Sat.May 15, 2010 - Fri.May 21, 2010

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Rapid Authoring – Freeform Vs Template Based

Upside Learning

While working on rapid authored courses (courses authored using rapid authoring tools), I often encounter the decision point of whether to use freeform rapid authoring tools or the traditional template-based tools. Both have their own pros and cons. In this post, I attempt to discuss more on these. Last year, we mentioned that there is a time and place for rapid authoring while opting for it.

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Weekly Bookmarks (5/16/10)

Experiencing eLearning

eLearn: Opinions – Better Design Doesn’t Take Longer! A boring introduction to e-learning takes just as long to write as one that tells learners WIIFM. I think scenario-based assessments do take longer to write than traditional forced choice answers, but overall, the idea is right. After the initial transition period, better design doesn’t have to take much longer than crappy learning design built for regurgitation. tags : instructionaldesign , e-learning.

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How to design elearning that’s memorable and budget-friendly

Making Change

Need to make an impact on a budget? You might find some ideas in this presentation. It shows five decisions you can make that will help you save money and create more memorable elearning. It’s split into five short videos for easy idea-snacking and to meet the restrictions of YouTube. Highlights include a matrix that helps you decide if training will solve the problem (part 2) and an example of a storyboard that emphasizes activities, not information (part 5).

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Virtual 3D World for Teacher Training

Kapp Notes

The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) launched an online resource for potential and current educators in West Virginia called Teach West Virginia and as part of the initiative, a 3D world is playing a key role in the process. According to the article West Virginia looks to Second Life As part of the program, they have developed a unique and groundbreaking virtual world on the internet’s largest 3D virtual community, Second Life.

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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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Do We Learn Differently Now?

Upside Learning

Just before I went on holiday recently I was asked how human learning has changed with the advent, penetration and increasing ubiquity of computing technology. My answer was simple – it hasn’t. Human learning hasn’t fundamentally changed over the last fifty years. Our ability to learn is something honed over several hundred millennia, it’s what set us apart from the primates in the first place.

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Adobe Photoshop CS5: A Few of My Favorite Things, Part I

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Barbara Binder Photoshop CS5 is out and has lots of really cool new features.  I'm going to cover a few of my favorites over the next few weeks, starting with mind-boggling Content Aware Fill. Content Aware Fill is a new technique that seamlessly fills a selection with similar image content nearby. For the best results, create a selection that extends slightly into the area you want to replicate.

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Training Magazine: Back in Business!

Kapp Notes

Training Magazine which was officially closed in February partly because its owner could not find a buyer has once again "opened its doors." A buyer has been found and the magazine is back in business. Lakewood Media Group - part of Mach1 Business Media - has acquired Training magazine, its conferences and Training Top 125. Lakewood Publications was the original publisher of Training.

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Updates On HTML5 From Google I/O

Upside Learning

At Google I/O event last year HTML 5 capabilities were demonstrated to developers for the first time. This year at the Google I/O some important announcements have been made which will make HTML 5 development easier across different browsers. . On day 1 of the I/O Google has made many announcements like release of open source, royalty-free video format WebM, Chrome Web store, opened up Google Wave, released open source Font API and directory etc.

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Mobile as Main Mode

Clark Quinn

As I was booking my travel to San Diego for the eLearning Guild’s mLearning conference, mLearnCon (June 15-17), I thought about a conference focusing on mobile learning versus the regular, full, elearning conference or even a full training conference (congrats to Training magazine pulling a phoenix). And I wondered how much this is a niche thing versus the whole deal.

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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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Acrobat: Berry Cool!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by David R. Mankin There's a commercial on TV for a major cellular phone carrier in which a young businessman gets out of a cab, the cab drives away, and he realizes that his presentation for his meeting is still in the cab. The sales pitch is for how one can reliably have a document sent from a smartphone to the board room. This got me thinking.

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Automation is out; Innovation is in! How will L&D address this?

ID Reflections

Preamble Dan Pink, Harold Jarche, Dave Snowden, Jay Cross, Jane Hart, Shawn Callahan, Howard Gardner, et al. have been talking about it, writing about it, warning folks to take heed. Giving organizations the wake up call! Writing about the changing face of the workplace, the changing nature of the work we do in the Concept Age, about the need for creativity, innovation, collaboration, connection, about the rise of complexity and chaos, about the failures of yesterday's best practices in today's

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30 Top Online Resources For Instructional Designers To Keep Up With

Upside Learning

ID is an interesting domain to be involved in. On the one hand, you are continuously learning about different work environments as you are called upon to resolve different performance issues. On the other hand, your understanding of the domain, and your role in it, changes over time. As an instructional designer, you start by learning a whole lot of theories and models.

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Performer-focused Integration

Clark Quinn

On a recent night, I was part of a panel on the future of technical communication with the local chapter of the Society for Technical Communication , and there were several facets of the conversation that I found really interesting. Our host had pulled together an XML architecture consultant who’s deep into content models (e.g. DITA ) and tools, Yas Etassam, and another individual who started a very successful technical writing firm , Meryl Natchez.

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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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PowerPoint 2007: Insert YouTube Videos

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by AJ George I am often asked how to get YouTube videos into a PowerPoint presentation, and, unless you're using the latest version (PowerPoint 2010), it's an understandable question. it's not a simple process. Over the next few weeks I will show you how to insert YouTube videos into PowerPoint 2007 (both with and without an internet connection) and PowerPoint 2008 for the Mac.

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Fun Moments at ASTD 2010 Conference Captured on Video

Kapp Notes

Had a great time at ASTD 2010 conference, saw lots of friends and made some new ones. I was impressed by the number of people and the energy of the conference, my buddy Ron Burns of Protonmedia had the idea to do a little tour of the show, so with some video, some stills and some crazy moments. So we created a fun little "snippet" of some of my fun and exciting experiences at the show. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guid

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Does An LMS Actually Manage Learning?

Upside Learning

During the time I posted my last post – The LMS – Will it survive? and continuing after that, there have been some interesting discussions around LMS by Clark Quinn, Jane Hart, Harold Jarche, Dave Wilkins and others debating the need of an LMS, raising questions from why we need it, whether we need it, how it should be viewed, will it survive, etc. You can read some interesting posts around these questions here.

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Apple missing the small picture

Clark Quinn

I’ve previously discussed the fight between Apple and Adobe about Flash (e.g. here ), but I had a realization that I think is important. What I was talking about before was the potential to create a market place beyond text, graphics, and media, and to start capitalizing on learning interactivity. What was needed was a cross-platform capability.

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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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Writing & Grammar: Make Your Own Style Sheets and Feel the Awesome Power!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Jennie Ruby. Should I use quotation marks around the names of drop-down lists and radio buttons? Should I use italics for those? Am I correct in capitalizing them? These were the questions of one reader this week, and these questions come up in nearly every writing class I teach ! And no wonder, because the answers live in a nebulous land between arbitrariness and convention, a land that style sheets rule.

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The Adventures of Developing an e-learning Course!

ID Reflections

Preamble I have just been reading a post by @ tomkuhlmann called Five Ways to Guarantee Your E-Learning Course is a Success. The post is a relevant read for anyone in the field of delivering e-learning, training, and responsible for organizational performance. I have cited below a paragraph from the post of particular relevance-- about asking questions, the right questions.

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UL Fun-e-toons: LMS Maintenance

Upside Learning

Related posts: UL Fun-e-toons: Learning Management UL Fun-e-toons: LMS Customizations The LMS – Will It Survive? Tags: Humor Learning Management Learning Management System LMS LMS Maintenance.

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Future of Virtual 3D Environments for Learning

Tony Karrer

Based on the recent Big Question - Learning Technology 2015 – I received an interesting question: "Tony, what do you think of environments like Second Life? Do you think these have a great future in the world of learning for adults?" This is a topic I’ve talked about a few times. Probably before you begin to read my predictions, it’s worth looking at: Second Life Learning Videos where I’ve collected a few different examples of learning in Second Life.

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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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Adobe Captivate 4: Let's Review from the Beginning

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Lori Smith.   The ability to let a student review quiz questions in Captivate 4 is great. But what if you want the learner to review part or all of the course by clicking the Review Quiz button at the end of the quiz? Can't be done you say? Of course it can! You just need to learn a clever trick. Read on to learn a simple solution to what may seem like a frustrating feature.

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Don't Throw Lean Out With Toyota's Bathwater

The Performance Improvement Blog

I’ve been wondering (see previous post ) how Toyota, the world-wide, benchmark manufacturing company for quality and a leader in promoting continuous improvement (The Toyota Way), suddenly finds itself responsible for the recall of millions of cars, payer   of a major fine to the U.S. government, and the brunt of late-night TV humor. Izak   Duenyas, writing in “The Business Thinker” , offers an explanation.

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Rapid Training Development the Agile Way

Integrated Learnings

By Jay Lambert. If you've developed a learning program for software, at some point or another you've likely had to develop training before the software itself was even ready. It was this very scenario that Teresa Teirney and her associates at Nationwide faced. As with many (read most) technical training projects, Nationwide started developing training modules before any system content actually existed; but in a flash of inspiration, they decided to try using Agile development methodologies durin

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Top eLearning Sites?

Tony Karrer

I was asked what the biggest traffic sites are in eLearning that were not vendor specific sites. This was from a marketer trying to reach eLearning professionals. My quick answer was that Jane Hart’s site , eLearning Learning and The eLearning Guild would be among the top. But I really didn’t/don’t know the answer. I did promise I’d do some research and post what I found.

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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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Green e-learning

E-Learning Provocateur

I launched a new vlog today called Greenwise. It’s tag line is “Bite-sized chunks of environmental knowledge&#. Why? I’ve always admired the power of pictures to deliver extensive information concisely, and in this respect a 2-3 minute animation is the perfect medium. It’s short and sharp, while fun and engaging. So, it strikes me as odd that so few environmental organisations have embraced it.

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What do we know and how do we know it?

The Performance Improvement Blog

Surveys say that only 30% of employees are engaged in their work, 54% of employees are likely to look for a different job as the economy improves, and 96% of CEOs believe their companies should be doing more to measure the business impact of learning and development programs. Other studies report evidence that pay-for-performance programs increase productivity, diversity programs don’t contribute to the bottom-line, and Millennials are motivated more by flexible schedules than by money.

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Interview with CEO of ProtonMedia and President of Kaplan-EduNeering on 3D in Compliance Training and Collaboration

Kapp Notes

The other week, I had the privilege of being able to interview two very interesting people about the future of 3D Virtual worlds for collaboration and training in the compliance space. It was an exciting interview with some really interesting answers to my questions. Here is a link to the interview of ProtonMedia's blog: What the ProtonMedia-Kaplan EduNeering partnership means for life sciences companies Ron Burns, CEO of Proton Media, Lisa Clune, President of Kaplan EduNeering and Karl Kapp (ju

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