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Why Training has a Bad Name (and how we can change it)

Learning Rebels

The sun is bright here in 2016 with exciting ways to change up the training perception. Not lecture, not PowerPoint decks, not petty/silly exercises but real HARD CORE resources and tools people can use NOW! Secondarily, create learning steering committees with involvement from leadership. In short, ask for help.

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Why Your Software Company Needs Virtual Training Labs

Appsembler

We’ve all been there: stuck in a classroom while the sun blazes away outside, unable to concentrate as you struggle to stay awake through an all-day training session. In fact, research suggests that learners remember an average of 4 slides from a 20-slide, standalone, text-only PowerPoint presentation.

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Wanted – Instructional Designer

eLearning 24-7

Back then, you needed to know how to create a browser sniffer because Sun was fighting Microsoft over Java, and thus Netscape who had Java, a course had to be designed differently than one for folks using Microsoft IE (which stunk IMO). PowerPoint is not an authoring tool. Microsoft did not create PowerPoint as an authoring tool.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Audio in eLearning: Cultural Differences?

Learning Visions

As Im ramping up in my new job, Im talking with my new Kineo colleagues about everything under the sun. This applies particularly where text and sound are likely to be used (notably the studies on PowerPoint and speech). We know to avoid narrating text word for word, for instance. You do know that, right?) conveyer belt.

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eLearning Costs : eLearning Technology

Tony Karrer

Graphics will include basic stock images/clip art in the classic “eLearning that looks like a bad PowerPoint presentation” style. Are you coming up with "simulations" or more complex exercises to teach the soft skills? Interactions should be basic form-based questions created within the development application. in Computer Science.

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Free L&D webinars for August 2018

Limestone Learning

Sure, it’s great to have time to enjoy the sun, but time off can also produce anxiety. Attend the webinar and obtain three free “Situation Micro-Videos and Exercises” to apply questions and ideas at work. " Cherry, sweet cherry, red, fruit " by Hans Braxmeier is Public Domain. Do not miss this high-energy, highly rated webinar.

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