June, 2019

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3 Tips for Designing Blended Learning

Tim Slade

Any time I start work on a new learning project, someone always asks me how I think the learning content should be delivered. Should it be an eLearning course or instructor-led training? Should it be a how-to video or job aid? And while these questions are important to answer, my response is always the same: Why does it have to be one or the other? Why don’t we try designing blended learning?

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Steal this Sales Copy Formula to Sell More Courses!

LearnDash

You have created an online course and are ready to share it with the world – but can you convince people to buy? Your course is complete, your website is up, and now there’s only one thing left to do—reel in customers for your amazing course. But that’s easier said than done… how do you share your value proposition and develop a sales page that motivates people to invest into your course?

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4 Ways To Use Story Mapping In The eLearning Development Process

eLearning Industry

Do you have a keen interest in having an eLearning website? The website is processed to help the people gain knowledge in their interested subject anytime and anywhere. But you might feel that it is failing to deliver some real impact on the users. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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No LMS, No Problem: How to Save Learning Data Outside of LMS

eLearning Company

Most learning experience designers put a lot of thinking into developing elearning products, but receive very little feedback on how the learners are using the products and whether the training meets the learning objectives. Yet, most would love to have an option to learn about the learners’ behavior in the courses, the way learners interact … Continue reading "No LMS, No Problem: How to Save Learning Data Outside of LMS".

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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Instructional Design Certificate or Masters Degree

Experiencing eLearning

A reader sent me this question: I’m very seriously considering a career change into ID. (I’ve spent 20 years in various business assignments with the last 8 in IT.) I’m involved in teaching extra-curricular activities to kids and adults in my community. I very fulfilled when I’m teaching and I’ve come to the conclusion that I want to follow this as a career path.

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Labels for what we do

Clark Quinn

Of late there’s been a resurrection of a long term problem. While it’s true for our field as a whole, it’s also true for the specific job of those who design formal learning. I opined about the problem of labels for what we do half a year ago, but it has raised its head again. And this time, some things have been said that I don’t fully agree with.

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Online Marketing for Elearning Part III: Advertising

LearnDash

Are you ready to put some money behind your marketing? Here’s how to start. For many online educators, especially those who are starting out on a small budget, the concept of putting money behind an advertisement can feel like a big risk. They would much prefer to continue with their content marketing strategy —and for good reason. Content marketing is low cost but highly effective.

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4 Employee Needs To Incorporate In Your eLearning Design

eLearning Industry

Learning practitioners often focus solely on getting leadership support for learning. While necessary, what's often left out is what employees want and need. Stop taking for granted employees will unquestionably accept whatever their leaders expect. This is a recipe for a learning failure. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Using the Scrum Process to Manage eLearning Projects

Dashe & Thomson

Introduction. Let’s face it: as helpful as ADDIE is as an instructional design methodology, it doesn't really guide the the project management process. That’s because ADDIE, like many instructional design methodologies, wasn’t originally designed with the “e” in mind. That's the "evaluation" step in the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) instructional design framework.

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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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10 Ways You Can Foster Better Compliance in the Workplace

ej4 eLearning

Here at ej4, we talk a lot about compliance in the workplace, and it's not always the most fun topic to talk about. Keeping your company compliant means ensuring employees have the right training on a variety of important compliance training topics, including things like safety, harassment policies, HIPAA/privacy, and so on. Compliance, and compliance training, are usually mandated by federal, state, or local laws and regulations.

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4 Ways Retail Companies Can Use Social Learning to Improve Onboarding

TOPYX LMS

Retail companies face multiple challenges when it comes to onboarding and retaining new hires. Every year, retail companies experience staff churn at a rate of 5 percent per month,¹ struggle to replace lost employees, and create a positive atmosphere that helps new hires be effective and build careers at the company. There are many contributors to new hire success in the retail sector, one of the most important of which is ineffective onboarding.² Using social learning techniques, companies can

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Stephanie Llamas #Realities360 Keynote Mindmap

Clark Quinn

Stephanie Llamas kicked off the Realities 360 conference by providing an overview of VR & AR industry. As a market researcher, she made the case for both VR and AR/MR. With trend data and analysis she made a case for growth and real uses. She also suggested that you need to use it correctly. (Hence my talk later this day.). The post Stephanie Llamas #Realities360 Keynote Mindmap appeared first on Learnlets.

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How Understanding Cognitive Load Can Improve Your Course

LearnDash

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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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8 Responsive Design Techniques To Optimize Mobile Learning

eLearning Industry

Designing for any and every possible device can be somewhat intimidating. Here are 8 tips to help you navigate the process for developing a responsive web application, tool, or course. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Learning Technology Evolves: Integrated Platforms Are Arriving

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

The enormous market for training and learning tools is very fragmented. Today there are more than 200 LMS vendors, more than 30 LXP vendors, and thousands of vendors who build collaboration tools, mobile learning tools, content development tools, and analytics tools. (Roughly 12% of the $240 Billion corporate training market is spent on tools.). While.

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The 3 Types of eLearning Storyboards & When to Use Them

Tim Slade

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Optimising your presentations for people with colour blindness

BrightCarbon

Colour has always been powerful; from warning us which berries to avoid, to establishing iconic global brands. Many of us consider it a key tool when designing presentations – but what effect does this reliance on colour have on people with colour blindness? Colourblind Awareness say that people with colour blindness have “been forgotten in the race for progress in a digital world.

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7 Steps to Consider When Implementing a LMS

How Do You Choose the Right Learning Management System? Choosing the perfect Learning Management System can be complex for organizations. Initially, you might ask questions like, "When is the right time to adopt an LMS?" or "Which LMS is the best fit?" Once you've made your LMS selection, your next query is likely, "How do I go about implementing it?

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Kajabi vs Thinkific: What Course Platform Should You Use?

Sell Courses Online

The post Kajabi vs Thinkific: What Course Platform Should You Use? appeared first on Sell Courses Online. If you are looking for a platform to build your online course or membership site, there are some promising ones to choose from. However, two of the leading online course platforms in the market right now would have to be Kajabi and Thinkific and no wonder—they are compared with each other quite often.

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How Can K-12 Schools Improve Learning Outcomes with Technology?

Kitaboo

Technology is making inroads in every aspect of our lives and education is no exception. The tech-savvy millennial generation has literally grown up with technology and traditional classroom settings can no longer satisfy their curiosity for knowledge and information. Neither can they be satisfied with the filtering down of knowledge from the teacher and the taught – they want answers and they want the education process to be more engaging, real-time, and immersive.

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The Importance Of A Project Debrief For L&D Project Managers

eLearning Industry

At its most basic level, the purpose of the debrief is for stakeholders to put the project into perspective. A Project Manager's perspective is the most complete one because their viewpoint is the most comprehensive of all. Your stakeholder's observations, however, are based on their individual experiences. They need a little push in the right direction.

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Nudge-Learning: The Theory and The Relevance

Harbinger Interactive Learning

Sometimes what you need is a nudge to learn. Setting the context. As a CLO or an L&D stakeholder, do any of the following modern-day workplace issues bother you? Creating & maintaining a diverse & inclusive culture. Making learning available in the flow of work. Catering to the situational salesforce’s learning needs. Instilling the brand culture in times of gig economy.

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What Is a Performance Learning Management System (PLMS)?

If you're reading this you're probably ready for better organizational learning and performance. A Performance LMS allows you to continually assess and improve learners based on their specific company and role-based capabilities. In the whitepaper, we’ll also answer questions such as: What exactly is a PLMS? I have just started exploring capability building or am not yet ready.

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Microlearning and Gamification, a Healthy Mix for Ages

Tesseract Learning

In this blog, I will share few cases where we combined microlearning and gamification using the right strategy to create better learning experiences.

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4 Ways to Move Past Click and Read E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

It’s easy to make a list of things one needs to know and create courses focused on that information. That’s why we have a lot of click and read content. However, knowing information and understanding the information are two different things. Most e-learning is designed to present information through a series of screens. Then the course ends with a simple quiz to confirm a rote understanding of the content.

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Top 5 Manufacturing Training Challenges An Virtual Reality Training Can Help You Overcome

CHRP-INDIA

You can already see the presence of Virtual Reality training and development in the current business system. The strength of VR for companies lies in the power of visualization. As VR, touchscreens, and wearables become more popular, brands will have higher chances to use haptics. By the production of prototypes, businesses have been able to communicate their marketing information with power and reliable strength.

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Enhancing Employee Engagement with Content Delivery Platform

Kitaboo

Ingrained in the roots of professional settings, content delivery platform is utilized to fulfill the leisure, academic, and workplace knowledge pursuits of users. With employees preferring digital content in the form of e-books and e-journals, the use of content delivery platforms in corporate settings can reduce the gap in skills internally formed in an organization.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr