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15 Benefits of eLearning: Time to convince the naysayers!

TalentLMS

eLearning is beginning to seep into the very basis of knowledge development and technology innovation. With the passage of time, scholars and researchers have conducted numerous longitudinal studies to demonstrate the benefits of eLearning. In this article, we’ll share with you the latest benefits outlined by researchers in the field of eLearning. .

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What is 70:20:10 and How Can Your Organization Benefit From It?

Docebo

An LMS Supporting the 70:20:10 Framework Will Engage Your Learners and Fuel Your Business. Training employees, whether through a part of onboarding or promotion, can be stressful, but it’s important that your learners are engaged and retaining the required knowledge. We talk a lot about the 70:20:10 learning model, and we know it works, but training professionals in much of the world have yet to adopt this approach.

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SMART Goals in a SMAC World

ID Reflections

Back after a long and deliberate break from blogging! Probably my longest thus far. Looking forward to writing and conversing with my community once again. A couple of days back, I came across the article, The Scientific Reason Why Setting Goals can Backfire in Inc written by Rohini Venkatraman Replete with relevant data and insights, the article calls out the dangers of specific goals (SMART goals) which were and still are the darling of the corporate world, especially with the advent of MBO (M

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Empowering Employee-Led Learning

Jane Hart

Over the last 10 years (since I’ve been running my Top 100 Tools for Learning survey) I’ve written lots of posts and articles about how the way the Web is changing the way we learn. And recently there have been a number of other studies that have concurred with my findings! One of my own recent posts considered the individual’s perspective of workplace learning and how L&D departments can learn from this to modernize their own practices.

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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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30 Day Brainstorm Challenge: Day 26 – My Dying Plant

Learning Rebels

It’s Day 26 of our 30 Day Brainstorm Challenge – My Dying Plant. Today is the day. I couldn’t pass up it’s sad leaves any longer. You see, I have a pretty good green thumb, for plants that grow outside. Then, even those plants are categorized into two levels: plants I can eat and perennials (plants that come back year after year).

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TechSmith Camtasia: Backing Up and Sharing Projects

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel        While producing a Camtasia project, assets such as videos, images, and audio clips can be imported from your hard drive, a network drive, or other external resource. During the development process, I always encourage my students to backup the project as often as possible (I backup at least once a day). Backing up a project can be as simple as dragging the project folder from your local drive to a network drive.

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5 Ways To Use WordPress as an LMS

LearnDash

WordPress has come quite a long way since it first started out as a basic content management system with the sole purpose of being a blogging platform. Looking at the landscape today and it’s quite incredible all of the different ways WordPress is being used. From e-commerce to education, the platform’s flexibility shines. Given that LearnDash is a WordPress learning management system we are exposed to many different use-cases of WordPress being used from an educational standpoint.

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Accessibility in elearning: busting some myths

Kineo

​ Accessibility describes how easy it is for people to access content online. Originally, I'm from a web design background. In that part of the technology industry, there's a long-established movement to make content accessible to all users. The web is the sole way to access some services and to restrict access to certain people, even accidentally, can fall foul of equality laws and alienate sections of the site's audience. .

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The Flipped Classroom: Online learning Enhances Face-to-Face Corporate Training

Lambda Solutions

It’s an undisputable fact that online learning has been a disruptive force in the face of traditional, corporate training methods. Despite this, it is most effective not when it’s used as a replacement for face-to-face learning, but supplemented with it. In fact, access to online learning tools has spurred outcome-improving innovations meant to enhance face-to-face training.

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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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Accessibility in elearning: busting some myths

Kineo

​ Accessibility describes how easy it is for people to access content online. Originally, I'm from a web design background. In that part of the technology industry, there's a long-established movement to make content accessible to all users. The web is the sole way to access some services and to restrict access to certain people, even accidentally, can fall foul of equality laws and alienate sections of the site's audience. .

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Moodle Journal - Untitled Article

Moodle Journal

I find that one thing this time of year gives me and I am sure the same is true for other Moodlers, is the time to look around at what is happening out there and to get on with new projects, more of that later. Fig 1 To begin I came across a very readable little report “ The Power of Curiosity ” written by the Center for Digital Education custom media division, with information and input from Canon U.S.A., Inc that presents the case for Inquiry-based instruction as a means of improving the learn

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Accessibility in elearning: busting some myths

Kineo

​ Accessibility describes how easy it is for people to access content online. Originally, I'm from a web design background. In that part of the technology industry, there's a long-established movement to make content accessible to all users. The web is the sole way to access some services and to restrict access to certain people, even accidentally, can fall foul of equality laws and alienate sections of the site's audience. .

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What’s new and improved in Adobe Captivate 9.0.2

Adobe Captivate

And here comes a new update for Adobe Captivate 9, which makes this eLearning authoring tool even more amazing with the power of new eLearning community, integration with Adobe Stock, and some major performance and runtime enhancements. To get the new update, open Adobe Captivate 9, and click Help > Updates and install the new […].

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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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Planning to Buy an LMS? Here’s Some Expert Advice

CommLab India

How can you choose the right Learning Management System (LMS)? What does it take to ensure you get the maximum ROI on your LMS? To find out, I spoke to Razzak Hussain , Director of Learning Technologies at CommLab India, an organization that has been providing learning management services for the last 16 years. Mr. Hussain is an L&D veteran with more than a decade of experience in the field of learning technology.

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The Captivate 9.0.2 Update adds insane speed and performance enhancements

Adobe Captivate

I have been working for a while now with the Adobe Captivate engineering team and several customers on a project that should be nicknamed, Project Light Speed. This is a project that normally wouldn’t garner much focus, because the focus of the project was to optimize performance of the Captivate Projects playback on mobile devices, […].

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Making the Best Use of Storytelling as an Instructional Strategy

CommLab India

Do you wish to build an online course that captivates your learners? Are you looking for ways to ensure high levels of learner engagement? Well, you need to employ a time-tested instructional strategy – storytelling. Research conducted by Clandinin and Connelly et al. have shown stories are ideal instructional tools as they facilitate effective learning by helping create meaningful links between theory and practice and enable people reflect on their learning.

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The Importance of Day-to-Day Learning

CLO Magazine

The checklist of questions that learning leaders ask themselves before deciding which learning technology best fits their organization is long; which vendor is the best? What kind of platforms are available? What kind of content is most appropriate? What are the organization’s most important needs now and in the future? But CLOs often forget to ask one very important question: “Does the learning technology work cohesively with an employee’s everyday workflow?”.

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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 Difference Between Creativity Vs. Creative Learning (and How To Harness Both)

eLearningMind

Don’t accuse us of splitting hairs: They sound like synonyms, but the terms “creative learning” and “creativity” actually have very different meanings when applied to education and learning and development. Not only would using them interchangeably be a mistake, but it might demonstrate a lack of understanding your learner altogether. Find out how creative learning and creativity are related and what it means for you–and mostly your learners.

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What Agile/Scrum Can Teach Learning

CLO Magazine

I was recently immersed in the world of Agile/Scrum during the development process for an online course. Scrum is basically an agile framework to help complete complex projects. Originally formulated as a development tool for software projects, it works well for most projects that are potentially innovative, and it has some interesting implications for learning executives.

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Training Millennials: Three Skills They Need to Master

OpenSesame

Millennials continue to be the buzzword around the workplace as employers try to understand their needs, attitudes, and expectations. They are consistently analyzed, scrutinized, and under the microscope. Known for short employment life cycles, need for instant gratification, and entitlement, they are perceived as lacking work ethic. Every day, 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 , leaving the workforce at a rapid rate.

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Does Your Company Drive Digital Transformation?

CLO Magazine

Companies that aren’t on the digital cutting edge — or at least moving toward it — shouldn’t expect employees to stick around too long, according to a July 2016 study by Sungard Availability Services. Participants in the study included more than 700 IT decision-makers and 1,400 non-IT business employees across the U.S., U.K., France, Sweden and Ireland.

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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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Why Adopt Gamification For Corporate Training – 8 Questions Answered

EI Design

Today, gamification is poised to impact corporate training significantly. It is more than a buzz and is gaining momentum on account of increased adoption of mobile learning. This article addresses 8 questions on why adopting gamification for corporate training makes sense. 8 Questions Answered: Why You Should Adopt Gamification For Corporate Training.

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How To Make Room In Your Budget For Energy Management

cogentys

Integrating energy management into your company’s budget is a challenging task. There are many reasons why companies today are not investing in energy management. Many owners view investments in as. [click link to visit website for full episode, links, other content and more!].

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Social Media & eLearning: Two Peas in a Pod

OpenSesame

A year ago if you were to ask if I see any commonalities between social media and elearning I would respond with, “absolutely not - they’re total opposites.” Initially, when most people think of elearning they envision education, compliance courses and maybe a quick way to learn a new computer skill. On the other hand, social media is used for connecting with family and friends, posting photos and making status updates.

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Get More Context on the History of Course Completions with Completion History

Mindflash

Last week we released a few more features that we would like to share with you – Completion History and Training Pies. Completion History. When you view a trainee’s course score, do you ever wonder whether they achieved that score on their first attempt or the fifth? Well, wonder no more. With Completion History, you can see all the completions along with the date, score and Pass/Fail state.

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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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ELearning Company Selection Checklist

Designing Digitally

When you need to train employees or educate college students, you may face the big question of how to choose the right eLearning company to educate, engage and entertain your learners. It might seem simple enough – look at a few websites and check some examples of their work – everything from custom eLearning to training simulations and mobile learning development.

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The Two Factors That Kill Innovation in Digital Learning by David Wood

LearningGuild

We sometimes discover that solving a business problem requires a new, innovative approach to learning. Then we go off to look for innovation, but in all the usual places. While this can be a comfortable path, it is also a way to only come up with the same answers we already know well. There are ways to avoid this kind of disappointment, and this article will help you find them.

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Social Media & eLearning: Two Peas in a Pod

OpenSesame

A year ago if you were to ask if I see any commonalities between social media and elearning I would respond with, “absolutely not – they’re total opposites.” Initially, when most people think of elearning they envision education, compliance courses and maybe a quick way to learn a new computer skill. On the other hand, social media is used for connecting with family and friends, posting photos and making status updates.