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Elearning platforms meeting PENS standard makes online training easier

Docebo

Having an LMS that meets the PENS standard is a one-click process, saving course authors time. Having an LMS that meets the Package Exchange Notification System ( PENS ) standard , coupled with an authoring tool, will save course authors time and ibuprofen. In its next update, the Docebo LMS will support the PENS standard.

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What is PENS?

Growth Engineering

The answer lies in PENS. PENS stands for Package Exchange Notification Service. For it to work, both the LMS and the authoring tool need to be compatible with PENS. With PENS however, once the author clicks ‘publish’ they can forget about it and get on with their day. Surely there has to be a better way than this?

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cmi5 and Expanded PENS Support in SCORM Engine 2017.1

Rustici Software

To that end, we’re happy to include cmi5 and expanded PENS support in our SCORM Engine 2017.1 The Package Exchange Notification System (PENS) is a great example of a feature that’s inspired by our customers. In this release we’re moving forward with a plan to expand PENS support in SCORM Engine. appeared first on SCORM - .

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Note-taking: Keyboard or Pen? The Verdict of Science!

KnowledgeOne

Between keyboard and pen note-taking, which method is the most effective for learning? Before the advent of the intelligent digital pen, this question would not have been of any interest to a majority of young learners – and many not so young – for whom the laptop is an essential working tool. The post Note-taking: Keyboard or Pen?

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I’m Writing a Second Edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook!

Tim Slade

Initially, I had planned on leaving the current version of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook as-is, and pen a totally separate book, focused on instructional design for eLearning. I first started thinking about writing a new book in the fall of 2019.

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How to Make a Personal Progress Tracker

Association eLearning

Needed Materials: • Somewhere to brainstorm a list (May require pen or pencil if you’re writing it). For the purpose of this example, let’s say you’ve decided to make this “your year” and you’re overhauling your whole routine. Though you could scale this format back if you wanted to). Whiteboard. • Dry erase markers (3 colors recommended).

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Organizational Social is a “Catalytic Mechanism”

The Simple Shift

Over 20 years ago Jim Collins penned the idea of Catalytic Mechanisms to transform organizations. He defined them as “devices that translate lofty aspirations into concrete realities.”

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Real-Life Ecosystem With Student ePortfolios

eLearning Industry

This article proposes an online platform for classroom management and ePortfolios to replace the legacy paper and pen systems still stalking the earth. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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In Honor Of International Women's Day

eLearning Industry

On this International Women's Day, we showcase top eLearning women authors who've penned articles for eLearning Industry. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Best practice instead of malpractice

Challenge to Learn

She then got a marker pen out and drew a big arrow on my right forearm pointing towards the shoulder. Although I couldn’t find out the exact origins of the excellent marker pen solution (leave me a comment if you happen to know), I still think it’s one of the ‘best’ best practices that I’ve come across.

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Simple but Powerful Tips to Become a Productive Writer

Your Training Edge

Use pen & paper instead of laptop. Maybe it is time to make your writing more personal, so for the shorter projects just work using pen and paper. You don’t have to write very long projects on paper using your pen. Your productivity levels will increase by 50% just because you made your place cozy and beautiful.

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Plans

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

Are you using simple pen & paper to handle them, an online (app?) Would this be in the form of, like the image above, a daily or weekly to-do list, or are your plans more strategic and long-term, where a list doesn’t work as well? tool, or something more creative like Trello boards or mind-mapping graphical interfaces?

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Penetration Testing – Types, Stages and Vulnerabilities

Hurix Digital

In pen testing, there can be the attempted breaching of application systems, for example, application protocol interfaces (APIs), frontend servers, backend servers to uncover vulnerabilities that are vulnerable to code injection attacks. Pen tests can be performed either manually or it can be automated using security tools. .

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Adolescent Vaping – Part III – Vaping in School

Jigsaw Interactive

Since kids spend a good portion of their day in school and attending after-school programs, many of them are using vape pens at school whether their parents know it or not. The biggest problem with vape pens—as opposed to traditional nicotine or marijuana products—is that they have a much less noticeable odor.

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Build a simple escape room for learning

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

If necessary, you can come up with something with well-known tools (eg a Microsoft Teams session) and pen and paper. You can also opt for simple tools, such as using pen and paper. It is not the intention that you first have to be very digitally skilled before you can participate. Check out the 10 steps you can take.

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Improve Classroom Learning With SAMR

LearnDash

For example, if you are tasked to use a library to write a research report with standard pen and paper, you could substitute the pen and paper with a word processor and the library with the internet. Substitution. This refers to using new technology for performing an old task. A rather basic example, but it highlights the main point.

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What We’ve Learned Running 198 Successful Webinars For Our L&D Partners (And How To Benefit From It)

eLearning Industry

Have a pen and paper and get ready to take notes. As experienced webinar hosts, we thought you'd love to read our tips on how to broadcast successful webinars. From attracting the right leads to engaging your audience, here's our secret sauce! This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Tech Tools That Help eLearning Designers Collaborate

eLearning Brothers

For help with collaboration on visuals, Red Pen offers an interface that allows anyone with access to point, click and provide feedback. The mobile version is equally easy to use and enables team communication even if you step away from your office.

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Four Instructional Design Lessons Inspired by the Lord of the Rings

Allen Interactions

The pen may be mightier, but it definitely lacks the same “cool” factor. We certainly don’t get to do that here at Allen Interactions.at least not until the Culture Committee puts in that petting zoo I’ve been begging for. We also don’t have swords.

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Onboarding Templates and Checklist

Paradiso

On the other hand, writing an onboarding checklist is as easy as putting pen to paper. A successful employee onboarding process comprises a variety of formal and informal interactions, making it challenging to keep onboarding tasks organized.

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Developer Diaries: Using a Drawing Tablet Instead of a Mouse

eLearning Brothers

Using a pen puts your hand in a better alignment, more of a ‘handshake position’. A pen is much lighter than a mouse. My hand isn’t as tired at the end of the day with a pen as it is with the mouse. I have mine set up to cover two monitors set on Pen Mode. You can choose Mouse mode, but I prefer Pen mode.

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It Takes More than Coffee to Keep Your Participants Engaged

Reflection Software

This also means you’ve probably found yourself in a similar situation to the following scenario: You’ve settled in for an engaging and fruitful learning experience, with coffee in hand (black with a dash of honey and cream for me), pen and paper at the ready (I’m old school – I have a pencil!);

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Adobe Captivate: Confirmation Messages

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

At some point I dropped a pen on my keyboard. The pen hit the [ delete ] key. But then I remembered the dropped pen. .  From that point forward, I wasn't prompted to confirm my action whenever I deleted a slide. I hadn't deleted it. Since I told Captivate not to bother me, Captivate hadn't.

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Top 10 onboarding kit ideas

Ed App

Onboarding kit idea #6 – Pens and Notepad. Another good idea for an onboarding kit is to include a nice notepad as well as pens. Rather than typical ballpoint pens, you can make a better impression with something like a fountain pen.

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Adolescent Vaping – Part II – Some Health Impacts of Vaping

Jigsaw Interactive

So, when kids and adults neglect to use their vape pens in frequent intervals, they will start to feel : Irritable Anxious Restless Jittery. Using nicotine or marijuana vape pens at an early age can make tweens and teens more susceptible to other addictive behaviors like drinking alcohol and using drugs.

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Integrate informal, social and mobile learning into your LMS with Docebo 6.9

Docebo

PENS Support: Docebo now supports PENS, a standard that provides a method for authoring tools like Lectora to directly send course packages to an LMS. PENS makes an author’s life easier by streamlining the development and publishing process. Attend a live webinar in your timezone to learn more about what’s coming to Docebo.

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Prison Pen Pals at Write A Prisoner!

E-learning Uncovered

Suggested message for the postal letter to the IOC: Dear members of the International Olympic Committee, The IOC web-site states that “Sport presents broad Although we are no longer accepting new essays on our website, we thought we would share these essay writing suggestions in case you wished to write an essay for your

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Going back to iFEST after two virtual conferences

Rustici Software

Have your pens and paper ready. Brian Miller will be standing proudly next to our display to answer any questions during the evening reception on Wednesday, August 17. We hope to keep up the winning streak as our 2021 iFEST poster won the People’s Choice for Best Narrative award last year.

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New to Docebo LMS: 9 ways to supercharge your online training platform

Docebo

PENS Support: With the addition of our Lectora integration, we also added support for the PENS elearning standard. Read our blog to see how PENS makes the content author’s life easier with streamlined content publishing.

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Top Client Interaction Tips for Instructional Designers

Clarity Consultants

If you prefer, you can stick with the pen and paper approach, keeping a separate small notepad for every client. As a result, you need to make sure that you’re ready to take notes whenever you engage with a client, even if you expect the interaction to primarily be casual.

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Using Social Networking in Education

LearnDash

Online pen pal programs. While there are a variety of ways these programs can be used, some specific examples include: Having student website programs. Creating and maintaining Wikis. Using a classroom specific LMS. Requiring students to write blog responses to course content. Participating in classroom forums.

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ChatGPT and education

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

Jan 10, 2023 – ‘Australian universities to return to ‘pen and paper’ exams after students caught using AI to write essays’ by Caitlin Cassidy. The University of Sydney’s latest academic integrity policy now specifically mentions “generating content using artificial intelligence” as a form of cheating.

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How (and Why) to Create an e-Learning Prototype

LearnDash

You can begin building your prototypes in whatever medium feels most comfortable to you—including pen and paper. Do your tests come at a point in the course where learners will feel comfortable taking them, or do they interrupt the flow of the lesson? This could be anything from PowerPoint to your LMS itself.

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Is the Learning Tech Industry Failing Us or Are We Failing Ourselves?

Learningtogo

They don’t know how to use a pen knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil. Students today depend upon these expensive fountain pens. They can no longer write with a straight pen and nib (not to mention sharpening their own quills). – Ball point pens will be the ruin of education in our country.

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What Features Must the Ideal Educational eBook Reader App Provide?

Kitaboo

Additionally, features that allow students to annotate, highlight, or even write notes just like they would in a physical textbook are crucial to making these apps a comprehensive alternative to the traditional pen-and-paper approach. Certain features that must make the cut include: Being able to change the font size.

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Using Games and Avatars to Change Learner Behavior

Kapp Notes

After the game was over, participants waited as the researcher then “accidently” spilled a cup of pens a few feet away. No former virtual world helicopter passengers helped pick up the spilled pens. The results were interesting. Any participant who did NOT help had been in the virtual world as a passenger in the helicopter.

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Never go to a conference without …

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

I have a couple of battery packs; a small pen-sized Anker one that’s good for a single full charge of my phone, and a second larger battery pack that’s good for a couple of charges for a phone, and can charge multiple devices at the same time. And fully charged devices from the start.

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Weapon of choice

Learning with e's

My one weapon of choice is a dry wipe board and some pens. If there was nothing else, I could still conduct all my lessons using a board and pen. There are so many things you can do with a whiteboard and pens. For me, it is quite simple. At a push, a chalkboard would do just as well.

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How to Blend Education and Social Technologies

LearnDash

Have students participate in online pen pal or other international programs. Creating student website programs. Creating a classroom based learning website (LMS). Create or maintain a class, school, or community Wiki. Have a teacher/principle online community (Easy to do with programs like BuddyPress).

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A 5-Step Guide to Create an Employee Onboarding Plan

Infopro Learning

Company merchandises like stickers, pens or anything with the company logo on it. HR documents emailed so they can be filled out digitally before the first day. Check-in email or phone call to answer any questions that may have come up. Employee handbook or manual that they can read ahead of time.

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