Wed.Jan 03, 2018

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Choice is Key in Learning

Association eLearning

I was in Girl Scouts when I was younger. And I have clear memories of the merit badge book. Each badge required me to do something different to earn it. Looking back, that book offered a lot of choices. I could pick which badge I wanted to work on and choose the activities that sounded best to me. Then I remembered that many organizations don’t offer their learners that choice.

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Conversations Over Clicks

The Simple Shift

When I attended my first meeting as a member of the social media marketing committee for Vera House I learned of our team’s call to action. We were to guide the larger, influential steering committee in their effort to get the word out and create “awareness” about the White Ribbon campaign (and the march to […].

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Year In Review - 2017

The Performance Improvement Blog

As I usually do at this time of year, I’ve selected five blog posts from the past year that seem to have had the most interest from readers. With the publication of my new book, Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy , I have continued to focus my blog posts on a manager’s role in supporting continuous learning for all employees in the workplace.

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5 Things You Can Do to Boost Your Cultural Agility

eLearning Brothers

Previously, I introduced some of the challenges that instructional designers face when designing for cultures that are very different from their own. As more companies expand their eLearning programs on a multinational scale, it is becoming increasingly important that instructional designers have the skills to design culturally responsive and adaptive eLearning.

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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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Allegations of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace:  No, HR Didn’t Fail. WE did!

ej4 eLearning

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, in the News and in Hollywood. Right now, leaders are in a unique position to radically change their organizations, for the better. The events of the past six months have made it necessary: The accusations against Harvey Weinstein and others, followed by Time Magazine choosing the “Silence Breakers” as its Person of the Year, and the #MeToo movement on social media.

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How a Learning Management System Can Curb Costs of Student Attrition

D2L

It goes without saying that the vast majority of higher education institutions in the US are facing tight budgets in a highly competitive landscape. They … Continued.

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It’s Time to Go Ninja!

Living in Learning

Who “woulda thunk it” possible to be swept up…or is swept out more appropriate…into the chaos of three corporate downsizing events in less than seven years? Could that even happen to the same guy? Oh, but yes it can…and it has. You’re reading his words right now. January 26th is when I will be jettisoned through the window of opportunity. Bring it! It's time to go Ninja!

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Investing for Soft Skills: Build, Buy or Both

CLO Magazine

When many people are asked to describe an “engineer,” it elicits an immediate reaction. But whether they think broadly about the work or more narrowly about a specific person, emotional intelligence, caring and soft skills are not often at the top of the list. Engineers are generally known for their technical skills and proficiency. I’ve worked with several great engineers.

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5 Right Reasons for Outsourcing E-learning Development

CommLab India

This blog gives training managers and decision makers in a business all the right reasons to outsource e-learning development.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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6 Training Trends for 2018 (and 3 you’re still not doing right)

Unboxed

Save the Date. Join our very own Dave Romero and Nikki Shaw for a fun, interactive webinar with Training Magazine where they’ll go more in-depth with these hot 2018 training trends. Bonus: During the webinar, they’ll share actionable tips to help you get started with each trend. You won’t want to miss it! View Recording. As we turn the calendar into 2018, training leaders are looking for the next big things in learning and development.

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Optimize Your Supply Chain Process Training with E-Learning

CommLab India

Supply chain processes involve several elements, right from the point of origin of raw material till the point of consumption. Ensure that your supply chain processes are followed diligently with e-learning.

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Understanding Your LMS Requirements for Corporate Training

TalentLMS

You’ve got so many difficult decisions to make in a day. Like how best to allocate your training budget, who to promote, and what development strategy to employ. Now, choosing the LMS that will suit all your training needs has just joined the list. And the worst part is, there are hundreds of them! So, where do you even start? Well, we’ve got good news.

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What is Kotter’s Eight Step Change Model?

Growth Engineering

John Kotter is Harvard Business School’s ‘Professor Change’. After forty years in the business world, he’d stockpiled enough experience to become a true thought leader in business management theory. The 8-Step Process for Leading Change (outlined in his book, Leading Change ) is the long-standing bible of change management strategy. Businesses are always changing.

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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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Is the classroom dead?

Enterprise Study

Learning on the go has become something of a phenomenon as more and more people and businesses begin to discover the benefits of getting out of the classroom. But why is learning on the go proving so popular and what does this mean for the more traditional, formal option of the classroom? Flexibility is important to learners. A new generation of learners now puts flexibility at the heart of needs when it comes to embracing learning.

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Multi-Slide MP4 video project presents Connection Error on Playback after publishing to local machine

Adobe Captivate

Inserting Multi-Slide MP4 video presents Connection Error on Playback of projects published to local machine. 1. Captivate 2017 ver 10.0.192. (Updates controlled by server. In process of validating current version with IT). 2. Project IS NOT published to LMS. Issue presents when published to and viewed from Local Machine. 2. MP4 videos were created using the Software Simulation function in Captivate 2017.

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3 resolutions for more effective elearning in 2018

Elucidat

We all have our predictions on how the elearning industry will develop in 2018. The important question is – are you ready to be part of the change? Here are three achievable resolutions you can make to keep up with new trends and create more effective learning this year. From predicitions to practicalities. With so many articles on how the workplace learning industry will change in 2018, you might expect to see as many different predictions as authors.

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Magic Move/Morph Transition?

Adobe Captivate

I’m wondering if anyone has had success implementing a slide transition in Captivate similar to the Morph transition in PowerPoint or the Magic Move transition in Keynote. It would be very useful to have slide objects automatically reformat themselves when moving to new slides. Any insight is welcome! Thanks! Sean.

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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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Learning Trends for 2018 in the Skilled Trades

BlueVolt

Happy New Year from all of us here at BlueVolt!

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What College Taught Us About Microlearning

AthenaOnline

Some of us come away from college wondering, “What did I really learn?”. Later in life, we came to understand that there we many lessons learned in college that we benefits us in many ways (and, I do not mean staying away from keggers.). Unbeknownst to us college academians, we came to understand the value of micro-learning. It wasn’t called that when I went to college (yes, kids, they had college, pen and paper, even automobiles when I went to college).

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Induction Training Can Be Time- and Resource-Efficient. Here’s How.

Melon Learning

Happy New Year to you all! Let it be healthy, joyful and prosperous! We’ll open up the new year with a quick walk into one of the most common systematic types of training in any organization - the Induction Program. Say you have a continuous flow of new employees starting regularly at your organization – for example, every two weeks. The standard procedure when hiring a new employee is for her to go through a few-hour-long induction program.

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What College Taught Us About Microlearning

AthenaOnline

Some of us come away from college wondering, “What did I really learn?”. Later in life, we came to understand that there we many lessons learned in college that we benefits us in many ways (and, I do not mean staying away from keggers.). Unbeknownst to us college academians, we came to understand the value of micro-learning. It wasn’t called that when I went to college (yes, kids, they had college, pen and paper, even automobiles when I went to college).

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Boost Your Career with Distance Learning

LearnDash

It is a new year and that means new goals, both professionally and personally. As you start to think about what you want to accomplish in your career, why not consider incorporating distance learning in some capacity? As the infographic above points out, education often can result in higher pay in your field. A graduate with a master’s degree earns around $10,000 per year more than a person with only a bachelors degree.

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Everwise Celebrates National Mentoring Month

Everwise

January is National Mentoring Month, when organizations around the world recognize their mentors, share best practices, and highlight the impact of mentoring. To celebrate our own mentor community we have a number of programs coming out this month. To start, we’re excited to share an infographic highlighting the makeup and motivations of Everwise Mentors.