Instant messaging. The tool comes with an integrated social network wherein all registered users can create their own profile, search for people, send invitations, make friends, send messages, and create groups on different topics. They also have the flexibility to send announcements or messages globally or to individual learners. Scores and grades that the learners have obtained are made available on the assignment tool. MORE

Instant messaging. The tool comes with an integrated social network wherein all registered users can create their own profile, search for people, send invitations, make friends, send messages, and create groups on different topics. They also have the flexibility to send announcements or messages globally or to individual learners. Scores and grades that the learners have obtained are made available on the assignment tool. MORE

Other features include file repository, resource management, assessment tool, surveys, forums, school logon summary, blog and ePortfolio. Blogs, chat, favorites, wikis, forum. Instant messaging. A couple of systems that scored a “B” LoudCloud – Instructional Improvement System. Note: Due to myself presenting as one of the keynote speakers at LearnX Asia Pacific in Melbourne, Australia, there will be not be a blog post for next week. MORE

In case you missed it, this is what he is saying: "In the age of instant messaging, wikis, social networking sites and videoconferencing on cell phones, collaboration and consensus are gaining yet more currency. Going online makes it worse: "The fear of dissenting is magnified in a Web, email or instant messaging exchange, because participants know their comments can be saved and widely distributed. MORE

The way he did it was by assigning scores to responses that were - Often, Sometimes, Rarely, Never. Big winners: Communities of Practice, Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts. Warning that on Blogs and Podcasts, the numbers are so low that any adoption looks bigger than it really is. Again, this is pretty close to overall, but a few differences: Blogs, Podcasts, Communities of Practice, and Wikis have jumped even more in larger corporations than in smaller corporations. MORE

After the interview, a rubric is used to score candidates, which allows for the consistent hiring of top talent. Avoid shooting a cryptic instant message or half-baked email. The post How To Retain Great Talent: Hiring Is Only The Beginning appeared first on TalentLMS Blog. Great managers know that the best employees are volunteers. MORE

I used a weighted scoring system to create a ranked list of all the items in the four questions, which shows the most frequent way respondents learn, down to the least frequent ways. Read blog posts/online articles. Live chats/instant messages/Skype chats. Last week I invited readers to take my latest Learning in the Workplace survey , where I asked how regularly are you “learning” in the workplace. MORE

There’s also the fact that Twitter provides few mechanisms for saving, cataloguing and viewing tweets at a later time, besides the rather inflexible hashtags; it’s more a stream-of-messages than a content repository. For one, it can re-post your messages across several social media (Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and others, including China’s hugely popular Weibo). Social media have become an indispensable part of modern life. MORE

If you want to get links to the free templates as we build more, make sure to sign up for the blog here. When you build a scenario or story-based course, you’ll often need to pull in elements of communication, such as a character or learner checking an email, phone call, or instant message. On course or quiz completion, you may want to show the results of the course, such as pass/fail or a score. eLearning Templates Instructional Design Tips Posts blog MORE

While I could write an entire blog post on the reasons for this, I think Clark Quinn summarizes it quite nicely: “As work becomes more complex and the level of information explodes, speed-to-competence will depend on an organizations ability to allow learners to support themselves by tapping into the knowledge of others.” How many blog posts do we read these days whose title ends with the words “ IS DEAD ”? Home About Podcasts Videos Xyleme Inc. MORE

There’s also the fact that Twitter provides few mechanisms for saving, cataloguing and viewing tweets at a later time, besides the rather inflexible hashtags; it’s more a stream-of-messages than a content repository. For one, it can re-post your messages across several social media (Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and others, including China’s hugely popular Weibo). Social media have become an indispensable part of modern life. MORE

These tools create true-false, multiple-choice, short-answer, text-entry, matching-lists, and other kinds of computer-scored tests. Includes social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashups and folksonomies. Tags: folksonomy blog wiki content development authoring tools podcast read/write web mashup elearning development MORE

Using interdisciplinary skills for a holistic approach to learning can be achieved through implementing technologies in the workplace, such as instant messaging and opportunity for online collaboration. Gamification is achieved by introducing gaming elements into serious training programs, through the use of tools such as leader boards, point scores and prizing. The post Secret to Increasing Learner Engagement appeared first on EdApp Microlearning Blog. MORE

” Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company that uses various facets of social learning such as instant messaging, group discussion boards and video chat, adopted a similar measurement strategy. First, the company captures user activity data including blog posts, comments, downloads and shares, but measuring the efficacy of social learning doesn’t stop there. MORE