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Enhance Digital Learning Experiences with Video

B Online Learning

I love a good vid. In this age of Netflix, Stan, Foxtel Now and YouTube, you can be pretty much guaranteed to find something you want to watch that is engaging and entertaining. Pretty much any interest you have can be ‘googled’ and located not only for entertainment purposes but also for learning. Want to learn how to build a deck? There’s a vid for that.

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Kanban Streamlines eLearning Development by Pamela S. Hogle

LearningGuild

Using the Kanban approach to developing eLearning can improve team efficiency—and product quality.

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Why You Need To Leverage Mobile For Performance Support

Upside Learning

Have you ever struggled with performing a task previously covered in long training sessions? You’re not alone – we have all been there! We forget almost 80% of what we learn in just 30 days – unless we get an opportunity to apply that knowledge. This is precisely why you need performance support. These short […].

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How Long Should We Let Learners Go Down the Wrong Path?

Experiencing eLearning

In a comment to my post on Managing the Complexity in Branching Scenarios , Nicole Legault made a interesting point. “Why make a learner go so far down a wrong path? I think it’s best to correct and try to get them back on the right (or best) path.” To some extent, I agree with Nicole. I’m not sure how much value there is to learners in going down seven steps of the wrong path with no way to recover.

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From Predictive to Agile: How to Choose the Right Project Management Methodology

Our profession is undergoing a transformation, moving away from rigid, one-size-fits-all methodologies. Instead, project managers are embracing dynamic and adaptable frameworks that carefully consider project and product variables to determine the most suitable development approaches and project life cycles.

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Become Learner Focused with Learning Paths

Association eLearning

As the LMS industry evolves to meet the needs of newer generations of learners, organizations are having to answer the age-old question “What’s in it for me (WIIFM)?” Learners need more motivation than simply taking courses because they are told to, they need a reason. They want to know WIIFM? Enter customization in the form of learning paths or journeys.

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Gaining Accreditation for Your Online Course

LearnDash

You offer an online course and award certificates but they don’t really carry any weight until your program is accredited. Certificates are great in online courses – and let me clear the air on one thing: you don’t need industry accreditation in order to offer them. People will still be happy to earn them and even print them off. But what if you do want the certificate to mean something more?

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eLearning in the Age of Automation

Web Courseworks

In 2011, I took a human-computer interaction course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. One day, the class collectively decided to discuss automatizing the workforce. I greatly enjoyed musing over the restructuring of society and what it means to be a member of a “work force” who no longer has to work. How could capitalism survive in such an environment?

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Enhance Digital Learning Experiences with Video

B Online Learning

I love a good vid. In this age of Netflix, Stan, Foxtel Now and YouTube, you can be pretty much guaranteed to find […]. The post Enhance Digital Learning Experiences with Video appeared first on B Online Learning.

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The ELearning Business Types or How to Enter the ELearning Market

JoomlaLMS

It’s not so far in the dim distant past that no one thought of studying online, now it is hard to come by a person who has never taken an online course. ELearning, thanks to its flexibility, affordable price, mobility and effectiveness, finds more and more adherents all over the world. Not surprisingly, the markets of online education and training are tremendously growing.

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The Best Skills Analysis Tools for Upskilling

Faster than ever, the world is shifting and shaping how people work, exposing and creating deep skill divides across industries and around the world. As a result, business and HR leaders are scrambling to “upskill” employees. If you’re scrambling to upskill your employees but don’t know where to start, make skills analysis a routine part of your decision-making process.

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Differentiate Your Courses Using Micro-Content

LearnDash

Micro-content is on the rise yet many online course offerings haven’t implemented it yet. Easily differentiate your offering by getting in early on the trend. If you are selling an online course then you have probably realized that the competition out there is fierce. The barriers to entry in this industry are virtually non-existent. Anyone can set-up a website, create course content, and slap a price on it.

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The Big Benefits of Microlearning

InSync Training

Training Magazine Network session recap. The next big thing in learning, might be the smallest! Microlearning has the power to change the way we design and facilitate our training programs. But before we can move forward with leveraging this revolutionary approach, we have to first understand it at a fundamental level. Jennifer Hofmann, graciously sponsored by Airclass, shared her proven model, Connecting the Dots: Incorporating Microlearning Techniques into Virtual Classroom Experiences , with

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Using Webinars to Increase Employee Engagement

TOPYX LMS

Sometimes it seems like the cure for low employee engagement doesn’t exist. Company leaders and L&D decision makers spend countless hours trying to find a solution to employee disengagement. While some companies have discovered the key to their employees’ hearts and minds , others are still wondering where to start. Is employee disengagement an issue your company struggles with?

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Webinar: Elevating eLearning Design

eLearning Brothers

Bullet points. Stale narration. “Click next” instruction. Long audio lectures. Yawns. We all know what boring eLearning courses feel like. We all hate them. The real question is, why do we keep producing them? The answer is that most of us haven’t seen better examples. We have nothing to go on, and we’re usually under tight deadlines with limited resources so we resort to what everyone else is doing: bullet points and cheap clip art.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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Using WordPress for Your Classroom

LearnDash

In the United States the school year is just about to start. If you are a teacher, why not use WordPress to supplement your classroom? Many schools already have a learning management system in place, but the truth is that they are really clunky and no one really wants to use them. Because of this it isn’t uncommon for teachers to set-up their own classroom specific sites to share details and news relating to their subject, and WordPress is proving to be a great choice.

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MADCAP FLARE: QR Codes

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Neil Perlin. QR (Quick Response) codes are an expanded form of a bar code. Toyota subsidiary  Denso-Wave created them in 1994 for parts tracking during manufacturing. What makes QR codes interesting for technical communicators is the spread of smartphones with QR readers.   If you look in Flare’s Multimedia section of the Insert ribbon, you’ll see the QR Code option.

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For the love of learning, this is not how you engage a millennial

Kineo

We are known as the generation glued to our phones, the ones that hold the trophy for the least engaged workforce and the ones that want answers to their questions, like, yesterday.

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Learn to Make A Deal with This New Soft Skills Training

eLearning Brothers

Just recently, we launched a product that would revolutionize the eLearning and training industries. It was called Customizable Courseware. Like most off-the-shelf courses out there, Customizable Courseware contains an ILT course curriculum as well as a SCORM Compliant eLearning course packaged ready to be inserted into your LMS. But unlike every canned course out there, on download you will receive every single asset our developers and content specialists used to create these amazing courses.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Use LearnDash or a Hosted Course Creation Platform?

LearnDash

You have decided that you want to create and sell an online course. Now you need to choose your platform – which one is best for you? Many people who write us with pre-sales questions are usually trying to decide between using WordPress with LearnDash or choosing a hosted solution for creating & selling their online courses. It’s a tough decision, no doubt.

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Keep up to date with your industry or profession. 30 Day Learning Challenge now open

Jane Hart

The traditional way to keep up to date with what’s happening in your industry or profession is to attend an annual conference or read some industry magazines. However, in this Challenge we will focus on a variety of digital ways to help keep you continuously updated about your industry or profession.

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3 E’s of Learning: why Engagement

Clark Quinn

When you’re creating learning experiences, you want to worry about the outcomes, but there’s more to it than that. I think there are 3 major components for learning as a practical matter, and I lump these under the E’s: Effectiveness, Efficiency, & Engagement. The latter may be more of a stretch, but I’ll make the case. When you typically talk about learning, you talk about two goals: retention over time, and transfer to all appropriate (and no inappropriate) situati

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Human Capital Analytics — Now

eLearning Brothers

Human capital powers activity in commercial business and in government. It is estimated that the cost of human capital can be nearly 70% of annual operating expenses. In spite of the importance of this capital (the people and the cost to support them), real financial analysis of the impact of variable outcomes is seldom conducted. The performance of an organization varies with the performance of its human capital.

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What Is the Actual Cost of an Open Role in Your Company?

In today's tight labor market, hiring and retaining top talent is more challenging than ever. Every day a job remains unfilled means lost productivity and revenue. But vacancies can affect much more than your revenue. There are multiple direct and indirect costs, and it's crucial to adapt your recruiting strategies to prioritize the most costly open roles.

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Past Event: Join me in San Diego with ATD! (Sept 21-22, 2017)

Learningtogo

I’m so excited to be coming back to the ATD San Diego chapter.­­­­­ After a successful Brain-Based Learning workshop last year, I’m back to share my passion for learning with my friends and colleagues in the San Diego/Orange County chapters. Brain Science of Decision-Making for Consultants. As learning professionals, we’re also playing the role of consultant for our internal or external clients.

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Why Google Analytics is the next thing you should be adding to your LMS

Kineo

Your learning platform likely gives you insights into which courses are being engaged with most and other metrics such as course completions, but there’s a whole host of information you’re probably missing out on if you stop there. There are dozens, if not hundreds of analytical tools you can embed into your platform. And while we don’t recommend embedding every single one, adding a tool like Google Analytics tracking will let you see how learners are really using your site and could be a real g

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Providing Learning Solutions in an HR Enterprise

dVinci Interactive

Providing Learning Solutions in an HR Enterprise ADP is a leading provider of human resources related products and services to businesses and organization of all sizes all over the world. In an environment obsessed with HR best practices, Carolyn Peer and her team must provide learning solutions that meet high standards and drive ADP’s business goals.

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L&D needs a tuneup, Why training fails, ‘Digital transformation’ is a misnomer, and more …

Jane Hart

News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the week 6-12 August 2017.

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Accelerating Change in the Insurance Industry: Why You Need to Invest in Talent Strategy

This whitepaper brings together research, expert opinion and industry trend data to help senior leaders understand current challenges and future-proof their businesses. Inside you’ll find insights on: The big challenges: From automation to onboarding, we explore the big challenges facing the sector. Onboarding: You only get one chance to make a first impression.

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Past Event: Join me in San Diego with ATD! (Sept 21-22, 2017)

Learningtogo

I’m so excited to be coming back to the ATD San Diego chapter. ­­­­­ After a successful Brain-Based Learning workshop last year, I’m back to share my passion for learning with my friends and colleagues in the San Diego/Orange County chapters. Brain Science of Decision-Making for Consultants. As learning professionals, we’re also playing the role of consultant for our internal or external clients.

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Let’s Talk LMS – A Glance at Learner Management System and Why You Need It.

Paradiso

Online learning is all the rage right now. With all its benefits like the seamless blend of traditional classroom and virtual information, scalability and engaging content, among others, it is no surprise that e learning is rapidly taking over a large number of industries and domains. But simply adopting e learning is not enough. To implement a truly successful e learning program, there is one tool that must be incorporated into the organization; a learner management system.

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Editing Videos- How to Sync Audio and Video Sources

TechSmith Camtasia

Often times to get a more professional sound you may need to record audio separately from your video. This means that you’ll need to learn how to sync audio and video sources in your video editing process. The first thing you will need to do is make sure you have the right audio recording equipment. We’ve done the legwork of finding the right microphones and audio recording equipment for you.

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