TalentLMS

MAY 5, 2015

Faculty and training managers have the best interests and intentions in mind to develop learning programs for their learners. With the widespread use of platform independent eLearning, instructors scramble to convert their existing courses’ content into online learning material. Unfortunately, most trainers and faculty believe that the deployment of powerpoint and pdf notes on a learning management system equals the development of eLearning content.

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Upside Learning

MAY 5, 2015

Version 8 of Captivate (CP8) has a whole new set of features like gesture-enabled mobile learning, geo-location support, MinMax object sizing, and many more. From a developer’s perspective, the user-friendly interface and multi-device authoring canvas certainly makes it easy to create a responsive course. Additionally, CP8 comes with an extensive library of development-ready assets that […].

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Lambda Solutions

MAY 7, 2015

Moodle 2.9 is officially on its way. Moodle is the world’s leading Learning Management System. With more than 70 million users, Moodle is the clear market leader, with almost double the adoption of the two subsequent vendors, SumTotal and Blackboard, combined. Moodle is already far ahead of its competition, and 2.9 gives it even more edge. The update was heavily influenced by Moodle community feedback, so improvements will be found in major areas of concern.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 5, 2015

Here are slides similar to the ones presented in the workshop, links notes and other items of interest related to my presentation at Central PA ATD Conference. First the slides. Solving the Case of the Disengaged Learner from Karl Kapp. Here are slides about game elements. Game Elements from Karl Kapp. CODE for 30% off of “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Fieldbook” is WLY14.

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TalentLMS

MAY 5, 2015

Faculty and training managers have the best interests and intentions in mind to develop learning programs for their learners. With the widespread use of platform independent eLearning, instructors scramble to convert their existing courses’ content into online learning material. Unfortunately, most trainers and faculty believe that the deployment of powerpoint and pdf notes on a learning management system equals the development of eLearning content.

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Learnnovators

MAY 2, 2015

“ We are at a critical point where rapid change is forcing us to look not just to new ways of solving problems but to new problems to solve.” – Tim Brown (CEO and president, IDEO). Design thinking is the new rage these days. It has been spreading like wild fire in the business world. Though we had been following some of these discussions with much interest, and also trying out integrating the internal development process at Learnnovator s in a loosely structured way around this approach, a recen

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Clark Quinn

MAY 5, 2015

In a recent debate with my colleague on the Kirkpatrick model, our host/referee asked me whether I’d push back on a request for a course. Being cheeky, I said yes, but of course I know it’s harder than that. And I’ve been mulling the question, and trying to think of a perhaps more pragmatic (and diplomatic ;) approach. So here’s a cut at it.

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Kineo

MAY 5, 2015

I still remember the day I was forced to get my first iPhone. Yes, forced. It was with great dread and doubt that I signed the dotted line and committed myself to the new era of computing. I didn’t want to; I was happy with my phone that made calls and did nothing else. That’s why my first iPhone was the 3GS, meaning I waited 3 whole years after the first iPhone before adopting.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 5, 2015

In their post titled, There’s No Such Thing as Corporate DNA , Hans-Paul Bürkner , Vincent Chin , and Ranu Dayal challenge the popular notion that successful organizations have unchanging values and set ways of doing things that are passed on from one generation of employees to the next. It is common for companies to say that their mission and values are in their DNA.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 4, 2015

by Willam van Weelden    In my last article I introduced you to merged help  and showed you how to create merged Microsoft HTML Help (CHM). This week I will show you how to create links to a merged project. Create a Link to a Merged Project from Within a Topic. Using RoboHelp, open a topic in one of the merged projects. Select some text and choose  Insert > Hyperlink/Popup  to open the Hyperlink dialog box.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 7, 2015

Here are some resources related to my topic of About Games, Gamification and Learning: Insights from Research. Book on Topic. CODE for 30% off of “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Fieldbook” is WLY14. The link to enter code is HERE. What is Gamification? Articles. Here is some information on thinking like a game designer. Improve Training: Thinking Like a Game Designer.

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Nick Leffler

MAY 5, 2015

Life ebbs and flows, that seems to be how it goes. I went from relatively quiet days to too much. The quiet was prior to 6 months ago, it’s gone to relatively busy since then. In the past few days it’s caught up with me, either that or I have a bug that’s slowing me down (I do, finally took my temperature so if this post is a bit loopy that’s my excuse.

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Lambda Solutions

MAY 8, 2015

Open source software is used by some of the world’s top organizations, like McDonalds, the US Department of Defense, and Google. You don’t have to look hard to find out why, as the benefits of open source software are endless. Open Source learning management systems cost less, they are highly flexible and they are more secure. Despite these positive features, there seems to be some common misconceptions surrounding open source technology.

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LearnDash

MAY 6, 2015

While the business model for selling elearning is simple (create a course, add a price), the successful execution of it is dependent on a variety of factors. First, you need to fully understand your market, differentiate your offering , establish marketing channels, create a memorable brand, understand your customer needs, and keep up with evolving industry trends.

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Kineo

MAY 7, 2015

In part 2 in our series of Totara 2.7 demos, we explored the newest features of Totara's reporting feature. There’s some great new powerful functionality around reporting within Totara 2.7.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 6, 2015

One of the mantras of the Learning Organization is that there should be experimentation. This has also become, of course, a mantra of the Revolution as well. So the question becomes, what sort of experiments should we be considering? First, for reasons both pragmatic and principled, these are more likely to be small experiments than large. On principled reasons, even large changes are probably better off implemented as small steps.

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Learnnovators

MAY 4, 2015

Recently, I read two posts that to me reflected the changing nature of work — from divergently different perspectives. One was from the field of architecture and the other was by Harold Jarche on workplace and learning. Given below are excerpts from both. From Googleplex’s Designer on the Future of the Office. “ Wilkinson proposed building out the entire GLG office to accommodate “activity-based working”–the theory that employees no longer need personal workst

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LearnDash

MAY 4, 2015

If you are developing training or live-lectures, then there is a good chance that you have heard of some of the popular instructional design frameworks. Perhaps the most famous of these is ADDIE , a model used in nearly every training project that I have participated in or have come across. In fact, most models are derived from ADDIE in one way or another.

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Kineo

MAY 7, 2015

In part 2 in our series of Totara 2.7 demos, we explored the newest features of Totara's reporting feature. There’s some great new powerful functionality around reporting within Totara 2.7.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 5, 2015

by Kevin Siegel      Over the past few weeks I've taught you about text hyperlinks and  object hyperlinks. This week, let's dive into yet another way you can get your learners to a website: Web objects. While both text and object hyperlinks will take the learner to a website, the resulting website will either appear in a new browser window/tab, or replace the lesson completely.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 8, 2015

eLearning images are an oft overlooked component of a good course. A great deal of the information we process comes to us through our visual cortex. Its estimated that 93% of information we communicate is obtained through nonverbal queues. According to Mike Parkinson , visual information is processed about 60,000 times faster than textual information.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 4, 2015

Here is a thought provoking video about standardized testing.

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Kineo

MAY 5, 2015

I still remember the day I was forced to get my first iPhone. Yes, forced. It was with great dread and doubt that I signed the dotted line and committed myself to the new era of computing. I didn’t want to; I was happy with my phone that made calls and did nothing else. That’s why my first iPhone was the 3GS, meaning I waited 3 whole years after the first iPhone before adopting.

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Learnnovators

MAY 3, 2015

Recently, I read two posts that to me reflected the changing nature of work — from divergently different perspectives. One was from the field of architecture and the other was by Harold Jarche on workplace and learning. Given below are excerpts from both. From Googleplex’s Designer on the Future of the Office. “ Wilkinson proposed building out the entire GLG office to accommodate “activity-based working”–the theory that employees no longer need personal workstations so much as they need many dif

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 4, 2015

In honor of May the Fourth, we sat down and watched all the Star Wars we could sit through. During that potato chip fueled marathon, it dawned on us that many of the characters in this classic series have some great perspectives on eLearning. “Size matters not.” A course doesn’t have to be an hour long if you don’t have an hour of material to fill it. “I thought these things smelled bad on the outside!

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SHIFT eLearning

MAY 7, 2015

Whether you’re an aspiring eLearning designer or a seasoned pro with years of experience, there are some key characteristics that predispose people to succeed at this industry, and we’ve listed them here.

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Kineo

MAY 4, 2015

We kicked off our Totara 2.7 Demo Series last Thursday. In this demo, we focused on the newest additions of the face-to-face (F2F) feature. .

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TechSmith Camtasia

MAY 4, 2015

Oh boy, I can feel it…May is here! Manic May! Hold on people, saddle up, I’ve got my big girl pants on, do you?! Actually my “big girl pants” translate to sassy shoes and big earrings. I’m not sure why, but they just seem to help this time of year. If you’re an educator, you know ALL that May holds. Oh May. As I take a quick glance at my calendar I see the following events jumping out at me: 6th grade camp, Family Fun Night “Fiesta Familiar”, Teacher Appreciation Week, 6 leadership team me

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