B Online Learning
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
For the past year I’ve been facilitating our Master eLearning Course while my colleague Ruth McElhone has been on maternity leave (she’s back now). I’ve found that facilitating in the online environment is quite different from classroom facilitation and as such has a number of unique characteristics and limitations. I’ve learnt (and continue to learn) […].
InSync Training
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
2016 Online Learning Conference Recap. Greetings from Chicago! Members of the InSync Training team, including Jennifer Hofmann, have had the privilege of attending Training Magazine’s 2016 Online Learning Conference (OLC). This three-day, in-person learning event highlights some of our most favorite things about our industry: a community of practitioners who believe in collaboration and the transformative power of online learning.
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Learnnovators
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
The post GAMIFICATION IS ABOUT ENGAGEMENT appeared first on Learnnovators.
Gyrus
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Open Badges – What you need to know. With gamification being such a buzzworthy topic and so many successful manners in which to implement into your program, it is hard to decide what the best manner is. Ideally, the solution that offers the greatest intrinsic motivation for your learners would be the ideal provision of your learning management system.
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TOPYX LMS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
eLearning is continuously evolving, and so is the content we share on our social learning blog. Below are highlights featured in our September 2016 newsletter. We appreciate your interest in TOPYX and look forward to meeting all of your LMS needs. The High Value of Learning Paths. We are all on some type of path. Some of us are moving forward, and some are moving backward.
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TOPYX LMS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
eLearning is continuously evolving, and so is the content we share on our social learning blog. Below are highlights featured in our September 2016 newsletter. We appreciate your interest in TOPYX and look forward to meeting all of your LMS needs. The High Value of Learning Paths. We are all on some type of path. Some of us are moving forward, and some are moving backward.
Wisetail
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
D&B supply leveraged the Mid-States LMS content network to grow their learning library and nearly triple the amount of engagement on their implementation. The post How D&B Supply Used The Mid-States Content Network To Triple Employee Engagement appeared first on Wisetail.
eLearning Brothers
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
eLearning professionals who came of age in the past couple decades likely have fond memories of sitting around the TV, wires strewn about the living room, mindlessly mashing buttons with friends or siblings, hoping to best each other in virtual competition. Of course, the battle began before you even booted up the console. Because everyone knows that the poor sap who got stuck with the old, crummy, third-party controller was dealt a major handicap.
SHIFT eLearning
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Your company has just upped the training budget and rolled out a new set of eLearning courses. You are upbeat and confident that these courses will help your employees be on top of their game. And then comes this shocker: the surveys reveal that your employees think your courses are not hitting the mark. They report not feeling motivated to take them.
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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.
CLO Magazine
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Companies looking for the secrets to innovation may want to time-travel to London of 1928. It’s summer, and a young microbiologist named Alexander Fleming is growing staphylococci bacteria in petri dishes as part of his influenza research. One day, he notices something unusual: a clear area where there shouldn’t be one. Many biologists, perhaps most, would have thought nothing of it.
eLearningArt
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
I recently created a photo slideshow (using PowerPoint) of my dad’s life-sized chess set sculpture that’s at Facebook (Go Dad!). I found that PowerPoint was a surprisingly powerful slideshow creation tool. And once I learned the basics, I was able to create my next slideshow in under 1 minute! Below is what I learned, as well as some bonus lessons such as adding music, creating a custom title slide, saving the slideshow as YouTube video, and more.
CLO Magazine
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
It says something when a company brings its people together to share in departmental wins. At Vi, a Chicago-based senior living facilities company, Judy Whitcomb, the organization’s senior vice president of HR, learning and organizational development, can be credited with sharing important feats of learning. At Vi, which employs roughly 2,900 people, learning isn’t seen as an autonomous function, tapped into only when a need arises.
eFront
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
One of the great things about finishing college is the feeling of freedom. ‘At last! I never have to sit through another lecture again!’, you think. But then you start your career and realize that the learning is far from over. Career training and development are of vital importance to both the employee and the company. However, it needn’t be a grind for either!
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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 22, 2016
In a Sept. 16 article in Harvard Business Review , Fast Company cofounder Bill Taylor writes about the determination of Garry Ridge, CEO of the iconic WD-40 Co., to champion a learning culture. The future of the company, best known for its trademark lubricating oil, depends on it. Ridge, who took over the company in 1997, demands that he and his colleagues be curious and learning-obsessed.
LearnUpon
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
This week we officially launched a new design for our LMS. It will deliver a faster, smoother and more consistent experience for our customers. The new layout and design makes it easier to use and has reduced time spent executing tasks. LearnUpon’s LMS makes it easy for administrators to access and action the tasks they need to perform allowing them to deliver courses and track progress quicker than ever.
CLO Magazine
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Recently, on the busiest day of the week, the lights at my local newsstand went dark. But it wasn’t the changing economics of the newspaper industry that forced the doors to close. The Chicago-Main Newsstand in Evanston, Illinois, is actually doing a brisk business. Stop in any given night and you’ll find folks flipping through an array of hundreds of consumer and specialty magazines.
OpenSesame
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Millennials continue to be the buzzword around the workplace as employers try to understand their needs, attitudes, and expectations. They are consistently analyzed, scrutinized, and under the microscope. Known for short employment life cycles, need for instant gratification, and entitlement, they are perceived as lacking work ethic. Every day, 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 , leaving the workforce at a rapid rate.
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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,
Growth Engineering
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Since we’re always banging on about how fantastic online learning is, you might be forgiven for thinking that we want to kill off face-to-face training for good. Well that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, we’ve gone on record as saying that blended learning is splendid learning ! Plenty of the people we work with blend together online and face-to-face training into a comprehensive training approach that packs a punch.
Aims Digital
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Most educational institutes and corporate organizations rely on white or blackboards for imparting their training in classrooms. But a new wave of digital learning is sweeping the area and making the process more engaging. We’re talking about whiteboard animation. When used correctly, it shows the promise of imparting knowledge in a faster and more engaging way.
cogentys
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Transducers are used across many applications to provide accurate, real-time data of how a system is working. Calibration is critical to maintaining a pressure transducer’s accuracy and it is not a. [click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].
Thought Industries
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Are your sales teams, distributors, retailers and channel partners maximizing their full revenue potential? When the obvious benefit and value proposition of commonly recognized goods and products is clear, your organization tends to focus more on positioning and branding. Even though the differentiation points and brand aesthetic are cultivated and disseminated by the home office, your teams on the ground need to clearly understand how to deliver the message.
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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.
Trivantis
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
For this pop quiz, YOU create the questions—because that’s our theme for our current Lectora® Contest on the Trivantis® Community. How do you enter? Create an eLearning module for a fictitious course on any subject you want to teach. Your module must contain an assessment with at least 3 questions. It’s your opportunity to practice and show off your Lectora development skills using any of Lectora’s 12 different question types, including matching, hot spots, and ranking.
Accessplanit
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Software suppliers are sometimes seen as too machine-like and as not having enough of a human touch. This is why we are so heavily committed to providing the highest levels of customer service to our customers, and it is with great pleasure, that we can announce that we have upgraded our status in our most recent Customer Service Excellence Standard assessment.
42 Design Square
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
This post focuses on design of content for maximum impact in rapid elearning. The Original Presentation: The case for redesign is a flat animation slide from an Infection Control presentation on the effectiveness of hand hygiene agents. What was a simple data table was designed as a pictorial graph to indicate the presence of germs before and after use of the cleaning agents.
There Is No Chalk
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
A few years back, I started this blog to discuss educational technologies and interventions for improving human performance. I borrowed the blog's byline from the movie The Matrix, trading spoons for calcium carbonate. My point in selecting this quote was to note the ever-changing nature of what a "solution" is, and that true solutions never really fit in molds or follow conventions.
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Everwise
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Getting promoted is something to celebrate! It can also be challenging, especially when you are promoted within your team, and are now responsible for the success of the people you used to work next to. Thankfully, many members of our community have gone through this, and offer sage advice on how to navigate the first few months of transitioning from co-worker to boss.
CommLab India
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Are you finding it difficult to develop applications that teach the use of software effectively and in a timely manner? Or are you trying to develop your own software training? Then, you can develop software simulations that engage your learners with Adobe Captivate easily. This tool helps you capture a specific set of actions performed in a screen area or an application.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
by Kevin Siegel While developing a recent Camtasia project, I needed to split a large video into multiple segments. The video I was given included mouse movement and plenty of screen clicks. Between all of those clicks, I needed to freeze the screen background for 5-10 seconds so I could explain a concept via callouts. One way to accomplish the task is to export a specific part of the video as an image, import the image into Camtasia, and add it to the Time
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