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Great questions, great crowd, no big tech issues. Tags: multigenerational learning generational differences Brandon Hall Instructional Design generational issue Here are the slides from an online session I did yesterday on Multi-Generational Learning in the Workplace .  This was the first time I presented on this topic and the first time I led a session using Saba’s Centra platform.

Having issues previewing Captivate 3 content?..Rick Rick Stone, one of the most active and longest serving members on our Captivate Forum has created a list of Frequently Encountered Issues in Captivate that addresses these questions and more. I’m certain these are collated based on the key issues he has encountered over the many years spent manning the Captivate forums. Can't get your Text-to-speech installed?...Having It is a great asset for anyone new to Captivate- definitely the place I would turn to before calling support, or the local Captivate expert.

So, it's even more complicated of an issu I just saw that TechCrunch added a forum to their blog. This relates closely to the discussion going on around blogs, discussion forums, communities, etc.: Blogs and Community - launching a new paradigm for online community? eLearning Discussions - An Attempt at Better Discussions in the Blogosphere Move from Discussion Groups to World of Blogs? Top Ten Reasons To Blog and Top Ten Not to Blog I found it inside my blog reader! Blogs vs.

8221; type of  conversations (which I often get), we had conversations about bigger issues like control, privacy, standards, the role of L&D, knowing, and “why” (addressing what problem?). I traveled to Buffalo, New York (yes, on purpose ; ) last Friday to speak at the ASTD Niagara Chapter meeting about learning in the workplace through the social web. There was a lot of energy and knowledge in the group.

Talent Management many systems call themselves "Talent Development Systems" now (paper age - people issues were in silos e.g. slide 116 (item missed) 26% peer ratings 20% blogs 17% wikis Three Current Issues 1. My notes taken during today's webinar . Presented by Tom Werner & Richard Nantel What do they do? Automate the administration of training. What do they contain? Databases: learners, course offerings, content, progress. Quick History: 1980 - paper age catalog, approvals , registrations , class info (all manually) attendance, evaluations, tests (all manually) count, charge-backs, reporting (all manually) process is dependent on people (admin staff) trainer dependent (collect and hand

So I was looking at XMind - mind mapping app - and it looks good and all but especially considering the air-tight lockdown on desktops across the federal government, I really can't even look twice at something that requires an install. I mean AIR is probably years away from approval.

Four days ago I was leading a workshop on facilitating online learning for the faculty of the Higher Colleges of Technology in Abu Dhabi. One professor pointed out that most eLearning pedagogy was created by North Americans, for North Americans. A typical student attending the Colleges is an Emerati whose English-language skills can't be taken for granted.

In the recent past, there have been increasing incidences of dissatisfaction with Adobe's customer support. I've personally tracked and escalated some of this chatter from forums like Twitter and Facebook (Ellen, we heard you :)). Below is an open letter, from Adobe's VP for Tech Support- Lambert Walsh, on what is being done to address this situation.

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