Docebo

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Unrealistic deadlines, small budgets and other eLearning challenges can be crushed with these tips. Life is full of obstacles, but eLearning professionals have a unique set of eLearning challenges that come with the job title. In fact, there are some hurdles that we must leap over on a regular basis. From difficult clients and bland subject matter to shoestring eLearning budgets that need to be stretched, we have to use every trick we know to get through the day in one piece and persevere.

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Association eLearning

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I hate to say it, but medieval Europe might have had better job preparation than we do today. In short, they used apprenticeships. I’m glossing over a lot of details and caveats here but, if you wanted to be a blacksmith you found a blacksmith and talked them into teaching you. You then spent the next several years working for and with that blacksmith.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 12, 2016

While many people know what elearning is, not as many know that there are different types of elearning. Sure there is mobile learning (a fast growing segment of elearning ), but there is also two distinct types of elearning: asynchronous and synchronous. In this short article I will go over asynchronous elearning. Specifically, what it is, why it’s good, and the potential limitations.

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Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 12, 2016

by: Andy Schiemo. Does your eLearning feel stale or still have that 1990s vibe? Are you bored with your existing stock photography? Are you still using photos that look like this?

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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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Learnnovators

OCTOBER 12, 2016

The post HELEN BLUNDEN – CRYTSAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS appeared first on Learnnovators.

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dVinci Interactive

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Adam Kucera, Director of Sales Training, DISH Network. Director of Sales Training Adam Kucera and his team are responsible for training and supporting anyone authorized to sell DISH products. This includes DISH sales employees, employees at direct sales call centers, and partners and retailers across the country. Retailers and partners range from small family owned appliance stores to larger partners with hundreds of people selling door-to-door to representatives at sales events in large venues.

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Learnnovators

OCTOBER 12, 2016

The post THE BIG MISS AND THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IN GAMIFICATION appeared first on Learnnovators.

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 12, 2016

We can expect remarkable things with the exciting release of the new Camtasia 9. With their promise of a higher visual capacity, comparability, and enhanced performance, it is no wonder that great things are sure to come! eLearning Brothers is proud to release new Camtasia 9 themes that utilize these new strengths. Combining behaviors, new animations, and the enhanced performance of this great video editing software, we have expanded our library’s awesomeness with mind-blowing assets!

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dVinci Interactive

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Providing Training to Increase Subscribers Adam Kucera and his team are focused on developing and delivering learning that will be consumed and valued by as many representatives as possible.

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Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I was recently in a meeting during which everyone was talking about “TM”. Having held the position of training manager (aka TM) for many years, I at first thought they were talking about training managers. But then given the context of the conversation, I knew they weren’t. So I kept listening. Were they talking about: Trademarks? No. Telemarketing?

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CommLab India

OCTOBER 12, 2016

If you are a training professional and belong to the learning and development domain, I am sure you constantly strive to be creative. It becomes important for all of us to stay tuned with a group of professional resources. And I think, one of the best ways to feed our brains and think creatively is by listening to TED Talks. The reason behind TED’s popularity is the power of the inspirational talks to change the attitudes of people around the world.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Today, business is inherently more complex than it has ever been. Yves Morieux, senior partner at strategy consultancy Boston Consulting Group, has developed an index to show how business complexity has increased sixfold during the past 60 years alone. Organizational complexity — number of procedures, structures, processes, systems, vertical layers and decision approvals — increased by a factor of 35.

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CommLab India

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Training employees or end-users can determine the success of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation in your organization. According to the Canadian Center for Science and Education research 1 , ‘training activities’ played a crucial role in successful ERP implementation and had a significant effect on organizations’ performance. Employees will be able to utilize the benefits of the implemented ERP system to the maximum extent with proper training.

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You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Current events and important upcoming dates being what they are — *points to pivotal Tuesday only weeks away* — I find it especially apropos to drop a cognitive bias PSA inspired by an article Slack’s Buster Benson wrote on the topic last month. Now, current events and important upcoming dates aside, there is never an inconvenient time to examine the flaws in how we think and to help others recognize the flaws in their own thinking.

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CommLab India

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In today’s workplace, competency has become the buzzword, and every organization is hunting for a competent workforce that will drive it towards a progressive future. But the most important point lies in the fact that with the passage of time, workforce competency decreases and their skills become obsolete with the advent of technology. So, what’s the solution to this?

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eLearningMind

OCTOBER 12, 2016

As an eLearning company, we can definitely respect enthusiasm when it comes to overhauling your current training programs. We’re pretty passionate about it, too. But we often see a major misstep in the road to new eLearning, and that’s rushing to creation. Imagine you’re going fishing: You load up your tackle box, grab your bait, and head to the perfect spot to catch fish.

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Growth Engineering

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Blended Learning has always sought to bring classroom learning and online learning together. After all, when you consider the individual benefits of both, it seems silly not to use them in one, integrated learning programme. The limitations of technology dictate how smoothly the two strands can be knitted together. In the past, it wasn’t always possible to provide a computer for every learner in a classroom setting.

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HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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LearningGuild

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In design, you need to focus on what is best for your audience, what’s possible in your timeline, and what tools you have. Nick Floro offers thoughts on how to estimate time and costs, and how to use a design and development model that is flexible and lets you test, gather feedback, launch, gather feedback—and that allows you to change and adapt to your audience’s needs with each iteration.

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TalentLMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

You’ve ensured that your website and social media pages fall in line with your brand. But is your eLearning course a true reflection of your company’s image? In this article, we’ll highlight 5 ways that you can brand your eLearning course. How To Brand Your eLearning Course. Chances are, you’ve spent a great deal of time polishing your brand image. You pride yourself on your online reputation and do everything in your power to build credibility with your online learners.

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LearningGuild

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Joe Deegan is a senior manager of learning and development at Lending Club. Read here about using technology, user- generated content, analytics, and a strategic performance-consulting approach in L&D to drive innovation!

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Matrix

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I’d like to ask you a few questions…. Which is generally more successful in achieving learning outcomes? Most people will probably pick the first option… While I’m sure they have been scarred by poor e-learning content in the past, lets stick with the premise that instructor-led training is generally more successful in achieving learning outcomes. This chart represents knowledge over time….

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Yukon Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Many developers find themselves in need of a progress meter to show a learner how much is left to be completed in an e-learning module. There are several ways to achieve this in your course. One way is to show the learner how much of the overall course they have completed, which would use a percent-completed approach rather than a slide-number approach.

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Content Raven

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Successful organizations understand that training content is intellectual property and it is critical to design and implement a strategy that secures it. Whether that’s establishing a data loss prevention strategy that identifies, tracks and prevents unauthorized access to confidential data or creating a BYOD policy , there needs to be an efficient and effective cybersecurity training program that’s relevant and retainable.

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Thought Industries

OCTOBER 12, 2016

There are currently over 650 LMS providers in the marketplace with more and more being added each year. With such a wide variety of options available it can be difficult for businesses in the market for new learning technology to decide which one fits their needs best. Oftentimes during the research process, this is where third party sites such as LMS.org come into play - in order to provide an outsider's perspective and make an assessment of which companies and use cases make the most sense in

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Watershed

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In this blended learning blog post, we'll show you how to track and support work based learning across your organization.

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Gaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can be very beneficial for any project manager. Most successful PMP candidates treat preparing for the PMP exam as a personal project. As such, it requires careful planning and a structured approach. Eligibility criteria must be met, and the exam is known for its difficulty, sometimes requiring multiple attempts.

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CommLab India

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Rapid e-learning is on the rise 1. Many organizations prefer to convert their PowerPoint presentations, used in classrooms, into interactive e-learning courses using rapid authoring tools. According to the Training Industry 2015 Report 2 , 51% of organizations have used this method for creating e-learning courses for their employees. A key element in the conversion of PowerPoint presentations, used in instructor-led training sessions, into interactive and engaging e-learning courses, is the use

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Learning organizations today are dealing with a lot of change. LMS and learning platforms are evolving into video learning solutions; employees want consumer-like learning experiences; experts in all domains are creating videos, MOOCs and YouTube lessons. And of course, companies are reinventing employee skills around digital disruption, unconscious bias, new leadership models, and dozens of operational topics.

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CommLab India

OCTOBER 12, 2016

How can you make the best use of your Learning Management System (LMS)? What does it take to harness the full potential of the system to deliver good training and improve your people’s performance? How can you get the highest ROI on your LMS? Well, here are 5 proven tips. Tip 1: Make sure your staff is aware of the LMS and able to use it seamlessly.

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