eLearning Industry
APRIL 10, 2014
Looking for a comprehensive "must-have" eLearning checklist for your next eLearning Course Design project? This is a checklist that every eLearning professional should have on hand, especially since there are so many steps involved in the eLearning course design process. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
Experiencing eLearning
APRIL 6, 2014
'Learning CSI: Learning Needs Investigation | Learning Rebels. Approaching needs analysis as an “investigation” without assuming that a course is always the right solution. tags: learning training analysis performanceconsulting performancesupport instructionaldesign. Gantter – web-based project scheduling made easy. Web-based project management tool.
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B Online Learning
APRIL 9, 2014
'As an Instructional Designer, motivating learners is an important consideration because in reality learners are not always motivated to learn. They are busy, have other things to do, don’t see the course/session as being important or have had a bad learning experience in the past. I’ve come across Dr. John Keller’s motivational design model known as […].
Learning Visions
APRIL 7, 2014
'Hey, guess what? I accidentally wrote a book! I know, crazy, right? The Accidental Instructional Designer: Learning Design for the Digital Age : a thrilling tale of what happened when one young woman (that''s me) woke up one day to find that she was an e-learning instructional designer. It''s a book packed full of tips and ideas and inspiration for taking your eLearning design practice from an accidental path to one of purpose, passion, and intention.
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InSync Training
APRIL 7, 2014
'In this blog, we talk a lot about how to make virtual training effective, and how to utilize collaboration tools to create engagement in virtual classrooms. Virtual training is my particular passion, and I have been fighting the use of the word ''webinar'' for years.
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Knowledge Guru
APRIL 9, 2014
'In some organizations, training is a “check the box,” “we’ve always done it this way” activity. That may work in some situations, but what about when remembering really matters? Corporate learning professionals need strategies to improve both knowledge transfer during the initial learning event as well as the rate of long-term retention.
Association eLearning
APRIL 9, 2014
'Everyone loves free. Free coffee, free Wi-Fi, just about anything “free” is good, right? Not necessarily. And if your association has plans to sell your next online course or webinar, you might not be too excited to hear your competitor is offering a similar product for free. How can you possibly compete with free? Who is going to pay for your education products when someone else is giving it away?
InSync Training
APRIL 9, 2014
'Recently, a town-wide power outage resulted in my son’s school being ‘in the dark’ for about four hours. Most classes didn’t need to skip a beat – it was a sunny day and electricity is not required for the instruction of algebra. But what to do in “Computer Class”? Electricity has been a requirement in computer classes practically since the abacus went out of fashion.
Learning Visions
APRIL 10, 2014
'The Accidental Instructional Designer: Learning Design for the Digital Age is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Cynthia Banks wins the prize (as far as I know) for first actual pre-order of my book!
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
APRIL 8, 2014
'by Kevin Siegel Bookmarking a lesson provides the learner an opportunity to continue viewing a lesson from the exact spot where they left off. If you've uploaded your eLearning lesson into a Learning Management System, bookmarking is enabled by default in every lesson that you publish. If you're not working with an LMS and you still want to enable bookmarking, you're out of luck, right?
LearnDash
APRIL 10, 2014
'Technology has always played an important role in education, but today it seems like the role of the various tech tools is greater than ever. There are likely a variety of reasons for this. I would venture to say that the influence of mobile devices is a major driving factor. There really isn’t a time when we aren’t connected to the internet in some form.
Challenge to Learn
APRIL 7, 2014
'This is the second post in the series of 22, that will form a how to guide to the principles of the eLearning manifesto. This is about Principle #2: “Do not assume eLearning is the Answer”. The principle sounds simple; however I think it needs additional groundwork to be able to give an appropriate answer. In order to make it more constructive I want to turn it around and change it into: “Only apply eLearning when it is the most effective option”.
Jane Hart
APRIL 9, 2014
'I am working with the E-Learning Guild on a research project about the current state of informal learning in the workplace. What types of informal learning are going on inside your organization? Please share your insight by completing the Informal Learning in the Workplace survey. The results of this survey will be analyzed and shared [.].
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ID Reflections
APRIL 6, 2014
'I believe MOOCs, especially when referred to in the context of the workplace, are increasingly going to become a catch-all term for any online, large scale, learning intervention at the workplace. The MOOC is a dissemination model that has the three components – formal, informal and social – popularized by the Pervasive Learning model and the 70:20:10 built in.
LearnDash
APRIL 8, 2014
'If you have ever considered implementing a blended learning approach to your live training or classrooms, then you are well aware of the benefits it can bring to learning. That said, you are likely also aware that there are a slew of tool, tips, and technology platforms out there, all of which are claiming to be the best thing for your blended learning program.
Living in Learning
APRIL 6, 2014
'<God Alert> If you’re not a follower of Jesus Christ, this post may not be to your liking. I plug things like this into my primary blog because Living in Learning is intended to cover learning of all types. This post reveals a humbling learning moment I overlooked in a story we‘ve all heard regardless […].
Kapp Notes
APRIL 8, 2014
'Last week I had a chance to attend the ITEAA Conference which is the conference of the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association. At the conference, I was not presenting or conducting a workshop, instead I was playing the role of a vendor. Letting people know about the Survival Master Product. I am a Co-Principle Investigator for a National Science Foundation grant called Simulation and Modeling in Technology Education (SMTE).
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InSync Training
APRIL 8, 2014
'It was a dark and stormy night… and like most nights, I was in a training session – a virtual training session in a virtual classroom platform. The difference was, this time I was a learner, and not the facilitator. I know that I am a particularly harsh critic when it comes to the quality of virtual training. I have a difficult time participating in a program even when delivered by my closest colleagues – professionals whom I consider to be among the best virtual facilitators
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
APRIL 11, 2014
'by AJ Walther Want more free images for your eLearning or PowerPoint presentations? How about over a MILLION more? In December of last year, the British Library released into the public domain a huge collection of scanned images from more than 65,000 books spanning the 16th to 19th centuries. Yes, that's right, I said public domain.
Web Courseworks
APRIL 9, 2014
'How To Encourage Informal Professional Development At Work In my previous blog post, I wrote about how workers and job seekers likely undervalue the benefits of free online learning and professional development opportunities. Of course, if the impetus for this eLearning trend is based on employer demand for cutting-edge skills, managers in content development and […].
LearnDash
APRIL 7, 2014
'One of the often over-looked components of training program development is the post-training evaluation. In many cases, the evaluation design is an afterthought as precedence is given to the actual training content. This is a huge mistake. Arguably, the design of your evaluations should begin near the start of the entire project. This includes pre-course, in-course, and post-course evaluations.
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Living in Learning
APRIL 7, 2014
'Question: If flawed performance was a jet airliner with a broken engine how far would it fly? Answer: All the way to the scene of the crash. And the scene of the crash is precisely where Training should show up to investigate the potential for building learning and performance solutions.after they find the black box.
InSync Training
APRIL 11, 2014
'2014 represents the 15th year InSync has supported virtual learning, and that recently prompted me to take some time to reflect on where we’ve been, the advances we’ve seen in the virtual training industry over the past 15 years and especially what the future of virtual training and blended learning might hold.
Jane Hart
APRIL 5, 2014
'A recent artilce shared by The Learning Flow this week was an article by Bill Brandon that suggested Seven Things eLearning Professionals Must Do Now Which do you do already? Take the Survey below. In a recent Learning Solutions article Bill Brandon suggested 7 things that L&D should do now. Which do you do? [.].
Dashe & Thomson
APRIL 8, 2014
'A couple years ago, I wrote a blog post about a fledgling social learning company called Learnist that was beginning to make waves in the learning industry. The company caught my eye because I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of leveraging social media to encourage effective learning within the workplace and Learnist seemed to… [Continue Reading.].
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
APRIL 7, 2014
'IconLogic's Kevin Siegel has been named the manager of Adobe's eLearning Community supporting eLearning developers living in or around DC, Virginia, and Maryland. Kevin and the IconLogic team will be hosting regular meetings featuring tips and tricks on creating effective eLearning using such tools as Adobe Captivate and Adobe Presenter.
LearnDash
APRIL 9, 2014
'One of the first forms of elearning was the ebook. It its simplest form, this was just a book that had been transposed and delivered online. Today, the landscape is a bit different. As our elearning tools have evolved, so has the ability to add interactive components to the static ebooks of the past. No more are we taking an in-print book and just re-typing it online using Microsoft Word and saving it as a PDF.
InSync Training
APRIL 10, 2014
'This morning I was catching up on over due reading. In the October 2013 issue of ASTD T&D Magazine I read a short article that struck me concerning a workforce development effort in Kentucky. ( Bridging the Gap Between Education and Enterprise.). The sentence which couldn''t help but draw me in was: The Kentucky Work Ready Communities program boosts high school graduation rates while simultaneously developing the state''s workforce.
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