Sat.Oct 07, 2017 - Fri.Oct 13, 2017

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How to Design an Effective LMS Training Program

TOPYX LMS

Like many decision makers, you may be more than ready to improve the effectiveness of your company’s LMS training program. However, before moving forward with such a venture, it’s important that corporate leaders determine if they feel confident in their LMS ( learning management system ) program-building skills. Talent development is increasingly becoming a top business priority for organizations, with 69% of learning and development professionals noting it as their number one priority in the f

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The realities of developing custom elearning with a vendor

Kineo

In the learning space, lots of companies develop custom elearning with a vendor to get the job done. There's a reason why so many companies outsource custom elearning development work to third parties or freelancers rather than hiring a whole internal department to handle one-off projects or areas outside the core team’s specialty. And, in general, working with a vendor can be a great experience.

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Engage Your Virtual Learners from the Get Go

InSync Training

In the live online learning environment , instructional teams often struggle to truly connect with learners. We don't have the benefit of greeting our online learners with a smile as they enter our virtual space. So how do we create an inviting, warm, inclusive learning environment? From experience, it really comes down to our tone of voice and our words.

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JoomlaLMS 2.1.5 release

JoomlaLMS

Dear clients, we are glad to announce JoomlaLMS 2.1.5 release. The new version is Joomla 3.8.x compatible. JoomlaLMS 2.1.5 is available for upgrade in the administration area of your website and for purchase in our store.

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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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Disruption Debate: Be open with change

Jane Hart

As part of Totara’s ongoing Disruption Debate series, Lars Hyland has been speaking to thought leaders and experts from the L&D world. A few weeks ago he talked to me, and this is the summary of that conversation that appears on their website.

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Kineo named on the top 10 elearning content development companies list for 2017

Kineo

In its fifth year, this annual list published by eLearningIndustry.com celebrates extraordinary elearning content development companies and the work they do with clients. This prestigious list ranks the 10 top companies of the year and in 2017 the bar was raised even higher with more than 300 companies entering for a place.

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How to Use Wishlist Member with LearnDash

LearnDash

Wishlist Member is one of the original WordPress membership plugins. Here is how to use it with LearnDash. If you have been involved in WordPress for any amount of time then there is a good chance that you have heard of Wishlist Member. For years it dominated the membership plugin landscape because of its well-rounded features and solid marketing. Today the membership space has grown up a bit and while Wishlist Member may not have the same market presence, it is still used by many.

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How We’re Rocking DevLearn 2017

eLearning Brothers

We here at eLearning Brothers are chomping at the bit to rock DevLearn 2017 in our signature style, as only the Team in Orange can! It’s only two weeks away and we want you fully informed of our plans this year. We want you to be as excited as we are! Deep breaths, our friends. We’ll get there… Here are a few details to wet your whistle until DevLearn kicks off on Tuesday, October 23: Sessions.

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Happy Friday the Thirteenth!

Learningtogo

Today is Friday the 13 th in the Northern hemisphere. This is day that is thought to be unlucky in most western cultures. Psychiatry has even identified a condition for people with a severe fear of the number 13 – Triskaidekaphobia. When coupled with a Friday, we seem to have acquired a shared superstition that is hard to explain. You can find a number of theories about which bad event in our past started the belief that Friday that fall on the 13 th day of the month are unlucky, but no one seem

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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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10 top tips for a great interactive video

Kineo

We’re all abuzz these days about interactive video. And for good reason. It is a great way to get learners to sit up straight and pay attention and on top of that, can enhance and improve a traditional eLearning experience, by = breaking up the monotony of clicking next through a series of slides. And it is, well, so much more interactive than a “static” video.

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Simple Trick for Creating Effective Courses

LearnDash

When we create courses we do so in hopes of not only teaching, but in providing people with new skills or knowledge that they can use in daily life. I don’t know about you, but whenever I take a course I am looking to get something practical out of it that I can use to better myself, my business, or my life. Unfortunately not all courses succeed at meeting this outcome.

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Simple Insufficiency

Clark Quinn

As things get more complex, organizations are looking to get more agile. And they’re looking at a wide variety of approaches in different areas. It can be agile, digital transformation, design thinking, and more. And, by and large, these are all good things. And all of them are quite simply insufficient. Why do I suggest this insufficiency? Because the solution is complex.

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The Allen Experience - What's it all about?

Allen Interactions

Another amazing Allen Experience has come and gone. Our 2017 event evolved from previous years, giving attendees the opportunity to experience our new concept: a fully interactive, solutions-oriented event. This evolution allowed the Allen team and our guest speakers to deeply explore the changing needs of today’s online learning community, as well as exhibit AI’s innovative approach to interactive education.

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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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The true story of Dannie’s digital transformation (kind-of)

Kineo

Meet Dannie, our digital learner. Dannie is nearly every learner you’ve met. Male, female, younger and older and from all generations.A few years ago, Dannie consumed media the only way digital media could be consumed – on TV, radio and a PC screen. But now technology has transformed the way we digest digital media – let’s look at Dannie’s new digital footprint.

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7 Online Tools for Learning Another Language

LearnDash

Language learning is big business that was at one time dominated by two or three big companies and universities, but times have changed! Today there are programs of all kinds available to anyone who wants to learn – the most popular of which are available online. These courses range from completely free to quite expensive. The style of each depends on your preferences.

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Radical Coherency

Clark Quinn

Tied to my last post about insufficient approaches, I was thinking again about the Coherent Organization . Coherency is powerful, but it could be a limiting metaphor. So I want to explore it a bit further. First, coherency is powerful. Lasers, for example, are just light, the same as comes from your lightbulbs. Except that the wavelengths are aligned and focused.

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No! No. Background. Music.

Patti Shank

[link] <-- I started building a series of explainer videos this week on the most critical concepts in my Make It Learnable series of books. The first one is on learnability and readability in instructional materials and how they impact learning outcomes. I want to help people understand the importance of evidence-based concepts in building good instruction.

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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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3 interactive video platforms for your elearning

Kineo

3 of the market prime, interactive video-development tool providers explain why interactive video is such an important tool in today's elearning.

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Catch up with Megan at DevLearn 2017 on Oct 25-27

Torrance Learning

Are you planning to be at the DevLearn 2017 conference , Oct. 25-27 in Las Vegas? Catch up with Megan! Here’s a look at her schedule. Hope to see you there! Tuesday, October 24. Pre-conference Workshop. Session Link P17: Agile Project Management for eLearning 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Session Link Wednesday, October 25. Concurrent Session. Session Link INN102 : Building the xAPI Ecosystem of Your Dreams 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM Session Link.

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Upcoming Webinar – The Future of Learning with LDPhilly.com (Oct 25, 2017)

Learningtogo

What do butterflies, hummingbirds, and black swans have to do with learning technology? Come to our webinar with the LDPhilly team and find out! In this fast-paced, informative webinar, you will: Envision a future of learning that is assisted and enhancedusing “smart” machines, brain-to-computer interfaces, and advanced digital personal assistants. Identify how these technological advances will change the way people work, communicate, and learn.

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The next book in the Make It Learnable series?

Patti Shank

I told myself I'd take some time off after completing Practice and Feedback for Deeper Learning. And I am. Sort of. I'm getting other work done and spending time gathering research on two topics for upcoming books: What we as L&D practitioners and organizations as a whole must do to support learning and skill building in our organizations The tactics that work best for training people in hard(er) skills Research shows that if we train but don't do what's needed to support learning and skill

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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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Everything You Need to Know About Why Customizable Courseware Rocks

eLearning Brothers

You’ve probably heard about our Customizable Courseware at this point. It’s some amazing and exciting stuff that is taking many people’s eLearning to the next level. But on the off chance that you HAVEN’T heard all about our new and amazing Customizable Courseware and you want to know all about it, then the following articles are for you! And don’t forget to register for our two upcoming Customizable Courseware webinars to see the product in action.

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The Short Definition of “Real Learning”

KnowledgeStar

Real learning is the ability to adopt what you know and know-how to do and adapt it under an everchanging variety of circumstances.

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The Demise of the Flash Player – What Do I Do Now?

Adobe Captivate

On July 25, 2017, Adobe made the following announcement : Adobe is planning to end-of-life Flash. Specifically, we will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020 and encourage content creators to migrate any existing Flash content to these new open formats. This announcement has a major impact on any organization which has e-learning courses published to run in Adobe Flash player.

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What Learning Professionals Should Know About Color

The eLearning Coach

Do your graphic designers speak in a secret language? Do you wish you could let terms like Hue, Saturation and Value roll off your tongue? Why You Should Care Aside from impressing your friends and winning at game shows, there are practical reasons for learning more about visual communication. eLearning and slides are visual mediums. […].

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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.