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Dashe & Thomson
OCTOBER 5, 2012
I really enjoy following the learning frontier, reading about and analyzing the latest developments in learning tools and methodologies. The post Can Learnist Hold the Key to Enterprise Social Learning? appeared first on Social Learning Blog. social learning augmented reality Grockit learning portal Learnist LMS
Origin Learning
AUGUST 27, 2015
Learning by force is passé. How do organizations engage with young, trendy, and tech-savvy people when it comes to learning and development? In a world where the social platform is increasingly the way to connect, learn, grow and scale, businesses are being made to alter their thinking. If the dose of social learning can be tailored to meet the needs of a business then a learner’s participation graph is sure to reflect an upward trend.
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Adobe Captivate
JANUARY 24, 2018
Usage of learning portals for corporate training initiatives is gaining momentum. In this article, I share 4 examples of how you can use them for both formal and informal learning to increase employee engagement. Learning Portals For Corporate Training: What Are Their Key Characteristics? Learning portals are knowledge repositories featuring learning paths, and they are designed to meet specific initiatives. Learning path/learning journey.
Hurix Digital
JULY 26, 2019
Nearly half of the most profitable companies in the world are using e-learning methods to help rookie professionals develop their technical skills. With an e-learning portal , companies are noticing an exponential increase in the engagement of employees. On an average, employees spend more than 5 hours learning on an eLearning platform. Dive in and read how you can develop an effective and productive e-learning portal. Benefits of an e-Learning Portal.
Dashe & Thomson
OCTOBER 5, 2012
I really enjoy following the learning frontier, reading about and analyzing the latest developments in learning tools and methodologies. Augmented reality has a potential to revolutionize learning because of its ability to overlay helpful information not normally seen by the naked eye onto the objects we view. Learnist describes itself as a tool for “people helping other people learn. Learn something, teach something.”
EI Design
OCTOBER 31, 2018
L&D teams are on the constant lookout for effective approaches that help learners acquire learning, apply the acquired learning successfully on the job, and perform better. These teams prefer methods that are engaging and provide sticky learning experiences. Learning Portals for employee training are one of the approaches that can be used to meet this requirement. Learners can access the learning journey on the go and on multiple devices.
EI Design
JANUARY 31, 2017
Learning portals are a great fit for formal training, performance support, and social learning. Learning Portals: Why You Should Adopt Them To Boost Employee Engagement. Learning portals are repositories that have various learning resources ranging from online courses, assets for performance support , and other supporting learning aids. They: Achieve a specific learning focus. Learning portals achieve this and more.
Ed App
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Social learning is defined as learning with and from others. Social learning could be about acquiring knowledge on any topic and in any environment – while conversing casually with friends, colleagues, or through social media like Facebook or Twitter. Social learning has become part of the learning strategies in the corporate world. Utilizing social learning. Essentials of a social learning portal.
EI Design
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
If you are looking for ways to create engaging learning experiences that motivate learners to come back for more, learning portals for employee training are a must-have. In this article, I share 7 tips to create learning portals that actually work. How To Create Effective Learning Portals For Employee Training. They want to adopt approaches that create engaging and sticky learning experiences, and motivate learners to come back for more.
eLearning 24-7
AUGUST 31, 2010
As social learning continues to grow, LMS/LCMS vendors are taking various approaches. While some view themselves as “social learning&# savvy, incorporating various components, others seem to see themselves as just sitting on the sidelines. LMS/LCMS vendors are following one of three approaches when it comes to social learning. It is not as though, social learning is going to disappear. Social bookmarking. E-Learning 24/7.
EI Design
DECEMBER 28, 2018
In this article, I share a use case on how to use gamification to engage your disengaged employees and provide better motivation plus a stickier learning experience. Ways To Offset Employee Disengagement With A Gamified Learning Portal Approach. Introducing a series of use cases by EI Design on various facets of online corporate training to create a more immersive learning experience. Levels (learning path). Learning journey. Gamified learning journey.
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Adobe Captivate
JANUARY 6, 2019
In this article, I share a use case on how to use gamification to engage your disengaged employees and provide better motivation plus a stickier learning experience. Ways To Offset Employee Disengagement With A Gamified Learning Portal Approach. Introducing a series of use cases by EI Design on various facets of online corporate training to create a more immersive learning experience. Levels (learning path). Learning journey. Gamified learning journey.
Growth Engineering
JUNE 2, 2017
A learning portal is an online gateway to a better version of yourself. Once you step through that learning portal, you can gain the superpowers you need to go further, reach higher and simply become even more awesome! If that sounds too sci-fi for you, maybe you’d prefer a more practical learning portal definition. In its simplest terms, a learning portal is a website, or an online archive. Learning Portal Content.
EI Design
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
Although the social learning phenomenon is catching up, many in the learning sphere are not sure of its impact owing to misconceptions around it and lack of data to showcase its impact. This article outlines how you can use social learning effectively to engage your learners. How Can You Use Social Learning To Engage Learners? In simple terms, social learning is learning with and from others and is not bound by a specific type of learning.
eLearning 24-7
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Latest: 303 LMS & Learning Portal Vendors. Still vendors offering social learning, yet they do not use or have any social media presence. Learning Portals. Again, a learning portal can achieve this – i.e. by you incorporating APIs, mashups or some component of such with code and you are using as a back end a CMS. User name: E-Learning. E-Learning 24/7. 28 free open source vendors – on 2nd tab.
TalentLMS
MAY 16, 2016
The boom in social media and the round-the-clock need to connect in communities is doing wonders for the eLearning industry. Social learning is an age-old learning and teaching strategy, backed by many cognitive scientists. While retouching social learning theories is a requirement for this article, we cannot overstate the benefits this effort can incur for training professionals. Let’s examine some top benefits of social learning in organizations.
EI Design
AUGUST 30, 2018
The last few years have seen a significant increase in the use of social learning for employee training. In this article, I share the benefits of social learning and show you how you can use microlearning videos as an effective social learning tool. How To Create Powerful Employee Training With Social Learning – Featuring Microlearning Videos. The advent of social media technology. What Is Social Learning?
Living in Learning
AUGUST 27, 2012
Continuous Learning EPSS Learning @ the Point of Work Performer Support Social Learning Taxonomy learning and performance portal learning at point of work learning portal LinkedIn performer support portal portlet PSO training portal work context
eLearning 24-7
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Latest: 303 LMS & Learning Portal Vendors. Still vendors offering social learning, yet they do not use or have any social media presence. Learning Portals. Again, a learning portal can achieve this – i.e. by you incorporating APIs, mashups or some component of such with code and you are using as a back end a CMS. User name: E-Learning. E-Learning 24/7. 28 free open source vendors – on 2nd tab.
eLearning 24-7
APRIL 4, 2011
That is what one senior exec said to me, the other day when it came to social learning. LMS/LCMS/Learning Portals (commercial & free), Social Learning stand-alone systems, hybrid system, content authoring tools, m-learning, web conferencing (already exists in many systems), virtual worlds, virtual meeting systems (already exists in some systems), marketplace exchanges (not affiliated with a system). Incorporate Social Q/A.
ATD Learning Technologies
JANUARY 14, 2016
The ATD and i4cp study Instructional Design Now: A New Age of Learning and Beyond reported in early 2015 that social learning was in use by fewer than three in 10 organizations. However, another 46 percent of surveyed talent development professionals said they were considering social learning for future use or had it in development, suggesting significant anticipated growth. Involve users in designing engaging social learning opportunities; 51%.
Training Industry
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Product Demo: Build a High-Impact Learning Experience for Your Modern Workforce - Read more by Taryn Oesch on Training Industry. coaching CrossKnowledge Engagement Gamification learner engagement learning experience learning experience platform learning portals Social Learning user experience
Dashe & Thomson
JANUARY 21, 2011
Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Ultimate Brain Food: Performance Support by Jolene on January 21, 2011 in Informal Learning , eLearning , mobile learning , performance support In his blog post Social Learning and the Exobrain , Simon Bostok (prolific and thought-provoking blogger at Hypergogue ), declares: The smart people in learning have been talking about shifting pretty much everything to Performance Support.
Docebo
NOVEMBER 28, 2019
Let’s get something clear – great cloud-based software doesn’t operate in a silo – and your learning platform ( LMS + Social Learning ) is no exception. Learning Impact.
eLearning 24-7
OCTOBER 15, 2010
You have probably been bombarded with lots of social learning surveys over the past few weeks. But to understand the topic, you first have to understand the basics – social media. Because without it, you cannot have social learning. In order for social learning to exist you need to have the following: social media plus e-learning. And, let us clear up another point: social learning is not just social networking.
eLearning 24-7
OCTOBER 15, 2010
You have probably been bombarded with lots of social learning surveys over the past few weeks. But to understand the topic, you first have to understand the basics – social media. Because without it, you cannot have social learning. In order for social learning to exist you need to have the following: social media plus e-learning. And, let us clear up another point: social learning is not just social networking.
eLearning 24-7
JUNE 11, 2012
This same contradiction is now happening in the e-learning world at a frightening pace. While mobile learning is moving at an incredible speed, faster than anticipated by some of my colleagues, it does not come without a cost. Regardless of whatever e-learning product you are using that states the ability to view and take assessments, courses, etc. E-Learning 24/7.
eLearning 24-7
JUNE 10, 2011
Recently, I conducted an emerging technology survey related to e-learning and the results show that end users are utilizing technology more then ever before and are seeking product features that LMS and content authoring tools, do not offer at this current time. With an increase in e-learning sales a, projections of 7.1 For end users in the e-learning market, it is clear they are following the market. Learning Platforms & Emerging Technology. E-Learning 24/7.
eLearning 24-7
DECEMBER 27, 2010
I include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Social Learning – must have social learning functionality beyond just the standards FB like page, microblog, RSS feed, upload video, follow me thing, these are systems that either advertise themselves as SLMSs or have a significant strong set of SL features. That said, across the board for all Big Dog systems, their social learning functionality was weak. E-Learning 24/7.
eLearning 24-7
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
30% vendors offer at least one type of social media – from my latest LMS directory. One vendor asked if you wanted to learn more about their product and sent you to their help desk to notify them of errors or issues with their system (hmm, not likely to buy one from these guys). Many made it nearly impossible to find their social media to follow, friend or check out their social bookmarks. Social Media & Social Learning – LMS Style.
eLearning 24-7
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
What social media platforms does the vendor use? If the vendor uses any social media, the name is listed (example: Twitter, Facebook, etc). 30% use some form of social media. Tags: E-Learn Info LCMS LMS e-learning e-learning vendors hosted learning portal social learning social media elearning learing portal My latest LMS/LCMS directory provides a wealth of new information on 242 vendors.
eLearning 24-7
DECEMBER 9, 2010
They are similar to what you see in your standard LMS, course content, learning paths, reporting – but it is not as robust (which is fine for some end users). If you are an e-learning vendor exploring the SBM do not take them lightly, a few are slowly entering my 2nd trend. Marketplaces & Exchanges by LMS/Learning Portal Vendors. Social Learning and M-Learning. M-Learning follows suit. M-Learning is not going away.
eLearning 24-7
JANUARY 20, 2011
I especially love it when it happens in the e-learning industry. Innovators and Risk Takers – emerging technology integrated, new ideas, pushing the envelope in what is possible in e-learning/social learning/m-learning, coming up with something that has never been done before – risk takers. You do not want to switch, but your current LMS, doesn’t have the social learning or any social learning features I need or want.
eLearning 24-7
JULY 30, 2010
Unfortunately, too many vendors in the e-learning space have failed to see the power and potential of this capability, and have decided to ignore them. SCORM Player communicating with your vendor’s solution, for example, if you were creating your own LMS and Rapid Intake’s rapid e-learning authoring tool, it includes a SCORM Player API. Hmm, mobile learning pushed to the next level? Hunch is designed so that every time it’s used, it learns something new.
eLearning 24-7
JULY 3, 2010
I’m on my way to get a car that enables me to launch a robust social learning system. OmniSocial is a social learning platform, with learning management capabilities and with the ability to select individual apps in the system and only use those you select to install onto your web site or learning portal. Because it offers the capability to start out using it either as the robust social learning product and ignore the LMS part (inc.
eLearning 24-7
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
For the past month, I have been conducting a survey on learning platforms and specifically learning management systems. . Do you have a LMS/LCMS/Learning Platform. Back in the early 2000′s, LMSs often had content mgt features built within their system, but called themselves learning management systems. Today, however more and more learning management systems are bringing into content management features, inc. Social Learning – 57.1%.
Absorb LMS
AUGUST 21, 2012
Can anyone really be bothered to learn and go through all the steps required to do an e-mail merge? If you have administrative access to a learning management system (LMS) that contains the ability to send custom messages to learners, you have at your fingertips a powerful communication tool. Decide whether you want to send them an e-mail or, if your LMS supports it, a message to their learning portal user interface.
Jane Hart
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
In my previous post I shared a chart I have been using to demonstrate what it means for the L&D function to move from a “packaging” role to one that helps to support and “scaffold” learning in the flow of daily work. Firstly, the red area is the traditional L&D operating area – designing, delivering and managing instruction (ie face-to-face training and e-learning). Social learning
eLearning 24-7
JULY 27, 2011
While this is a great concept for party decorations, it is not for a learning platform. I see it a lot, especially with social learning and the wonderment of some vendors of adding a “discussion forum and text chat room&# as part of their solution. Even more important, a learning management system was a new concept, so having to ask for X, when your budget has always been Y, isn’t an easy sell, especially when ROI is discussed. E-Learning 24/7.
eLearning 24-7
JANUARY 13, 2011
More multilingual options to their web sites, trials and social learning. Newest Version – LMS/Learning Portal Directory. Ability to e-mail – write and send to people outside of the system, a few vendors are doing this – innovators – and something I believe is needed to enhance LMSs and Learning Portals to the next level. Yet, in the e-learning industry as a whole and in the LMS space, the concept just is not clicking.
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