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30 Day Learning Challenges now available as Taskbooks to download

Jane Hart

It is up to everyone to take responsibility for their own self-improvement and self-development in the modern workplace. It is said that it takes 30 days to establish a new habit, so the 30 Day Learning Challenges are intended to help you kick-start modern learning habits that will last a lifetime.

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eLearning, The Movie – Tips for Successful Learning Solutions

dVinci Interactive

eLearning, The Movie – Tips for Successful Learning Solutions In my 20 years as an eLearning designer/developer, I’ve experienced the ever-changing selection of development tools, rapidly advancing technology standards, as well as the never-ending appearance of new learning theories. Through all these, I’ve come to rely on some constants which transcend all of these.

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Making Blended Learning Happen

InSync Training

Blended learning incorporates a variety of ways to deliver learning materials and activities, and selecting delivery approaches is part of the instructional design process. The approaches you select will depend on who the learners are, what objectives have been developed, what methods of assessing learning you have designed in alignment with those objectives, and whether or not collaboration will enhance the learning experience.

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What it takes to be a subject matter expert

Kineo

A subject matter expert, is just that – an expert on a particular subject. An SME knows the content of a course inside-out and therefore is the best person to handle content queries, and check deliverables for accuracy, relevance, and credibility. At Kineo, we’ve worked with hundreds of SMEs over the years and we’ve got a few tips on what it takes.

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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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Fall For These eLearning Resources

eLearning Brothers

Starbucks has released the Pumpkin Spice Latte (“PSL” for those in the know), which means fall is here, whether it feels like it outside or not. To get you into that fall mood, we picked out a few resources from the Template Library that pair well with pumpkin flavored everything. After all, we love anything orange here at eLearning Brothers! Here’s a 3-panel interaction with a nice subtle pop of orange.

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eLearning, The Movie – Tips for Successful Learning Solutions

dVinci Interactive

eLearning, The Movie – Tips for Successful Learning Solutions In my 20 years as an eLearning designer/developer, I’ve experienced the ever-changing selection of development tools, rapidly advancing technology standards, as well as the never-ending appearance of new learning theories. Through all these, I’ve come to rely on some constants which transcend all of these.

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5 Reasons Why xAPI

ATD Learning Technologies

Essentially, xAPI (Experience API) is typically viewed by learning and development (L&D) professionals as a tool to help with: tracking learning where learners go, not just in the LMS. tracking learner performance inside a course. tracking granular choice and experience data in learning software. measuring engagement in mobile and social learning programs. unifying data from multiple learning and performance platforms.

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Control Event Video with JavaScript

Adobe Captivate

In this video tutorial, I will show you how you can create a play/pause toggle button to control your Adobe Captivate Event Videos using a mixture of advanced actions and JavaScript. Adobe Help Page Mentioned in Video. ➜ [link].

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The Impact of Mentoring: Big Brothers Big Sisters

Chronus

“There’s often an idea that students aren’t ready. They’re not ready for internships, ready for mentors, ready to go outside in the world. But what I’ve seen in the past, from my own experience, and MentorU bears out, is that students will rise to the expectation, rise to the occasion.”. – Garth Reeves, Co-Principal, West Seattle High School. At first glance, the wood-paneled gymnasium with round tables setup across the floor and pizza boxes stacked in one corner looks like any other high

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Interactive Learning

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ interactive video platform for learner-driven, AI-enabled, education. Viewers get instant answers to their questions directly from videos, interrupting when needed, and getting an author-validated answer!

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What is Blended Learning? The Guide to Everything You Need to Know

eLearningMind

You’ve likely heard of a lot of buzzing in the corporate world about Blended Learning and aren’t quite sure how or where to start with this concept. A vast majority of the research done with Blending Learning pertains to the K-12 educational space. In the past decade, lower education has led the trend, which is only recently catching on in the corporate space as more millennials enter the workforce.

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Reframing Learning for Growth

CLO Magazine

“The truth is, I don’t really care about learning.”. That’s a quote from a frustrated CEO explaining his expectations for a planned leadership development program. “I care about the business,” he added. This is a position many business leaders take but don’t always communicate. Corporate learning programs have become so omnipresent that it has become a foregone conclusion that they are good — almost unassailably so.

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Delivering Engaging eLearning in the Experience Age: Diversifying Content for All Learners

SHIFT eLearning

In the past 200 years, we have seen the agricultural, industrial, and information revolution come to fruition. Our current revolution is that of experience. Everything from personal streaming to escape rooms is created towards giving a unique moment in our lives. Couple with this, we are bombarded with information in all formats at all times of the day.

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Good Vibrations

CLO Magazine

CLOs are feeling good about 2018. According to a survey of Chief Learning Officer Business Intelligence Board, a majority (59 percent) of CLOs say their outlook for 2018 is more optimistic than 2017, with 29 percent saying their outlook is the same and 11 percent less optimistic. Spending plans back up their optimism. Nearly half (49 percent) of CLOs expect their training budget to increase over the next 12 to 18 months.

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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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Working with your Subject Matter Expert

TechSmith Camtasia

When it comes to developing great curriculum for the humans in your organization, finding the right subject matter expert (SME) can mean the difference between elegant content simplicity or complexity in motion. We can all accept that design simplicity is critical to the exchange of knowledge. As workplace educators, our job is help people succeed in the workplace.

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Education’s Killer App

CLO Magazine

Mike Prokopeak, VP, Editor in Chief of Chief Learning Officer magazine. We’ve fallen into an education rut. Teach, test, accredit. Repeat. For many students, this cycle of education is done to them rather than with them. It’s a requirement rather than a pleasure, something they are compelled to do — by parents, teachers and the law in some cases. This state of affairs shouldn’t be a surprise.

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Adding the human touch to digital learning content

Clive on Learning

Learning is a very human experience. To learn successfully, it requires us as human beings to exchange information, give and receive feedback, share perspectives, engage together in practical activities, support each other through the bad times and get together to celebrate our successes. People need people. According to Dr John Medina, 'Our ability to learn has deep roots in relationships.

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Not All Roads Lead To An MBA

CLO Magazine

The MBA degree has long been held up as the cornerstone of executive development, providing rising stars with the business savvy they need to enter the hallowed halls of top-level leadership. But in a rapidly evolving business world where companies may not have the time or resources to send their best people to school full time for two years, is an MBA still worth the investment?

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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7 Creative Ways To Use Online Training Simulations

eFront

Are you looking for ways to facilitate a real-world experience in your online training course? In this article, I’ll share 7 creative ways to use online training simulations. How To Use Online Training Simulations. Online training simulations put corporate learners through their paces so that they can build essential skills and apply their knowledge.

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6 advantages of online training

Matrix

The business world is constantly changing, along with markets and employee dynamics. What was the norm for corporate learning and development nor farther than a decade ago is now obsolete and to some even hilarious – just imagine giving training participants a big manual with two pages of further suggested reading at the back or a CD containing the two hundred PowerPoint slide show.

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Patty McCord Litmos Keynote Mindmap

Clark Quinn

Patty McCord, famous for the Netflix Culture Deck, spoke on culture. She talked about sharing the stage with sports coaching legends, and how they were personal but focused. Her stories of the early days of Netflix and how they made tough but fair decisions were peppered with important lessons. The post Patty McCord Litmos Keynote Mindmap appeared first on Learnlets.

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Avoid and Correct Employee Evaluation Pitfalls

CLO Magazine

When an organization entrusts a learning and development department with a budget, the expectation is the investment will yield increased organizational performance and documented results. So why does the approach often look like the following example? Alan, the learning leader for a large corporation, was asked to revamp the sales onboarding program.

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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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Mark Kelly C3 Keynote Mindmap

Clark Quinn

Astronaut Mark Kelly gave a warm, funny, and inspiring talk. He used stories from his youth, learning to fly, becoming an astronaut, and being husband to Gabby Gifford to emphasize key success factors. (I confess that owing to his style of elocution, punctuating stories with very pithy comments, I may have missed a point or two at the beginning until I picked up on it.).

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Get Smart with Big Data Learning Analytics

CommLab India

L&D managers can leverage the strengths of big data by applying learning analytics to make strategic changes to their training programs.

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Who Else Wants World-Class Training Based On Business Goals?

Riptide Software

The path you take on a journey determines whether or not you’ll reach the destination. There are “multiple roads to Rome” but some of these roads are more laden with obstacles and challenges than the others.

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Going the Distance

CLO Magazine

Dave DeFilippo is chief learning officer for Suffolk. My first job after college was as a high school Spanish teacher. I also coached track and field — a passion of mine since I was a runner in secondary school and college. As a faculty member, I spent most of my day preparing for and teaching my four classes as well as handing out and correcting the required tests and homework.

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Why and How to Earn Your PMP® Credential

Gaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can be very beneficial for any project manager. Most successful PMP candidates treat preparing for the PMP exam as a personal project. As such, it requires careful planning and a structured approach. Eligibility criteria must be met, and the exam is known for its difficulty, sometimes requiring multiple attempts.