsung sibling

E-Learning Provocateur

Micro-learning is so hot right now. But I’m not going to deliberate over its definition. If you’re into that, check out Shannon Tipton’s Microlearning: The Misunderstood Buzzword and 7 Deadly Myths of Microlearning. Nor am I going to try to convince you to jump on board, or abandon ship. Instead, I’m going to consider firstly how micro-learning might be used in a corporate training context; and secondly, pivot towards something slightly different.

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Learning objectives: Our frenemy

Making Change

“Never design anything without first writing the learning objectives.” We all know this. It’s a useful rule, but only when the objectives are useful. And there’s the problem — conventional learning objectives can work against us. They’re our friends, but not always. What do I mean by “conventional learning objectives?

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5 Ways To Manage Your Training Resources More Effectively

Accessplanit

The acquisition and proper use of internal and external resources to deliver a project on time and on budget is one of a training provider’s biggest concerns.

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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

The meaning of ‘community’ has changed drastically with the spread of the internet and the rise of all the social networks. No longer confined by geography, people who share the same interests can connect, share and grow as a community online. Sometimes they organize meet-ups so they get to see and talk to each other in person but often the members never get real face to face time; yet they manage to get along and develop really meaningful, long-lasting relationships.

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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 Full-Stack HR Professional

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

In software development, there is a concept of the “ full-stack engineer, ” someone who knows hardware, operating system, database, applications, user interface, design, and mobile applications. These magic individuals are among the most valued in business: they can architect new systems, debug the most difficult problems, and serve as big thinkers for technologists everywhere.

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How Much Does It Cost to Develop an Online Course?

learnWorlds

Whether it’s worth to create a course or not is a question that many people so eagerly want to get an answer to. But, how much would it cost? And, is it profitable? The short answer is “YES it can be quite profitable!” The long answer requires a more in-depth analysis. Creating and selling online courses is a highly profitable business with the potential to open up a passive stream of income.

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The New KPIs for Training

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

For many companies, if you go and survey employees about what they remember from training, the results are bad; and they get worse over time. And most Learning and Development people know that training results are abysmal without a focused effort on reinforcement.

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8 Tips To Develop eLearning Courses For Online Learners With Attention Deficit Disorder

eLearning Industry

Every online learner should have the opportunity to benefit from your eLearning course, regardless of behavioral disorders or developmental difficulties. This article features 8 tips to develop eLearning courses for online learners with attention deficit disorder. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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4 Best Practices for Successful Custom eLearning Development

Swift eLearning Services

Do you want to implement custom eLearning in your organization? This blog will provide you the best practices for custom eLearning development that fits your organization’s culture and context! Elearning is really impactful when it sticks! It lets the learners apply the knowledge in the real world environment. But, when does it actually stick?

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What Is the Difference Between Hybrid and Blended Learning?

Cloudshare

Years ago, learning was consigned to the classroom. Students sat down, took notes, interacted with the instructor, discussed with peers, and finished tests in a physical location. While many thrived under this setup, not everyone prefers this type of learning. The same principle applies to training in a B2B setting. We live in a world of on-demand services and internet-connected devices, so focusing on a lengthy lecture probably isn’t a suitable way to learn for most.

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How to Get More Students to Finish Your Online Course

Sell Courses Online

The post How to Get More Students to Finish Your Online Course appeared first on Sell Courses Online. Online learning is a rapidly growing industry and it has presented a huge opportunity to those who want to create online courses and monetize their knowledge. While more and more knowledgepreneurs are launching new courses every year, a worrying trend has set in where a majority of the students never finish an online course.

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5 podcasts every e-learning professional should listen to

E-Learning Provocateur

…or should that be “to which every e-learning professional should listen”? Never mind, I can end a sentence with a preposition if I want to. Arcane grammar jokes aside, I’m a late bloomer to podcasts. While everyone else was apparently obsessed with them, they never really appealed to me until I starting taking long trips on the bus.

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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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Top 7 Innovations in K-12 Education

Kitaboo

The education sector has undergone significant changes in the last decade. It has also evolved rapidly with the changes taking place in the digital world. Today, you would find most of the schools and universities using digital aids in classrooms. By incorporating technology into K-12 education model, institutes are aiming to improve the teaching and learning processes in schools and universities.

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8 Benefits of Creating Microlearning Videos Based on Social Learning Elements

Obsidian Learning

In a recent blog article, How to Adapt Your Microcontent to Your Employees’ Social Needs , we discussed the importance of addressing social needs at work, and how you can use your microcontent to both educate and to engage/build community. In this article we’re going to narrow the focus specifically on the medium of learning videos as microcontent you can adapt to support social learning.

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Membership Site Examples: Inspiration For Your Members Area

AccessAlly

Membership sites come in all in flavors, shapes, and sizes. From mobile app memberships to recurring drip membership sites: you'll see how to use them to deliver online trainings, communities, and everything in between.

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Learning Technology Evolves: Integrated Platforms Are Arriving

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

The enormous market for training and learning tools is very fragmented. Today there are more than 200 LMS vendors, more than 30 LXP vendors, and thousands of vendors who build collaboration tools, mobile learning tools, content development tools, and analytics tools. (Roughly 12% of the $240 Billion corporate training market is spent on tools.). While.

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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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Measuring the Success of Your E-Learning Modules – Three Essential Areas to Assess

Capytech

Measuring the Success of Your E-Learning Modules – Three Essential Areas to Assess. Measuring the success of e-learning courses – or any type of course you deliver – is a complex topic. One of the reasons for this is there are so many variables you need to consider. For example, if the goal of your e-learning module is to increase sales, you could measure success by analysing sales figures before and after learners complete the course.

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4 Tips for Using Nudge Theory in Your Learning

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

Nudge theory has gained a lot of attention in recent years. But what exactly is nudge theory and how can it be applied in your learning programs? Find out more in this blog.

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Microlearning, xAPI, And Training ROI (And Other Jargon) Is Not A Thing

eLearning Industry

Are you desperately seeking to build business credibility for your learning initiatives? Stop using, creating, or trying to impress decision-makers with fancy learning terminology. Speak in terms they understand and respect. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Case Study: Conversion of Flash Based Complex eLearning Courses to HTML5

Swift eLearning Services

Here is a flash to HTML5 conversion case study where we have converted the complex animated flash based legacy elearning course into HTML5 compatibility content.

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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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What does the future hold for AI-enabled coaching?

CLO Magazine

Coaching, whether it’s life coaching, executive coaching, or performance, skills or career coaching, seems inherently personal and humane. After all, it involves opening oneself up to feedback, conversations and, ultimately, connection. But what if your career or executive coach wasn’t actually a coach at all — or even human? Artificial intelligence made its way into learning and development with the start of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , and more recently, it’s been showing up in the coach

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Corporate eLearning Norms and Trends: Where Should You Focus?

CommLab India

Are you curious about new-age eLearning trends? Which of these trends is best suited for your eLearning program? Read to know more.

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20 real-world examples of Augmented Reality

E-Learning Provocateur

The 2019 instalment of Virtual Reality Working Out Loud Week kicks off next month. For a couple of previous VR WOL Weeks I’ve collated lists of the examples that the participants unearthed – see 20 real-world examples of Virtual Reality and 25 more real-world examples of Virtual Reality. This time however I’ve decided to do something different.