Infopro Learning

JUNE 20, 2017

Choosing the right eLearning company for the job is no small feat. In this article, I’ll highlight the 8 things to consider when hiring your next eLearning outsourcing partner. Hiring An eLearning Outsourcing Provider: 8 Things To Look For. eLearning outsourcing offers a variety of advantages. You have the ability to tap into the expertise of an experienced eLearning professional or company and you can devote your internal resources to other endeavors without sacrificing high quality onlin

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 20, 2017

“Not everyone can be a storyteller.” “Stories are a waste of learners’ time.” “Stories don’t work for all kinds of training.” Have you heard any of these objections? Maybe you’ve even raised some of these objections yourself. Here’s how I would respond to each of these objections. “Not everyone can be a storyteller.” Imagine you’re on the phone with someone explaining a bad day and everything went wrong.

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Association eLearning

JUNE 21, 2017

Disaster preparation and training often suffer from the same unfortunate flaw. You’re supposed to have them in place and ready to go for when they’re needed. That means they should be planned for in advance, not at the last minute. But how many people or organizations actually do that? Stay away from windows if there’s a tornado. In case of a building fire, keep low to avoid smoke.

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LearnDash

JUNE 21, 2017

If you have an online course then there is a strong probability that you are using videos as part of the content. In some cases people use videos exclusively throughout their online courses. There isn’t anything wrong with this – people love videos. However, they only really like them if they are done “right” The way that we consume information is changing.

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Allen Interactions

JUNE 22, 2017

By Ellen Burns-Johnson , Instructional Designer / @EllenBJohnson. If we’re not focused on the right problems, we can’t be sure that microlearning is the right solution. The training industry’s interest in microlearning shows no signs of slowing. We’ve seen an enormous response to the ebook and blog posts we’ve shared on the topic, and an increasing number of clients are asking us to help them create microlearning solutions.

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CourseArc

JUNE 21, 2017

As the methods for seamlessly including rich media assets in eLearning continue to improve, instructional designers are finding creative uses of audio and video to supplement their text-based courses. Audio-enhanced lessons help make the learning experience much more robust, functional, and accessible. How Audio Enhances Instructional Design. Audio is a powerful way to convey information and subtext at the same time.

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LearnDash

JUNE 20, 2017

76.2% of LearnDash powered courses contain video. This update will make the learner experience even better! In early May of this year we administered a “content mix” poll to see what kind of content you had in your courses. The results were clear: video was used in some capacity 76.2% of the time. Well, today I am pleased to share that we have pushed out a LearnDash update that is based on this feedback.

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Learningtogo

JUNE 21, 2017

Last year I was privileged to share Reflection Center duties with meditation and mindfulness expert Jennifer LeBrett at the inaugural TLDC event (The Learning and Development Conference). Conference Co-founders Brent Schlenker and Luis Malbas have put together a creative, intimate “un-conference” setting for 2018 in beautiful Phoenix, AZ, where I’m joining an impressive slate of speakers, including the folks you see here.

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ej4 eLearning

JUNE 22, 2017

Last week ej4 held our all-employee meeting in our Kansas City office. The mid-year meeting is all about recharging our batteries and giving the St. Louis and Kansas City offices a chance to reconnect and bond in person. Since creating training is our core business and we all regularly watch our own videos, it’s hard to sneak in a team building challenge that is fun and effective without eliciting the expected groans, eye rolls and a bad karaoke version of Kumbaya.

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Learning Rebels

JUNE 21, 2017

Conferences are about building connections, and ATD ICE 2017 was no exception! . Whew, it’s been a busy few weeks since ATD ICE 2017 ( here’s my wrap-up post ) and I think Chris’s guest post here is even more relevant now that the dust has had a chance to settle. I’m STILL trying to play “connection keep up”! Here is Chris Coladonato, Learning Consultant with Farmers Insurance – with her wrap up thoughts about ATD ICE and connections.

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LearnDash

JUNE 22, 2017

When the internet came about it suddenly became a lot easier to start a business. Gone is the need to rent office space, hold inventory, hire a bunch of employees, and all the other traditional business “stuff” The barriers to entry are blown away. Now it is relatively straight-forward to get started on your own. You can sell your knowledge in the form of an online course for example.

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eLearning Brothers

JUNE 22, 2017

Because PowerPoint has been around for such a long time (almost 28 years), Microsoft has been able to create features and integrate options that allow presenters and now some eLearning professionals to create content effectively. Whether it be a UI update or a completely new tool such as Zoom , new Microsoft PowerPoint features are always getting created and updated.

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Lambda Solutions

JUNE 23, 2017

Are your employees absorbing all the key facts and figures? In this article, I'll share 8 tips to use data visualizations to improve your compliance online training course.

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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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Clark Quinn

JUNE 21, 2017

Nathalie Nahai opened the second day of the FocuOn Learning conference. In a rapid fire presentation, she covered 7 principles that engage individuals into behaviors. With clear examples from familiar online experiences, she portrayed how these things work. Admirably, she finished with a call to ethical behavior. The post Nathalie Nahai #FocusOnLearn Keynote Mindmap appeared first on Learnlets.

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Learningtogo

JUNE 23, 2017

In 2016, the World Economic Forum , a think tank about the future, asked talent management officers from a wide range of industries for their take on the Future of Work. In a remarkable demonstration of how the brain can trick us into thinking we’re making purely logical decisions, this group of senior executives identified sweeping disruptions in jobs, technology and work life coming in just the next four years.

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eLearning Brothers

JUNE 20, 2017

When you download an eLearning Brothers Camtasia template you’ll not only get a template that is ready for use in Camtasia, but you’ll get all of the source files so that you can make it work for you. In a recent webinar , our Senior Graphic Designer Nic Brown showed how to edit these template files outside of Camtasia. But what if you like the template how it is and just need to make it fit into your project?

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Axonify

JUNE 23, 2017

This week’s webinar featured two high-powered speakers, Dani Johnson, Vice President Learning and Development Research at Bersin by Deloitte and Axonify CEO Carol Leaman. Dani and Carol shared their substantial collective wisdom on the relationship between data collection and business outcomes in L&D and what high impact learning organizations are doing right.

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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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B Online Learning

JUNE 22, 2017

We’re all self-centred. We want to know ‘What’s in it for me?’ and ‘How does this apply in my situation?’ As a learning designer, I aim to create effective, engaging and meaningful learning, so understanding who my users are and what they need and want, is a priority during the design stage. Do you know what motivates your users? What delights them?

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InSync Training

JUNE 20, 2017

Next month, we welcome Mary Kingsley to our guest BYTE speaker roster. As a preview for her upcoming July 11th BYTE session, Inspiring a Global Virtual Team , read on to discover how you can expand your leadership skills to accomodate a modern workforce. How do you stretch your virtual leadership skills? The answer is different for every leader because each person starts at a different skill and comfort level with giving feedback, coaching, and preplanning your interactions with team members you

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eLearning Brothers

JUNE 22, 2017

Yesterday was the Summer Solstice, the astronomical event when the tilt of Earth’s axis is most directly pointed towards the sun. In layman’s terms, that means if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, yesterday was the day with the most daylight hours of the entire year, gradually decreasing again until the Winter Solstice on December 21, when daylight hours are at their shortest in the North.

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LearnDash

JUNE 19, 2017

The purpose of a learning management system is to not only deliver course content, but also to report on user activity. But what are the reports that actually matter? The short answer is that “it depends” Specifically, it depends on what your organization must know with regards to the users and their course interactions. I have seen quite a few learning management systems and all of them offer some degree of reporting.

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Kineo

JUNE 23, 2017

Businesses in the UK and Europe can now unlock employee potential with Credly thanks to an exclusive partnership with Kineo’s sister company, Digitalme.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 21, 2017

by Kal Hadi, COTP. I frequently get questions from Storyline training  students about the possibility of inserting tables into a project (actual tables with cells, columns, and rows instead of screen shots of tables). Up until yesterday, my answer about tables has always been “I wish.” However, if you're using Storyline 3 or 360 you'll be happy to find an awesome addition to the Text group on the Ribbon: Table (shown in the image below).    If you're not familiar wi

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Learningtogo

JUNE 23, 2017

Listen to Podcast: [link]. Albert Einstein said that “The value of a college education is not the earning of many facts but the training of the mind to think,” yet, according to Arum and Roska , most college graduates demonstrate no measurable improvement in critical thinking, complex reasoning or writing. In our podcast, speaker, author and learning strategy advisor Dr.

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InSync Training

JUNE 22, 2017

Being new at anything is an odd mixture of excitement, nerves, eagerness, and a tiny bit of apprehension. This is my first week at InSync, and I feel like I'm about to jump off the high diving board at the pool. My secret (shhh, don't tell!) is that I'm not a learning industry expert, and I'm learning this job as a marketing team assistant from the ground up.

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Kineo

JUNE 23, 2017

Businesses in the UK and Europe can now unlock employee potential with Credly thanks to an exclusive partnership with Kineo’s sister company, Digitalme.

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Torrance Learning

JUNE 20, 2017

Catch up with Megan at FocusOn 2017! Here’s a look at her schedule. Hope to see you there! Tuesday, June 20. Concurrent Session. Session Link 410: Deconstructing Games: Apples to Apples 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Session Link Wednesday, June 21. Concurrent Session. Session Link 705: A Tale of Two Mobiles: Mobile Design Across Two Platforms 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Session Link.

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Learningtogo

JUNE 23, 2017

Albert Einstein said that “The value of a college education is not the earning of many facts but the training of the mind to think,” yet, according to Arum and Roska , most college graduates demonstrate no measurable improvement in critical thinking, complex reasoning or writing. In our podcast, speaker, author and learning strategy advisor Dr. Nanette Miner unveils her plan to help employers close the thinking gap.

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