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ARTICULATE STORYLINE: Removing Built-In Slide Navigation

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel, COTP, CTT. I received an email from an Articulate Storyline developer who was adding interactivity to her project via buttons. She wanted learners to click on the buttons for slide-to-slide navigation.   The developer easily added the buttons she needed to the desired slides (via the Insert tab on the Ribbon, Interactive Objects).

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10 community principles to make your MOOC stronger

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

In January we had a lot of fun facilitating our knowmad MOOC. 600 people participated and we had quite intense exchanges. We received many compliments for the way we facilitated it: personal and quick responses. A social MOOC requires a good design of the learning activities, design of the platform and spacing of activities. I think there were many details in our MOOC that made it a success.

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Getting Started with Scenario-Based Learning

InSync Training

Training Magazine Network Session Recap. Instructional designers, facilitators, and learners have a huge number of instructional techniques and strategies available to them. For example, the traditional face-to-face classroom no longer serves as the go-to learning environment for effective training. Thanks to technology, the virtual classroom provides a viable option for effective, impactful learning.

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See You in Nashville?

LearnDash

It’s that time of year again! WordCamp U.S. is taking place in Nashville, will we see you there? Where: Nashville. When: December 1st – 3rd. Cost: $40. More Info: [link]. Every year at the beginning of December marks the annual WordCamp U.S. conference. The past two years it has been in Philadelphia and the event didn’t fail to disappoint.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: 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? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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ARTICULATE STORYLINE: Removing Built-In Slide Navigation

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel, COTP, CTT. I received an email from an Articulate Storyline developer who was adding interactivity to her project via buttons. She wanted learners to click on the buttons for slide-to-slide navigation.   The developer easily added the buttons she needed to the desired slides (via the Insert tab on the Ribbon, Interactive Objects).

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HT2 Labs Take Home A Record Six Learning Technologies Awards

HT2 Labs

[PRESS RELEASE] HT2 Labs celebrate picking up awards in six categories in the annual learning technologies awards. The post HT2 Labs Take Home A Record Six Learning Technologies Awards appeared first on HT2 Labs.

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How Inclusive Design Supports Learners on the Autism Spectrum

D2L

Earlier this year, “Sesame Street” introduced its newest resident Julia, an adorable Muppet with orange hair and a toy rabbit. Julia also has autism. The … Continued.

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Field Notes: An Introvert’s Guide to Social Learning

Degreed

I was valedictorian of my high school class. One of five actually — in a graduating class of 44 students. Needless to say, it was a very competitive environment with perhaps a somewhat flawed measurement system. I fought for the achievement, though, and consider myself a strong learner still, priding myself on my curiosity, critical thinking, and capability to make connections between new and existing knowledge.

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How the American Nurses Association is Using Brain Science to Drive Learning Engagement

D2L

Advancements in our understanding of how the brain works and responds are happening every day. So how can learning and development professionals leverage research into … Continued.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Lincoln Financial’s Screen Test

CLO Magazine

Two years ago, Lincoln Financial Group faced a training challenge that will be familiar to learning leaders in many big companies: Employees needed additional training on more topics but they had little time to spend in a classroom. And, resources were stretched thin. “We saw a lot of change taking place in our industry, but we had a very limited budget for training and development across the company,” said Jen Warne, senior vice president of talent and human resources.

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To Improve Team Collaboration, Encourage Vulnerability-Based Trust

CrossKnowledge

To find out more about how teams can best collaborate together, take a look at our new collection with Patrick Lencioni , best-selling author and member of the CrossKnowledge Faculty. It might seem counter-intuitive, but to build a high-performing team, it’s important to foster vulnerability. In the workplace, being vulnerable means accepting one’s own imperfections, and being able to share them with others.

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5 Common eLearning Mistakes To Avoid!

Schoox

At Schoox, we believe in the power of eLearning. We believe that interactive training such as elearning is the future of corporate training – and the future of education. That’s why we do what we do! Properly implemented, an eLearning program can help with the development of employee skills, boosting employee engagement, and career development. However, eLearning is not a “silver bullet”.

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UnGoogleable questions

Learning with e's

Image by Jim Groom on Flickr A perennial challenge for teachers everywhere is how to engage students and keep them engaged. Wherever I travel, I hear the same stories about how students are not engaged, and how they can be so easily distracted. Recently, technology (the handheld, personal variety) has come under fire from those who claim that it is a distraction in the classroom and lecture hall.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Gamification: engage employees and grow your business.

MobileTrain

Let’s talk about gamification, but first, what do you count as success? High profit and turnover? A happy and motivated workforce? A well-known and respected brand? Of course, any businessman knows the importance of offsetting short-term wins against longer-term strategy. We don’t want just to be successful this year. We want to build a brand, company and team that will weather the disruptive business climate for the foreseeable future.

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5 Proven Tips for an Effective Online Millennial Onboarding Program

CommLab India

Training managers who are looking to rollout effective online onboarding programs for millennials can benefit from the tips listed in this blog.

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Overcome these 4 Barriers to Keeping an L&D Project on Schedule and On Budget

Clarity Consultants

Learning and development projects can seem overwhelming sometimes. With so many business objectives and stakeholders, many projects quickly scale out of control. But just as with other project management tasks, there is a strategy to reigning things in when it comes to L&D. Here are 4 common barriers to keeping your project on time and on budget, and how you can overcome these challenges.

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Microlearning Videos to Learn, Retain, and Reinforce

CommLab India

Check this blog for reasons how microlearning videos can help learn, retain and reinforce learning.

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The DNA of Online Learning

This white paper examines how organisations can get the best out of online learning, via a deep dive into how it works and how to apply it in order to achieve specific objectives.

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An Introduction to Big Data for Learning and Development

Riptide Software

We love big data - especially for the Learning function. You may have wondered what big data entails, and how it can aid you in your day-to-day job. Or maybe you’re already using it!

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Desperate Times Call for Ramping Up Skills Fast

CLO Magazine

Photo courtesy of Vale Training Solutions. In a mere three-week span late this past summer, the United States was bombarded by three hurricanes, resulting in catastrophic damage to properties and claims that needed to be handled quickly. Such a drastic need highlighted a problem for the insurance industry: a shortage of trained claims adjusters. Loss adjusting firm Cunningham Lindsey, through its subsidiary Vale Training Solutions, adapted its training program to train nearly 60 loss adjusters i

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5 Advantages of Simulations for Online Sales Training

CommLab India

Check out this blog to know the advantages simulations can bring to your online sales training.

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IAM HCM Consulting Names New Head of Education

CLO Magazine

Alicia Gambrell will be responsible for expanding the iAM University curriculum and establishing the firm’s product innovation team. Alicia Gambrell joined iAM HCM Consulting as the first vice president of education and innovation on Nov. 1. In her new role, she will be responsible for expanding the iAM University curriculum and establishing the firm’s product innovation team. iAM HCM Consulting is a human capital management technology company focused on JD Edwards HCM applications. iAM CEO and

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Project Team Engagement in the Context of Human/AI Hybrid Teams

The leadership style that the leaders adopt during engagement is critical in gaining team member support for building a positive thinking team. The challenge is in deciding whether to adopt an engagement focused leadership style that emphasizes human behavior characteristics such as personalities, or to a task-oriented leadership style that focuses on the work needed to be performed and the tools to be used.

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5 Best Practices to Design Online Health and Safety Training

CommLab India

This blog discusses in detail how to design effective online courses for workplace health and safety.

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Artificial Intelligence in eLearning: Case Study

eLearning Company

The Challenge We Faced We were tasked with developing an eLearning course that would allow customer service center staff to practice conversations with the customers who are not satisfied with the quality of the products received. If you’ve ever taken a conversation-based eLearning course before, you were probably given a limited choice of questions and … Continue reading "Artificial Intelligence in eLearning: Case Study".

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Choosing an LMS – it doesn’t have to be this hard

Adobe Captivate

Quite probably, anyone who has spent any time at all researching online platforms for publishing their Cp content will have had the same two thoughts as me: There really seems to be no end to the number of elearning system providers. They all claim that they are the ultimate solution. It is easy to get a little despondent when conducting research as to which Platform/LMS/LRS you want to use.

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Award winning Engage in Learning!

Engage in Learning

We are very proud to announce that Engage in Learning’s Development Director, Kim Whitmore, has been awarded a competitive Learning Technologies Award for Learning Designer of the Year 2017! The winners were revealed at a spectacular gala evening on 29th November at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge Hotel in London, and we are so pleased that our hard work and dedication to providing the best online training solutions to businesses continues to pay off!

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What Is a Performance Learning Management System (PLMS)?

If you're reading this you're probably ready for better organizational learning and performance. A Performance LMS allows you to continually assess and improve learners based on their specific company and role-based capabilities. In the whitepaper, we’ll also answer questions such as: What exactly is a PLMS? I have just started exploring capability building or am not yet ready.

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Old-school vs. New-school workplace learning

Matrix

Corporate training is in itself a rather old concept. Businesses understood very early on that they need to offer development opportunities to their workers if they wanted to be successful in their respective fields. Corporate training is a win-win for both the organization and employees. It develops and refines the skills of employees, boosts their morale, keeps them motivated, improves their performance and their work productivity.

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[Whitepaper] Trends, Challenges, and Rewards: eLearning in 2018

LearnUpon

We asked over 200 businesses about their eLearning strategy and collated their responses in our new whitepaper – Trends, Challenges, and Rewards: eLearning in 2018. Available to download now, you can read about their experiences with online training. In this sneak preview, we share our respondents’ insights on the return on investment (ROI) from their eLearning and how these findings are applicable to you.

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Achieving Modern Learner Needs with Responsive Learning

Newgen Enterprise

The phenomenal development of technology has transformed the way online medium is accessed. With each passing generation, learning trends have shifted from classroom training to eLearning and now to Responsive. The post Achieving Modern Learner Needs with Responsive Learning appeared first on Newgen Enterprise.

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