Sat.Sep 01, 2018 - Fri.Sep 07, 2018

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Why there is so much more to eLearning than just cost reduction

Upside Learning

The most obvious benefit of eLearning is that it is a great way for organizations to save on the cost of training. But the paybacks are far beyond just cost and there is so much more that can be achieved through eLearning with the right focus. Employees are one of the greatest assets of an […].

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What is the future of gamification? The Growth Engineering Report

Growth Engineering

Gamification is one of the most exciting innovations of the past decade. But what is the future of gamification? We asked seven experts what they think. The post What is the future of gamification? The Growth Engineering Report appeared first on Growth Engineering.

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The antidote to dry content: using storytelling in technical training

Matrix

I got my new wonderful, shiny oven over a month ago. I really wanted it and I can honestly say it was anything but inexpensive. I still don’t know how to use it though. The booklet is there, I may even have opened it a couple of times but it all just seemed so… technical and dry. I’ll surely get on it as soon as I’ll really need to bake something but until then it will remain a mystery.

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Looks Do Matter: How Visuals Shape eLearning

eLearning Industry

Visuals play a crucial role in eLearning courses. A visual strategy is as important as the instructional strategy for your course. There are a number of options when you want to include visuals in your course. Know more about them here. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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5 Key features of the new Adobe Captivate 2019

Adobe Captivate

The most sought-after authoring software, Adobe Captivate makes a great impression with its astonishing feature in its new release, Adobe Captivate 2019. The most trending feature in the eLearning industry currently, virtual reality, is possible in Captivate 2019!! In addition to virtual reality, Adobe Captivate 2019 has released new and enhanced features to develop eLearning courses effortlessly.

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10 Tips to Improve Learning Engagement

ej4 eLearning

When it comes to learning engagement—or lack of learning engagement—I am reminded of the words of Gary Vaynerchuk. “You're always one great piece of content away from having your life changed.". Unfortunately, many employees will be waiting a long time for the one great piece of life-changing content. For example: There’s a TV show, Superstore, that takes place in a fictional big box store (set right here in St.

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eLearning Video Production: What You Need To Know

eLearning Industry

Have you been asked to star in a training video for your organization? Here are a few things you need to know about the process and tips for ensuring a successful video shoot. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Don’t Miss Adobe Learning Summit 2018

Adobe Captivate

Once again I will be speaking at the Adobe Learning Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year’s conference is unique over past events in that the Learning Summit is no longer tied to another conference. Adobe has decided to take the training wheels off and go it alone. This gives Adobe the freedom to do what they have wanted to do for some time and offer the conference to attendees for absolutely free.

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Why Product Training is Essential for Sales and Customer Support

Infopro Learning

Have you ever talked to a sales rep and asked a question about a product their company sells only to have them stare back at you blankly, fumble over words or look for someone else to connect you with? Or had a customer support issue only to be passed from representative to representative hoping to find someone that will understand and know how to solve your problem?

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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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Tips for the Accidental Virtual Trainer

InSync Training

Are you one of the many accidental trainers out there? The function or topic expert so good at their job that management asked you to train others in your organization? You aren't alone! InSync Training's lead facilitator Karen Vieth discusses six key areas you can focus on to become a dynamic virtual facilitator. Learn how to identify your natural skill, learn tips and strategies for better virtual facilitation, and take your sessions to the next level — on purpose.

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Are Decisions the Key?

Clark Quinn

A number of years ago, now, Brenda Sugrue posited that Bloom’s Taxonomy was wrong. And, she proposed a simpler framework. I’ve never been a fan of Bloom’s; folks have trouble applying it systematically (reliably discriminating between various levels). And, while it pushed for higher levels, it left people off the hook if they decided a lower level would do it.

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Keeping pace with the speed of Retail

Axonify

No industry moves faster than retail. Take fashion for example. Back in simpler times (when there were 2 seasons: Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter), inventory would change over once a year. Fast forward to the present, where leading apparel companies like Zara send new products to stores at break-neck speeds—there are now 2 seasons a week. That’s … Continued.

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What Are the Signs of a High-Quality Online Course?

LearnDash

You want to create a quality online course for your learners. How do you know you’ve made it? Most online course providers instinctively understand the value of a quality online course. It’s not just that they are excited about their subject and want to find an effective way to transfer that knowledge. They also know that a poor-quality course won’t sell.

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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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3 Benefits of Certifying Employees During Corporate Training with an LMS

TOPYX LMS

Nearly 80 percent of employees want to be given more opportunities for career growth.¹ This means workers want more training, and they want to be recognized for their efforts.² Employers can fulfill both of these desires by giving them the option to earn company-specific certifications during training. Certifications motivate employees to learn by helping them distinguish themselves from their peers.

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Translational research?

Clark Quinn

I came across the phrase “Translational Behavior-Analysis” I had no idea what that was, so I looked it up. And I found the answer interesting. The premise is that this is an intermediary between academic and applied work. Which I think of as a good thing, but is it really a thing ? Does it make sense? I have mixed feelings, so I thought I’d lay them out.

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Podcast: Brianne Thomas, Northlake Professional Development Summit

Learningtogo

I’ve written before about our terrible habit as learning professionals to focus on everyone’s professional development – except our own. That’s why I’m so excited to join Brianne Thomas, Founder and President of Northlake Professional Group. She’s put together an exciting two-day online conference for learning professionals.

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4 Tips to Market and Sell Courses Online

LearnDash

Once you’ve mastered the basics of content marketing, what more can you do to sell your course? When it comes to advice for selling online courses, content marketing is one of the first things you’re likely to hear about—and for good reason! The combination of blogging, high-value downloadable content, and email marketing has proven successful time and again.

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Wake Up Your Customer Education Strategy With a New Approach to Content Sharing

Speaker: Tammy Rutherford, Ian McConnell

You invest a lot of time and energy into building training courses for internal use and for your customers and partners. As your reach grows, so does the number of LMSs you need to deliver training to, often both externally and internally. And chances are, you want to deliver that content in a way that’s compatible with every LMS, manageable for administrators, and easy for learners to access.

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3 Things You Need to Know About Learning Management Software

TOPYX LMS

From 2016 to 2017, the top learning priority for organizations was exploring new learning technologies, according to the Brandon Hall Group.¹ Clearly, company leaders understand that organizations need the right technology to power L&D initiatives. For some organizations, learning management software (LMS) is an unexplored technology. Since LMS systems can enhance employee training programs, increase performance and reduce training costs, it is well worth researching as a potential investmen

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MWL Newsletter No 80

Jane Hart

Articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) for the week 26 Aug – 1 Sep. (L&D you are what you measure, 5 steps to create culture of cont learning, hierarchy is enemy of learning, & more).

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Congrats to EY and Aptara for Winning the Brandon Hall Award for Custom Content!

Learningtogo

I'm thrilled that one of my designs has won the @BrandonHallGrp award for Custom Content. Among hundreds of applicants from around the world, these organizations were judged the best of the best.

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POINT-of-WORK: Optimizing the Wasteland of Lost Wisdom and Insights

Living in Learning

The time is upon us to converge actionable information and insight with the moment of need and at the Point-of-Work. This is not a training issue, nor is it a job aid or an instruction set, it’s sharing of human wisdom and intelligence.

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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.

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Learn Your Way with an Open Source LMS

Lambda Solutions

Is your learning management system (LMS) platform meeting your organization’s training objectives? Are you modifying your programs to fit the LMS rather than optimizing your LMS to deliver the best learning?

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New Training Approaches for “America’s Diner”

dVinci Interactive

New Training Approaches for “America’s Diner” With a 60-year history and more than 1,700 restaurants, Denny’s is one of America’s largest and most loved full-service family restaurant chains. To accomplish the company's training goals, Michelle Elder has to keep in mind that 90% of the restaurants are franchised-owned and they are all open 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

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VR project for 2018-19

Moodle Journal

Looking forward to the start of the new academic year, I am looking toward some particular innovation trials that I can run with regard to technology enhanced learning and so far I have settled on three that I am really looking forward to running The first one that I am going to talk about is Google Expeditions. It was back in August 2016 that I put a virtual lab in place for the BSc Biomedical team.

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Augmented And Virtual Reality In Education: The Next Big Bandwagons

eLearning Industry

Today, animation has replaced the traditional PowerPoint presentation. A lot of eLearning platforms offer classes where a teacher teaches with the help of live animation and not a static PPT. The concept of interactive learning rather than one-way learning is prevailing. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.