Sat.Dec 21, 2013 - Fri.Dec 27, 2013

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Free eLearning Development Calculator… Quickly Determine Your LOE

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

'One of the most common questions we hear during our live, online classes is how long does it typically take to create eLearning using Adobe Captivate. The answer is dependent upon several factors, beginning with how long a lesson or course is expected to run (in minutes), your comfort-level using Adobe Captivate, access to resources, and the amount of support available to you.

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Joy to the World of Work

The Performance Improvement Blog

' . It’s fitting, in this holiday season, to be talking about "joy". Menlo Innovations , a software development company in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has made a joyful workplace its goal and has found that, by doing this, business success follows. In Joy, Inc. , a new book by Richard Sheridan, Co-Founder and CEO of Menlo, we read how his company makes joy the center of its business model. .

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Vision 2014 – An Interview with Paul Clothier

Raptivity

'Our fifth interview in the series is with an another eLearning industry expert, Paul Clothier. Below is an excerpt of the interview: What are some of the key eLearning trends you are looking forward to in 2014? The debunking of […].

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An ELearning Wishlist [INFOGRAPHIC]

LearnDash

'It’s the season for giving, so why not give your learners what they want out of an elearning program? The infographic below, provided by SHIFT E-Learning, details some tips for giving elearning users what they desire out of an elearning program. If I were to add anything to this list, I suppose it would be putting an end to the 4+ hour elearning modules.

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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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Making sense of emerging technologies

Clark Quinn

'Last week I was attending the board meeting for eLearnMag , the Association of Computing Machinery’s ezine on eLearning. The goal was to bring together the board to discuss new directions. eLearnMag bridges the academic and practitioner sectors, providing an opportunity for research to inform practice, and vice-versa. In preparation for the meeting, a survey was taken of the readership, to find what they were looking for.

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KARL KAPP – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS (PART 2)

Learnnovators

ABOUT KARL KAPP (Professor of Instructional Technology, Bloomsburg University): Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., CFPIM, CIRM, is a scholar, writer and expert on the convergence of learning, technology and business operations. He is a full professor of instructional technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA, and serves as the Assistant Director of Bloomsburg’s Institute for Interactive Technologies.

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5 ELearning Career Questions and Answers

LearnDash

'As with any profession, it is important to set goals so that you can continue to grow in your skills and abilities as an elearning developer. I often receive questions from people via LinkedIn asking for an opinion on how they can earn more as an instructional designer, which certifications to pursue, and how to improve their elearning design skills.

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Coach’s Eye video analysis app comes to Windows 8.1

TechSmith Camtasia

'Over the past couple of years, TechSmith’s video app for capturing and analyzing athletic performance has been massively popular on iOS and Android. Coach’s Eye makes it easy to give instant, visual feedback on or off the field. Not only is Coach’s Eye being used by coaches, athletes , and Olympians …but by phys-ed teachers , marching bands , dancers and many others.

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8 Keys to the Mindset of a Successful eLearning Professional

SHIFT eLearning

'Whether you are just getting started with eLearning and looking to get a better understanding of eLearning best practices, or you''ve been creating courses for a while and are trying to find ways of making your material more effective, considering the basics of eLearning is key. Before you start designing or re-designing be sure you put first things first.

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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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Karl Kapp – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators (Part 2)

Learnnovators

ABOUT KARL KAPP (Professor of Instructional Technology, Bloomsburg University): Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., CFPIM, CIRM, is a scholar, writer and expert on the convergence of learning, technology and business operations. He is a full professor of instructional technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA, and serves as the Assistant Director of Bloomsburg’s Institute for Interactive Technologies.

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Happy Holidays from LearnDash

LearnDash

'Whether you are a LearnDash customer, frequent blog visitor, or stopping by for the first time, we would like to wish you a very happy and safe holiday.

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Applications of online training: sales training

eFront

'Effective sales training develops the individual’s skills and builds on existing abilities to ultimately improve business performance through increased productivity and profitability. Good sales training courses can lead to an increase in activity levels, sales volumes and order size. There are also additional benefits to training such as improved sales force retention (since recruitment is costly), improved employee motivation and engagement, and a greater receptiveness to change.

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Make 2014 Your Year: 24 Stats & Tips to Boost Your eLearning Strategy

SHIFT eLearning

'Effective learning doesn’t require expensive technology and elaborated training sessions. It doesn''t even demand the impossible from you, the course developer. But it does call for a change in mindset. It’s key you set aside some time to observe and plan your eLearning strategy for the new year. Here are 24 statistics, tips and tricks that might make you rethink the way you''re approaching eLearning: 1) eLearning is more than just presenting content and crossing fingers.

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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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Merry Christmas!!!

Learnnovators

Team Learnnovators Wishes You A Merry Christmas!!! The post Merry Christmas!!! appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Happy Holidays from OpenSesame

OpenSesame

'2013 has been a great year for us here at OpenSesame. We''ve grown our catalog to more than 22,000 courses, expanded our weekly course deals, and will soon be adding a new subscription option. Of course, none of this would be possible without your support, and we thank you for your patronage. . From all of us here at OpenSesame, we hope you are having a wonderful holiday and wish you the best for the coming year!

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10 Do’s and Don’ts for eLearning Visuals

DigitalChalk eLearning

'Along with having great course content, you should also have an outstanding use of visuals throughout the entire course. Sometimes finding the right images can be more difficult than originally anticipated. Your images must add value to the course, whether it is a graph or chart explaining the information, or just an example photo that the student can relate to.

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Millennials Want Passionate Leaders

Training Industry

'Millennials are all-too familiar with reality TV. From the drama-filled series “The Real World” to the ever-famous quest for a record deal on “American Idol.” The debate can rage for hours on whether reality television is staged or is in fact real. After being marketed to and sold this false sense of reality, millennials are on a quest to find authenticity in the workplace.

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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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Team Learnnovators Wishes You A Merry Christmas!!!

Learnnovators

The post Team Learnnovators Wishes You A Merry Christmas!!! appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Happy Holidays from TechSmith!

TechSmith Camtasia

'Though we love spending our time improving our products and dreaming up new ways to simplify communication, the holidays are upon us – and that means it’s time for a little break. We’ve been having some bizarre weather, but it wouldn’t be a true Michigan winter if there wasn’t an unpredictable wintery mix keeping us on our toes.

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Something quick to feel…

Living in Learning

'Enjoy a good story sung well.

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Learning 2014: Mobile and Social Opportunities

CLO Magazine

'CLOs are cautiously optimistic about their budgets and impact in 2014. Many suggest mobile and social learning technology will have the greatest effect on organizations. It seems as if the global recovery continues to take hold. More than half of CLOs report higher budgets in 2013 than in 2012, and many expect this year to be better still. Learning leaders plan to increase spending to develop in-house content, e-learning and install learning technologies, partly because of pressure to deliver m

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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2014: Business Strategy, Predictive Analysis, Game Changers by Bill Brandon

LearningGuild

'Where are we, as eLearning practitioners, headed in 2014? Will our track be “the usual”? Or will it be. “moving beyond business as usual”? We have more options than ever. Here are some thoughts on. how to. use them in the coming year.

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Best of Training Industry's 2013 findings

Training Industry

'In 2013, Training Industry’s studies focused on a variety of topics, ranging from onboarding and knowledge transfer to the use of virtual environments in leadership development. Below is a compilation of our most interesting findings from this year: 1. Strategic Alignment. Eighty-one percent of learning leaders rate strategic alignment (i.e., designing learning programs that align with business objectives) as critical for exceptional training organizations.

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A Better Way to Buy eLearning: Introducing our "How to Buy" Guide

OpenSesame

'At OpenSesame, we strive to make buying elearning courses simple. Visitors to our site need to only click once to begin browsing our more than 22,000 courses, and can purchase seats directly from within our marketplace. In addition to our on-site buying options, OpenSesame provides several flexible purchasing programs ideal for the enterprise or small-to-medium business.

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Big Learning Data

CLO Magazine

'Big learning data can lead to greater personalization of learning. Big learning data will be a powerful and potentially disruptive tool for learning professionals. The businesses that we support are already leveraging big data for business intelligence and are going to draw the connection between learning and customer satisfaction. Big learning data also has benefits for the learner, designer, manager or the organization that enable each to do things better, faster, cheaper, more strategically

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Why and How to Earn Your PMP® Credential

Gaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can be very beneficial for any project manager. Most successful PMP candidates treat preparing for the PMP exam as a personal project. As such, it requires careful planning and a structured approach. Eligibility criteria must be met, and the exam is known for its difficulty, sometimes requiring multiple attempts.

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Book Review: Innovative Performance Support, by Conrad Gottfredson and Bob Mosher by Clark N. Quinn

LearningGuild

'Performance support is not a new concept, but it is undergoing a renaissance; the appearance of new. resources for performance support design is providing help and structure for practitioners who wish to add. this important discipline to their repertoire. Gottfredson and Mosher make an excellent contribution in this. regard, as you will learn in this review of their new book.

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Informal Learning Center

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

'People acquire the skills they use at work informally — talking, observing others, trial-and-error, and simply working with people in the know. Formal training and workshops account for only 5% to 20% of what people learn from experience and interactions. Order the Informal Learning book or read a summary or download the Informal Learning Poster.

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Learning Resolutions: Dealing with the Data Deluge

OpenSesame

'The volume, velocity, and variety of data available today provides learning professionals unprecedented opportunity to understand our users and impact our business. However, most of our industry’s analytics are still stuck in a mindset of delivering some flavor of "course completion" (scores, time on task, number of attempts, butts-in-seats). In 2014, I am committing to using the data and tools available to better support users: What business analytics are a white flag, signaling a potential op