Upside Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

Actions that are “good-to-know” and/or may need to be performed as an exception – Considering that each of us only has finite storage space in our working memory, we can reduce cognitive load for learners by embedding this information in their work environment for easy access.

Design 130

Design Cognitive Simulations Performance Support 130

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

In a fast changing economic environment with increasing competitive intensity, how can organizational learning become a source of competitive advantage and continuous change? Excerpted from the CLO Summit brochure: “A day filled with inspiring keynotes, a few crisp panel discussions, stimulating presentations. And a few pleasant surprises.

CLO 168

CLO Organizational Learning Outsource eLearning Strategy 168

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Learn about fostering an environment that encourages continuous learning, providing employees the space to grow within their roles. Understand the significance of transferring gained knowledge into real-world behavioral changes for training to be truly effective.

Effectiveness 130

Effectiveness Metrics Podcasts Podcaster 130

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

There may be limitations or obstacles in the environment. People may not be receiving the correct messages, such as when supervisors say things like “forget what you learned in training, this is how we really do it”. There may not be the right tools or resources, or awareness of or access to them may be missing.

Learning 147

Learning Analysis Format Summary 147

Upside Learning

JULY 10, 2019

An effective learning intervention brings three considerations under the spotlight: the learner, the content, and the learning environment.

Compliance Training 124

Compliance Training Compliance Program Picture 124

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Which is key; we need sufficient practice to attain the necessary level of ability to carry over to the performance environment. There are details for each, and the former also implies that there’s more than one practice. For multiple practices, there are additional constraints. For one, you don’t want to have all your practice in one day.

Design 250

Design Diversity Training Cognitive Performance Support 250

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Providing social connections within a learning environment can also be a motivational factor – allow users to recommend the content/environment to others, check out each other’s performance using those social connections and also allow sharing in limited ways.

Gamification 279

Gamification Games Player Learning 279

Upside Learning

AUGUST 10, 2011

Every now and again I wonder about the multi-user 3D environments, or virtual worlds that were all the rage just a couple of years ago, the finest example being Second Life. I personally believe that 3D simulation and collaborative environments have huge potential. Second Life itself was a promising collaborative 3D learning platform.

Second Life 257

Second Life Simulations Pipes Firewalls 257

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 21, 2010

When they did manage to quit playing the game, what most of them did first was to compare notes on how we dealt with the challenges in the environment. Transitions – when we advanced to a new age, and new elements were introduced, the transition was very subtle – it didn’t disrupt our familiarity with the environment in any way.

Media 267

Media Interactive Instructional Instruction 267

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2011

By offering an entire authoring environment, you can custom design levels and share them with the world. Embedded in activities – While learning to play LBP it is nice how the learning is embedded into the environment and the game play activity. If you did, could you share it with the rest of the world?

Games 244

Games Simulations eLearning Learning 244

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 21, 2014

And most importantly, on 'physical' devices – in the real environment, on the appropriate hardware. It involves testing the content being presented, the layout and the functionality. On a wide variety of device-OS-browser combinations. On simulators and emulators. Responsive Learning Design Multi-device Testing'

Simulations 203

Simulations Environment Design Content 203

Upside Learning

APRIL 15, 2013

The LMS of “Now” have moved quickly to become a more encompassing learning environment and platform, capable of delivering learning and supporting performance across organizations and playing a key role in managing talent. Are you enriching your learning environments with powerful videos? Virtual Classrooms.

LMS 243

LMS Virtual Classroom Learning Management System Virtual World 243

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 15, 2009

As for progressive and streaming videos, the video files are placed externally, one would need to use FLV playback components – either provided in Flash authoring environment OR build your own custom playback components based on specific requirements. There are also many FLV playback components available in market – either freely or paid.

FLV 186

FLV eLearning Developer Blended Learning Video 186

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Simulation games, whether rendered on-screen or in an immersive environment, are powerful learning tools. For one, you can provide enough randomness to support almost infinite replay. You can also provide an adjustable difficulty to support the development of a high level of ability.

Authoring Tools 147

Authoring Tools Simulations Toolkit Virtual World 147

Upside Learning

APRIL 21, 2011

So Lego encourages creativity by enabling an environment that allows for infinite combination, exploration within boundary constraints of a system (the Lego system in this case), and supports transformation – allows for the creation of entirely new models with little in common with the building instructions that come with the sets.

Toys 279

Toys Engineering Virtual World Learning 279

Upside Learning

JANUARY 13, 2011

It is not uncommon in learning design to assume that the player will eventually explore all of the clickable items in an environment. All the reasons above make it all the more important for us to communicate very clearly to the learner about what is it that the learner can do within the learning environment, and also what he should do.

Summary 250

Summary Games Player Learning Environment 250

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The observation that games give the players new problems is particularly cogent; eLearning interactions don’t change the environment itself based on player actions, games constantly do. This is again a marked contrast to the types of environment/interaction typically found in conventional eLearning.

Games 230

Games Player Learning Tagging 230

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Personal Learning Environment (PLE). Over the years, Personal Learning Environment (PLE) in LMS has seen several additions of features – some which worked well with the end users and some irrelevant ones that have pulled out eventually.

LMS 270

LMS Emergent Trends PLE 270

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 13, 2011

5) A learning network can only be successful if it retains the ability to interact with its environment. To me, it seems like the environment is the workplace, and the network automatically responds to those changes. To me, it seems like the environment is the workplace, and the network automatically responds to those changes.

Network 278

Network Internationalization Behavior Pattern 278

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Modify the LMS interface for a enhanced user-friendly environment that will increase the use of available resources. You can brand mark your LMS in a way that reflects your organization’s cultural environment, increases familiarity and adds a level of comfort, making it easier for the user to adapt to the new environment.

ROI 268

ROI LMS Tips Metrics 268

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

And will it remain the authoring/development environment of choice for eLearning developers/designers? So where are we going with Flash? It’s a tough question to answer. I want to be able to develop once and run on both desktop, mobile and ‘in-between’ devices.

Flash 244

Flash Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Player Adobe 244

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Active engagement with simulated environments (virtual environments), which are similar to technologies depicted in the film Minority Report, will come to replace drilling into cells in spreadsheets. This suggests the use of n-dimensional virtual representations of all different sorts of data.

Gartner 272

Gartner Simulations Social Networks Pattern 272

Upside Learning

JANUARY 19, 2010

Tool use in a controlled environment – as a simulation. The use of any tool in a controlled environment is essentially a simulation. There are no controls in the environment and the tool is used to improve the efficiency or quality of a job task. Tool use in the workplace – as an electronic performance support aid.

Mobile Learning 234

Mobile Learning Mobile Simulations Examples 234

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

That’s primarily because it has the potential to change the paradigms of workplace learning by tracking and recording learner data outside the traditional elearning environment. How did I learn about the Tin Can API. I trawled through multiple blogs. I participated in discussion forums on Linkedin. I viewed quite a few You Tube videos.

Simulations 252

Simulations SCORM Slideshare Forum 252

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

just as an example, fungi have can have complex lifecycles) Just as in fungi, an environment conducive to the development of the network must exist, can we create such an environment artificially, or in the least, influence its creation. Does something like that exist in a learning environment? What resources does it consume? –

Mobile Learning 230

Mobile Learning Mobile Network Sun 230

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Too much anxiety interferes with learning, and so even if we eventually need learners to perform in stressful environments, we start with a low level. As such, we need sufficient quantity and a low level of anxiety. As skills are mastered, then we can address performing those skills in stress.

Performance Support 147

Performance Support Cognitive Simulations Learning 147

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2012

You can at best support it by providing an environment, which helps informal learning happen. Part of that environment will be the culture of the organization and that’s not something any vendor, technology, or tool can do for you. Now what can you do about it? Surely you cannot ‘create & implement’ informal learning.

Informal Learning 278

Informal Learning Informal Mobile Social Networks 278

Upside Learning

AUGUST 6, 2015

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.

LMS 100

LMS Emergent Environment System 100

Upside Learning

JULY 5, 2023

An auditory component in a noisy environment may be wrong, just as a web solution in a network-free location isn’t going to work. While some variation is valuable, the core cognitive processes need to be invoked, and in a manner appropriate to the audience and the context. There are also the people issues.

microlearning 130

microlearning Cognitive Metrics Analysis 130

Upside Learning

JUNE 5, 2012

It looks at the current landscape of mobile learning in the world in which the ubiquity of mobile devices seems to have created a perfect environment for delivering learning solutions to our workforce, where and when they need it.

Mobile Learning 250

Mobile Learning Research Mobile Metrics 250

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The global workforce today is confronted with a demanding environment in which to perform. The organizations of today need to be more agile than ever to maintain their competitive edge in the marketplace. That involves adapting to situations and regularly updating strategies, structures and processes. The Challenge. Summing It Up.

Mobile Learning 260

Mobile Learning Global Mobile Virtual Classroom 260

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

With more than 7,000 visitors, 150 free L&D seminars, 250 exhibitors, two exhibition halls packed with the latest learning technologies, innovation and best practice at Europe’s leading L&D conference, it provided an unique and exciting environment for all those involved in workplace learning. We at Upside Learning […].

Conference 100

Conference Innovation Learning Technologies Environment 100

Upside Learning

JUNE 20, 2023

Understanding the context of performance may indicate that an audio solution is needed if visual attention is necessary for a task, and in a noisy environment, a visual solution may make more sense. If they’re just available on a portal, folks might not find them as needed.

microlearning 130

microlearning Cost Performance Support Solution 130

Upside Learning

JANUARY 20, 2010

2010 promises to change the way we look at electronic learning , a move from the personal computer/browser environment to the mobile computing environment. To follow after on the horizon are electronic books and augmented reality. Exciting times lie ahead.

Augmented Reality 174

Augmented Reality Report Mobile Social Media 174

Upside Learning

JUNE 16, 2010

A real opportunity for LMS to create learner-centric environments rather than centralized course delivery system. Overall customer experience with LMS is not consistent. Opportunities. Social and Informal learning trends. By not only providing the tools but also revamping the whole learner experience is required. Talent management.

Analysis 277

Analysis LMS Social Networks Open Source 277

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Is this the beginning of a mass-migration of content, authoring environments and other tools to the HTML5 standard? And what happens to the hundreds of casual game companies with games like ‘Farmville’ that are Flash based. The same goes for companies developing other media using Flash. Only time will tell, and we’ll be watching closely.

Flash 255

Flash Flash to HTML5 Conversion Mobile Adobe 255

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The game environment needs to be dynamic – nothing in the real world is static. If a player chooses not to do anything, the game environment must still change, and adapt to the ‘non-play’. Make sure to tie down to a singular objective, and one that is achievable given the game mechanics.

Games 244

Games Lesson Develop Player 244