Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

JANUARY 5, 2012

If you haven't been following my previous posts you may want to review quickly before diving into this one. At the very least be sure to have watched the videos from the first link. What Have We Learned About Training in Over 70 Years Creative Training Course Titles Good Story Telling Takes Time - So Does Good Learning 1930s Film Projector I think it's important that we begin to discuss the bigger training questions as they relate to these 2 videos.

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Raptivity

JANUARY 4, 2012

You can add an attractive interaction of Raptivity to Lectora Snap! There is no gimmick in it but certainly simple guidelines to be followed. Read them and save the hue and cry. 1. Download the Shell Creator from the following [.].

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 4, 2012

On the 15th of December 2011, the Android Developer Relations team at Google launched the beta version of Android Training — a collection of classes to help developers build better Android apps using best practices in a variety of framework topics. This is a move in the right direction by Google, especially since many Smartphone users perceive Android apps to be inferior to Apple’s iOS.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 3, 2012

I have been meaning to do a comprehensive posting about 2011 and what happened during the year and then follow up with thoughts on 2012 with some predictions thrown in and have decided to combine both and create a series of postings combining both. Here is the first one. Lack of Engagement. Not sure if its the general state of the economy or the state of most e-learning courses or even the state of too-fast, too-much-to-do organizations but I’ve heard from many people that employees just d

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mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2012

'Here’s a recommendation, even if you don’t use Articulate eLearning apps, u should join their community. They have the most ‘engaged’ users. — RJ Jacquez (@rjacquez) January 2, 2012. Since leaving Adobe , I have been expanding my horizons by exploring other eLearning tools, especially as I begin posting reviews of various Rapid eLearning tools here on my Blog.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 6, 2012

With our increasing focus on Game Based Learning, each week sees us sharing interesting articles and resources about Game Based Learning on varied social networking platforms. While many of you follow us on Twitter and Facebook , we do realize that keeping a track of all the tweets/ posts, given the high proliferation and dynamic nature of information, is difficult, to say the least.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 5, 2012

I've been running a survey on my blog for a number of years now, asking practicing Instructional Designers if they have an advanced degree in the field. It's been awhile since I've shared updated survey results, so here's a quick rundown: About 63% of practicing IDs do NOT have an advanced degree. 16% of those without degrees say they have been declined work because of that. 58% of respondents work in the corporate sector.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 4, 2012

The Great Flood (Metaphor). In Bloomsburg, the year 2011 will always be known as the year of the big flood until, of course, we have another big flood. But this year’s flood was bad, the water covered over 25% of the town of Bloomsburg, houses were lost and people were wiped out. They lost everything. The university was closed for a week due to the flooding of the town.

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 3, 2012

As I read the post on Resolvingthe Trust Paradox by John Hagel, I was reminded of two things—the talk on the power of vulnerability by Brene Brown and what Morten Hansen says about tacit knowledge sharing in hisbook Collaboration:How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results. I hadwritten about the latter in my post Molotovcocktail = Weak ties x complicated knowledge.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 3, 2012

When Apple launched the iPhone 4S, one of the key differentiators to previous models was the inclusion of Siri. For those who haven’t been bombarded yet by the marketing campaigns, Siri is an intelligent software assistant and a knowledge navigator that essentially functions like a digital personal assistant. You can find out more about it here: [link].

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 2, 2012

Aggregage , the platform that powers eLearning Learning has added a powerful personalization engine. That means that eLearning Learning now allows users to sign-up and have their content personalized based on their interests. You can sign-up via the "Personalize Your Content" button on the right side of the interface shown to the right of the red arrow below.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 5, 2012

Lots of events happening in 2012. Here are a few places I will be visiting and activities I will be partaking in. If you happen to be at one of the events, please say “hi” I always like to meet blog readers and people at conferences. Just around the corner is TechKnowledge 2012 is Las Vegas on January 25-27th. I will be speaking on the subject of “Gamification” and how to incorporate it into instruction.

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Web Courseworks

JANUARY 6, 2012

Medical Subject Matter Experts: Medical Records Implementation and Training Challenges A growing number of hospitals and ambulatory clinics are consumed with the task of implementing medical records software. This national rollout of medical records software has increased the need to collaborate with medical experts. Technological advancement means adoption of new ways of thinking and often [.].

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 4, 2012

by Jonathan Shoaf. Most multimedia developers are familiar with audio timing in frame based applications like Adobe Flash and other movie editing software. They are familiar with the timeline concept and setting events within the timeline. This concept is a little different when using Lectora to sync audio. Lectora allows developers to set events that occur at flagged times within audio.

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mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 4, 2012

'For the last few years, my daily routine goes something like this, I am up around 4am, I then head over to my home office and slowly fully wake up as I listen to something positive, for example a Joel Osteen podcast, or an inspiring audio book, or I read a good book on my Kindle. I just would not dare tackle the day without a positive mind-set, especially now that I’m venturing out on my own.

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Connect Thinking

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last week I blogged about what’s required organisationally for self-service learning to become part of a deliberate learning strategy. Today I’d like to explore a little more about the role of manager. Now, from the onset Id like to say that a learning strategy should include both the promotion of learning self-service and manager as coach.

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Web Courseworks

JANUARY 5, 2012

As a frequent eLearning blogger, I’m excited to share how Tony Karrer, CEO/CTO of TechEmpower, is continuing to be a leader and innovator in the eLearning industry. His TechEmpower site eLearningLearning.com serves as a gateway to the very best eLearning blogs, including ManagingeLearning.com, by aggregating eLearning-related content from a variety of sources that are organized [.].

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 3, 2012

My Christmas Gift for you was a big hit! So here’s my new year gift for you. Some more course+quiz templates. You can use them to create your Captivate courses. Download here Download here Download here Download here Hope you like them. Do share your thoughts with me by leaving a comment here. Have a [.].

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last year's #pencilchat hashtag was probably the best Twitter discussion I have seen or participated in. It tore into the age-old resistance to technology and all things new that we continually encounter in schools and other traditional institutions and it lampooned the laggards, change resistors and other stick-in-the-muds we all know and love. Several of us were inspired enough by the dialogue to write our own blogposts, pushing the metaphor to its limits.

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Connect Thinking

JANUARY 6, 2012

I have just released episode 20 of the Connect Thinking E-Learning Academy free video and audio podcast series. This is the first of three podcasts examining corporate learning management systems. This episode is about choosing a corporate learning management system. You can download our free e-learning tutorials from iTunes. Or read the podcast 20 transcript.

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Mindflash

JANUARY 3, 2012

Yogi Berra once said, “Predictions are hard, especially when they are about the future.” So instead of writing a 2012 prediction post, I decided to review the topics I wrote about in 2011 and rediscover what topics really resonated with people. During my review, I discovered four themes that popped up based on activity from readers and from the number of posts I wrote on each subject.

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 2, 2012

Looking for some examples to feed your creativity, help you learn more about how Adobe Captivate works, or just to add inspiration to your New Year? Look no further. I’ve added the big yellow download button to the sidebar of the Captivate blog so you can find the latest downloadable source demos. You’ll find them [.].

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 3, 2012

It’s hard to believe but another year’s come and gone. The good thing is that it looks like 2012 will be a good year. Although sometime in June, you may want to break out the DVD player and watch 2012. Then practice your survival skills because come December, things may change. But until then, just put your feet up and enjoy the year. To ease your burden, I put together a list of all of the posts from 2011 where I shared free elearning assets.

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The Learning Circuits

JANUARY 5, 2012

No one wants to watch a movie in which the director yells “Lights, Camera…Multiple Choice Question” We are more excited with movies directed with the words “Lights, Camera, Action.” Multiple choice questions don’t reflect reality. In real-life we are seldom confronted with a multiple choice question, we are confronted with problems, decisions, and the need to be innovative.

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Mindflash

JANUARY 3, 2012

For the start of a new year, I thought I would draft a letter you can use with your employees — a way to challenge them to be better in all that they do in 2012. If you like it, please feel free to use it (or edit it as you wish). I find this is also a good message to share with family. Have a happy and successful New Year. Dear Employees, 2011 was a challenging year; thank you for your effort, energy, resilience and commitment.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 5, 2012

If you are considering taking up blogging this year, and wondering what it might involve, I would be happy to offer you a few tips from my own experience. I have been blogging for just over 5 years and during that time have learnt a few things. Blogging can be a thoroughly absorbing activity, which ultimately will pay you back as much as you invest in it, and also some interest.

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 2, 2012

Creating online learning materials isn’t always the easiest thing to do. That’s one reason a lot of Instructional Designers turn to cookie-cutter software and templates to churn out lessons that conform neatly to templates that were created to be as generic as possible. Unfortunately generic is seldom the best or most relevant approach to communicating [.].

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 5, 2012

I'm finding it hard to regain my focus after the holidays. It only takes a couple of weeks for me to shift my attention almost entirely to matters other than learning technology, so I shouldn't have much trouble retiring when the time comes. So, this post acts as a way for me to re-focus on the issues that need addressing in 2012. In the Western world at least, we will continue to feel the effects of the worst squeeze in my lifetime.

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