Tue.Jan 23, 2018

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How to Become an E-learning Freelancer Vol. I-III: Book Reviews

Experiencing eLearning

Richard Watson published his ebooks on the practicalities of freelancing in the elearning field last fall. The books are a series in three volumes, with information expanded from his blog posts on freelancing. All three combine Richard’s personal stories about his freelancing journey with practical tips for creating and running a freelance business.

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3 Questions + 1 Formula = Better Instructional Design

InSync Training

Virtually There Session Recap. Pixar animator Andrew Stanton said, “The greatest story commandment is: make me care.” Some of the most creative storytelling minds use this mantra when illustrating to increase audience engagement with their films. Unsurprisingly, this approach can apply in modern learning , as well. How do we get our learners to care about our training programs?

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What are your biggest Learning and Development challenges?

Challenge to Learn

Trends in Learning and Development – I’ve been writing about them for over 10 years now. Recently, I decided that I’d like to change my approach. Rather than detailing my personal thoughts and experiences, I’d instead like to provide a wide variety of engaging interviews. Whether managers, consultants, or L&D leaders, I want to understand the most significant challenges they face and how they go about solving them.

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Anatomy of Digital Performance Support (DPS) Integration

Living in Learning

A common misconception is treating DPS as a technology solution and finding some application(s) where to apply it. Finding a “fit” is important, but DPS is only the enabling technology to a cultural shift and mindset that ground zero for building and sustaining performance is found at the Point of Work.

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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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Learning to Learn

Clark Quinn

As a response to my post where I offered to ‘listen’, I’ve had several comments giving me topics, and so I thought I should respond. One asked about meta-learning (learning to learn), in the particular situation of courses with a variety of expertise levels, and getting into issues of learner responsibility. The author pointed to a presentation on learning to learn, that had a nice framework, and I thought I should elaborate.

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Take Your Sales Training Online and Increase Sales Performance

Docebo

Sales Enablement is key to any business to generate revenue. Find out more. All corporate businesses have the same goal- to generate revenue. An organization’s revenue goals are met as a team but the front-runners to accomplish this goal is the sales team. Therefore, training the sales team and ensuring they are informed is imperative. What is Sales training?

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I Spy New Styles Coming Soon

eLearning Brothers

. When we set out to transform the eLearning world with eye-catching templates and awesome interactions, we knew we’d want to be constantly adding to our Template Library and ensuring that our Rockstar family always has new and awesome templates to work with. We recently introduced two new Styles and shared a little bit about how we’re designing templates to be more cohesive moving forward.

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5 Simple Ways to Enhance Employee Productivity

ProProfs

Employees are highly-valuable resources for any business, and so it is important to ensure that their requirements are taken care of. They spend sleepless nights to meet business goals which might make them feel burn-out and demotivated. Many a time, businesses overlook the fact that employees need motivation, appreciation and frequent training to brush-up their skills.

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Why We’re STILL All Trying To Fix Company Induction

looop

It seems to me that everybody is trying to fix Company Induction. I hear this from contacts, clients and it’s often a topic of conversation on LinkedIn: “Has anybody got any ideas on modernising induction?”. I remember this perpetual cycle of fixing induction myself from my in-house days. In fact, it was what I was hired to do in my first L&D job back in the late 1990s.

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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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WEF Announces Partnership with EdCast to Upskill Global Workforce

EdCast

World Economic Forum Announces Partnership with EdCast to Upskill Global Workforce 1 Million Workers Targeted in Tech-Reskilling Drive First ever IT industry initiative to bring competitive training content together on one platform to serve the greater good Initiative targeting 1 million people for training and resource opportunities on the World Economic Forum SkillSET portal For more […].

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Image Editing- How to Use Lighting and Color Effects

TechSmith Camtasia

When it comes to image editing, you can let your imagination run wild with amazing effects and filters. Many effects only adjust the light and color in your image to create stunning results. Check out a few of these popular effects. 1. Lens flare. Photographers often avoid lens flare, but I’m not referring to the difficult task of art of getting light to enter your camera in the right way.

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Talented Learning’s Greatest Hits: 2017 Edition

Talented Learning

As fiercely independent learning systems analysts, we’re not rock stars in the traditional sense, but we are rocking out some hits of a certain kind. We don’t perform on a live stage to sell-out crowds, but we do produce thought leadership webinars that attract hundreds of global attendees. We’re not exactly poetic, but we do create a stream of carefully crafted written content.

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Is Your Organization’s Lack of Diversity Mentoring Hampering Innovation?

Chronus

History is full of market leaders that became stagnant, failed to innovate, and were uprooted by new, disruptive business models. Ride-sharing has completely transformed the taxi industry. Kodak, who employed over 145,000 people at its peak, has now been outpaced by the likes of Apple, Instagram, Facebook, and others. And Blockbuster passed on buying Netflix in 2000.

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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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Microlearning company EduMe selected as preferred training platform by UBER across the EMEA region

Edume

By delivering significant business impact for driver-partners in the form of increased productivity and quality of service, the EduMe microlearning platform has been deployed across numerous Uber markets and has now been selected as the preferred training platform across the EMEA region, covering 42 countries. EduMe’s easy to use microlearning platform has provided Uber with a scalable solution to support drivers using the world-famous mobility app.

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How will Flash’s demise affect your SCORM courses?

LearnUpon

Support for Adobe Flash Player ends in 2020. And as Flash has been integral to eLearning for over 20 years, it’s retirement will have a significant effect. But, what does this mean for you and your organization’s eLearning efforts? What will you have to do to avoid problems in the future? In this post, we explain why this change is significant and how you can address it now!

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The 6 common enterprise training mistakes and how to avoid them

eFront

Enterprise training is easier than ever in some ways ? and as difficult as it has always been in others. It’s easier than ever in that modern LMS platforms offer many tools to make deploying and managing your own eLearning portal and editing training content a piece of cake. But it’s also as difficult as it has always been, in the sense that it’s still up to you – the instructor or training content creator – to write quality content and to guide the learners success

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What Drives E-learning Development Outsourcing: 4 Key Factors

CommLab India

Decision makers in a business along with training managers are often required to take the crucial decision of outsourcing their online training development needs. This blog sheds light on the factors that drive e-learning outsourcing.

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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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3 Ways to Insert Emojis Into Your E-Learning Courses

Rapid eLearning

In a previous post, we looked at when to use emojis in e-learning courses. There some good tips and comments in the post. Emojis add clever visual cues, but it is important to use them in a way that enhances the learning experience and doesn’t confuse it. So that’s always something to keep in mind. The next question is how does one actually find and insert emojis.

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Too Little Progress

CLO Magazine

Lee Maxey is CEO of MindMax, a marketing and enrollment management services company. Mia Radic credits a microcredential program with helping her find her dream job ahead of schedule. Radic, a former supply chain specialist, took a series of graduate-level courses as part of the MicroMasters program developed and taught by universities and delivered by edX, a private company created by Harvard and MIT in 2012 as a portal for online learning.

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How to Train Your Sales Team Toward Success Using an LMS

TalentLMS

There’s a common quote that says, “ Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does ”. Wise words that apply just the same to sales. Because the better an organization’s sales team performs, the more people will know what the organization does. This awareness means more business, more growth, and lasting customer relationships.

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What to Do If Your Association’s Online Course Failed

WBT Systems

You were so proud. You really thought you had a great idea for an online course. The curriculum, instructor, and materials were all top-notch. But when the course launched: crickets. So few people registered you decided not to offer it. After you and your colleagues put so much effort into it, how do you explain to your boss and committee chair why your online course failed?

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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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7 Tips to Create a Macro Learning Experience with Microlearning

CommLab India

This blog explains how to create comprehensive learning experience through microlearning.

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Going For Glory: STRIVR and U.S. Ski & Snowboard

STRIVR

Today, we are excited to announce that for the past couple years, STRIVR has been working with U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the Park City, UT-based national governing body for ski and snowboard in the USA. STRIVR has teamed up with the High Performance division of U.S. Ski & Snowboard to use VR to enhance athlete prep for competitions that take place around the world.

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Exploring The Personalisation of Workplace Learning

HT2 Labs

In a world where we receive personalised and targeted interactions on a constant basis - what does it mean for L&D? The post Exploring The Personalisation of Workplace Learning appeared first on HT2 Labs.

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Learning from others through Enterprise Social Networks (ESN)

Matrix

Learning & Development specialists put a lot of time and effort into developing the best training programs, yet they often fail to have the desired results. There are multiple reasons that lead to this situation, the most common one being that they are not well adjusted to the needs of the learners. Sometimes the assessments done prior to designing the programs are not thorough enough, other times managers prove to be somewhat oblivious to the real learning gaps within their teams and ask f

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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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Busting Top 3 Sales Force Online Training Myths, Part II

Melon Learning

Busting Myth # 2: Maintaining a top-notch sales force requires significant time off-the-sales-floor trainings. By definition, eLearning is more convenient and cost-effective than Instructor Led Training (ILT). However, there are also those who doubt that it is as effective when it comes to knowledge ‘stickiness’ and real results in changing the behaviour of your sales force.

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Learning Rush Alert: Top 17 Learning Articles of 2017

SweetRush

Let's begin 2018 with some inspiration - the top 17 learning articles in 2017 from SweetRush! Topics include culture, talent management, and mobile learning.

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Mentor Impact: Wendy Roberts Shares her Journey

Everwise

Wendy Roberts knows all about the benefits of a co-op. As a student at New Mexico State University, it was how she got her foot in the door at IBM, where she worked on a coveted NASA contract. Throughout the course of her career, Roberts dealt with many trials and tribulations, from layoffs to reentering the workforce after having a baby. Today, Roberts is the global head of technology education at PayPal.