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7 Learning Industry Websites You Need To Know

LearnDash

If you are starting out in the learning industry (instructional design, LMS administrator, etc.), American Society of Training & Development (ASTD). This one kind of goes without saying, the ASTD is one of the largest organizations dedicated to training and development. e-Learning Learning.

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danah boyd ASTD Tech Knowledge Key Note #astdtk13

Learning Visions

These are my liveblogged notes from ASTD Tech Knowledge 2013 Opening Keynote kicking off today January 29, 2013 in San Jose, California. In last 15 years, a shift in how programming happens and how it’s changed the industry. In NY there are “data drinks” – the social networks become the fabric of the tech industry. danah boyd.

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A tribute to Dr Donald Kirkpatrick, pioneer and veteran of Instructional Design

Origin Learning

Facebook 1 Twitter 5 Google+ 0 LinkedIn 1 Pinterest 1 Origin Learning mourns the loss of a great innovator. He was a pioneer in corporate training effectiveness evaluation, and his model is still an industry standard for measuring the impact of training programs. Image Credit – kirkpatrickpartners.com.

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ASTD Follow-Up

Tony Karrer

Last week at ASTD TechKnowledge , I did a keynote on Work Literacy and eLearning 2.0, Can a highly regulated and slow to change Insurance Industry adapt these new methods of learning? an online Q&A Session for the Virtual Conference and a session on using Web 2.0 Tools for eLearning. eLearning 2.0 Examples - [link] Web 2.0

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How I use social media professionally

Challenge to Learn

I actively started using LinkedIn (my first social media site) in 2004. I started out very careful only connecting to people I knew really well, later I discovered that there is a value for looser a network as long as it is focused on a certain industry. This weekend I read an old but interesting post on LinkedIn strategies.

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5 Essential Qualifications to Look for in an Instructional Designer

LearnDash

Industry Experience – Do you work in the automotive industry? If so, then the ID you employ should have exposure to this industry as well. If they don’t understand basic terminology of your industry, then expect your other employees to become annoyed quite quickly. elearning instructional design'

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Establishing Connections on LinkedIn

eLearning Blender

Everybody talks about how great LinkedIn is so a while back I set up an account to see what everybody was talking about. So that raises the question; how do you establish connections on LinkedIn? I started off by joining the ASTD, and CLO groups and I think I'll look into the eLearning Guilds group next.