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4 Ways You are Self-Sabotaging Your Learning Efforts

Litmos

I recently stumbled upon a video of Jim Carrey giving a commencement address at the Maharishi University of Management. All students, including Carrey, at the school practice Transcendental Meditation. You can watch the B-Roll here or the full speech here. . There were many gold nuggets in his address, however for this post about self-sabotaging your learning efforts, one stood out to me.

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6 Ways to Encourage Knowledge Sharing at Work

LearnDash

How to build a workplace where ongoing education is part of the culture. Knowledge sharing is a not-so-recent buzz word for many businesses, but the idea behind it is straightforward and worthy of consideration. Essentially, organizations are recognizing that the wealth of experience and knowledge their employees possess is one of their most important resources, and that by encouraging their employees to share that knowledge with each other, they not only function more consistently as a team, th

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How to Create Engaging Training in the Age of the Eight Second Attention Span

TalentLMS

To teach someone anything, you first got to get their attention. That’s often a tall order in these days when the average attention span of an adult can be less than 10 seconds. In this post, we’ll teach you how to expand your learners’ attention span and create engaging training. Can I have your attention? 11 tips to create engaging training.

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L&D Book Recommendations: What Books To Read?

eLearning Industry

Are you interested in what works in learning, how the brain might function, what the future may bring, and how to design your life to feel more like a game than a bad soap opera? I've read over 100 books. Here's some of my recommendations. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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Articulate Storyline 3: Content templates to Build Your E-learning Course

Swift eLearning Services

We release the next set of Articulate Storyline ready-to-use content layouts to help budding developers and instructional designer. Click on each image to view the template details: 1. Text and graphic template-063 This template blends graphical representation along with descriptive textual presentation to enhance the learner’s learning experience.

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What Skills Do You Need to Be an eLearning Designer?

Tim Slade

For those looking to get into the world of eLearning, it’s easy to assume that the number one skill you need to possess is instructional design. And while instructional design does play a critical role in being a successful eLearning designer, there many more skills required to design eLearning content that is effective and engaging. I’ve always believed that the process of creating an eLearning course is far more complicated than the process for producing other types of learning obj

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3 Ways To Produce Cost-Effective Content For Global Learning

eLearning Industry

Creating quality Learning and Development content that achieves desired outcomes can be a challenging process. Converting that content, into multi-lingual versions can be overwhelming. In this article, we will discuss 3 ways to produce cost-effective multi-lingual versions of your L&D content. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Motherly advice, microlearning, and multivitamins: What they have in common and why retailers should care

Axonify

Small things can have a major impact on your organization. A couple of associates mishandling (and damaging) a few products in one store might not seem like that big of a deal. But compound this behavior across every location for a multinational retailer, and suddenly you’ve got a pretty serious shrink problem on your hands. And what about mishandling a customer interaction?

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How to Leverage Learning to Attract and Retain Talent at Your Organization

Infopro Learning

A Q&A with Learning Expert Arun Prakash. We all know that building a strong talent bench is a top competitive differentiator. But with plenty of jobs on the market for employees to choose from and the unpredictably fast pace of business today, it has become increasingly hard to find and keep good people. We sat down with our Chief Learning Architect Arun Prakash to get to the bottom all of this and learned how HR practitioners can keep their talent on track with a strategy rooted in learning

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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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Reading List?

Clark Quinn

I saw another query about ‘reading list recommendations’ (e.g. as an addition to Millennials, Goldfish, Other Training Misconceptions ;), and I thought I’d weigh in, with a different spin. What qualifies what books should you read? Maybe your level of expertise? So, here is a reading list for what books should you read depending on where you are as a designer.

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Localization In eLearning: Tips And Best Practices

eLearning Industry

Organizations opt for localization in eLearning to meet specific expectations of their employees (learning in a language they prefer), or to address new markets. In this article, I share tips and best practices to manage this successfully. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Focusing Inward to Grow Your E-Learning Business

LearnDash

When you start and grow an business selling courses or some other e-learning focused product, then it pays dividends to occasionally turn your attention inward. The mantra in business is to “always grow” I am not hear to argue that point. Growth is a natural part of a successful business. If you’re not growing, you’re probably going the opposite direction and that’s not quite as fun.

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3 Reasons to Implement Online Learning with LMS Software

TOPYX LMS

To claim that online learning, or eLearning, is popular in the workplace is an understatement. In the U.S. alone, over 75 percent of companies offer online training.¹ About half of Fortune 500 companies already use eLearning,² and it’s estimated that 98 percent of all companies will use some type of eLearning by 2020.³.

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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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Design eLearning That Makes Sense

B Online Learning

When I tell people that I make my living as an eLearning Designer, some people have a blank look on their face. So […]. The post Design eLearning That Makes Sense appeared first on B Online Learning.

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6 Ways To Use Learning Games In Learning And Development

eLearning Industry

There are different ways to use learning games and the one you go for will depend on your budget, the time you have and if it can deliver what you need. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Hospitality Training:  Don't Lose the Personal Touch

ej4 eLearning

Kiosks for check-in. Mobile hotel keys. Tablets for tableside ordering. Table tracking devices for food delivery. These are a few of the innovations in hospitality technology improving the customer experience and removing the human element. So, what about the guests who are not comfortable with technology (like my mom)? Or when the wifi and technology is down?

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3 Ways Tin Can API Benefits Employees

TOPYX LMS

To measure the effectiveness of online training, companies must collect data that can measure the ROI of an L&D program. A 2017 study conducted by LinkedIn and Lynda.com indicated that CEOs across the U.S. were unable to gather this data, “ indicating the critical need to collect and track even more learning data.”¹. That’s concerning, especially because there’s already a simple solution to the problem.

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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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Upcoming: 11/27 @ 11:30 CT2019 eLearning Hype Curve Predictions

Web Courseworks

Date: November 27 th @ 11:30 CT. Register Here. Consultant Dr. Hicken. Dr. Andy Hicken is the Director of Quality and Strategy at Web Courseworks. He works with medical societies and other healthcare organizations to develop technology for performance improvement, psychometrics, and lifelong learning. Dr. Hicken has been leading designer on award-winning projects, such as Web Courseworks’ CourseStage QIE platform for quality improvement and performance improvement.

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The Leveling-Up Approach To Gamification And Learning Management Systems

eLearning Industry

A special method developed by Learning and Development professionals for implementing gamification in the LMS. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Two Simple Ways to Improve Your Presentations

InSync Training

Virtually There Recap. Think about your day-to-day role. Do you host meetings? Facilitate training? Give presentations? Whether you run these events or not, they represent an important part of our professional lives. Often, we see these events as time wasters, rather than important investments of our focus. As learning professionals, team members, and managers, we strive to engage and involve our audiences so that they can remember the information we share with them.

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Learning on the Job in a SaaS-Driven World

Origin Learning

Gone are the days when setting up an IT company required massive amounts of time, space, and money. Virtualization and cloud-based services have well and truly made setting up IT firms easier. SaaS is the buzzword that reflects the changing times and has helped transform businesses across industries. Be it solo entrepreneurs, boot-strapped startups, or long-running businesses, SaaS impacts all of them significantly.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: 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? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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3 Ways IoT is Changing the Way We Learn

Learningtogo

This post comes from guest blogger Brooklin Nash. Accortding to Futurist Jeanette Cajide: “The Internet of Things will soon the Internet of Everything.” The Internet of Things is not necessarily new. ATMs, considered the first object connected to the Internet, went online as early as the 1970s. There were more ‘things’ than people connected to […].

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Ten Ways to Design eLearning That Makes Sense

B Online Learning

When I tell people that I make my living as an eLearning Designer, some people have a blank look on their face. So […]. The post Ten Ways to Design eLearning That Makes Sense appeared first on B Online Learning.

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POINT-of-WORK:  Nail Point of Origin Before the Destination

Living in Learning

If we’re already considering the potential mix of destination solutions, then the journey must’ve been successful, and we’re only left to decide where to begin, right? This point is known as “premature destination”, that moment where we think we’re ready to decide but are not actually at a state of readiness to make an informed decision. .

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Want to Start a Certification Program? Read These!

LearnDash

Offer an online certification is a great way to build extra income, and even a thriving business. There was once a time when people would scoff at you for getting your degree online. Today it is one of the most economical and convenient ways for pursuing education. But not all online learning programs need to be focused on a formal university degree.

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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.