InSync Training

AUGUST 23, 2016

Over the course of this engaging live online event, Jennifer and participants brainstormed on how to leverage social collaborative Pull learning during the various moments of learning need. To learn more about microlearning, and a more detailed review of social collaborative tools, access Jennifer’s full BYTE session recording here.

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InSync Training

MARCH 25, 2015

The moment you mention social learning, invariably the L&D community starts thinking of Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs). While an ESN may not be a necessary condition for social learning, it does provide a platform that adds a level of tangibility to social behaviours. Engagement Social Learning'

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

This week, we continue our series by diving deeper into social and community tools and apps. We use social media to share content, communicate, and interact. These social and community tools and apps can help us do just that. Last week, we looked at communication and interaction EdTech tools and apps.

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InSync Training

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Training Magazine Network invited me to present my virtual session, Integrating Social Media into the Virtual Classroom, as part of their “Provocative Ideas Webinar Series.” I began the session by defining social learning as “learning that happens between peers.”

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InSync Training

JANUARY 13, 2017

Part of that approach is to identify the experts, websites, social media channels, and other resources that will comprise your Personal Learning Network, or PLN. Last week, I discussed how to design your personal learning path , using foundational instructional design techniques.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Throughout this series we have explored social, teaching, and cognitive presence - the key elements within the Community of Inquiry framework. This last installment explores the intersection of these three presences and approaches to measuring the effectiveness of the work we do in the design, development, and delivery of eLearning.

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InSync Training

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

While social media is one of the best mediums for marketing, not enough companies are giving their employees the training and tools to make the most out of it. If you’ve been thinking about rallying your team to boost your social media results, here are some tips to launch a successful training program.

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InSync Training

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Citrix GoToTraining kindly invited InSync Training President Jennifer Hofmann to share her five steps for making the virtual classroom mobile and social with their audience on November 3, 2015. Jennifer described the following process to event participants: Understand what mobile learning and social learning mean.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The Association for Talent Development (ATD) graciously invited me to present 5 Steps to Making the Virtual Classroom Mobile & Social. I was delighted to discuss the subject with a very engaged and enthusiastic ATD audience on August 28th.

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InSync Training

OCTOBER 20, 2015

InSync Training President Jennifer Hofmann shared her 5 Steps to Making Your Virtual Classroom Mobile and Social with a rapt BYTE series audience on October 14, 2015. Jennifer said, “Virtual in and of itself is no longer a singular solution for training problems. Our learners are coming and asking for more.”.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

When we introduce a new topic, we often start with a webinar. The ubiquitous technology and common virtual classroom delivery format seems to be an easy way to engage, and teach, a large audience in a short time. We know the webinar format has its challenges.

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InSync Training

OCTOBER 1, 2015

These tools can be used to build community and continue the learning conversation started in the classroom, or they can be used as a stand-alone “just-in-time” set of resources for training in the flow of work—or anything in between.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Social presence refers to the collection of behaviors that help participants in a virtual environment see the facilitator -- and each other -- as human. There’s less conversation, though, about the role of the facilitator and the skills needed to bring the energy and feeling of connectedness of the live event to the live online one.

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InSync Training

APRIL 19, 2020

Thanks to its easy-to-use functionality, and an effort by company leadership to make it more accessible, people of all ages have started to use Zoom for work, learning, and socialization. Zoom-hosted game nights bring friends together across distance. K-12 and college students have learned how to Zoom to stay on academic track.

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InSync Training

MARCH 17, 2020

Each year, this informal holiday will include kudos and tips shared on social media using #InstructionalDesignerDay, complimentary content and events, and more. Moving forward, we will dedicate the third Wednesday of March to highlighting the important contributions of those who create training programs of all sizes and types.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Offering meaningful practice opportunities and providing good feedback can also contribute to a sense of social presence, discussed in my last post, Facilitation Tips Series, Part 1: Presence.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 7, 2018

Constant communication, the pervasive availability of information, and the ever-changing opportunities for social collaboration exemplify this new reality. As technology evolves, our ability to learn anytime and anywhere changes, too. Now, our possibilities seem literally endless.

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InSync Training

JANUARY 18, 2018

Guest blogger Jenny Holt provides guidance on how individuals (and even teams) can use this professional networking social platform for professional development. For the uninitiated, LinkedIn is often seen as a social network that is good for making professional connections and developing a reputation as an industry thought leader.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

They commanded the attention of millions by way of social media apps like FarmVille , and touch-screen tablets made it possible for designers to reach audiences ranging much younger and older than ever before. Back in 2010—right as I was beginning my career transition into instructional design—games emerged as the educational topic du jour.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

My knowledge of blogging was initially acquired as a graduate student for a social media course. Dr. Andrew Klobucar, who was the professor at NJIT for my social media course, stressed that social media as a whole—which included blogs—had the role of creating community.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 8, 2018

We bank, read, socially interact, and more from a device that fits in the palm of our hand. Mobile learning’s on the rise, and for good reason. Mobile technology, once a luxury, has become commonplace in our lives. The Jetsons imagined a similar future, but did corporate training?

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InSync Training

JANUARY 4, 2018

Training and Development is facing a fantastic future, thanks to the globalization , socialization , and mobilization of modern learners. New year, new vision! Add to this ever-evolving EdTech and the growing expectations on training to improve performance, and it's a recipe for a complex and complicated landscape.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 15, 2014

As new technologies, like the virtual classroom, eLearning, and social media, are introduced, we continue to play it safe by trying to make these technology experiences replicate the classroom. After all we’ve been using the traditional classroom forever, how can we possibly go wrong teaching in a classroom in front of an audience?

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InSync Training

MAY 28, 2014

With social media, virtual classrooms, mobile learning, BYOD, and more, we are being asked to create blended learning that takes advantage of all the future has to offer. But which of these are a fad, and which are here for the long-run? And what are the drivers that make them happen? Blended learning'

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InSync Training

DECEMBER 4, 2014

We''ve recently published our 2015 schedule , including our flagship programs for virtual facilitation and virtual instructional design techniques plus cutting-edge titles dealing with topics such as the mobile virtual classroom , the social virtual classroom , and the global virtual classroom.

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InSync Training

JULY 3, 2018

In today’s global, mobile, social workplace, training often supports dispersed learners, all of whom have individual learning goals and attendance requirements. Within L&D, and even within the same organization, the title for this kind of learning experience varies.

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InSync Training

MAY 20, 2014

The answer sounds simple: find ways to bring participants together for social interaction or to solve a problem. A key to enabling virtual learners is to design opportunities for learners to interact and collaborate. But how do you make virtual learning a collaborative experience?

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InSync Training

JUNE 13, 2017

Every resource, live event, and social collaborative opportunity exists in support of each other and our learners. Modern blended learning, Jennifer believes, should be the new training norm. Nothing we design stands alone anymore, and no moment of learning need goes unaddressed.

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InSync Training

MAY 21, 2014

We can develop moderated discussions using social media, discussion boards and email. We have many options available to us when creating blended training programs. We can build self-paced programs using learning portals, websites, and e-learning. The trick is learning what technologies to use and how to facilitate the blend.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

We're managing global, mobile, and social learners, while also flipping our traditional classroom training into engaging, interactive programs. As we all know, modern learning has a ton going on. New EdTech tools and apps emerge daily. MOOCs are revamping the higher education experience.

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InSync Training

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Today’s workforce is more global, mobile, and social than ever before. This presents unique challenges to training professionals, most notably: how do we best support these learners?

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InSync Training

JUNE 22, 2017

I'll be learning how to write posts for social media, communicate with university clients, and generally help with whatever is needed. My secret (shhh, don't tell!) is that I'm not a learning industry expert, and I'm learning this job as a marketing team assistant from the ground up.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The Blended Learning Hub, launching March 6, provides a social collaborative learning makerspace that builds learners' skills in critical modern learning topics through personalized learning pathways. When she couldn't find one, she created one.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

L ast week, we looked at social and community EdTech tools and apps. This week, we continue our series on our EdTech toolboxes by diving deeper into assessment and evaluation tools and apps. The tools that focus on quantifying or qualifying the impact of learning fall into this toolbox compartment.

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InSync Training

AUGUST 2, 2016

To support the mobile , social , and modern virtual classroom , we share our findings and lessons learned with our audience to encourage the creation of training that sticks. As we navigate designing, producing and facilitating virtual classroom and blended learning, we identify solutions to common challenges.

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InSync Training

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Not only has training evolved into a blended learning model, the “ Modern Classroom ” is influenced by multicultural cohorts, a mobile workforce, and social networking tools. Engaging learners has always been a challenge.

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InSync Training

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

With the very social/collaborative nature of the virtual classroom, it’s understandable that gamification of these designs seems such a good fit. All of your game's prompts or "missions" should be identical to real-world skills/learning objectives.

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