Mon.Feb 19, 2018

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Raise the Bar with VR

Web Courseworks

Virtual reality (VR)! Why is this such an exciting topic? It’s new and up and coming; and its made some amazing improvements within organizations already. It’s a versatile product, being exposed to social environments such as the Olympic Games, to creating simulated “life like” courses for continuing education. Dan White , CEO of Filament Games , shared insights on who VR will impact the most, what some of the challenges are in today’s technology, and where it has already made significant impro

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(video) tool of the month: 1 second video apps for blended learning

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

This blogpost can be read in Dutch on Ennuonline. Video is an important online trend. The tool of this month is therefore a video tool: the 1 second video app. Video is already important in online marketing, and learning and training follows this trend. I can hardly imagine an online course or MOOC without video. The classic way to produce a learning video is to hire a professional filmmaker ask them to record and edit the video.

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How Beneficial is Virtual Reality in the Education System?

JoomlaLMS

You might have experienced or heard it from someone else who finds it difficult to remember what is taught in a conventional classroom environment.

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How Quizzes Can Drive E-Commerce Sales

ProProfs

Every business needs a strategic approach to drive e-commerce sales. Whether it is about using social networks to engage your customers or conducting discussions on a forum, it requires a lot of hard work to get the real profit out of your audience. Although some businesses still follow traditional methods of customer engagement and lead generation such as networking and advertising, they are too static, impersonal and, boring.

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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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Hacking Digital Learning Strategies #Bookreview

Learning with e's

Photo by Steve Wheeler When Shelly Terrell speaks or writes, people take notice. She has done the hard miles as an educator and has innovated along the way, continuing to share her knowledge and her ideas freely among the global education community. It is a delight to see her new book has been published, and it was a joy to receive a copy for review recently.

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10 Presentation Tips from PowerPoint MVP Ellen Finkelstein

eLearningArt

Did you know there are only 14 PowerPoint MVPs in the United States? These are the practitioners that Microsoft designates as the top experts… the PowerPoint and presentation ninjas. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview PowerPoint MVP Ellen Finkelstein. I asked her to share her best tips about PowerPoint, presentations, design and more.

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Why Lectora Inspire is Still Relevant in Today’s E-learning Scenario

CommLab India

This blog explores what makes Lectora Inspire a top choice for organizations and e-learning designers to realize various kinds of e-learning development challenges.

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The role of mentors in L&D programs

Everwise

Learning and development programs are as varied as companies themselves, but there’s one feature that encompasses most of the effective talent management strategies: mentors. Across many industries, mentoring has been shown to produce solid business outcomes. When implementing or modifying your company’s L&D program, mentoring is one of the best ways to boost employee engagement, create strong leaders for your company and even keep turnover costs in check.

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Converting ILT to E-learning? Do You Have Answers to these 4 Questions?

CommLab India

Want to convert your ILT courses to e-learning, but can’t figure out how? This post helps you answer some basic questions and get rolling.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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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Are You Experienced?

CLO Magazine

Mike Prokopeak, VP, Editor in Chief. The CLO role is full of exciting opportunities. A host of pressing business issues sit right in the center of learning leaders’ wheelhouses. Finding and developing future leaders, turbocharging the speed and innovation capabilities of the workforce, identifying critical skill gaps and serving up a compelling and engaging set of personalized learning assets, to name just a few.

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5 Fine Tips to Design Gamified Sales Training

CommLab India

This blog explains how to incorporate gamified elements in your corporate sales & service training.

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Distraction

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

My last post was all about the ways in which familiarity can bring a sense of consistency to not only delivering online learning content, but also designing and developing it. This time I want to look at the way in which distraction can prevent the well designed and impeccably delivered learning materials. Whether you work in an office or, like me at the moment, at home, we all look to manage our working environment.

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How can your LMS help you to set goals and evaluate effectively?

Enterprise Study

Setting goals and objectives and evaluating improvement and achievement are key to progress, both individual and organisational. Careful management of this process can contribute enormously to business growth and the ability of an organisation to develop and expand. The challenge often lies in managing this process – planning goals, monitoring performance and reviewing achievement.

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Powering Learning Platforms for Personalized Learning Journeys with Generative AI

Explore the transformative synergy of education and technology in 'Powering Learning Platforms.' Uncover the magic of Generative AI shaping personalized learning, revolutionizing your educational journey.

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Teachable Alternatives

Academy of Mine

Are you looking for a Teachable alternative? Are you currently using Teachable to sell and market your online content and courses? Relative to more robust platforms, such as Academy of Mine, Teachable is distilled down to the basic essentials, covering the necessities for any entrepreneur looking to make money online through his or her course offerings.

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10 Hints for Designing Interactive eLearning Games

Designing Digitally

There’s a reason that people of all ages enjoy playing video games. They’re fun, engaging, and challenging. When it comes to gamifying eLearning activities, it’s important the design is more than just a fun way to pass the time. Corporate training is serious business and, while it can and should be fun, engaging, and challenging, the content should be the focus.

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Webinar: Augmented memory and combatting the forgetting curve

Enterprise Study

February’s webinar is focused on augemented memory and how you can combat the forgetting curve. It is proven that we forget 90% of what we learn within 7 days if we don’t use techniques and processes to aid retention. Additionally, without practice, reflection and effort we will always be a novice at our chosen skill set, rather than excel to an expert.

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Adapting to Information 4.0 Within the Learning Landscape

Training Industry

Adapting to Information 4.0 Within the Learning Landscape - Read more by Taryn Oesch on Training Industry.

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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In Real Life—Preparing for “What If” by JD Dillon

LearningGuild

“What if” situations almost always depend on a manager’s experience and tacit knowledge. How can you prepare?

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Grab Learner Attention with Your Course Content

LearnDash

Want to cut down on distractions and multitasking during your course? One of the inevitable battles online instructors face lies in retaining learner attention. Teachers in traditional classrooms face this burden too, of course, but in-person classroom experiences provide a more focused learning environment. Learners can drift away, sneak peaks at their smartphones, or attempt to covertly browse the Internet, but few will be so brazen as to do it in an obvious way.

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In Real Life—Preparing for “What If” by JD Dillon

LearningGuild

“What if” situations almost always depend on a manager’s experience and tacit knowledge. How can you prepare?

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Email VS Phone Support: The Pros and Cons

TalentLMS

Quality support has always been one of the core ingredients of the TalentLMS experience. Indeed, the speed and helpfulness of our support team are considered one of TalentLMS strong points by individual users and review sites alike. And while our long-time customers have few (if any) complaints about the quality of the support they get, potential customers are often surprised to learn that we don’t offer phone support.

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7 Steps to Consider When Implementing a LMS

How Do You Choose the Right Learning Management System? Choosing the perfect Learning Management System can be complex for organizations. Initially, you might ask questions like, "When is the right time to adopt an LMS?" or "Which LMS is the best fit?" Once you've made your LMS selection, your next query is likely, "How do I go about implementing it?

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What Learning can Learn from the Olympics

Degreed

Thousands of dollars. Thousands of hours of training and preparation. A team of experts who offer support. All those resources boiling down to a few hours of performance with limited results: a win or a loss. Sound like a situation we in Learning and Development know too well? How about every time we create a course or formal training. So, what can learning learn from these exceptional Olympic athletes?

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Need to Convert Legacy Courses 7 Reasons to Check [Infographic]

CommLab India

Check this infographic to know seven compelling reasons to convert your legacy courses to responsive eLearning.

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