Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 28, 2016

(I wrote the original piece this article is based on for Training Industry Quarterly in Winter, 2012. I feel it still speaks to a key issue for building high performance that has barely been touched by many L&D professionals). Reflective Practices In a world where speed and agility are the driving forces for most of our organisations we tend value our ability to look forward rather than to backwards.

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Wisetail

JULY 28, 2016

Premium brands deserve premium training. Sika Gear is setting the standard for product knowledge training in the outdoor industry. The post How Sitka Gear Is Setting The Standard For Training In The Outdoor World appeared first on Wisetail.

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Upside Learning

JULY 28, 2016

The last week was rather hectic, but exciting nonetheless, for me, as I finally presented my first webinar on LMS. *phew* Both the sessions (on 20th July and 21st July) were super successful as we delivered to a packed audience. As much as we had promised ourselves to take up audience questions in the 1-hour […].

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Kineo

JULY 28, 2016

Lectora - a powerful off-the-shelf authoring tool that can create everything we dream up and design, both visually and functionally. The recently released version, Lectora 16, publishes out responsive content - one of the first of the off-the-shelf authoring tools to go down this very welcome road. Lectora now works on pretty much all devices and browsers, from the latest releases down to older browsers like IE6 (by using different versions of Lectora). .

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Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable? Mobile Learning has been a cool shining beacon in the learning industry for quite a while now. So much so, we here at Gyrus tend to talk about it… a lot. But with new technologies, sometimes you have to stop and ask yourself, is it just being used for the sake of the media itself, or is it actually adding to my blended learning portfolio?

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Living in Learning

JULY 28, 2016

Leading Change to full adoption implies that we not only manage Change to deployment, we must continue to lead Change through implementation.and beyond to the desired goal of full adoption.

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LearnDash

JULY 28, 2016

Educational institutions are often some of the first to use new technology in a learning environment. Over the years the integration of tech into classrooms has really taken off, especially with the accessibility of mobile devices. It is not uncommon to see classroom learning management systems, blended learning approaches, flipped content delivery , and social learning opportunities all possible because of today’s tools and programs.

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Living in Learning

JULY 28, 2016

Leading Change to full adoption implies that we not only manage Change to deployment, we must continue to lead Change through implementation.and beyond to the desired goal of full adoption.

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Kineo

JULY 28, 2016

Lectora - a powerful off-the-shelf authoring tool that can create everything we dream up and design, both visually and functionally. The recently released version, Lectora 16, publishes out responsive content - one of the first of the off-the-shelf authoring tools to go down this very welcome road. Lectora now works on pretty much all devices and browsers, from the latest releases down to older browsers like IE6 (by using different versions of Lectora). .

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Web Courseworks

JULY 28, 2016

This month, we sponsored a podcast for Leading Learning on Dr. Will Thalheimer, author of Performance-Focused Smile Sheets: A radical Rethinking of a Dangerous Art Form. Thalheimer has spent over 30 years in the performance and learning field and is an expert on post – learning evaluations. In this podcast, Thalheimer focuses on discussing smile sheets, which he describes as the questions we give to learners or conference attendees at the end of a session.

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SHIFT eLearning

JULY 28, 2016

The Stats on Millennials. We hear a lot about Millennials but who are they statistically? This generation was born between the beginning of the 1980’s and the early 2000’s as defined by Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069. At over 80 million high, this generation makes up a quarter of the U.S. population and much of the current and near future workforce.

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eLearning Brothers

JULY 28, 2016

So you’ve spent a lot of time creating an amazing HTML5 interaction using our Interaction Builder and now you want to insert it into your Storyline 2 course. But how do you that? That’s the very question we get quite often through our support emails, so we’ve created a quick video demonstrating the process. Thanks in part to the HTML5 is quickly replacing Flash as the de facto standard for video and rich media web content, it is important that eLearning developers understand how to incorporate i

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CommLab India

JULY 28, 2016

Immersive learning is a term being discussed by e-learning professionals in the past few years, but you may be surprised to know the style has been our natural way of learning since ages. It is basically learning through experiences. So how did this age-old method enter the e-learning space? E-learning professionals have discovered learning can be enhanced by ‘immersing’ learners in a self-contained, simulated environment; helping them learn by experiencing.

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Learning with e's

JULY 28, 2016

It's important we listen to the student voice - educators are foolish if they don't. What students say can and often does inform our professional practice. I've written about this in previous blogs, and have also put this principle into action by incorporating student voice into many of my own public presentations. On several occasions I have also invited my students to join me on stage to present their views.

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Skillsoft

JULY 28, 2016

Microlearning - eLearning content in bite-sized chunks - may focus on presenting small bits of information, but material in this format can have a big impact.

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LearnUpon

JULY 28, 2016

Great developers build great SaaS products. And a great company culture builds great developers. That’s what we believe at LearnUpon. After landing in Dublin for LearnUpon’s summer party, I spoke to the development team about the secret to loving life at work. Our talented gang of developers and designers talk about being agile, CEO pranks, and how to instantly spot the right fit for your company culture.

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Trivantis

JULY 28, 2016

July includes many fun things to celebrate: National Ice Cream Day, Independence Day in the US, Take Your Plants for a Walk Day (I’m not sure how this holiday works), a new upgrade for Lectora® 16, and more. If all those things weren’t enough fun for you, keep reading. I’ve collected some of the top articles from this month and shared them with you here.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 28, 2016

Organizations that apply data-driven decision making out-perform their competitors — period. Yet, there is a significant gap between intent and action regarding organizational workforce analytics programs. According to Bersin by Deloitte’s 2015 “Global Human Capital Trends” report, 75 percent of executives stated workforce analytics was “important”; but only 8 percent rated their function’s capability for analytics as “strong.

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Growth Engineering

JULY 28, 2016

If you’re searching for a new learning platform, you’ll come across lots of articles and advice telling you which features you should be looking for. You’ll read about the importance of reporting tools and learner segmentation, but this won’t necessarily prepare you for the demands of tomorrow’s learners. The world of work is changing at a rapid rate and learning technologies have been evolving to meet this challenge.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 28, 2016

Sales managers and leaders are responsible for not only setting sales strategy, but for communicating, enabling and supporting that strategy to accelerate pipeline growth, account penetration, accelerated win-rates, and bigger deal sizes. Pursuing such sales results and business outcomes requires a cross-functional approach. In many ways, sales leaders are accountable for these results, but they often lack cross-functional support within the greater organization necessary to achieve those goals.

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Training Industry

JULY 28, 2016

Earlier this month, Unicorn Training, a London financial services L&D company, announced its acquisition of Amuzo, a BAFTA-nominated games studio, six months after investing in the Bournemouth, UK-based company. The two organizations are developing immersive games and apps for just-in-time training and reinforcement outside of the traditional desktop environment.

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Everwise

JULY 28, 2016

Making the leap from individual contributor to first-time manager is a pivotal transition in a professional’s career. While training for technical skills can be straightforward, learning how to be an inspiring leader isn’t as simple. It’s no longer enough to care about your own performance and development. The responsibility shifts to caring for that of the entire team.

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Training Industry

JULY 28, 2016

Earlier this month, Unicorn Training, a London financial services L&D company, announced its acquisition of Azumo, a BAFTA-nominated games studio, six months after investing in the Bournemouth, UK-based company. The two organizations are developing immersive games and apps for just-in-time training and reinforcement outside of the traditional desktop environment.

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Cobblestone Learning

JULY 28, 2016

I have worked with learning evaluation teams, more from the Instructional design side, creating objectives, assessments and conducting observations and then handing over the data for analysis. I’ll share some of my learning. As a reminder Kirkpatrick’s levels are commonly used to define the depth of evaluation that will take. The post A Practical guide to learning evaluation appeared first on Cobblestone learning.

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 28, 2016

With the days of August just ahead of us, or the dogs of August, I can never remember the saying, it is time to bring many of the readers of this blog with some interesting tidbits that I find of interest and that you may or may not be aware of. Before we dive in, just a couple of updates. a. Starting in September, my business name will become The Craig Weiss Group, which is a LLC.

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eFront

JULY 28, 2016

The point behind each learning objective is to be able to retain and apply the concept successfully. The post-training period is the critical time during which learning is measured and the course effectiveness is evaluated. If, for some reason, a course does not improve performance and achieve KPIs, it is shelved. There goes the entire hard work of the eLearning development team that promised to deliver but couldn’t.

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CommLab India

JULY 28, 2016

How can you ensure effective in-country reviews of your translated online courses? What does it take to prevent delays in this crucial phase of e-learning translations? Well, here are 5 sure-fire tips. 1. Remember every bilingual person is not a good reviewer. Many organizations wrongly believe that the mere ability to speak the source and target languages qualifies a person to be an in-country reviewer of your e-learning translation.

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CommLab India

JULY 28, 2016

The job of Pharmaceutical sales representatives is unique compared to the sales reps of other industries. They have to spend most of their time educating physicians and pharmacists on new medicines, prescription drugs, and medical equipment. And the hard part is, physicians and pharmacists possess more knowledge on the diseases and medicines than these reps.

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