Tue.Mar 14, 2017

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Do You Need a Villain in a Learning Story?

Experiencing eLearning

I recently attended an interesting webinar by Joe Ganci on how to use science fiction to improve eLearning. In the presentation, Joe talked about elements of storytelling common to science fiction and how to incorporate those aspects for better stories in elearning. If you’re attending the Learning Solutions Conference later this month, you can hear this presentation live.

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Adobe Captivate: Preview In Browser Fix

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel, COTP. During our  live, online beginner Adobe Captivate class, you learn about previewing your project pretty quickly. You will find the following menu items in the Preview drop-down menu of a standard project: Play Slide, Project, Next 5 slides, In Browser, HTML5 in Browser, Preview in SCORM Cloud, and In Adobe Edge Inspect. The two modes that I use the most are Next 5 slides and In Browser.

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Where Does Microlearning Fit in my Learning Ecosystem?

InSync Training

We're excited to have Carla Torgerson join the InSync BYTE series ranks as a guest presenter. As a preface to her upcoming April 4, 2017, Carla provides insight into microlearning's role in larger blended learning ecosystems. Attend her BYTE " Embracing Microlearning in Your Learning Ecosystem " to learn more. Microlearning is the use of short pieces of learning content, generally no more than five minutes long.

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Conversation with Kevin Kruse–Best Selling Author

Kapp Notes

I’ve known Kevin Kruse for many years. He and I met at a meeting of the Society for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Trainers (now L-TEN) over a decade ago. Since that first meeting, we’ve co-presented on the topic of evidence-based training, worked together when he was a CEO of one of his many companies, collaborated on parts of his ground-breaking website/blog eLearning Guru and frequently meet up at speaking engagements.

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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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Microdesign

Clark Quinn

There’s been a lot of talk about microlearning of late – definitions , calls for clarity , value propositions, etc – and I have to say that I’m afraid some of it (not what I’ve linked to) is a wee bit facile. Or, at least, conceptually unclear. And I think that’s a problem. This came up again in a recent conversation, and I had a further thought (which of course I have to blog about ;).

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Make Your Own Animated Characters and Comic Strips

Learningtogo

Hi Everyo ne! In my workshops I often talk about the power of story to draw the learner into the role of a character, seeing things through his or her eyes. Park Howell’s excellent podcast on this subject is worth another listen to remind you of how your brain interprets a good story as a “real” event. But it can be challenging to find a selection of diverse characters to use in your training designs.

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Lectora Template Gold at the End of the Rainbow

eLearning Brothers

With St. Patrick’s Day fast approaching, our minds are turned to the rich history and heritage of Ireland and all of it’s symbolism. One iconic image that springs to mind in modern times is that of a bright rainbow stretching across the sky, meeting the earth at some point, and at that intersection lay a pot of gold coins. In celebration of St.

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Will I Still Be Relevant In 5 Years?

WalkMe Training Station

For as long as humans have been making machines, we have been fascinated with the deliciously horrifying idea of them coming alive — and turning against us. These fears tend to conjure up a picture of dusty, apocalyptic landscapes and malicious beasts made of steel, however, another scenario is on the rise. “Machines taking over,” is far more likely to manifest in the workplace than as a conscious rebellion.

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Moving Your Existing Training Content to eLearning - A Step-by-step Guide to Successful Conversions

SHIFT eLearning

If your company has been involved in delivering in-house training to staff for a while now, or if you are a freelance trainer or instructional designer who has been developing and offering Instructor Lead Training (ILT) to clients over the years; chances are that you may be sitting on a wealth of existing training materials. With the evolution of eLearning, wouldn’t it be great to start moving some (or all) of that content into the online training arena?

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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Microlearning: What It Is Not and What It Should Be by Alexander Salas

LearningGuild

If you are a learning professional, it’s almost impossible not to have recently heard about the wonders of microlearning. Apart from being a genius marketing tagline used by many learning technology salespeople, microlearning can be useful in your organizational learning strategies. But what exactly is it?

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Gamification Examples: How to bring fun into business eLearning

eFront

Gamification is a merger of technology and psychology that makes learning fun and engaging. However, one cannot successfully apply gamification examples in business eLearning environments without first understanding the intent and purpose behind it. In simple terms: Gamification is the art and science of taking the mundane, in a business learning environment, and turning it into “fundane”!

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5 Interesting Discoveries From Our ELM 2017 L&D Industry Report

eLearningMind

It’s the start of a new year, and with that comes new strategies, technologies, and a new resolve to improve L&D initiatives across the board. But we’re not the only ones making resolutions for an effective 2017: We reached out to 85 L&D pros across a number of different industries to see what their focus for 2017 would be and the results surprised us.

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Learners and Your LMS: If you build it, will they come?

WBT Systems

Working with many associations over the years, we have listened to many organizations describe the reasons why their members do not use their existing Learning Management System (LMS) and why they are looking for a new learning solution to re-engage their learners. Here we share four of the most common reasons associations seek to change their LMS platform.

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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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ROE looks through the windshield, ROI in the rearview mirror

Actio Learning

For learning, high-confidence ROI calculations can be expensive and time consuming. And because they’re done after the money is spent, they don’t add much strategic insight or value. Return on Expectations (ROE) trusts leaders, engaging their wisdom, insight and judgment as well as their understanding of relevant data, strategic direction and key operational goals as they shape decisions and investments before the money is spent.

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Proof of Disruptions - Tip #125

Vignettes Learning

When you hear the word “disruption,” what do you think about? Most would probably equate it with something that temporarily derails from achieving an objective. For instance, a car breakdown on your way to work. Disruption usually has a negative denotation. In this post I’ll share with you a more positive meaning of the word. Disruptions in Learning Disruption—as it applies to learning—has taken on a new meaning.

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Dozens of Free Dingbat Fonts for Commercial Use

Rapid eLearning

In an earlier post, we looked at how to convert dingbat and wingding fonts into vector images that you can use in your e-learning courses and presentations. They’re great for creating icons or bullet lists. Not that you know how to convert the fonts into vector images, you need some fonts to use. I reviewed a bunch of the free fonts and tried to sort to the those that are free for commercial use.

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Brent Schlenker Says Good Bye to Litmos!

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

The Big Idea Today Litmos is announcing that I am no longer working as their Chief Learning Strategist. We still plan to work together in the future, but currently have no specific plans to announce. A Quick Look Back. I remember meeting the Litmos founders via twitter back when they launched.

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Wake Up Your Customer Education Strategy With a New Approach to Content Sharing

Speaker: Tammy Rutherford, Ian McConnell

You invest a lot of time and energy into building training courses for internal use and for your customers and partners. As your reach grows, so does the number of LMSs you need to deliver training to, often both externally and internally. And chances are, you want to deliver that content in a way that’s compatible with every LMS, manageable for administrators, and easy for learners to access.

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Business Model and Monetization Strategies for Learning Businesses

Thought Industries

Last week Talented Learning and Thought Industries joined forces to present a webinar, “ Paving the Way to a Profitable Learning Business: 5 Successful Strategies.”. Talented Learning was represented by their CEO and Lead Analyst, John Leh. Talented Learning is a learning technology research and consulting organization helping buyers buy better by providing hourly guidance, vendor directory listings, blog posts, premium content and more.

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Microlearning-Gather your ingredients

Adobe Captivate

It’s being seen and analyzed as the trend of 2017 for education and all around learning and development. The ecosystem of learning for consumers is overwhelmed, impatient and distracted. In the early days of the internet a study earmarked that a person logged on 5 times a day, present day it could be as much as 27 times, content creators have between 7 and 10 seconds to grab an users attention before they click away. in 2017 employees find themselves working from several locations and struc

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Learning Content Distribution, Creation and Scalability

Thought Industries

Last week, John Leh and Barry Kelly paired up to present a webinar , “ Paving the Way to a Profitable Learning Business: 5 Successful Strategies. ” Leh is the CEO and Lead Analyst at Talented Learning, a learning technology research and consulting organization, and Kelly is the CEO and co-founder of Thought Industries.

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Effective Corporate Training: Microlearning Is the Key

Designing Digitally

Successful elearning courses do not simply “share information”. Instead, they should enable employees to apply the knowledge learned in their workplace or real-life situations. A custom design helps transform a series of slides with information into an effective way for learners to assimilate and retain pertinent information. Here are six tips on how to design custom elearning that keeps learners engaged.

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Why and How to Earn Your PMP® Credential

Gaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can be very beneficial for any project manager. Most successful PMP candidates treat preparing for the PMP exam as a personal project. As such, it requires careful planning and a structured approach. Eligibility criteria must be met, and the exam is known for its difficulty, sometimes requiring multiple attempts.

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Online Training: Creating the Perfect Program

Aktiv Mind

Online Training: Creating the Perfect Program. The value and efficacy of eLearning are undeniable. Helping companies and businesses save thousands of dollars in employee training money, eLearning ensures all of that is done perfectly minus having to spend a fortune. If you’ve chosen the right platform, there are a couple of things that you should know before you get down to designing a training program.

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5 Compliance Challenges that Impede Business Transformation

Skillsoft

By Norm Ford According to Statistic Brain (a research provider to Wikipedia, Forbes, CNN and The New York Times), only 58% of people make it past the first month with their resolutions intact. I was surprised by the high number – I would have said something a lot lower. Guess that’s just says more about me and my history with New Year resolutions than anything else.

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Indusgeeks Announces Major Enhancements to Award-Winning INIT Platform by News Editor

LearningGuild

Indusgeeks is planning to showcase some of the latest improvements to its award-winning platform, INIT (or Interactive Narrative Immersive Training), at Learning Solutions 2017 Conference & Expo next week in Orlando. To witness a live demonstration of VR’s potential for training and learn how game-based and simulation-based training through INIT can enhance learning, visit Indusgeeks in Booth 209.

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Teacher Voices: Chris Nesbitt

Learning with e's

This is number five in the ongoing blog series about the lives of former students who have gone on to become teachers. This post features Chris Nesbitt, who graduated from Plymouth University in 2015 with a first class B.Ed degree in primary education in the same group as Hannah Shelton and Megan Douglas. Chris is now leading computing and teaching Year 5 at a primary school in Bristol.

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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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Build a Team of Personalities: One Consultant’s Approach to Improving Employee Engagement

Everwise

Personality tests like DISC, Myers-Briggs, Caliper, and others are a standard part of the hiring and onboarding processes in many organizations , but their results aren’t widely shared and discussed. For most employees, these personality tests can seem like a waste of time, or, worse, an invasion of privacy. What’s the value of these tests and how can we make better use of this kind of information while team building?

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What are your options when creating multilingual training courses?

Matrix

What are your options when creating multilingual training courses? People are actually planning to go on Mars. If the minimum distance between Earth and Mars is about 54.6 million kilometers — and people are seriously considering this journey — then the distance of 19,996 Km between Rosario, Argentina and Xinghua, China (the world’s farthest-apart city pair ) is a joke.

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Talk to LearnUpon at Learning Solutions 2017

LearnUpon

We’re delighted to announce that LearnUpon, the leading cloud-based learning management system, will be exhibiting at Learning Solutions on March 22-23. Learning Solutions takes place annually at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Learning Solutions is the go to event for training and development professionals as it focuses on supporting your entire learning team regardless of their role.