Integrated Learnings

APRIL 3, 2013

Online Classroom. An online classroom offers many of the same benefits as face-to-face learning but it can be done remotely for a geographically dispersed group. It is often the bane of the learning community because everyone has experienced a bad disengaging page turner that puts them to sleep.

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Let’s look at some of these roles: Online Discussion Facilitation – Social media has become a major component in learning environments today. As such, designers are finding themselves doing things such as facilitating online discussions to encourage informal learning and collaboration to enhance their courses.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 30, 2011

Implement an online collaboration site for anyone who has gone through the learning event to share their experiences. All of this can apply to either instructor-led or online training. Another suggestion is to have an instructor, a supervisor, or other mentor create a blog with a daily or weekly question to be posed to them. --3--

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 14, 2012

Are you simply creating a web-based course, or are you partnering it with a job aid or online reference tool? There are also many online project management tools that you can use – just put “online project management software” in your Google search, and you will see many options.

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 16, 2011

This ties in with thoughts lately that a good bit of online training might better be presented as electronic performance support organized in context. Again, this is driving towards online performance support. If it is not readily available, they'll seek it on their own via Google or some other search mechanism.

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Integrated Learnings

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

There is not much worse than static text in online learning. Learners go online to get immersed and engaged. by Jonathan Shoaf. They pick up a book to read text. So I try to be careful about how I use text when I am developing a course. I like text to be timely, simple, and sparse.

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Integrated Learnings

MARCH 2, 2011

Guided practice using online support information (such as a robust help lookup tool) can also help to provide enhanced practice time for learners. A few ideas to enhance retention and transfer include: Offer follow-up support via an online Q&A or “community.” How can you build imaginative practice into your eLearning lessons?

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 24, 2013

You can use tools such as Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat to create direct links to online sites and places to take notes. Use new technologies to obtain documents – We placed documents such as the workbook and other job aids on an online server and used a free QR code generator to create a QR code.

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Some instructional designers opt to record audio for an eLearning course using online conferencing tools, such as Adobe Connect or Microsoft Live Meeting. A second challenge with using online conferencing tools is that they do not provide an option for output to AICC or SCORM for integration into a Learning Management System (LMS).

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Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 8, 2009

A lesson I thought was particularly interesting from this video is that a 2009 US Department of Education study reveals that students studying online often outperform their face-to-face peers. Online training is constantly changing and some would say changing dramatically in the last couple of years. Is this surprising to you?

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 15, 2012

Several tests exist to determine contextual readability, and you can use free online tools to test your own writing. The contextual side focuses on how well text can be understood by the reader. A writer can influence this with choice of words, number of syllables, sentence length, etc.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 17, 2013

If you're working with Lectora and need some assistance, here’s a list of helpful resources available online. As with any tool, it’s always helpful to see tips and tricks from others that you can add to your own projects. Official Resources from Trivantis.

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Integrated Learnings

JULY 6, 2011

Exporting to Lectora and Lectora Online. There is also a similar audio recording option plus the ability to import and make basic edits to existing audio and video files. In addition, Snap allows you to sync your media up to the timing of PowerPoint animation effects.

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Integrated Learnings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Backchannel – Wikipedia defines a backchannel as “the practice of using networked computers to maintain a real-time online conversation alongside live spoken remarks.” Other online tools are available in the marketplace; however, I will refer to using a backchannel in Twitter throughout this post. But guess what? How It Works.

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Integrated Learnings

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

For all these reasons, Adobe connect can be used to do a variety of sharing and learning tasks online. It's video streaming and sharing capabilities are a step above the competition allowing presenters to push out video and pause video in the same spot for all partipants. And finally, it has robust polling and audience engagement features.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 2, 2013

ReviewLink: Online Review Tool for Lectora. Want to develop your technical skills? Lectora has been one of the most frequently recurring topics on the blog this year. To sharpen your Lectora skills, take a peek at the posts linked below. A Few Lectora Tips. Extending Lectora with an iFrame.

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

They provide SCORM services in the cloud that can work with online applications through an API. It’s installed on your corporate network but uses some services from the cloud. SCORM Cloud by the good folks at Rustici is an example of this. You may now be saying, “I have no clue where any Internet sites are.aren’t they part of cloud computing?”

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Integrated Learnings

JULY 27, 2010

assessments, development plan, online discussion, etc.). . --6-- State expectations : Since training should result in specific on-the-job behaviors, inform learners of what will be expected of them after training (and how they’ll be held accountable). Of course, this element should be a part of every course. --7--

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Integrated Learnings

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Reading this chapter reminded me of a study I heard about a while back, in which subjects completed an online lesson on a health-related topic. One chapter describes studies that suggest that including coach-like characters in eLearning and similar on-screen agents benefits learning.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you're not able to actually take a Flash class, you can still learn enough from online resources to educate yourself. It could enhance your resume if you are able to "talk" development with knowledge and skill. You won't ever take development for granted!

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 16, 2009

With these applications, not only do you have the ability to do all your work online (no software to install), you can also collaborate with people so that more than one person can view and edit the document you are working on. Another good example of a software service is the online mind mapping (or brainstorming) software by Mindomo.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 26, 2010

Think back to the last time you were in training, whether it was online or in the classroom. By Shelley A. What pieces stand out most? While hopefully there are memorable moments from throughout the course, you can probably also recall how the course started and ended.

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Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Have two people complete the eLearning program together on one computer.

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Integrated Learnings

JULY 18, 2009

I'm a big fan of Google and I use Google's online applications on a daily basis. I've found the Google Calendar to be easy to use and easy to access at home, at work, and on the go. When I was recently asked to teach a class on how to use Google Calendar I started thinking about how to integrate it with Lectora.

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Integrated Learnings

MARCH 8, 2011

One of his internal clients has a preference of publishing PowerPoint-driven lectures online with audio. Technology enables us to be both learner-centric and value-centric. A corporate eLearning director and I discussed this recently. They're very templated and look good, but you couldn't really call them eLearning by most standards.

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Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 25, 2010

For instance, I recently took an online compliance course that suggested a linear flow for working through the content, but also allowed learners to skip around. Again, the key here is clear instructions for the learner and a logical, even intuitive, interface.

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Web developers pushing to create a better and better online user experience has resulted in a patch work of web browser specific tags and a variety of plug-in technologies scattered throughout the web.

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Integrated Learnings

JUNE 17, 2012

By Shelley A. Many eLearning courses walk learners through a detailed process flow within the course, and then the eLearning courses tell learners that a job aid with the same information is also available for reference later. Instead, consider directing learners to the job aid first.

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Integrated Learnings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

3-- Engage in Online Networking. Online networks offer an outlet for following industry trends and generating discussion around your areas of interest. Get links to recent articles from training professionals and organizations on Twitter.

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 21, 2011

For example, using a portal to bring employees together online to share learnings and experiences before, during and after the course is a great idea to take the learning to another level. Think Big Picture - Shift your mindset from thinking of a single training “event” to a learning environment that is much bigger than a single event.

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Integrated Learnings

MARCH 13, 2011

My organization was ready for online training, but was still in the process of choosing an LMS. SCORM is a standard to help promote interoperability of content between learning management systems. I have recently benefited from developing content for this standard.

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