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Six trends that impact L&D in 2018 and beyond

Challenge to Learn

These trends are not isolated from one another, they are deeply interconnected and to be considered in unison to form a future-proof L&D strategy. Growing awareness of the pitfalls of massive open online course (MOOCs). The way ahead.

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How to Convert PowerPoint Presentations With Embedded Audio and Synchronized Animation by Jeff Batt

LearningGuild

While Unison is a good tool for creating interactive activities, you can also use it to upload and convert PowerPoint presentations, including animation, audio, and synchronization timing settings. Tags: Development Techniques Graphics Instructional Design Interface Design Media Tools. Here’s a step-by-step guide!

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How to Efficiently Reduce Company Help Desk Calls With Training To Streamline Operations and Reduce The Number Of Employees

IT Training Department Blog

Poor design and usability : If self-service options are not user-friendly, intuitive, and easy to navigate, users may become frustrated and abandon them. Self-service help is a great solution to use in unison with the help desk but it’s only as good as the functionality of it and resources available.

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What is it about games.?

Learning with e's

The second paper, presented by Marie Maertens (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium) showcased some research done into instructional design approaches in games. Marie spoke about adaptive and adaptable game-play and how games can be designed to respond to the individual needs and preferences of learners.

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The Hour of Code: Kids Learn to Code

TechSmith Camtasia

Read on for a guest post by Olga Granat ( Follow @ogranat ), Instructional Technology Specialist at Valparaiso Community Schools, who kindly agreed to write up an account of her school’s experience with their first Hour of Code at the end of last year! Even though this event is called the Hour of Code, this was also an hour of learning.

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Best of the Best: Content Authoring Tools

eLearning 24-7

Design - People want fresh – nice look and feel. 7 Rapid Intake Unison – One of the first RCATs to offer collaborative capabilities on the net. This product is 100% geared towards e-learning developers or instructional designers who have at a minimum moderate tech skills. Ease of use is clearly visible. #6

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Latest E-Learning News and Notes

eLearning 24-7

Rapid Intake Unison. Since, the majority of training depts, learning and development depts do not have someone with a background in instructional design nor an e-learning developer in their midst to build the courses, a person who is either brand new to training or is a classroom trainer is asked to create WBT. The Competition.