Tue.Dec 06, 2016

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Make the most of templates with mini treatments

Kineo

Templates and standard components are a means to an end for learning designers. With the challenging budgets and timelines of much online learning, it's simply not possible to create whizzy custom layouts and functionality all the time. But a standard elearning template (or collection thereof) doesn't make good learning. They're simply presentation options.

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Why Administrate Publishes A Product Roadmap

Administrate

Shortly after announcing it at the annual LITE conference in September, the product team at Administrate has begun to publish our product roadmap for the world to see. Public roadmaps are still rare in the software industry because change happens so quickly, and part of being an agile company is Read More. Published on December 6, 2016. The post Why Administrate Publishes A Product Roadmap appeared first on Administrate.

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Join me Dec 8 @ ATD Boston Shark Tank: The LMS Edition

Learning Visions

Boston Area! Are you swimming in a sea of LMSs? Are the feeding chum to all the vendors out there and the waters have started to churn around you? Want to make some sense of these treacherous seas? Join me at ATD Boston Shark Tank: The LMS Edition on Dec 8. (I'll be one of the sharks and I promise to make a lot of corny shark references). December 8, 6 pm Babson Executive Conference Center More info and to register.

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Did My 2016 Predictions Come True?

LearnDash

It is hard to believe but it is that time of year again when all of the “future of <insert industry here>” articles begin to appear. My own will be coming out in January. Truth be told this past year has flown by quicker than usual in my view. Perhaps it is because we have made tremendous strides in our own company. Our team grew and our learning management system evolved considerably.

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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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Aligning Learning

Clark Quinn

Last week, at Online Educa in Berlin, I gave a tutorial on deeper elearning as a pre-conference event. In it, I talked about getting more meaningful objectives, writing practice that actually develops meaningful outcomes, and content (concepts & examples) aligned to support effective practice. I also talked about emotional engagement and social learning, before talking about revising design processes to incorporate these deeper elements in an effective and not-too-different approach.

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Why Video Storytelling Matters To Your Learning Strategy

Wisetail

Using video to illustrate your company’s culture and people can be a powerful tool in helping to create a great place to work. The post Why Video Storytelling Matters To Your Learning Strategy appeared first on Wisetail.

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The Pros and Cons of Working from Home as Part of a Remote Team

InSync Training

InSync Training operates under a thoroughly modern business model: the entire team works remotely! Guest blogger Jenny Holt provides some benefits and drawbacks of this arrangement. Many businesses are moving away from having dedicated office space in their facilities for team members to work in. Instead, they are choosing to allow, and even encourage, workers to perform their daily activities from home.

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How Keystone Habits Can Improve Your Employee Engagement

Wisetail

An astonishing 7 out of 10 employees are disengaged in the workplace. Learn how developing keystone habits can increase your employee engagement and create a better place to work. The post How Keystone Habits Can Improve Your Employee Engagement appeared first on Wisetail.

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Virtual Reality: The Next Frontier in Adult Education

Web Courseworks

There I was, standing in my cubicle. My job seemed easy enough: the printer on my desk would print out red or black folders, and I had to file them in the red or black cabinets. I glanced up at the clock. I checked the calendar to see if I had anything interesting planned further into the week. Nope, just work. I returned to my folder sorting task. I glanced up at the clock again.

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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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Managing Minds, Winning Hearts

The Performance Improvement Blog

We are now in the "Knowledge Economy" which means that we must learn differently than we have in the past. As I wrote in a previous blog post titled, The Manager's Abridged History of Work and Learning : . Today, work is more about having a keen mind than it is about having a strong back or skilled hands. This has profound implications for how we manage workers and how we facilitate learning in the workplace.

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3 Tips for Using Animations in E-Learning

ATD Learning Technologies

The use of animations in e-learning is a powerful way to create an engaging learning experience. I always find animations most beneficial when I want to bring my content to life or visually communicate an idea. But let me ask you this: how often do you use animations in e-learning without any real purpose or intention? The truth though, is that when you're new to e-learning, it's easy to think of animations simply as a design embellishment, and nothing more.

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Adult Learning Theories Every Instructional Designer Must Know

SHIFT eLearning

As an instructional designer, you want to create courses that make a difference to your audience’s lives. You want to create courses that inspire them, that change mindsets and drive performance. In short, you want to create courses that are effective and hit the mark, every time.

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Tips to Efficiently Manage Outsourced E-learning Projects

CommLab India

If you’ve made the decision to outsource your e-learning projects considering the benefits outsourcing provides and have made your choice of vendor after going through a checklist , you are well on the road to successful e-learning implementation. But before you pat yourself on the back, are you sure you can manage the e-learning projects successfully with your outsourcing partner?

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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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It’s Time to Quit Locking Your Course Navigation

Rapid eLearning

“How do I lock navigation?” is one of the first questions we get when showing people how to use our software. In fact it’s one of the questions we had to revisit in a recent Articulate Live webinar where people wanted to see the features used to lock navigation. I understand the question and why it’s asked, but from an instructional perspective it’s one of the most frustrating questions to answer because locking navigation may inhibit learning and it’s a mise

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3 Benefits of Custom E-learning over Catalog Courses [Infographic]

CommLab India

Organizations world over are integrating online training solutions into their existing training methods. While some use catalog courses to train their employees, some choose to build customized training solutions. Both have their place and relevance. However, for large multinational organizations who have already introduced their employees to self-paced eLearning, it may be a good idea to opt for custom eLearning.

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The CEO and Me

CLO Magazine

This From the Vault article was originally published on CLOmedia.com in June 201o. It goes without saying that the most important relationship a CLO has is with the CEO. After all, how the CEO defines, embraces and supports the role of the CLO will determine how much impact the CLO can have in the company and whether the role will be fulfilling. At one end of the spectrum, the CEO may view the CLO essentially as a C-level training director, responsible for guiding learning and development prog

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Holiday Wish List for Corporate Training Professionals: Part 4 - Software for Content Creation

Litmos

Introduction to Scaling Up Knowledge. The creation of media content is how we scale up the sharing of knowledge. When 1:1 training becomes impossible we capture the wisdom of subject matter experts in media. Sometimes we write it out in text, and support the ideas with images and pictures as well. We can use audio and video to record the wisdom of an expert.

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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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The Ultimate Free Library of 2016 Training And Learning Content

WalkMe Training Station

The year of 2016 is coming to an end! Before we start celebrating the holidays, creating our New Year’s resolution and moving towards a new year of beginnings, we should take a chance to reflect on all the wonderful lessons we learned over the year. I think we should all make one of our New Year’s resolutions to better understand training and how it can benefit our employees.

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And the Winner Is…

CLO Magazine

Kellye Whitney. Too often the learning leader’s good work goes unrecognized. A peer may say, “well done.” And program participants may generously share, “That really helped me, thank you,” or “This was time well spent.” And these compliments are not to be discounted. But nothing says you rock like a trophy, a ceremony and a gathering where all the learning leaders can get together, talk shop, and congratulate themselves for being fabulous.

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Why you should use Lectora to create Branching Scenarios for your e-learning

CommLab India

Are you creating linear e-learning courses which are simply “click-and-read” and failing to engage your learners? It’s high time you change your approach. Today, let’s learn about Branching Scenarios which can improve your efforts and offer better learner engagement. What are Branching Scenarios? Scenarios provide a safe learning environment for learners to fail, allowing them to learn from their mistakes , which in turn, allow them to gain an understanding of the concepts and then apply t

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Six reasons why you should always record online classes

WizIQ

Online education is changing the world, and when you record online classes, you get to be a part of a groundbreaking shift in what education can mean in the lives of your students. With the explosion. This is a short summary of this post. Visit The WizIQ Blog for full content and links.

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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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Insight – The Top 50 LMS 2017 Report

eLearning 24-7

It’s that time of the year, when research firms, industry firms, Fred your mailman and Judy the person who nags you each day you come into your office, announces their best of the best awards. And I’m along with them. Well, sort of for authoring tools. For the whole whammy of LMSs, the list has been out for nearly 12 months (for 2016). You can still buy the 2016 Top 50 LMS Report (BTW).

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E-Learning: Key to Effective Onboarding

Content Raven

Most people remember their first day in a new workplace. Without a carefully elaborated onboarding process and approach, the first day can lead to frustration, if not despair.

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Insight – The Top 50 LMS 2017 Report

eLearning 24-7

It’s that time of the year, when research firms, industry firms, Fred your mailman and Judy the person who nags you each day you come into your office, announces their best of the best awards. And I’m along with them. Well, sort of for authoring tools. For the whole whammy of LMSs, the list has been out for nearly 12 months (for 2016). You can still buy the 2016 Top 50 LMS Report (BTW).

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Catering to Cultures: Training Within a MNC

OpenSesame

Corporate globalization is here to stay as we see more corporations becoming multinational. Whether it is outsourcing, talent acquisition, or market penetration, it is likely that a company will do business internationally. As the business world becomes smaller, our cultural awareness must increase to be successful in international business relations.

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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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Using Employee Stories to Drive eLearning Adoption

Skillsoft

Examples of how Lexmark drove eLearning adoption through an employee-focused communications plan centered on learner success stories.

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The Challenge of Career Management

CrossKnowledge

For the workforce, an updated CV or résumé is like a valid passport. It allows them to come and go wherever and whenever they want if they have met the standards of an organization. However, companies are demanding an increasing amount of experience before onboarding a new talent. Combined with workers’ increasing need to pave their way from company to company to reach their career goals, we ask the following: how can your organization meet both the challenge of finding the right talent and off

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Catering to Cultures: Training Within a MNC

OpenSesame

Corporate globalization is here to stay as we see more corporations becoming multinational. Whether it is outsourcing, talent acquisition, or market penetration, it is likely that a company will do business internationally. As the business world becomes smaller, our cultural awareness must increase to be successful in international business relations.

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