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8 Learning Behaviors That Can Hinder Knowledge Assimilation In eLearning!

Growth Engineering

Most online learners already have an ingrained mindset when they begin your eLearning course. This consists of personal cognitions, past experiences, and opinions that shape who they are and how much they’ll learn. In fact, they may even have certain learning behaviors that prevent them from fully absorbing and retaining the subject matter. Knowledge assimilation and retention becomes more challenging when online learners exhibit the following learning behaviors: 1.

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Why Management Needs to Change

The Performance Improvement Blog

Following is a selection from our new book, Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy (Chapter One). . As the economic paradigms change, a corporate Darwinism takes over and the companies that fail to change and evolve disappear. In 2012, Richard Foster’s research at Yale University indicated that the average life span of a company listed in the S&P 500 index of leading U.S. companies fell by more than 50 years in the last century, from 67 years in the 1920s to just 15 ye

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5 Tips To Facilitate Persuasion Skills In Sales Online Training

eFront

Is your sales staff having trouble hitting their monthly targets? Have they mastered the fine art of negotiation? In this article, we’ll share 5 tips to facilitate persuasion skills in your sales online training course. How To Facilitate Persuasion Skills In Sales Online Training. Persuading employees to persuade others feels a little like a fox chasing its tail.

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A Comparative Summary for Responsive Authoring Tools – Update 2

Upside Learning

In continuation of our evaluation of different responsive authoring tools, we are presenting Update 2 to our recently published blog ‘A Comparative Summary for Responsive Authoring Tools – Update 1’ This blog features additional authoring tool Lectora Online along with other responsive authoring tools like: Adapt, Evolve, gomo, Elucidat,Captivate 9, Lectora 17 Inspire and Rise. […].

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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

As a training manager looking to amplify your team's results, Knowledge Avatars are the next level. Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. Knowledge Avatars are versatile and adaptable personal coaches! They can be customized with your company's knowledge via a simple upload of your data.

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How is learning organized in a self-managed organization?

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Every month I read a management book. I am very curious about learning in self-managing organizations. How is this organized? Is self-management also self-directed learning? In April, therefore, I have read the much talked-about book by Frederic Laloux about new ways of organizing ( reinventing organizations ). I started reading 70-20-10 boek van Jos Arets, Vivian Heijnen en Charles Jennings but this is not an easy book to take with you on the train.

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5 Key Takeaways from Restaurant Leadership Conference (RLC 2018)

Inkling

Did you make the journey to Phoenix in mid-April for the Restaurant Leadership Conference ? If not, never fear: we have compiled our five key takeaways so you can stay on top of all the juicy stats and trends within the restaurant industry. 1. Off-premise is only getting started. If 2016 saw the rise of meal delivery kits, such as Blue Apron and HelloFresh, then 2017 will go down as the year when off-premise dining exploded in popularity.

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Why Management Needs to Change

The Performance Improvement Blog

Following is an excerpt from our new book, Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy (Chapter One). . As the economic paradigms change, a corporate Darwinism takes over and the companies that fail to change and evolve disappear. In 2012, Richard Foster’s research at Yale University indicated that the average life span of a company listed in the S&P 500 index of leading U.S. companies fell by more than 50 years in the last century, from 67 years in the 1920s to just 15 yea

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Selecting the Right Learning Analytics Solution: Part 2

Lambda Solutions

In the previous article , we discussed embedded and platform analytics solutions, and how to choose the right type of system for your needs. For most organizations, embedded solutions are a good choice for getting started, but over time, platform solutions become a must due to their greater power and flexibility.

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Have You Heard of These 3 LMS Technology Trends?

TOPYX LMS

According to Forbes, technology can change workplace humanity by helping “engage, recognize and protect those we care about and the people who work in organizations.”¹ Types of technology commonly used in the workplace include collaboration tools, the cloud, and learning management systems (LMSs). LMS technology is particularly capable of engaging employees through training.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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5 Awesome Google Fonts & Other Typography Treats

eLearning Brothers

There’s a lot to consider when choosing a font for your eLearning content. There are so many fonts out there! A good rule of thumb is to choose 5 or 6 go-to type families for all your projects. This gives your work a distinctive style and consistent feel. What makes a good font? Weight. Many fancy/fun fonts are only available in one weight, which limits how you can style and display text in your projects.

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The Importance Of Finding The Right LMS For Your eLearning Course

eLearning Industry

Finding the right LMS can be a complicated process but we've got some tips to ensure you find the perfect one for you, your business, and your customers! This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Creating Continuous, Frictionless Learning With New Technologies

CLO Magazine

Technology has conditioned workers to expect quick and easy experiences — from Google searches to help from voice assistants — so they can get the answers they need and get back to work. While the concept of “on-demand” learning is not new, it’s been historically tough to deliver, and though most learning and development departments have linear e-learning modules or traditional classroom experiences, today’s learners are seeking more performance-adjacent, R

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Best Practices For Using Fantasy And Gamification In Corporate Learning Solutions

eLearning Industry

Gamification is believed to improve work experience for almost 91% of employees, simply because it adds fun to their regular work. Read this article to learn more about best practices of gamification in corporate learning. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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How to Improve Customer Retention with Training

LearnUpon

All businesses experience losing customers. It’s normal. However, just because it’s normal doesn’t mean you should accept it. Customer attrition happens for many reasons. They just might not be the right fit. How can you improve customer retention? But, if we dig down further, we often uncover that you may be struggling with customer retention because of problem points encountered while using your product or service – points that are completely preventable. .

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Creating A Successful Moodle Course: How To Add And Upload Moodle User Accounts

eLearning Industry

Before you learn how to set up a course in Moodle, you will need to know how to set up Moodle user accounts. This capability is given to the Moodle LMS administrators, Moodle managers, and, in some cases, Moodle users if you choose to allow learners to self-register. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Learning Technologists as Project Managers too

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

As I work my way through job boards and role profiles in my effort to avoid my recent redundancy and the impending doom of an empty bank account (yes, really) I have found a lot of roles being advertised with headline grabbing titles and/or impressive requirements. What I’ve also found is there is sometimes a narrowness in thinking, from both employer or agency, in that people can and should be pigeon-holed into a role because of the title.

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Want to Build an Engaging & Interactive Digital Learning Environment – Learn How

CommLab India

Learn what makes a digital learning course engaging and interactive, that helps connect with your learners, and ultimately delivers better learning.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

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Squares show up on slides viewing on Windows PC but not MAC

Adobe Captivate

I have two small squares that show up on two slides while viewing a published project on a Windows PC, but they don’t show up while viewing on a Mac. One of the squares is over an image and the other one is after a colon: prior to a bulleted list. They were developed in 2017 on a Mac and viewed in Chrome. The squares do not show up on Firefox or Explorer on PC just Chrome.

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How Do You Decide What to Measure in Your Learning Program?

Clarity Consultants

By moving your L&D to a digital program, you are making a smart move to collect valuable user data on your learners. That data, when analyzed correctly, can help you optimize learning programs, increase engagement and retention, and demonstrate measurable return on investment for your learning programs. Here are several key performance indicators that you should monitor for optimal effect.

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Corporate U: The History and the Future

CLO Magazine

Fred Harburg is the former chief learning officer and president of Motorola University, one of the first corporate universities. He was also the senior vice president for leadership and learning at Fidelity Investments and was chief learning officer at Williams Energy. Following, Harburg shares his thoughts on the future of corporate universities. Chief Learning Officer : How have the fundamentals driving the need for a corporate learning organization changed over the past 30 years?

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Trouble creating Silent install for Captivate 2017

Adobe Captivate

When i try to run the set-up.exe, it keeps coming with the same error screen(below). Even on a newly imaged machine, i get the same error. If I reboot i get the same error. I’m pretty sure it is because of this message why I can’t deploy using SCCM via silent install. I know I can click ignore and continue installing the software; but i need to find best way to package and deploy, since I cannot use the Creative Cloud Packager for this one.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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5 Reasons Why We Are Still Talking About Microlearning In 2018

eLearning Industry

Microlearning is deservedly a hot topic in digital learning. These short to-the-point learning resources offer huge potential to transform learning experiences. This article discusses 5 reasons why we need to keep talking about this important development. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Captivate responsive courses will not auto-play on browsers

Adobe Captivate

Due to some recent browser updates, all modern web browsers have discontinued auto-playing media in web pages. Similarly, HTML5 and responsive courses created in Captivate will not auto-play. Autoplaying is not honored even after enabling the option Auto Play in Preferences > Project > Start and End. While SWF videos will continue to auto-play, HTML5 and other responsive courses will not auto-play.

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Bigger Brains Offers Free eLearning Content At ATD 2018

eLearning Industry

Attendees choose any course on the Bigger Brains library and receive a free copy to use in their LMS. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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4 Ways to effectively use visuals in e-learning

Matrix

When PowerPoint first came out as an alternative to whiteboard and paper presentations it looked fresh, dynamic and really did its job of engaging participants and making learning fun and entertaining. However, overuse and rapid developments in technology rendered this way of presenting information rather dull. The power of making its point has diminished greatly since most often people just click ‘next, next, next’ so they can get to the end and then forget all about it.

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10 Questions to Ask Before Buying an LMS

Find your perfect LMS. Choosing the right Learning Management System (LMS) is crucial for your business's success. With so many options available in the market, how do you ensure you make the best choice? This guide is your key to finding the ideal enterprise learning platform for your business. Compiled by industry experts, these questions will help to clarify your needs, prioritize your most essential features, and guide you through the evaluation process.

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SweetRush Earns Rose Gold At The 2018 Muse Creative Awards

eLearning Industry

The winning project is a custom and creative online course designed to improve sales skills. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Advanced Action TEB issue with letters P and R when used as Literal If Statements

Adobe Captivate

Hi Captivate gurus, I’m building a crossword puzzle for one of our courses. I have it set up with a text box on top of each square where the user can add a letter, and I have an advanced action that changes the color of the box when the user clicks “Submit” – green for correct, red for incorrect. The action currently works for everything accept for the letters R and P.

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5 Steps of a Highly Effective Instructional Design Process

CommLab India

This blog post describes the steps involved in the instructional design process.