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Open Office, Work Culture, and Productivity

The Performance Improvement Blog

Even though there is a trend toward open-space workplaces, views about the effectiveness of this design vary widely. It''s way more efficient and less maddening than having my Gchat icon flashing all day, since I already suffer from multitasking overload, thanks to email, Yammer, Campfire, social media, and multiple browser tabs.

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IPhone- User Interface Guidelines- Part I

Upside Learning

To assist the development of applications, Apple has provided the user interface guidelines document which provides information about types of applications you can develop and user interface guidelines to make effective applications. Note: A recent update has just made multitasking available on certain devices running iPhone OS 4.0.

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Seven Ways to Use the iPad for Workplace Learning

Upside Learning

These types of games may be effective especially when used for soft skills. Simulations – the hardware that works for games work just as effectively for simulations. Video is effective for learning; customized high definition, anytime video will have a greater idea. Does it support multitasking? Lotus or MS Exchange?

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Tips and Strategies to Convert Your Outdated eLearning Content to Highly Engaging Training

EI Design

In this article, I share tips, strategies, and ways to make this transition to convert your outdated eLearning content to highly engaging training more effective and efficient. This approach is a very effective way to bring in behavioral change and can be augmented by Video Based Learning for a higher impact.

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Help! What software tool should I use to record audio?

360 Training

Many devices and industry-standard elearning tools offer simple and effective software for recording audio. Online Voice Recorder Online Voice Recorder is an extremely simple Flash-based free tool that allows you to record and save audio. Use whatever works best for you. There are still options to get the job done.

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Design - Knowing Doing Gap - Best of eLearning Learning

eLearning Learning Posts

Seeing The Invisible: How To Identify Early Indicators Of Gaps In Instructional Design And Training Effectiveness. Flash Accessibility (508 Compliance) - MinuteBio , September 13, 2009. Why Studies About Multitasking Are Missing The Point , September 15, 2009. Thursday, September 24, 2009. Thursday, September 24, 2009.

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What is Microlearning? Examples, Strategy, and More

eLearningMind

Still, humans can multitask fairly well because most interactions are quick, from a cursory glance at a few social media updates to hitting a “like” button. Typical training can not only be both long and boring, taxing the hippocampus’ ability to stay alert, but it practically begs learners to multitask while learning. Multitasking.