Tue.May 08, 2018

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Cognitive benefits of video games for adult learners

Matrix

When it comes to the latest trends in e-learning design, gamification keeps coming up as the optimal solution to make the content entertaining and easily remembered. But gamification is just one way to go. Video games have evolved a lot since they first started and are today among the most popular pastimes of the modern man. If at first these games were terribly simple, they quickly became very complex immersive worlds that not only entertain and engage but do a lot for the player’s cognitive de

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12 Ways to Increase Student Participation in Online Discussions

WBT Systems

Dozens of studies have come to the same conclusion: online discussions strengthen student engagement and learning. But what can you do to increase student participation in online discussions? We’ve been doing some studying of our own and found a dozen tactics that will help you get students more involved in online discussions. Why online discussions are essential to the learning experience.

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Lesson 1. Quickstart: eLearning Design And Content Roadmap

eLearning Industry

Find out how to increase your skills, create eLearning content easier, and avoid some of the roadblocks ahead. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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3 cool ideas to steal for your training scenarios

Making Change

Looking for inspiration for your training scenarios ? Here are some ideas from the world of fiction that you could try. 1. Offer multiple levels of backstory. Branching scenarios often represent decisions that take place in a complex world. For example, let’s say your scenario describes a manager, Sarah, who has to decide what to do about a long-term employee whose performance is suddenly slipping.

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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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What is Social Learning (And How to Adopt it)

Docebo

Social learning can help today’s organizations keep up with the pace at which their business moves. More and more, organizations are turning to social learning to deliver exciting e-learning experiences to their employees, customers and partners. The concept is more than just a buzzword, and is now increasingly used by forward-thinking organizations to foster collaborative learning and its application in the flow of work to drive organizational performance and the effectiveness of L&D activi

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Overcoming Buyer Hesitations for Your Course

LearnDash

When someone’s hesitating to buy your course, how can you help them commit? Sometimes, everything in your marketing seems to align: you’re attracting a lot of visitors to your site, people seem interested in your course, but you can’t seem to land a sale. Or maybe you just have a lot of buyers on the fence: they’re 90% of the way toward making a purchase, their fingers are hovering over the “purchase” button, but something keeps holding them back.

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Marcus Buckingham #ATD2018 Keynote Mindmap

Clark Quinn

Marcus Buckingham, in a passionate and witty presentation, skewered many beliefs from a valuable perspective. He exhorted us to look at the positive, and emphasize what we do well, and value your uniqueness. The post Marcus Buckingham #ATD2018 Keynote Mindmap appeared first on Learnlets.

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3 branching scenario examples to give you ideas

Making Change

By Cathy Moore Looking for inspiration for your scenario-based training ? Here are some ideas from the world of fiction. 1. Offer multiple levels of backstory in a branching scenario Branching scenarios often represent decisions that take place in a complex world. For example, let's say your scenario describes a manager, Sarah, who has to decide what to do about a long-term employee whose performance is suddenly slipping.

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TEACHING ONLINE: Get People Talking

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Jennie Ruby, COTP. People like to hear themselves talk. I don’t mean that in a bad way. What I mean is, people like to express themselves and feel heard. Feeling heard helps us feel connected to the others we encounter, the people we interact with, and—here’s my point—the people we learn with. Feeling connected with the instructor/facilitator and the other students/participants plays a huge role in our engagement with an online class.

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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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More ATD Day One Takeaways from Lambda Solutions

Lambda Solutions

Team Zoola Analytics continues to have many great discussions and demos at our stand #1027 with the Totara team at ATD International Conference & Exposition. Do stop by! This morning, Stewart Rogers, our VP of Product, recaps a worthy session from yesterday.

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TEACHING ONLINE: Get People Talking

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Jennie Ruby, COTP. People like to hear themselves talk. I don’t mean that in a bad way. What I mean is, people like to express themselves and feel heard. Feeling heard helps us feel connected to the others we encounter, the people we interact with, and—here’s my point—the people we learn with. Feeling connected with the instructor/facilitator and the other students/participants plays a huge role in our engagement with an online class.

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Love, Work & ROI at ATD2018: Session Overviews from Lambda Solutions

Lambda Solutions

Team Zoola Analytics continues to have many great discussions and demos at our stand #1027 with the Totara team at ATD International Conference & Exposition. Do stop by! Stewart Rogers, our VP of Product, continues to recap sessions for you today.

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Enhancing your compliance training: Going from blah to wow

Kineo

Have you recently taken a good, long look at your company’s compliance training and found it lacking? You may be considering a variety of options to enhance the training to make it more meaningful and memorable for employees. Whether you are looking to tweak an existing compliance training program or are embarking on the journey of building an elearning platform, here’s a quick guide for creating something that will have impact and ensure your program’s success.

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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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Using Camtasia to Glue Your Learners to the Screen

eLearning Brothers

When creating videos for eLearning we often find ourselves stuck with a lot of text on the screen, or simple graphics that seem to sit for what feels like days. Keeping your learner interested, or preventing your project from being boring, can feel like a daunting task. Allow me to share some of my thoughts and ideas on how to keep your eLearning video (or otherwise informational video) interesting.

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The 2 Big Technology Considerations For Every eLearning Project

eLearning Industry

Whether you’re creating your eLearning in-house or via third parties, the software you choose makes a huge difference to the end product and your content’s shelf life. There are 2 main software considerations when it comes to eLearning: how you will author your content, and how you will deploy it. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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What Truly Makes an LMS Mobile-First

AbaraLMS

In today’s day and age, an LMS must be more than a training platform accessible from the comfort of your home or the desktop at your workstation. In today’s day and age, your LMS must also be a mobile-first LMS. A mobile-first LMS is built keeping on-the-go training in mind. Designed to integrate with multiple devices which an individual has in their possession at all times.

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4 Mistakes To Avoid When Creating An On Demand Training Program

eLearning Industry

On demand training helps Learning and Development teams to give their people the answers they need anywhere, anytime. Unfortunately, many businesses find themselves failing before they’ve even really begun, so where are they going wrong, and how can you avoid making these mistakes too? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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Why Do E-learning Developers Choose iSpring to Boost Learner Engagement?

CommLab India

This blog post shares some of the interesting features of iSpring that would help Instructional designers while creating online courses.

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Workforce Learning And Development 2018

eLearning Industry

The nation’s top learning and employee engagement experts reveal best practices for building a superior professional development program that supports business growth and workforce retention. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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All the GDPR checklists you'll ever need

Logicearth

This blog is about preparing for GDPR and looking at what training is actually needed. At Logicearth, we offer a range of Compliance solutions, including GDPR, Anti-money laundering, Information security awareness and more. Take sneak peak at our GDPR course or see here for a full list of our engaging compliance courses – they are easy to make available, video-based and practical.

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Can unconscious bias training be more detrimental than helpful?

OpenSesame

Is your company jumping on the unconscious bias bandwagon? If so, great! However, did you know that some studies indicate that implementing this training may actually cause more harm than good? How do you know what training methods will be most effective for your learners and what is the research behind it? Outdated training has negative ramifications.

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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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Adobe Conference (East) 2018

Adobe Captivate

This was my 3rd year attending the Adobe eLearning Conference in Washington DC sponsored by Carahsoft and as always, Adobe didn’t fail to deliver. In addition to participating in the Specialist Certification session prior to the conference, I attended sessions by industry leaders like Phil Cowcill, Mark Lassoff, Damian Bruyndonckx, and James Kingsley.

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Measuring The ROI Of An AI Virtual Assistant For Your Organization's L&D

eLearning Industry

While we recognize the need for training, we find it difficult to measure its impact on efficiency and performance. Then, there are hard financial questions: what should we spend and what return will we see on our investment? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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ATD 2018: Barack Obama on Values, Being Inclusive, and the Future

D2L

Talent and development professionals from all over the world waited in a line that wound around the entirety of the San Diego Convention Center, many … Continued. The post ATD 2018: Barack Obama on Values, Being Inclusive, and the Future appeared first on D2L.

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mLearn 2018 CfP Extended. With Perks!

eLearning Industry

Not enough time to submit your mLearn 2018 paper, workshop, tutorial, or presentation? We’ve got you covered! The CfP for all mLearn 2018 submission categories has been extended to 20 May 2018… with some added perks! This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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How to Develop Effective Online Courses to Impart Product Training

CommLab India

To learn how to develop effective online courses for product training, checkout this presentation.

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Engage In Learning Launches PCI DSS eLearning Program To Prevent Card Fraud

eLearning Industry

Opportunities for card fraud are being minimized by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and by related learning materials, such as those launched recently by Engage in Learning. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Captivate 2017 Not Responding

Adobe Captivate

Hopeful somebody in the community can help me understand why Captivate 2017 is extremely slow to respond when I open the software, open a file, move from slide to slide…it is slower than a snail! My IT dept just spent an hour with me changing settings to increase performance but I’m not seeing a difference. I’m operating on Windows 7 (64 bit) and have plenty of RAM.