Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In this session, you will: Identify the potential costs of not remembering. She has spoken at numerous conferences—including ASTD, ISPI, and SALT on the topics of learning design and game design. Gain an understanding of research-based learning principles such as spaced repetition, feedback loops and more. Click here to register!

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Games Case Study Free ASTD 165

Upside Learning

APRIL 16, 2013

Whether you have been managing disparate training programs via an LMS or have been doing it the traditional way and are now looking at adopting an LMS for managing blended learning, the 8 things mentioned below will help you to smoothly bring in blended learning in your L&D plan. Some of the common needs are: Time and cost savings.

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Blended Learning Blended LMS Virtual Classroom 244

OpenSesame

JANUARY 19, 2012

Each year the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) surveys learning and development professionals and compiles their findings into the State of the Industry Report. At the same time, ASTD found that the number of learning hours used per employee remained stable at 32 a year. Cost of a Learning Hour Continues to Grow.

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ASTD Report Industry Develop 40

Take an e-Learning Break

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Join or Renew your Houston ASTD Membership Take $25 off your General Membership fee if you join or renew your membership at this event.Membership in the Houston ASTD chapter creates the professional opportunities you need to compete in today’s rapidly changing marketplace. Presenters: Debbie Richards - Creative Interactive Ideas.

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ASTD Microsoft Training Train 49

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Are you an eLearning expert with an excellent idea for a new initiative or online education program? For example, “increase member retention” might have three strategic strings: - Benchmark member retention programs. Assess value in existing membership programs. administrative costs (hardware, software, support, etc.),

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ROI Diversity Training eLearning Strategy eLearning 147

ID Reflections

MAY 11, 2010

We need to get w/the program! We should! ~@ dwilkinsnh #ISPI #ASTD GenY has a tribe. When you suggest/ask the Enterprise for funds for Training - do you look at both First and Life Cycle costs in the ROI forecast? Tags: #ISPI #ASTD social media collaborative learning Twitter Collaboration communication. No one owns SoMe.

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ISPI Skype Social Learning Social 168

Upside Learning

JULY 5, 2012

Sure some ‘learning’ can be delivered on mobile phones especially when spacing learning events/interventions or as part of a blended program – one of the three ways in which mobile devices can broadly be used in workplace learning. It is quite literally mobile everything. Small screen size is not suitable for learning.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Compliance Training Blended Learning 279

The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

MAY 12, 2020

ASTD findings show that almost all organizations (92 percent of respondents) use the first level of evaluation which measures participant reaction. This doesn’t even include external costs your organization may incur, including administrative and advertising fees. ASTD: New Study Shows Training Evaluation Efforts Need Help.

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Metrics ASTD Evalution Social Networks 52

Origin Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Native apps are essentially bundled programs which are created keeping a particular type of device in mind. With an average development time of one to two* weeks and expense around USD 10,000*, web apps are a cost-effective way to blend mobile learning with your existing learning strategy. Native apps.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 30, 2013

So here are the 10 advantages of leveraging an LMS for blended learning, justifiably segregated for administrators and learners – both who will be a part of your blended learning program. Overall, it centralizes your training function and reduces your time and cost expenditures. For Administrators. Streamlined training process.

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Blended Learning Blended LMS Wiki 262

Marcia Conner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Although formal training accounts for only a small percentage of learning , unless noted specifically, the stats here relate to formal training, meaning that managed by a training department, usually through classes or online education (elearning) programs. ASTD estimates that U.S. ASTD estimates that U.S. percent to $55.8

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Blended Learning ASTD Budget PeopleSoft 103

The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

ASTD reports an increase in spending on L&D in 2010 (latest year for which data is available); they estimate companies spent about $171.5 In a previous blog post, I wrote that most training programs significantly impact only 10% to 20% of their participants. It’s about learning; it’s not about glitzy programs.

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Simulations Training Train ASTD 157

Learning Visions

MAY 7, 2014

These are my live blogged notes from a concurrent session (W104) at the ASTD International Conference & Expo, this week in Washington, D.C. Training effectiveness = maximizing organizational results and demonstrating program value. What will be the ultimate business criteria for program success?

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Evalution Effectiveness Case Study Kirkpatrick 157

Big Dog, Little Dog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

One ASTD research project supported by the U.S. Thus, informal learning gets 86% of all learning investments, while formal learning programs get 14% of the total investment. To get a more accurate cost we need to add the learner' wages to formal learning's cost.

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Informal Learning Cost Informal ASTD 36

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 6, 2009

ASTD's Big Question for January is, again, a series of questions. I'm giving a workshop to the Centeral Iowa Chapter of ASTD. With the economy in a shambles, one good way to reduce costs is to conduct e-learning. Tags: ASTD Big Question. What are your biggest challenges for this upcoming year? First a little reflection.

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Predictions ASTD Big Question Write Blog 100

Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

My fear is that a CEO will walk into a training department after having read an article in the Harvard Business Review about Gamificaiton and demand that the training department create a gamification program to train sales reps. I divorced the reward from the action; I am offering the whitepaper freely on the web for no cost.

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Gamification Blogging Instructional Instruction 264

Mindflash

APRIL 11, 2012

But this year, the stars aligned, and we were fortunate enough to be able to send our entire learning and development team to Denver for the ASTD International Conference and Expo. But that’s OK, because I know the benefits of the trip outweigh the costs. Image used courtesy of ASTD.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2009

Sunday, August 23, 2009 Kineo Webinar: Compliance Training Case Study Kineo will be holding a free webinar on developing cost-effective compliance training on Thursday, August 27, 2009. Rapid E-learning provides an alternative to develop compliance training cost-effectively and quickly. Join Kineo and Mary K. Schottmiller J.D,

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Case Study Compliance Training Compliance Study 100

Learning Visions

APRIL 29, 2011

Today I’m at ASTD’s New England Regional Conference: Learning 2.0 These are my live blogged notes from the opening keynote with Tony Bingham, CEO and President of ASTD. Don’t get left behind in lovely Westford, MA. Conference Board research from 2009: CEO challenges “how do we stay afloat?”

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eFront

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Leaning Circuits - ASTD Everyone has something to say about e-learning, but are we communicating in the same language? E-Learning Glossary - Imperial College London Barrier-Free eLearning When participating with WSU, College of Engineerings Barrier-Free eLearning program, you may be introduced to new terms and concepts.

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Social Networks Open Source Text-to-Speech Storyboard 109

Upside Learning

AUGUST 31, 2009

In November 1959, Donald Kirkpatrick published a series of seminal articles on training evaluation in the ‘Journal of the ASTD’. The end is the beginning – An incisive comment: ‘For decades, practitioners have attempted to apply the four levels after a program has been developed and delivered.

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Kirkpatrick Metrics eLearning Consultant Evalution 174

Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Then there was a programmer who did the programming of the course. And many of them offer low cost or even free access to the types of assets you can use in your elearning courses. Free stuff : It’s a cost-effective way to build a portfolio of resources. Tidbits: December 8 : Charlotte, NC (ASTD)— Rapid E-Learning Design.

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Rapid eLearning Library ASTD eLearning Guild 77

SweetRush

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

By now hopefully your company’s leadership team has bought off on the concept of e-learning as a cost-saver. We know it reduces time spent off the job, eliminates costly travel costs to attend instructor-led training, and allows us to learn the same amount of content in a shorter amount of time. Show them the ROI. Is it inconsistent?

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Business ROI vendor e-learning vendor 70

Rapid eLearning

MAY 22, 2012

Typically compliance courses are more like certification programs. I delivered an annual safety program once that had over 20 modules. What does that cost the organization in lost productivity? July 18: Knoxville, TN ( Smoky Mountain ASTD ). July 25: Portland, OR (ASTD). July 31: Austin, TX (ASTD).

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Compliance Training Compliance ASTD Course 78

Mindflash

MARCH 7, 2012

I’ll admit it: When it comes to teaching, classroom programs are my favorite. But amidst widespread cost-cutting, most organizations have shuttered their classroom learning programs in favor of more inexpensive technology learning. Then have a smaller image at the top of the screen as the program continues.

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Personal Personalization Blended Learning Classroom 78

Mindflash

JUNE 5, 2012

But studies show that the benefit of training the lowest-performing employees is minimal; typically they’ll only improve marginally, while the cost and effort that goes into that training can often be too great to outweigh their slightly improved performance. More : Five Ways to Spice Up Company Training Programs.

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ROI Training Train ASTD 94

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

This month's ASTD big question is What is the impact of the economy on you and your organization? So, the impact is large on the organization and I feel that more budget cuts, hiring freezes and program reductions might be in the future as we are entirely state funded. What are you doing as a result? The $22 million is equal to 4.25

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Low Cost ASTD Budget Social Media 100

Learning Visions

JULY 13, 2009

Keeping costs down: Given the pace of change, product knowledge e-learning has got to be cost effective, otherwise the maintenance costs will be prohibitive. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Knowledge Productivity Product Case Study 100

Learnnovators

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Learning is largely informal (on-the-job), a little social (peer), and least formal (training programs and courses). With today’s powerful emerging technologies, embedding simple, cost-effective, and effective performance support solutions in the workflow of employees is a matter of thinking innovatively.

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Performance Support Support Performance Case Study 150

Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

When you’re working with limited resources you’ve got to find places where you can get good free or low cost assets. Keep your eyes open for places where you can get free or low cost assets. Considering that the question comes from those with limited budgets I’ll offer a few ideas on low cost solutions. I went to Pepperdine.

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Rapid eLearning Low Cost Microphone FAQ 80

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 3, 2011

You see in Linkedin groups – go check out the ASTD Linkedin group and see how many times they focus on ILT vs WBT. Until a few years ago, ASTD didn’t offer a standalone E-Learning conference, yet e-learning has been around for more than a dozen years. ASTD is not the only ones. You will be shocked. E-Learning. .

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Blended Learning ILT ASTD Learning 82

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

So as designers, we – (and by this, I mean I) – need to be better prepared to create more complex training programs. So the future indeed may return us designers to flex those creative and intellectual muscles - if the budgets allow and the focus is on real performance improvement, not purely cutting training costs.

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Authoring Tools Corporate eLearning Moodle Instructional Design 100

Mindflash

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Data are hard to come by, but we know that apprenticeship programs have largely disappeared, along with management-training programs. The cost of learning is shared with the employee. I imagine that a better question to ask than “What education programs do we cut?” > Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Mindflash.

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Education Mentoring RSS ASTD 73

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Publicly available training program. Game based learning programs that teach high level info about business, mission values. Average age of Sun employee is 42 Project cost: $150K in external vendor costs Project length: Created over 4 months. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Sun eLearning Guild Wiki Corporate eLearning 111

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Michael Allen and I sit down and discuss the Zebra program at ASTD conference way back in 2011. The costs were simply unsustainable. Our first thought was to build a better programming language than the one PLATO had. We were spending millions of dollars on courseware development.

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Instructional Design ADDIE Authoring Tools Conversation 254

Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 11, 2012

For the organization looking to make cuts and still offer training, elearning is a viable option because it can reduce costs. Information courses are more like marketing programs that promote awareness with no immediate performance expectations. Are You Saving Time or Reducing Costs? Then compare those costs to yours.

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Metrics ISPI Performance Support ROI 93

Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2013

I'm at the ASTD Tech Knowledge 2013 Conference kicking off today January 29, 2013 in San Jose, California. Extreme programming, Agile, etc. These are my liveblogged notes from a concurrent session with Dr. Michael Allen. Apologies for typos and incoherence. Michael Allen CEO, Allen Interactions.

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Instructional Design ADDIE Agile Budget 171