Association eLearning
MAY 31, 2017
Even though eLearning is not a new concept, those who favor ILT are not convinced that online training is effective at producing the desired outcomes. For others who see the convenience and cost effectiveness of online learning, there may still be some hesitance among the organization’s leadership. So, here are several reasons why eLearning really does work for learners.
ProProfs
JUNE 1, 2017
A learning management system (LMS) is a software platform which allows any business to document, administer, track and report training or educational courses. An LMS is designed to help make delivery and management of training programs easy and hassle free experience. This invaluable web-based technology is versatile in nature and supports different forms of learning.
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Infopro Learning
MAY 31, 2017
The Law of the Lid, the first lesson of John C Maxwell’s The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership , states that the capability of an organization’s leadership is a lid on the organization’s overall performance. Incremental increases in an organization’s leadership ability can generate exponential returns, and vice versa, poor leadership can crush productivity.
WBT Systems
MAY 30, 2017
Did you encounter any obstacles getting here? Probably not. Or, you didn’t notice because you’re a learner. You made your way here because you wanted to read something that will help you do your job, in this case, increase attendance for your online learning programs. You wouldn’t hesitate to pursue other learning paths, like registering for an online course if it fit your needs, budget, and schedule.
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Jane Hart
MAY 30, 2017
New article in the MWL Magazine: Workplace Learning has traditionally been seen as the sole responsibility of Training/L&D departments, but in the modern workplace we are all responsible.
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TOPYX LMS
JUNE 1, 2017
If any place could use more mindfulness, it’s the workplace. The corporate world is loaded with stress, and company leaders are notorious for lacking work-life balance. In many cases, this isn’t their fault; keeping up with vital tasks consumes their time and spikes angst. Since work-life balance is, quite frankly, not an option for some people, what is their solution to stress in the workplace?
Origin Learning
JUNE 1, 2017
A lot has changed at the workplace in the past decade. Mobile devices have become ubiquitous. Connectivity has improved enough to make virtual teams commonplace. Employees are connected 24/7 through e-mail, social media, and messaging apps. As a result, the average attention span of the millennials in the workforce is at 90 secs. While the need for constant learning has never been higher, the time available for learning is fragmented and shrinking.
Learningtogo
JUNE 1, 2017
One day you’re living your life, on your way to work. A freak accident changes everything in a millisecond. When you wake up, the rest of the world is exactly the same, but you are profoundly changed. The rest of your story will be about finding your way back from a traumatic brain injury. Michelle Munt lives this nightmare every day, but she has found a way to inspire and help others as she documents her progress and setbacks.
Web Courseworks
MAY 30, 2017
When I write blog posts for Web Courseworks, I’m typically focused on the philosophy and design of adult education, and for good reason: there are many special educational considerations for adult learners, and I want to design curricula that best meets their needs. Part of addressing those considerations is picking the right tools for my learners. While it’s important to pay attention to curriculum design, it’s also important to consider the tools my learners will use to buy access to those cou
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LearnDash
JUNE 1, 2017
Back in 2004 I was working a summer internship at an automotive supplier, and during my time there I was tasked with helping set-up an internal “corporate university” This was my first taste into what we know as e-learning today, and it sure was different. The technology was clunky and expensive (the LMS was around $30,000 per year). The online courses were tedious (literally a recorded PowerPoint presentation).
Dashe & Thomson
MAY 30, 2017
by Nell Gelhaus. Plenty of material is available for learning and development professionals who are looking for ways to increase their employees’ desire to learn. In fact, we’ve even written about it. But what about your team? It can be exhausting for training developers to juggle projects, collaborate with subject matter experts, and manage stakeholder demands.
Kineo
JUNE 1, 2017
We’re driven by our values at Kineo, and a core one for me is to put back into our local community. As Kineo has grown our sense of what ‘local’ is has evolved, and our emphasis is as much on being inclusive. Our community is as much virtual as it is about where we live or work.
Learningtogo
JUNE 2, 2017
Have you ever gone to the grocery store when you’re hungry and ended up buying all kinds of things that weren’t on your shopping list? Ever noticed how when you’re on a diet every single ad seems to feature something delicious you’re not supposed to eat? Or have you ever been a little bit down on your luck and bought something you couldn’t afford, because you convinced yourself it was just too good a deal to pass up, or something you absolutely “needed?”.
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.
LearnDash
MAY 31, 2017
I often have the opportunity to talk to entrepreneurs about their online course businesses. Some of these individuals already have a successful business and want to add an educational component, while others are just starting their entrepreneurial journey. Creating an online course can supplement nearly any business, or even be a business on its own.
Axonify
JUNE 2, 2017
Take a deep breath and picture the scene: You are seated in a chair. Electrodes are placed on your fingers and pulse points, while the machine hums to life beside you. The examiner asks you to relax so you try and unclench your fists. Here is it, the moment of truth as the questioning begins: “Where do you go first: your LMS or Google?” If you answered “LMS”, then that lie detector needle is probably jumping around like an earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale.
Living in Learning
MAY 31, 2017
You’ll see it on their faces, and they’ll look up at you with questioning eyes and ask, “You mean this is not a training issue?”…and then you’ll dance like only a performance consultant can dance…right before spiking the folder full of verbatim interview responses like a wide receiver slamming a touchdown pass in the end zone.
Allen Interactions
JUNE 1, 2017
By Edm ond Manning , Senior Instructional Strategist. My favorite analysis question to ask clients is: “What if your target audience already understands how to perform the behavior you’ve outlined, but just doesn’t feel like doing it?”. Very often, I receive a blank stare with a standard answer. “They have to do it. It’s their job.”. I never get to say what I’m thinking, “Well then, why aren’t they?”.
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.
E-Learning Provocateur
JUNE 2, 2017
A lifetime ago I graduated as an environmental biologist. I was one of those kids who did well in school, but had no idea what his vocation was. As a pimply teenager with minimal life experience, how was I to know even half the jobs that existed? After much dilly dallying, I eventually drew upon my nerdy interest in science and my idealistic zeal for conservation and applied for a BSc.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 2, 2017
Brandon Carson. The other day I had a chance to catch up with Brandon Carson who contributes to our industry in so many ways. He has been a speaker at Elliot Masie’s Learning conference ( here is a great video of Brandon talking to Elliot ). Brandon is the Director of Learning at the Home Depot and he has recently authored the compelling book “ Learning in the Age of Immediacy: 5 Factors for How We Connect, Communicate, and Get Work Done ” from ATD Press.
Kineo
MAY 30, 2017
I bet every one of you reading this is grateful to someone who believed in you and took a chance to get you the experience you needed to move your career forward – whatever stage it was at. Work experience placements are an excellent way for us all to repay the favour and offer a chance to people when they need it.
The Performance Improvement Blog
MAY 30, 2017
(This post is co-authored with David Grebow.). Gearing Up for the Cloud, AT&T Tells Its Workers: Adapt, or Else ( New York Times ). To cut costs and boost collaboration, IBM forces some remote workers back into the office ( TechRepublic ). Ford signals willingness to change to boost stock price ( USA Today ). According to these news stories, three venerable companies are making major changes that they believe will help them move into the future and implement a winning business strategy.
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Clark Quinn
MAY 30, 2017
A colleague pointed me to a intense critique of master’s programs in Instructional Design, and it raised several issues for me. So, I thought it’d be worth discussing. The issue is that the program didn’t provide any practice in designing courses from go to whoa, it was all about theory. In the comments, many people talk about how the programs they went did include projects, but this raises issues around the role of programs as well as what practice means.
eLearning Brothers
MAY 31, 2017
Don’t have an LMS? Need more detailed reports than an LMS could provide? Want to track your course data in both an LMS and an external reporting service? Perhaps you find the xAPI too complex to implement? And/or maybe you need more data than the xAPI can provide? The web development industry has seen a huge demand for more analytics. Those numbers and reports are used to improve sites, drive more traffic, and push users through goals (eCommerce, time on site, page views, etc).
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
MAY 31, 2017
by Kevin Siegel, COTP. Closed captioning allows you to display a slide’s voiceover audio as text that is synchronized with the voiceover audio. Closed Captions, which are an expected component of a 508-compliant eLearning lesson, are easy to include in your project. All that you need to do is select an audio file on the Timeline and import either an SRT, VTT, SBV, or SUB file.
Learningtogo
JUNE 1, 2017
Listen to Podcast: [link]. One day you’re living your life, on your way to work. A freak accident changes everything in a millisecond. When you wake up, the rest of the world is exactly the same, but you are profoundly changed. The rest of your story will be about finding your way back from a traumatic brain injury. Michelle Munt lives this nightmare every day, but she has found a way to inspire and help others as she documents her progress and setbacks.
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Clark Quinn
MAY 31, 2017
Been thinking about how to generate meaningful learning in optimal (read: concise but effective) ways. And a lot of what I’ve been thinking about involves contextualized meaningful practice (no surprise there, eh?). So how might this play out? Thought I’d use a story to convey the experience I’m thinking of: Pat logs on to the system, and notes that it’s time to take a crack at the next assignment.
Axonify
JUNE 2, 2017
Take a deep breath and picture the scene: You are seated in a chair. Electrodes are placed on your fingers and pulse points, while the machine hums to life beside you. The examiner asks you to relax so you try and unclench your fists. Here is it, the moment of truth as the questioning begins: “Where do you go first: your LMS or Google?” If you answered “LMS”, then that lie detector needle is probably jumping around like an earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale.
Raptivity
JUNE 1, 2017
In our last two blogs in the ‘Enabling Instructional Designers’ series, we discussed about using Raptivity as an instructional designing aid to visualize content and to improve communication with subject matter experts. Today, we will talk about a practice very close to any Instructional Designer’s heart – Storyboarding. Storyboard is like the blueprint of an eLearning course.
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