Administrate
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Edinburgh/Beirut – 14 September 2016 – Administrate, the fast-growing software-as-a-service for training companies and training departments, has opened a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) office in Beirut, Lebanon. Based in the highly-rated Beirut Digital District, already home to a growing cohort of international tech startups, Administrate is the first Read More Published on September 14, 2016.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
At a private event, I had a chance to hear Kaihan Krippendorff talk about thinking differently about innovation. He used an 8P’s model as a framework to illustrate how to think differently. He started by pointing out that the myth of entrepreneurial innovation is overblown, and that innovation comes from moving outside ‘business as usual’ In an engaging way, he used several examples for each of the Ps to show how companies succeeded by rethinking around this element (speaking
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The Performance Improvement Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Do you know what you what you really need to know to be successful in your job? You won’t find it in company training programs, or in an MBA program, or your professional association’s certification workshops. But this learning is more important for survival and success in the workplace over the long term. . Jesse Sostrin calls this the “hidden curriculum”.
eLearning Brothers
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The beauty—and sometimes the bane—of remote work is that you have the ability to create on your own. Most of the time, it’s great to have the space you need to think and get creative. But when you’ve reached the point when you need feedback or some suggestions to spur more creativity, you can’t just ask a colleague to check out the design on your screen.
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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.
LearnDash
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
No matter what your line of work, communication is essential. It’s why we rely so much on tools like email and messenger apps. One such app to rise to prominence recently in this area is Slack. In a sentence, Slack is a free messaging app for teams and companies and its popularity is growing at a stagger pace. In fact, we use Slack at LearnDash for our own team collaboration (messaging, file sharing, and activity tracking).
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Docebo
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Why SCORM Compliance is Absolutely Essential for Competitive, Market-Leading LMS Performance and Effectiveness. No, SCORM isn’t a Scandinavian heavy metal band, although it might make a great name for one. SCORM is an acronym that stands for sharable content object reference model , and it’s the de facto standard to package your learning content that can easily be read by an LMS.
Performance Learning Productivity
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies’ 10th Anniversary ‘Top Tools for Learning’ Survey closes midday UK time on Friday 23 September 2016. Jane Hart’s work in establishing this survey and encouraging people to reflect on the tools that they use to support learning of others, and also the tools that support their own personal and professional learning, is laudable.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
At a private event, I had a chance to hear Kaihan Krippendorff talk about thinking differently about innovation. He used an 8P’s model as a framework to illustrate how to think differently. He started by pointing out that the myth of entrepreneurial innovation is overblown, and that innovation comes from moving outside ‘business as usual’ In an engaging way, he used several examples for each of the Ps to show how companies succeeded by rethinking around this element (speaking
JoomlaLMS
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
In the JoomlaLMS blog we have recently published an article with a detailed comparison of the LMS solutions for Joomla! CMS. In case you’ve missed it, here is a link to JoomlaLMS vs Guru LMS vs King LMS vs Shika LMS article. In one of the comments we were asked to compare JoomlaLMS with the top WordPress Learning Management Systems.
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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.
Kineo
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Kineo has been named as one of the top five corporate training vendors in Europe in a new report. .
eLearning Brothers
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
As Instructional Designers and eLearning developers, we like to set the mood for our courses through the use of various types of elements. We use graphics instead of text to spark our learners’ interest, we incorporate interactivity to keep them engaged, and we add video and audio to bring life to our courses. One facet of design that is often overlooked or willfully ignored is that of adding the spoken word to our eLearning design.
Skillsoft
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Gender bias, both conscious and unconscious, is holding us back when it comes to workplace equality. Let's make a conscious effort to end it!
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Graham Attwell over at Pontydysgu (Bridge to Learning) has challenged me to take five pictures that depict my working space as a learning space. For me, my working space has always been my learning space (well, ever since I became involved in education anyway). This is because I consider myself to be a professional learner. I get paid to teach and research at Plymouth University , but this all comes about through my own personal learning.
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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.
CLO Magazine
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Leadership development is failing. The leadership pipeline is low, and executive search firms are growing thanks to a pronounced need for talented leaders at all levels. A seismic shift is needed to bring about new thinking in how best to develop future leaders. Yet we don’t have time to wait for this shift; we need to develop leaders now. Part of the problem is that too often leadership has been a solo sport.
CommLab India
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
In today’s era, everything online need to be short and simple. How can you incorporate these features in your online training courses for your sales representatives? Well, by offering Microlearning. Microlearning offers short bits of knowledge to your sales representatives in their time of need. Microlearning can be in the form of micro-videos, scenarios, info-graphics, games, job-aids, and so on.
CLO Magazine
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
As a leader, you have likely spent time thinking about the strengths that would make you, or leaders on your team, more effective. But the “street view” of leadership may reveal some entirely different ideas about what does and does not work. To get a street view, we studied the written comments on our Leadership Circle Profile 360. How do senior leaders describe the difference in the way the most effective and least effective leaders lead?
LearnUpon
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
As Walt Disney so aptly put it: “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths” Curiosity is what drives us to explore new ideas and learn about ourselves and the world around us. In this article, I’ll share 4 tips for how eLearning professionals can facilitate learner curiosity in their online training course design and delve into its many benefits.
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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,
TalentLMS
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Self-paced eLearning courses put trainees in charge of their eLearning experience. Though they offer a broad range of benefits, lack of motivation and mental focus can prove to be problematic. In this article, we’ll share 7 helpful tips for creating effective and engaging courses for learners who want to learn at their own pace. How To Create A Self-Paced eLearning Course.
LearningGuild
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The success and popularity of Pokémon Go confirm what eLearners have known for a long time: A digital interface, engaging. interactions, gamification, and a focus on action lead to user engagement. Here are three ways to help keep your. performance and eLearning management strategies in step to help employees grow and develop.
Everwise
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The number of companies with partial or entire workforces telecommuting or working remotely is increasing and employees are working from home for a variety of employers, across industries. A 2014 national study of 1,051 employers with 50 or more employees at for-profit and nonprofit organizations conducted by the Families and Work Institute and Society for Human Resources found that: 67% of companies allow some employees to work some regular paid hours at home occasionally. 38% allow some employ
LearningGuild
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
The success and popularity of Pokémon Go confirm what eLearners have known for a long time: A digital interface, engaging interactions, gamification, and a focus on action lead to user engagement. Here are three ways to help keep your performance and eLearning management strategies in step to help employees grow and develop.
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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.
Everwise
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
As a legend in the world of Learning and Development, Steve Kerr has a storied career championing leadership development at companies like Goldman Sachs and GE. The latter of which is where he earned his stripes as the world’s first ever Chief Learning Officer. When someone with his expertise shares insights on how organizations are shifting their thinking around L&D and it’s impact on business—we take note!
LearningGuild
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Adult learners come to training with different levels of knowledge and different gaps. Guild Master Jean Marrapodi talks. about how to teach to the “holes” in the Swiss cheese—how to design training when you can’t assume that everyone has the. same foundation.
Growth Engineering
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Back in the bad old days, when you wanted to brush up on some learning at work, you might have had to wait six months for the next scheduled training day. Of course, by that point the moment was long gone, and any opportunity lost. Thankfully, as learning technology improves, so does our access to training! Learners have broken free from the shackles, and can now crack on with some training whenever they want.
CLO Magazine
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
One of the biggest misconceptions that employees hold is that the First Amendment grants them free speech rights in a private workplace. Quite to the contrary, the First Amendment right to free speech grants private-sector employees zero constitutional rights or protections. Today, I bring you a guest post by Ellen Gipko of HubShout, which takes a deep look at this important issue, with a special focus on online speech and social media.
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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.
Aptara
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
With B2B Publishing, digital innovation is key. As with any type of content marketing, B2B marketing needs to be done a certain way for it to be effective. Producing and distributing content requires a specific strategy and well-thought-out plan. However, too many marketers and publishers today are just creating and delivering pieces of communication, paying little mind to taking a systematic approach, let alone leveraging the available technologies, tools and software that distinguish mundane m
CommLab India
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Selecting the right authoring tool for rapid eLearning projects is a process riddled with uncertainty. How will you know which eLearning tool to work with? I have worked on several authoring tools. Today, I am sharing my views on the 3 widely used tools -Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and Lectora Inspire 16. In this blog post, I would like to share the features of each tool so that you will be able to select the tool that fulfills your requirements.
TOPYX LMS
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
It’s tough to determine how many native English speakers there are in the world today. In 2007, there were about 365 million. While this number is only growing as babies are born and raised among English speakers, plenty of people have learned to speak and are currently learning to speak English. For example, roughly 375 million people speak English as a second language.
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