December, 2017

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eLearning Trends for 2018

Association eLearning

Every year around this time, we discuss the eLearning trends for the next year. What’s hot? What’s not? What are we all going to be talking about next year? These are the eLearning trends for 2018. VR/AR. While VR and AR have been talked about in recent years, we think the excitement will grow. As costs have come down, and the technology has improved, the old problems have been going away.

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How Online Training can Lead your Sales Team to Success

ProProfs

I was of the opinion that a good salesperson is the one who is a smooth talker and quick to answer questions even before you have them. Someone who will convince you to buy a product that you probably don’t even need. But the bubble burst for me when I got an opportunity to interact with some of the tech industry’s top sales professional. I came to realize that the best salespeople aren’t always the slickest talkers, rather they’re actually the most effective listeners.

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Fight The Fatigue: 8 Tips To Prevent Corporate eLearning Burnout

Infopro Learning

Is your staff growing weary of online training? In this article, I’ll share 8 tips to prevent corporate eLearning burnout and keep employees fully engaged. How to Prevent Corporate eLearning Burnout. Many employees are willing to participate in online training if they know there’s something in it for them. There comes a time when even the most motivated staff members get tired of online training courses, activities, and assessments.

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10 Intriguing Assessment Features of Adobe Captivate

CommLab India

This blog highlights the features of Adobe Captivate that help develop eLearning quizzes and assessments.

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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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Axonify version 100 – From start-up to soar

Axonify

It’s a big day for the Axonify R&D (research and development) team, as we celebrate the release of our 100th version. Although I can’t take any credit for the first 75 versions, I can say — I’m extremely proud of the team who has created not only a world-class product, but an entire approach to employee learning and training that’s transforming organizations worldwide.

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2017 Year-End Review

Association eLearning

What a year it’s been! At Digitec Interactive we’ve been busy forming new partnerships, enhancing our technology, creating new solutions, and winning awards. We’re excited to see what the new year will bring. What new technologies will emerge in eLearning? Will new trends will be important to association leaders? How can we make our products and services even better?

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Microlearning: The Assessment Factor

InSync Training

There are different points of view on how assessment in microlearning actually plays out. There are some variables to consider when sorting out what learners actually gain from these nuggets of information. The good news is that microlearning is assessable. In fact, there's even research to prove it.

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Opinion: Gutenberg is Necessary for WordPress

LearnDash

Chances are that you have heard of the new Gutenberg editor coming to WordPress core in 2018. I welcome this necessary change. The Gutenberg discussion is a convoluted one with many different rabbit holes depending on the venue. Developers discuss it from one angle while end-users view it from a different perspective. WordPress product business (like LearnDash) have their own take on the matter as well.

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How You Can Also Streamline Online Training to Increase Your Bottom Line - Case Study with Protrain

Lambda Solutions

Providing online, in-classroom and blended training courses can be an operational challenge for companies no matter the size of your team. It can often be logistical nightmare where you’re too busy putting out fires to focus on growing your business.

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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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Deep diving into strange worlds

E-Learning Provocateur

2017 was a whirlwind for me. I started a new job in a new sector, made loads of new friends there, learned heaps, and finished said job 10 months later before starting another one back in financial services. I haven’t had much of a chance to scratch myself! As a consequence, I haven’t blogged as frequently this year as I have done in previous years.

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Curated Insights: More on Microlearning

Axonify

Microlearning—heard anything about it lately? There are plenty of trending topics in the L&D (learning and development) world right now, but microlearning is by far the dominant conversation in the space. Do you want to fill your next conference session? Just put “microlearning” in the title. In fact, the three most popular articles on my LearnGeek Blog are about microlearning.

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Interactive: What Does It Really Mean?

Association eLearning

Merriam-Webster ’s online dictionary defines “interactive” as, “involving the actions or input of a user.” When you stop to think about it, that’s not very clear. So, is eLearning with nothing but a next button interactive? The learner clicks something. Is a choose your own adventure book interactive? The reader picks which page to turn to. Let’s dive into this.

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Microlearning, Macroresults: A Primer

InSync Training

Think about how you best learn. If you're anything like me—always on a tight schedule, short attention span, prefer pictures to words—small chunks of information in one sitting are about all you can manage. Microlearning is clearly what we need! It's not a new method (don't forget the primeval flashcard), but technology has changed its presentation, delivery, and use.

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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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L&D Advice from Gary Vee

The Simple Shift

He’s raw, he’s real, he’s hyper, he’s crude. According to his website, Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of VaynerMedia. I’ve been reading and listening to him for a little while now and it dawned on me that what he’s advising businesses to do could really help learning and development. […].

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The Pros and Cons of a Cloud-Based LMS

Lambda Solutions

Are you considering a SaaS Learning Management System for your online training course? In this article, I’ll explore the benefits and drawbacks of using a cloud-based LMS.

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Podcast: Secrets of Brain-Based Consulting with Propeller Group – A Conversation with Allison Torpey and Bobby Kosh

Learningtogo

If you could see what your client was thinking, would it make you a more influential consultant? Thanks to the latest advances in the neurosciences, this is exactly what you can do, and the folks at Propeller Goup asked me to teach them how in a recent private workshop. Propeller is a management consulting firm with offices in Portland and San Francisco.

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How your legacy elearning content can survive the Flash apocalypse

Kineo

Back in 2005, when the Scissor Sisters were riding high in the album charts, Shrek 2 was packing out cinemas and Hurricane Katrina was wreaking havoc on America’s Gulf Coast, Flash software was installed on 98% of computers. Fast forward to 2017 and the once-pioneering technology responsible for powering multimedia content is soon to be no more. Flash is now only installed on 17% of computers and Adobe have officially announced that it will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the

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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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Video Lessons

Clark Quinn

So, I’ve been creating a ‘deeper elearning’ course for one of the video course providers. And I’m not mentioning where it is (yet), since it’s still under development. But to do this, I had to do some serious learning about creating video. And there were some realizations in this, of course. One of the decisions to be made was how to include graphics.

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Following the Breadcrumbs: Scaffolding in Microlearning

InSync Training

If you've been reading the latest posts, you're now pretty well primed in microlearning , from what it is to where it fits in the learning lifecycle. Because microlearning is a "hot" trend, there is some wiggle room around its design, implementation , and use. Yes, some aspects are constant (i.e., it reinforces specific skills), and some are, well. interpretive, like how many minutes constitute "short" bits of time.

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Creating a Video Course in Only 5 Minutes

LearnDash

Do you have a blog? What about videos? Then you can make a video course in as little as 5 minutes! It is easy to overlook the simple opportunities available to you when you own a website, particularly if you have some educational videos available as well. There was once a time where it would take weeks to put together a brief video course leveraging your existing assets, but those days are in the past.

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Moodle or Totara - Choose the LMS Best For You.

Lambda Solutions

Moodle LMS is the world’s most popular learning management system, with over 85 million users across the globe. Totara LMS was built off of Moodle’s foundation, with adaptations for corporate users. Both options are feature-rich platforms that are packed with user management, course creation, integration, and reporting capabilities.

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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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Microvideo Strategies for Rockstars

eLearning Brothers

Chunking, bite-size, and micro: These are all terms you’ve seen in training magazines and blogs, but what does it mean to shorten the length of training content—specifically video? At our DevLearn 2017 eLearning Rockstars stage, Josh Cavalier of Lodestone covered what it takes to successfully implement an end-to-end microvideo strategy. Watch the video below to learn strategies for planning, creating, and distributing microvideo content that will make you an L&D rockstar!

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2018 Challenge: Become a Modern Professional Learner in 100 days

Jane Hart

The Challenge will start on 1 January and run until 10 April 2018.

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Teachable vs Thinkific: The Ultimate (No Fluff) Review

Sell Courses Online

The post Teachable vs Thinkific: The Ultimate (No Fluff) Review appeared first on Sell Courses Online. Teachable vs Thinkific Review Summary. Pricing Site Design & Customization Sales & Marketing Course Delivery & Engagement Customer Support Pricing Site Design & Customization Sales & Marketing Course Delivery & Engagement Customer Support What I like about Teachable vs Thinkific?

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5 Pieces of the Blended Learning Puzzle

InSync Training

Virtually There Session recap. Blended learning involves a much more complex equation than what we use to create and support traditional face-to-face or singular training events. Not only do we have to manage more technology and content, but our audience also learns on their own, futher complicating matters. How can we encourage people to interact with the content in a way that makes the most sense for them, when it’s most relevant to them?

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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?