Tue.Aug 22, 2017

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Mobility and Offline Learner Management

Upside Learning

After the advent of Learning Management Systems, managing learners may seem a problem with an obvious answer. So why has it reared its head again? Well, it has and it hasn’t. The typical context in which learners access training from within the cyber and physical boundaries of the organisation, poses no challenge any more. However, […].

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Next Workshop: Supporting Continuous Independent Learning

Jane Hart

Next public workshop runs: 4 September – 6 October 2017 In the modern workplace it is no longer enough for L&D to just organise and manage modern learning experiences, they also need to enable and support continuous independent learning.

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Create Your Virtual Team Tech Toolkit

InSync Training

BYTE Session Recap. Organizations find themselves embracing the future of work: globally dispersed, virtual teams. We no longer have to rely on our teammates sitting in the cubicle next to us in order to efficiently and effectively do our jobs, complete major projects, and meet goals, all thanks to the power of technology. Brenda Huettner recently explored the “Realities of Virtual Collaboration” with our BYTE learners, and shared her recommendations for selecting the technology categories you c

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BLP Improves Authoring and Adds Game Options in Knowledge Guru Fall 2017 Release

Knowledge Guru

The Fall 2017 Release of Knowledge Guru makes life easier for game authors and provides new gameplay options for learners. We’ve added several new features to the Knowledge Guru platform based on customer requests and lessons learned implementing Knowledge Guru games as part of larger curriculums for our clients. New Authoring Tools and System Admin Dashboard.

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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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ADOBE CAPTIVATE: Updated Images in a Snap

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel, COTP. You've imported your corporate logo into your project, and you've used the logo throughout the project (on both master slides and Filmstrip slides).  One day, and without much fanfare, your marketing department updates the logo. Did anyone bother to tell you? Well, yes. there was that memo. However, your project was just about done; and now you're going to have to scour through the project, delete each occurrence of the logo, and replace it with the

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5 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Productivity

Learning Rebels

Time for a productivity smack down! It’s Christmas! Well, not exactly Christmas in the traditional “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” Christmas, but that other Christmas…Productivity Christmas! Otherwise known as “Back to School”! Jump to the bottom of this post to learn more about this month’s “Back to School Bundle” Giveaway.

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How To Edit Video: Reducing File Size

TechSmith Camtasia

Video file size can be tricky and the concept of reducing video file size has many technical variables associated with it. You may want to reduce file size to more easily send to your co-workers, or complete your upload to YouTube quicker. It can be hard to know where to start when trying to reduce file size. Below we’ve put together some helpful information to get you started on your file reduction journey!

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Mind-blowing Statistics that Prove the Value of Employee Training and Development

SHIFT eLearning

If you could change just one thing about your company that would increase employee productivity by over 200%, would you do it? Yes, of course, you would! But you’re probably thinking that such a change would be infeasible or incredibly complicated in order to have that kind of impact, right? You would be mistaken. It turns out, all you need to do is more of what you’re already doing: training and developing your employees.

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You Use Information Skimming to Avoid Drowning in Data

eLearningMind

We may be living in the Information Age, but most of us can’t conceive how massively informative it really is. The Internet is growing at a rate of 3.7% per quarter, for a conservative estimate of 330.6M top level domains by Q1 2017. In the past two years alone, humans have produced more data than existed in our entire history. How do we avoid sinking in a vast sea of data?

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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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Part 1: Say What?! A Guide to Camtasia Sound

eLearning Brothers

If you spend any amount of time exploring what Camtasia has to offer you’ll stumble across the Audio Effects option in the left side menu ribbon. Here live five extremely useful tools to enhance your video’s audio. Today I’d like to walk you through these tools and demonstrate some best practices for using them. These four effects are available in both the Mac and PC versions of Camtasia. #1 – Noise Removal.

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5 Ways to Open an Interactive Virtual Class

ATD Learning Technologies

When does a virtual training program begin? For participants, it begins the moment they log in to the virtual classroom. Since first impressions often establish what’s to come, it’s important to use this opening time to set expectations and get the program moving in the right direction. Here are five quick tips to help you set the stage for an interactive virtual class. 1.

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Why Mobile eLearning is on the Rise

OpenSesame

Every week, 25 million Americans work more than the standard 40-hour work week. With how busy working professionals are during the standard nine-to-five, you probably find yourself cramming in tasks in any free time you can find during your week. If you’re one of the 9.6 million currently furthering your education, then non-working hours are likely dedicated to schoolwork, studying and exams.

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Gaining Momentum with a 90-Day Sprint

CommPartners

By Mary Byers, CAE, CSP Meetings. Deadlines. The day-to-day work of running your organization. All of these get in the way of doing new work on behalf of your association. But new work is often necessary to create leverage and momentum—especially when you’re stuck in a business-as-usual environment. A 90-day sprint may be just what […].

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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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Connecting Training to Long-Term Performance

OpenSesame

How many Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used at your organization? As company size grows, learning is increasingly planned at the department level and the number of LMS increases–some companies use up to 30 LMS! Two-thirds of industry leaders admit that decentralized learning strategies hurt employee development, tenure and engagement. In a recent webinar sponsored by OpenSesame, Aberdeen analyst Zach Chertok shared tips about how to maximize your LMS and make learning more relevant

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Why Do Most Corporates Select Articulate Storyline for Rapid E-learning Development?

CommLab India

This blog gives training managers an insight as to why most corporates select Articulate Storyline for rapid e-learning development.

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Easily Browse, Purchase, and Sync Courses through OpenSesame’s Embedded Catalog Integrations

OpenSesame

One reason companies choose OpenSesame remains the integration with a growing list of Learning Management System (LMS) partners. These partners have embedded the OpenSesame catalog of over 20,000 courses into their system for you to easily browse, purchase, and sync courses directly to your own LMS. Finding the embedded catalog in your LMS. How customers accesses the embedded course catalog differs for each of our LMS partners.

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One Way to Get The Most Out of Your Compliance Training

Coreaxis

Compliance training is provided by organizations in order to reduce the risk associated with improper ethical and legal conduct among employees. It is required for many reasons and it’s important, as the costs associated with not providing it can be immeasurable. When done well, compliance training actually provides strategic advantages in any industry, minimizing financial and operational risks.

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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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Connecting Training to Long-Term Performance

OpenSesame

How many Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used at your organization? As company size grows, learning is increasingly planned at the department level and the number of LMS increases--some companies use up to 30 LMS! Two-thirds of industry leaders admit that decentralized learning strategies hurt employee development, tenure and engagement. In a recent webinar sponsored by OpenSesame, Aberdeen analyst Zach Chertok shared tips about how to maximize your LMS and make learning more relevant by c

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The 3 Levels of Gamification for Corporate Learning

Riptide Software

The thinking of “gamifying” learning and learning content has been a buzz topic in recent years. For some, gamification means taking pieces of learning content, or learning topics, and turning them into games where users can “Learn by Playing.” Gamification can be an extremely successful learning approach, but there needs to be strategy behind it.

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Classroom + E-learning = Overcome Resistance to Technology with Blended Learning

CommLab India

Not comfortable leaving traditional learning behind? Don’t worry, blended learning will help you overcome the resistance to technology at your workplace.

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LearnUpon named LMS software leader in Software Advice’s FrontRunners Quadrant

LearnUpon

Dublin, Ireland August 22nd 2017 – LearnUpon, the leading cloud-based LMS, today proudly announced that their system has been named in Software Advice’s FrontRunners quadrant for LMS Software. In addition to this LearnUpon was named in the Leaders quadrant. The quadrant was generated from customer reviews across several of Gartner’s sites. . FrontRunners is published on Software Advice, a trusted resource for software buyers.

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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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The Role of Templates in Rapid E-learning Development

CommLab India

Explore the power of templates to ease rapid e-learning development.

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Easily Browse, Purchase, and Sync Courses through OpenSesame’s Embedded Catalog Integrations

OpenSesame

One reason companies choose OpenSesame remains the integration with a growing list of Learning Management System (LMS) partners. These partners have embedded the OpenSesame catalog of over 20,000 courses into their system for you to easily browse, purchase, and sync courses directly to your own LMS. Finding the embedded catalog in your LMS. How customers accesses the embedded course catalog differs for each of our LMS partners.

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One Way to Get The Most Out of Your Compliance Training

Coreaxis

Compliance training is provided by organizations in order to reduce the risk associated with improper ethical and legal conduct among employees. It is required for many reasons and it’s important, as the costs associated with not providing it can be immeasurable. When done well, compliance training actually provides strategic advantages in any industry, minimizing financial and operational risks.

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Why Mobile eLearning is on the Rise

OpenSesame

Every week, 25 million Americans work more than the standard 40-hour work week. With how busy working professionals are during the standard nine-to-five, you probably find yourself cramming in tasks in any free time you can find during your week. If you’re one of the 9.6 million currently furthering your education, then non-working hours are likely dedicated to schoolwork, studying and exams.

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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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Terminology to Know When Creating Mobile Learning

Designing Digitally

Increasing numbers of businesses are using eLearning strategies for training their employees in the workforce. As these mobile learning methods continue to permeate the landscape of employee education, it is necessary to be well-versed in the vernacular of the medium.

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E-learning on a budget – five tips on how to do it

Matrix

E-learning is advertised as being the more cost-effective approach to training in today’s corporate world. It doesn’t require a conference room, people taken out of their daily schedules and sometimes asked to travel rather long distances (which also means paying for the trip and accommodation). Most importantly, the training content can be updated and uploaded in record time with very few resources.

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5 Ways to Open an Interactive Virtual Class

ATD Learning Technologies

When does a virtual training program begin? For participants, it begins the moment they log in to the virtual classroom. Since first impressions often establish what’s to come, it’s important to use this opening time to set expectations and get the program moving in the right direction. Here are five quick tips to help you set the stage for an interactive virtual class. 1.

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