Sat.May 31, 2014 - Fri.Jun 06, 2014

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How to Become an Industry Pro

B Online Learning

'In this video, Tom Kuhlmann, VP of Articulate Community talks about how to become an industry pro. The presentation was the closing keynote at iDESIGNX in Sydney 2014. With the internet it seems anyone’s a pro. Why not you? How to build your online portfolio through community Tips & tricks on establishing your expertise.

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Ready-To-Use Captivate Templates for Captivate 8

eLearning Brothers

'If you are looking for Captivate Templates, you have come to the right place. Most eLearners engaged with eLearning, and have a heart beat, have probably heard the buzz about the Captivate 8 update. Most of it’s great features you may have seen swirling around the internet with words like mobile, responsive design, out-of-the-box assets, and GeoLocation.

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New to eLearning? Try Adobe Captivate 8!

Adobe Captivate

'Guest post by Coline Son Lee, Principal & Learning Strategist at Everest CS, Orange County, CA How Adobe has broken the entry barrier to developing eLearning with a more powerful and responsive product! As an eLearning developer, I am often asked by others considering making the leap from developing instructor-led training (ILT) to eLearning what […].

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Today’s New Learning Strategy. Are You Ready?

Aptara

Today’s New Learning Strategy. Are You Ready? Build it and they will come, but how? . One of the most difficult tasks in developing a strategic learning road map is understanding the key areas of learning impact. With the evolving changes in the learning and performance marketplace, it is more challenging than ever to understand how all of the critical components align to ensure stability and meet the increasing demand for performance-driven results. .

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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

As a training manager looking to amplify your team's results, Knowledge Avatars are the next level. Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. Knowledge Avatars are versatile and adaptable personal coaches! They can be customized with your company's knowledge via a simple upload of your data.

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Top 10 Ways People Are Using Mobile Learning

Upside Learning

'Clearly there is plenty of buzz out there around mobile learning. In my role, I field multiple inquiries on a weekly basis. Many companies know that there are efficiencies to be achieved through an effectively deployed mLearning strategy. Yet the question I’m asked most frequently is – how are your clients leveraging mobile learning technology?

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How to Anticipate and Alleviate Risk in the Virtual Classroom

InSync Training

'The virtual classroom, simply by virtue of having that layer of technology, does bring with it several risks that, as a facilitator and instructional designer, you need to be able to both anticipate and alleviate. If you know ahead of time what some of these risks are likely to be, you can plan how to approach them in the live session and have contingencies ready to put into action when the need arises.

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Tips for Creating Better ELearning

LearnDash

'Any instructional designer will tell you that they are always looking for ways to make their elearning more effective. There is a lot of theory out there regarding the best ways to accomplish this, often times making the entire process seem rather complicated. Truth is, creating effective elearning can all be traced back to one thing: learner engagement.

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How Do We Tech Support Our Customers: Top 7 things We Do

Upside Learning

'A few months back, Craig Weiss posted an article on his blog titled LMS Tech Support – it is getting worse. And since this wasn't the first time I was reading something like this, I decided to do a quick reality check on how we, at Upside Learning, support our customers on our UpsideLMS and […].

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Must reads from May 2014

Jane Hart

'It’s been difficult to choose this months MUST READs from the posts and articles I bookmarked last month – but here they are. You can see that there is a common theme running through them. However, the video at the end brings some light relief! Take a look at my 2014 Reading List If you want to […].

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Training on the Edge: Understanding Four Generations of Workers

InSync Training

'This is the first in a series of six posts exploring current issues facing training professionals and the upcoming trends in training for the next five years. In this series we will examine what the current learning indicators show about the outlook for the modern workplace and the next five years, as well as four key trends associated with adapting training to the new context.

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Adobe Captivate 8: Responsive Projects for mLearning

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Kevin Siegel      Creating eLearning for mobile devices was high on the wish list a few years ago when Adobe asked users for the top features they'd like to see added to Adobe Captivate. It wasn't long before Adobe responded by adding HTML5 as a publishing option. HTML5 allowed developers to create interactive content that can be used by mobile learners who have a device that does not support Flash.

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Malicious metrics

Clark Quinn

'Like others, I have been seduced by the “what X are you” quizzes on FaceBook. I certainly understand why they’re compelling, but I’ve begun to worry about just why they’re so prevalent. And I’m a wee bit concerned. People like to know things about themselves. Years ago, when we built an adaptive learning system (it would profile you versus me, and then even if we took the same course we’d be likely to have a different experience), we realized we’

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How to modernize workplace learning

Jane Hart

'In the last 10 years there has been a big change in the way that many people now learn – I’ve written about the 6 key features here. So what can you do to bring workplace more in line with modern day personal, independent learning? There are four main ways: Do the same things but differently – update your existing approaches […].

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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When Good Learning Technologies Go Bad

InSync Training

'The virtual classroom can be easy and work flawlessly but sometimes you get learners speaking out, saying they cannot see slides building, the slides are moving slowly or they cannot hear the presenter. Or your learner’s keep getting kicked out of the platform. Or you have one learner who can’t login. The list of things that can go wrong with learning technologies often seems endless but they’re easy to deal with when you’re prepared. 4-Step Disaster Recovery Process.

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Microsoft Launches ELearning Add-On

LearnDash

'The global success of Articulate is well known in the elearning field, and it appears that Microsoft would like to steal a bit of market share as well! Recently, Microsoft revealed their plans for a new product called Mix with the purpose of simplifying online course creation within PowerPoint. Sound familiar? In 2009, Articulate Studio took-off as a Microsoft PowerPoint add-on for this very purpose.

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Secret to Creating Self-Motivated Learners

Association eLearning

'When was the last time you got excited about learning something new? Maybe it was the first time you said something in another language or played a song on a musical instrument. Why was this experience exciting? Chances are it was something you wanted to learn and you started off with small, but meaningful learning goals that were great personal achievements.

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Flipped Learning Gaining Steam

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'Flipped classrooms are gaining in popularity. If you've never heard of the flipped classroom, here's a definition courtesy of the  Flipped Learning Network : "The flipped classroom is a  pedagogical  model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. Short video lectures are viewed by students at home before the class session, while in-class time is devoted to exercises, projects, or discussions.

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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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June 04, 2014 - JoomlaLMS RoadMap: What Is Coming next?

JoomlaLMS

'JoomlaLMS RoadMap: What Is Coming next? JoomlaLMS 1.3.3 release is here, however, the development process doesn''t stop and we continue working on adding new features, fixing appearing issues and preparing up to date releases. Today we decided to present JoomlaLMS RoadMap and let you know what is coming next! Have a look!

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Learning in the Workplace Survey 2014

Jane Hart

'This is our 3rd Annual Learning in the Workplace Survey. (The survey results from 2012 and 2013 have been widely reported.) The survey asks you to rate 10 different ways you learn at work. Once you submit your own data, you will be able to view the results submitted from over 750 people worldwide – plus […].

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CT Workshop Resources

Kapp Notes

'Here are the resources related to the workshop titled “Gamification and Immersive Learning.” Defining Gamification. Articles and Blog Entries of Interest. Gamification is about Design, Not Technology. Playing with the Definition of Game-Thinking. 8 Types of Stories to Effect Change. Storytelling and Instructional Design. Instructional Games and Narrative.

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Preparing virtual learners

InSync Training

'Where would virtual training be without virtual learners? Clearly, we need to set them up for success. Although participants have a wide range of backgrounds, skills, and technical experience, all must learn to navigate the virtual learning environment. We must be aware that participants need to "learn how to learn" all over again in this new medium.

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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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What is the Role of Your LMS?

LearnDash

'Learning management systems have been around for quite some time, and each year there are more that emerge. In the most basic sense, an LMS’s main purpose is to host, distribute, and record learning to an organization. That said, there are many additional features and expectations for an LMS today. The learning management system is the critical component to the entire elearning program.

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Adobe RoboHelp: Show Variables in Topics

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'by Willam Van Weelden    In previous articles you've learned about RoboHelp's User Defined Variables (how to  create them ,  group them , and use them in  topic titles ). As a brief review, variables can contain information that occurs frequently in your project, such as a product name, company name, or copyright notice.

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From Content to Experience

Clark Quinn

'A number of years ago, I said that the problem for publishers was not going from text to content (as the saying goes), but from content to experience. I think elearning designers have the same problem: they are given a knowledge dump, and have to somehow transform that into an effective experience. They may even have read the Serious eLearning Manifesto , and want to follow it, but struggle with the transition or transformation.

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ASAE Annual Ultimate VIP Experience

Association eLearning

'With just over two months remaining until the year’s most highly anticipated gathering of association and nonprofit professionals, Digitec announces an exciting contest and giveaway for ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition attendees. One lucky winner and up to 10 guests will win the Ultimate VIP Experience the night of ASAE’s Closing Celebration, including use of a private stretch limo and a guided tour of Nashville, complete with chilled champagne before the big event!

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

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Major Advantages of Online Courses

LearnDash

'It isn’t all that uncommon for people to take some course online today. Whether it is for a K-12 class, university setting, or professional institution – online course work comes with many advantages. The biggest advantage is subjective depending on your own personal situation. What you might find as the best perk in online education may be third or fourth on the list for someone else.

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How to Best Train the Gen Y

Origin Learning

'Facebook 0 Twitter 3 Google+ 0 LinkedIn 2 Pinterest 0 Every generation brings with it a new set of fads, mindsets, trends and even ethical principles, we could say. What’s relevant or right today might be flatly out of context some forty years ago. Take the e-Books or Kindle for example. The generation born around the year 2000, Gen Z as we call it almost does not believe in reading books in their paperback editions.

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Does Employee Happiness Cause Business Success?

The Performance Improvement Blog

'I believe that Shawn Murphy is right. Employees who are engaged in their work, are satisfied, have a sense of wellbeing, have purpose, feel they are doing meaningful work, and have a belief that they can be successful in their jobs, are more likely to achieve positive business outcomes than employees who are unhappy in their work. The problem is that there doesn’t appear to be evidence to back up this assertion.

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