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JUNE 19, 2015

Sometimes customers make the false assumption that any administrative assistant can do the job. So I set out to ask veteran Association Education Managers and Learning Management System Administrators their opinion on how to hire the right person for the job. This blog entry is the first of a series of posts on this important topic.

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APRIL 17, 2015

An under-qualified rookie, she had no idea how to set up a corporate university, but she took the job anyway, thinking it unwise to turn down her first promotion. How can someone who’s only been on the job a month or two outperform someone who’s been there ten years? Well, of course it depends on the person and the job.

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JULY 22, 2016

Here are five reasons you should encourage sending a team member to a conference: A Job Perk– It is a good job perk, getting three days in Vegas. The two main eLearning organizations I recommend are eLearning Guild’s DevLearn (we are presenting in November) and ATD’s TechKnowledge.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

This fosters professional development and member loyalty, which in turn, can lead to major benefits such as increased revenue and job opportunities down the road. An association LMS keeps members engaged by providing certifications and continuing education within its courses.

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AUGUST 8, 2013

Even the information needed to do most jobs is now […]. It’s 2013: we experience the benefits of having instantaneous information available at our fingertips on a daily basis. An Internet connection opens up possibilities to learn anything, from how to unclog a kitchen drain to hacking your smartphone. eLearning'

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JUNE 16, 2016

According to Lou, companies are not following through to drive improved on the job performance. She emphasizes this point by stating that on the job learning without improvement is simply acquiring skills and knowledge that serve without purpose. She lists a few statistics to drive this point.

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MARCH 15, 2017

Chapter four provides a nice summary of the types of uses for mobile learning: Create videos, podcasts, ebooks, job aids, reminders or alerts. I have seen gamification work in this context, especially making memorization of guidelines fun. Collect data through surveys, quizzes, knowledge checks and polling. In Chapter five Ms.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

A lot of instructional materials such as: eLearning, training slides, presentation slides, job aids, web portals, and mobile responsive material all utilize major principles in visual design. For example, visual design focuses on user interface design and user experience. This allows for visual design to be more suitable for learning.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

Watch that webinar (follow the link) for my complete tirade on how certificates are an out-of-date way of performing the very important job of tracking continuing education and performance improvement. Shortly after presenting in that webinar I went to the annual meeting of MedBiquitous.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

SCORM currently tracks the learning that takes place inside of an LMS without considering the learning that takes place outside of the LMS such as informal learning, classroom learning, or on-the-job learning. The learning data is stored in terms of activities that learners have completed.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As Cammy notes in the opening chapter of her book, when you leave “the academy of instructional design,” you discover that “in practice, instructional designer is an umbrella term that covers a whole slew of people and jobs.”. Cammy’s book does a great job of providing practical tips on how to improve collaboration with the expert.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Let’s say you have your eye on a new job but you do not want to have to go back to school to achieve the updated requirements. You need to develop a document skill set targeted at the qualifications of the job that the employer will recognize and understand. Digital Badging is an emergent and rapidly evolving field.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Let’s say you have your eye on a new job but you do not want to have to go back to school to achieve the updated requirements. You need to develop a document skill set targeted at the qualifications of the job that the employer will recognize and understand. Digital Badging is an emergent and rapidly evolving field.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Compare this to the association itself spending months and money to find a qualified team who satisfy both the educational understanding and IT expertise needed for the job. For instance, the external company takes over administration of the association’s learning management system.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

Natalie explains that part of her job is to provide physicians with the best education possible, one that allows them to get back to working with their patients faster instead of taking up too much of their time. I asked Natalie for her opinion on this.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

.” The back half presents 101 ideas for active learning activities, grouped into categories such as social learning, m-learning, blended solutions, using technology in the classroom, learning on a team, mentoring, peer-to-peer coaching, informal learning, on-the-job assignments, and learning beyond the workplace.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

.” The back half presents 101 ideas for active learning activities, grouped into categories such as social learning, m-learning, blended solutions, using technology in the classroom, learning on a team, mentoring, peer-to-peer coaching, informal learning, on-the-job assignments, and learning beyond the workplace.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

My job seemed easy enough: the printer on my desk would print out red or black folders, and I had to file them in the red or black cabinets. There I was, standing in my cubicle. I glanced up at the clock. I checked the calendar to see if I had anything interesting planned further into the week. Nope, just work.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

Natalie explains that part of her job is to provide physicians with the best education that allows them to get back to working with their patients faster, instead of taking up too much of their time. We asked Natalie for her opinion on this. I asked her how she thinks technology will help with this barrier.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Higher Logic (below) does a good job of enhancing their current images by adding their tagline in large, bold type. Use large type to stand out, replace images with bold, emotion enhancing type. Push the limits of typography and your members will have no choice but to read what’s in front of them. Create Playful Illustrations.

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APRIL 9, 2010

As managers, it is our job to consider the factors to enable and maximize collaboration. Using communication tools like web conferencing to encourage efficient project meetings can go a long way at showing you respect the expert’s valuable time.

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JULY 14, 2015

In conclusion, I asked Michael about the most important skills that a good LMS Administrator needs to have to optimally do their job. I asked Michael about the most common issues that can happen with the front page, and about tools that can be used to update the front page. Here’s his response: [link].

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JULY 14, 2015

In conclusion, I asked Michael about the most important skills that a good LMS Administrator needs to have to optimally do their job. I asked Michael about the most common issues that can happen with the front page, and about tools that can be used to update the front page. Here’s his response: [link].

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AUGUST 14, 2009

I am planning to conduct a series of interviews with Clark Aldrich about his upcoming book (available for pre-order) called The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games: How the Most Valuable Content Will Be Created in the Age Beyond Gutenberg to Google.

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MAY 22, 2009

As I mentioned in eLearning Blogs Contribute to Industry Dialogue , Cobb did an excellent job on his three part series on “Marketing Your Blog.” His current research report on the association eLearning space is a bargain at $200. His Blog is also quite valuable. ” This past week, he posted on two Web 2.0

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Here’s why: Formative Evaluation: Meeting a professor in 2003 (Professor Alan Knox) who gave “on the job” meaning to what was required class reading. Having a Ph.D. now puts me in a new career zone, but it is really the seven years of graduate school leading up to this moment that has had the most impact on my work.

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APRIL 9, 2014

In my previous blog post, I wrote about how workers and job seekers likely undervalue the benefits of free online learning and professional development opportunities. How To Encourage Informal Professional Development At Work.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

They have their own jobs and are voluntarily taking your training at night, weekends, on the train, plane or anywhere they can squeeze in. Mobile LMS platforms are becoming a smart way to engage internal and external employees. External users are not sitting at their desktop at work. They are not necessarily your company employees.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Tasks are assigned a cost based on the budget, and no job is too small to be included in the budget. After the initial brainstorming and project approval, the project manager schedules each project task after estimates and discussions from each team member.

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MAY 19, 2010

As an IDD team leader, your job is to engage and influence subject matter experts to share and enthusiastically commit to help you develop quality interactive online content. Although often seen as an energy source and idea generator when interacting with others on projects, it is recommended that I remember to LISTEN.

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MARCH 7, 2010

Learner is asked to read a case study and connect it to their job setting. Learner is asked to check their knowledge absorption with multiple quiz questions or an activity that requires action on the part of the learner. This requires thinking about what was absorbed. The learner reflects on why it is relevant.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

If your job is to write the RFP, hopefully you can avoid the ten dumbest RFP questions. should be mandatory reading for everyone in your organization who is involved in preparing proposals or prospect presentations. This book will at least give you a better understanding and empathy for what vendors must go through to answer RFPs.

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JUNE 4, 2009

I was pleasantly surprised at the large turn-out (unofficial estimates are somewhere around 8,000), which was comprised of a large contingent of international attendees and probably a good amount of people networking for a job. This was my first visit to ICE since the DotCom Era.

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MAY 6, 2019

When members log in to your AMS to update their profiles with information such as changes of addresses or jobs, your LMS will be updated automatically with this information as well. Their history of involvement with your association.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Relevant actions: - Reflecting on how the learned concept can be applied to their job, - Writing in a learning journal, - And/or performing an exercise that requires dragging and dropping objects to correct categories in order to demonstrate knowledge.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Tabbing for screen reader accessibility: Our instructional designers learned how to use the Jobs Access with Speech (JAWS) screen reader to test accessibility of content for visually impaired learners. This work helped us streamline our course development and avoid any serious structural issues later in the process.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

The most important job you have as the client is to clearly define the statement of work (SOW). It is the client’s job to be careful of scope creep—that is, more and more tasks sneaking into the project. Just tell them up front you are paying their air fare—I’d limit it to one or two trips, unless you have a million dollar project.

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