The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2013

'The answer to this question is important because of the impact culture has on an organization. I like this quote attributed to Peter Drucker , “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. You can have the most elegant strategic plan, but if your organization’s beliefs and assumptions, values and guiding principles, workplace symbols and artifacts, and company lore are not consistent with that plan, not much will happen.

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Jane Hart

OCTOBER 26, 2013

'A recent article in Wired Magazine, Collaboration and Conversation: The next generation of working practices summarises it nicely “Today’s enterprises are seeing and experiencing the value of both social software and cloud-based content collaboration systems. By connecting people and giving them the means to discuss, unlock and increase knowledge sharing across the workforce, these services [.].

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 29, 2013

'No matter what learning solution you think you want to produce, it’s important to identify the learning need (and business need) before starting a project. Do you really need a new gamification platform, or are you trying to follow the latest trends? Is mobile learning a must-have in your organization, is it just another upper management whim?

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Association eLearning

OCTOBER 29, 2013

'Technology is truly beginning to transform what learning is. If you’ve attended any of the many eLearning or training & development conferences, you know there is a lot of buzz around augmented reality, immersive learning simulations, serious games and social learning applications. While we believe these technologies are already bringing seismic changes to the learning landscape, we need to remember not to maroon the traditional learner. .

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

'While at the dentist last week, I was asked the usual questions, including, “Have you been flossing regularly?” This question triggered a memory of the dentist from over ten years ago. While admitting to the dentist that I often intended to floss, but rarely carried out my intention, she said: […] The post 5 Ways To Make Corporate Learning More Effective appeared first on Social Learning Blog.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 28, 2013

'Apple recently announced the availability of  Mavericks , its latest and greatest operating system for the Mac computers.   As much as I love new toys, I tend to hold off when it comes to installing software updates. In my experience, you never know what the software update will break; waiting a bit tends to work out when the updates prove problematic.    It turns out that the Mavericks software and Adobe Captivate 7 aren't getting along.

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Jane Hart

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

'These are the links to resources I tweeted in October 2013 – in reverse chronological order. If you haven’t got time to read them all, then take a look at the 12 I’ve highlighted. Dear C-Suite, we don’t do training, Dan Pontefract, CLO Magazine, 31 October 2013 MUST READ Old dog, new tricks, Harold Jarche, [.].

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

'Howard Rheingold gave a fast-paced and inspiring talk on social network skills. With great examples and deep insight, he brought home powerful lessons on the power of people. His takeaways provided valuable lessons for individuals, schools, organizations, and society.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 30, 2013

'A key component to any elearning program is quizzing users within and at the end of the content. For the continuing education unit industry, this is a critical component. As such, it is important that your quizzing mechanism is of the highest standard. In the past, many people have settled for the standard multiple choice and true or false questions.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 30, 2013

'by Lori Smith. Text Entry Boxes are great. I find them particularly handy when creating an eLearning lesson and you need to simulate the process of typing text within a form field. Text Entry Boxes allow learners to type text just as they would in the actual software. When setting up a Text Entry Box, you can set the Correct entries by selecting Validate User Input from the General group on the Properties panel and then specifying the terms in the Correct Entries dialog box.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 27, 2013

'DevLearn 2013 Learning Models & Design Patterns from Cammy Bean. Slides from my DevLearn session last week. Enjoy!

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

'David Merrill talked about his first principles of instruction, leading the way through the development of his thinking. I admit that his steps from strategy to problem-solving were a little elusive, but I was pleased to see that he has come around to problem-centered learning, and design by prototyping and refinement. His take home in the Q&A was to have more examples and put problems first.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 27, 2013

'One of the most attractive aspects about elearning is the opportunity to create a course once and then sell it over and over again. The ability to create and sell elearning is easier than ever today, especially when you consider how it is growing in use across a variety of industries. For example, there are many organizations out there that require their members to acquire a specific number of continuing education credits.

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Web Courseworks

OCTOBER 31, 2013

'Web Courseworks Celebrates Halloween In Style Our e-learning team here at Web Courseworks wishes you all a very Happy Halloween! Today the office is full of our cast of characters, hamming it up in honor of the holiday spirit. […].

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 28, 2013

'It''s going to be so very spooky! Join me this Wednesday, October 30th at 11 am eastern for a session that''s sure to give you nightmares. Followed by a repeat performance that night at 10 pm eastern so we can horrify audiences all over the world! More info and to reserve your spot.if you dare!

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 30, 2013

'Richard Clark presented the research on media and learning, highlighting the 30 years of debate. He started talking about the importance of evidence, and summarized a variety of points of view and research, with a focus on John Sweller’s Cognitive Load Theory and Dick Mayer’s multimedia work. He finished with a potshot at constructivism.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 28, 2013

'From time-to-time we like to do a spotlight on individuals who are using LearnDash to effectively deliver elearning on their WordPress powered sites. Today’s spotlight is on Luis Hernandez, an entrepreneur with plenty of I.T. experience. His company has implemented LearnDash at the Spanish university UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia).

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 30, 2013

'Once again, DevLearn was a fun and exciting event. Always a good time meeting old friends and making new friends. One great thing about events like this is bumping into all of the wonderful graduates of Bloomsburg University’s Instructional Technology program. We had a lot of former students at the event “representing.” I really enjoy seeing students in the field making an impact.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 30, 2013

'We had a great deal of fun talking games and gamification at DevLearn 2013. Whether you attended Sharon Boller and Karl Kapp’s learning game design workshop , visited the Knowledge Guru® booth in the Expo, or attended our learning stage session on ways you can build your own games, we are grateful for the opportunity to connect and share with you.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 31, 2013

'Yesterday (as I post this), the legendary Tom Reeves capped a great session at #AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology). The session started with a passionate rationale by Dr. Ali Carr-Chellman about why we should worry about boys and school. Frankly, we’re not connecting school to their lives! She was followed by Dr.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 29, 2013

'Our goal at LearnDash is to not only develop robust built-in features with our product, but also to expand its functionality by developing integrations with other value-adding WordPress plugins. A lot of thought and evaluation goes into this process as we want it to truly benefit our users. One item that has come up from time-to-time is the integration of LearnDash with popular membership plugins available.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

'Ten ways to turn your learners into zombies from Cammy Bean'

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Association eLearning

OCTOBER 28, 2013

'Stay up to date on the latest association resources for online learning and more. Join our community of association professionals with an interest in eLearning by subscribing to the Association eLearning Blog. As a subscriber, you will receive tips on developing your online member education, creating your eLearning strategy, webinar announcements, and more right to your inbox.

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Ontuitive

OCTOBER 31, 2013

'Watch Bob and Con''s virtual office hours with special guests Jeremy Smith from Herman Miller and Molly Petroff from St. Vincent Health System. Watch now.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 31, 2013

'Ok, why am I just finding out about this…today?

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Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 28, 2013

'This warning could have come in sooner apologies for the same. Captivate 7 or earlier version customers are not recommended to upgrade to new version of Mac OS as Captivate doesn’t launch. Please hold on your upgrade until we release a patch for CP 7 in next couple of weeks. Customers running earlier […]. How do I.

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TechSmith Camtasia

OCTOBER 31, 2013

'We love dressing up at TechSmith. Why just recently, we announced that we were dressing up Snagit in Google Chrome clothes. In fact, we don’t just dress ourselves up—we dress up our offices and our children, too! So without any further ado, we are proud to present a little peek into the madness that is… TECHSMITH HALLOWEEN! (insert scream sound here).

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 30, 2013

'Welcome to my yearly Halloween Edition. This year we will focus on the top ten authoring tools for 2013. Each one has a frightful story to tell. Shocking? You bet. Hide under the covers? Doubtful – and if you do, don’t share that info with your colleagues, because if a blog post scares you, well. For each authoring ranking, a brief true ghost story, then the vendor and why it was selected.

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