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The Average Joe imperative

E-Learning Provocateur

The moral of the story is deeper than the Gartner hype cycle. For example, everyone says that Articulate Storyline looks and feels like Microsoft PowerPoint. Love it or loathe it, PowerPoint is easy to use. Articulate’s master stroke was to piggyback the usability of PowerPoint for their own purposes.

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eLearning & mLearning: It's All Happening--And Faster Than You Think

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Last March Gartner predicted that smartphones would outsell PCs in 2012.   About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials." Gesture Based Computing. Learning Analytics.

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Training the citizen developer for organizational success

CLO Magazine

Building a sophisticated mobile application through a no-code/low-code platform is as easy as building a PowerPoint presentation. Gartner Research estimates that by 2024, 80 percent of software applications and services will be built by citizen developers.

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How Does Cloud-based Virtual Training Fit into Your Digital Transformation?

Cloudshare

According to research from Gartner, 87% of senior business leaders feel it’s a do-or-die undertaking. Gartner credits these shortfalls to a lack of strategic clarity. For instance, when it comes to complex technology, a static PowerPoint won’t engage trainees accustomed to the digital realm. Yet, while an estimated $1.3

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Learner engagement: why any corporate learning has to have the learner at its centre

Coorpacademy

We must ask ourselves if it is realistic to expect people who work remotely and anytime to stop everything and sit in front of a trainer droning on at them with a Powerpoint presentation and a laser pointer for eight solid hours. We also need to rethink the way content is delivered.

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4 Ways Virtual Lab Environments Can Supercharge Your Sales Strategy

Appsembler

According to a Gartner study , tech buyers are 57% of the way through the buying process before speaking to the sales rep. They are only able to learn about the product by viewing a PowerPoint presentation or PDF document. The problem with traditional sales demos is that they don’t offer a hands-on experience.

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The best elearning reads of 2013

eFront

Delivering a PowerPoint? Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2014 , Forbes. Are you in the training ghetto , Donald Taylor. Cognitive Dissonance and the Denial of Social/Informal Learning , Mike Britz. Social media at work. John Stepper. Your Audience Will Tune Out After 10 Minutes , Forbes. Julian Stodd.