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eLearning Trends: Outlook for 2017 Puts a Focus on Accessibility, Analytics and Adaptability

Content Raven

According to IBIS Capital, the outlook for eLearning in 2017 is bright. The firm reports that the global eLearning market will grow to $255 billion in 2017. What will fuel this growth? A surging interest by global executives to focus training on the critical skill sets that their employees require will lead to more advanced execution of eLearning programs.

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Top Learning Trends for 2017 (according to the experts)

Axonify

It’s the beginning of the new year—the perfect time to evolve corporate learning within your organization. So, to help you kick-start your thinking, and maybe even inspire you to try something new, we thought we’d give you the inside scoop on the top learning trends expected to surface in 2017. But, instead of simply offering our POV, we thought there was no better way to provide you with the best insights than to consult with some of the leading experts in the field.

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2017 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Web Courseworks

Our 2016 hype curve was a big hit, so we’re doing it again this year. Here is the short, graphical version: Our 2017 eLearning predictions set in terms of Gartner’s hype cycle. And below the fold, the long version, broken into the five stages popularized by Gartner: Innovation Trigger. As I wrote last year, “Online learning lags behind other industries in adopting new technologies.

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2017 ELearning & Training Conferences

LearnDash

It is a new year and that means there are some new elearning and training conferences you should mark on your calendars! Every year there are hundreds of conferences nationwide in the United States dedicated to the elearning industry. They provide professionals and businesses alike an opportunity to network and learn. There is something for everyone at these events.

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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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Using Nostalgia to Market Learning

Association eLearning

For marketers, memory has been long relied on to persuade the buying public to purchase their products. We use images and music to make the consumer remember their past and experience a level of nostalgia that is pleasant to anchor that pleasant memory to the product. As it was just the holiday season, we can look to holiday ads as a perfect example of nostalgia.

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Want to Get Your Employees Participating in Online Learning? Here’s How.

TOPYX LMS

To say that eLearning is important to the corporate world is a massive understatement. It would be more accurate to claim that eLearning, or online learning, is absolutely indispensable to all kinds of companies and organizations. There are countless reasons for this. The primary reason, as research is showing us, is that eLearning saves money. “e-Learning saves businesses at least 50% when they replace traditional instructor-based training with e-Learning,” wrote Christopher Pappas in Top 10 eL

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Which Responsive Authoring Tools Will Work for Your eLearning Needs (Free eBook)

Upside Learning

So you need to create eLearning that your learners can access on multiple devices – desktops and laptops, tablets, and smartphones. But 100% custom development isn’t going to work for you. You’re looking for a solution that allows for quicker and simpler development of responsive eLearning courses by non-technical authors. In other words, you’re looking […].

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The Biggest Flaw with Articulate Rise

LearnDash

Last year Articulate unveiled a new offering (or several new offerings to be more accurate) under the umbrella of “Articulate360” The entire presentation is quite impressive. This presentation is equally matched by the updates they made to their line of products. For years Articulate has been known for Articulate Studio, Articulate Storyline, and a smattering of other tools designed to make it easier for elearning developers to create their courses.

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The Role of Virtual Classrooms in Modern Blended Learning

InSync Training

Live online learning has been a part of the corporate learning mix for nearly two decades. Initially, virtual classrooms supported a specific, logistical need: delivering content to a live audience in the different physical locations. The modern workplace has evolved so much that the way we work and learn is almost unrecognizable compared to 20 years ago.

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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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New Book: Learning in the Modern Workplace 2017

Jane Hart

Now available to purchase. Traditionally, the primary focus of a Learning & Development (L&D) Department has been on training people to do their jobs – either in the classroom or online – and making sure they do it. In other words, it’s been all about organising and managing learning for people. But as the world of work is evolving and individuals’ learning habits are changing, it now requires new workplace learning approaches to underpin all the ways people learn in the modern wor

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Answering #Gamification Questions from a 7th Grade Student-Part 1

Kapp Notes

The other day I received a very nice email from a 7th grade student in a high school is California. She wanted to know if I could answer a few questions about gamification as she saw my TEDx talk and has gotten interested in the subject of games and gamification for learning. I think it is awesome that she is so excited about games and gamification for learning so here are the questions and my answers.

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The Real Risk of Selling Online Courses

LearnDash

Over the years I have seen some incredible successes by people selling online courses using LearnDash. I recall one individual who quit her full-time career to focus on her CEU certified course. Not too long ago Matthew Woodward had a six-figure course launch. Then there is my friend Troy Dean who surpassed seven-figures across his courses. And the list goes on.

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Find Your Why. Tell Your Story. Get Results.

InSync Training

We're excited to have Christine Miles , Co-founder & Chief Architect of Ci Squared and upcoming guest InSync Training BYTE speaker, explain the importance of your personal story to your professional success. It seems intuitively obvious that when someone has a passion for what they do in life, whether it is their vocation or recreation, that this passion is contagious, infectious and inspiring to others.

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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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Keeping the Edge: 3 Strategies to Stay Ahead in Training

Administrate

As an Account Manager, I talk to dozens of customers every week to discuss their business and how we at Administrate can support them to be truly successful. We discuss anything, from how to set up their sales workflow in Administrate to major industry trends that might impact how they Read More. Published on January 5, 2017. The post Keeping the Edge: 3 Strategies to Stay Ahead in Training appeared first on Administrate.

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Answering #Gamification Questions from a 7th Grade Student-Part 2

Kapp Notes

Here is part two of the questions about gamification from a 7th grade in a California school. 10. How long have you taught with a traditional learning version? AND 11. How long have you taught with a gamified learning version? When I was in college, we learned to teach in the “traditional” manner and I have been doing that for a while and still do in some instances.

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Sustainable development - are you setting yourself up for long term failure with your LMS?

Kineo

Implementing a new system can be a daunting, stressful, exciting, scary, and a busy experience — often all at the same time! So it’s unlikely you'll be considering further development work to new systems just after you've gone live. But having a sustainable approach to ongoing systems development can enable you to have more long term success, and better user engagement than if you don't have a clear idea of what comes next.

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What Is Technology? How Does it Relate to Learning?

InSync Training

What do computers, mobile phones, robotics have in common with a pencil, to-go cups from your local coffee shop, or an idea for better work flow? The answer is simple. They are all forms of technology. Technology is anything that was designed with the goal of having a purpose. Yes, a mobile phone is a great piece of technology, but so is the pencil, and those to-go cups you get from your local coffee shop.

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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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Best Practices for Online Course Design

CourseArc

Instructional designers have many tools to make their courses more entertaining and engaging, like video, audio, image editing, interactivity, and more. However, instead of randomly creating courses using any/all of these tools, or packing new tools into a module just because they seem trendy or expected, course developers must follow sound instructional design principles to make their eLearning truly effective.

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2017 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Web Courseworks

Our 2016 hype curve was a big hit, so we’re doing it again this year. Here is the short, graphical version: Our 2017 eLearning predictions set in terms of Gartner’s hype cycle. And below the fold, the long version, broken into the five stages popularized by Gartner: Innovation Trigger. As I wrote last year, “Online learning lags behind other industries in adopting new technologies.

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How to Make Blended Learning Work in a Classroom - Interview with Catlin Tucker

JoomlaLMS

When teachers begin to experiment with blended learning, they immediately face a bunch of questions: What are the benefits of blended learning? Which blended learning models should I use? How to make the blended class effective? What hidden rocks should I be aware of? And many others. To clarify the blended learning question we’ve interviewed a Google Certified Teacher and the author of numerous book on the blended learning - Catlin Tucker.

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Our Top 15 e-Learning Blog Posts of 2016

Allen Interactions

Reflecting back on 2016, we at Allen Interactions are proud to call it another successful year, and are so thankful for all of you who are a part of our learning community! We love sharing our best practices, strategies, and insights on creating performance-based learning and we are excited to continue to do so in 2017. So, to celebrate last year, here are the Top 15 e-Learning Leadership Blog Posts from 2016!

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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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The Brain Science of Keeping Resolutions

Learningtogo

If you are one of the many people who made a New Year’s resolution, you may have already fallen off your goal. Don’t feel too badly. After one month, only about 64 percent of resolutions are still in force and by six months that number drops to less than 50 percent. Let’s look at the performance improvement process through the lens of New Year’s resolutions and see what neuroscience can teach us to make both more successful.

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Did Cavemen Use Micro-Learning?

Living in Learning

We should get nuts over all the labels. Is learning informal, formal, non-formal, dynamic, continuous, micro, bursted, non-linear, linear, asynchronous, bi-synchronous, tri-synchronous…where will it end? And who really gives a rip what it’s called…as long as learning takes place…AND…sustained workforce performance at the Point-of-Work is the ultimate outcome?

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2016 Training Trends: Global, Cloud Based and Data Driven

dVinci Interactive

Just about every learning leader I interviewed in 2016 spoke about three trends impacting their role in the organization. First, they need to consider the global reach of their training initiatives and how they’ll be received by learners in different parts of the world. Second, they need to use cloud based technologies to more efficiently reach learners inside and outside of their organization.

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Kineo's ability to meet business needs is in the numbers 

Kineo

Every year Kineo's Client Services Team conducts a survey with our LMS clients to review the support services we provide our clients. With the purpose of keeping ourselves responsive and agile in meeting our clients' needs, the team helps clients meet the demands of today's modern learner and achieve results. Their purpose is to be an extension of a client's team and be their trusted workplace partner to help them succeed. .

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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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2017: The Year of Blended Learning, Emerging EdTech, & Modern Design

InSync Training

Welcome to 2017, the year when it all comes together. Learning technologies (EdTech), communities of practice, lifelong learning, and the myriad other great concepts we’ve been hearing about for the last two decades. This is the year learning professionals have a common New Year’s Resolution for 2017: we are going to provide the best content to our learners, using the best technology, and ensure that it is delivered to the right place at the right time.

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Yes, You are a Badass!

Learning Rebels

What is being a badass? Someone leaping tall buildings in a single bound? Someone winning the Food Network Holiday Baking Championship ? Someone making a one handed football catch ? Someone with 93 wins in NASCAR? Someone winning the Noble Peace Prize ? Yes! But you know what – Someone buying coffee for the next person in line. Someone delivering blankets to the homeless on a cold Chicago night.

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Mobile Lesson

Clark Quinn

I’m preparing my keynote for a mobile conference, and it’s caused an interesting reflection. My mlearning books came out in 2011, and subsequently I’ve written on the revolution. And I’ve been speaking on both of late, but in some ways the persistent interest in mobile intrigues me. While my services are pushing the better design of and the bigger picture of elearning, mobile isn’t going away.

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