Sat.Dec 24, 2016 - Fri.Dec 30, 2016

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How to Make a Personal Progress Tracker

Association eLearning

Last time we looked at New Year’s Resolutions from an instructional design perspective. Then I realized that a supplementary how-to was in order. How do you make a personal progress tracker that’s specific but flexible? Here’s one idea. For the purpose of this example, let’s say you’ve decided to make this “your year” and you’re overhauling your whole routine.

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How to Use Pedagogical Agents in Your eLearning

Infopro Learning

Here are Two Sample Course Screens. Which sample do you find more effective? For most of us, it is easier to relate to the second example. Why? Because it is in harmony with the personalization principle—it uses a conversational style, has an effective on-screen coach, and a visible author. Let’s look at the significance of the second aspect of the personalization principle—using effective on-screen coaches or pedagogical agents.

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Micro-Learning Is Bigger Than You Think…And Not Just For Learning

Living in Learning

What the article I'm referencing and comments I read made clear illustrate the gyrations we are heading into now with this “new” micro-learning approach. It will be easy to become distracted, so don't get all raked up in a pile over what we call it…or how long it should be. It's about what it can facilitate at the moment of need to get the DO done.

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5 ways to become an L&D hero

Making Change

It’s time for New Year’s resolutions! How about this one? “I vow to become a hero to my learners and clients. I’ll save them from boring information dumps and wasted money. I’ll help them enjoy their jobs and see real-world improvement. I’ll save the world from boring training!” Without clear steps, our “Become a hero!

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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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Why an LMS Needs Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) Functionality

TOPYX LMS

There is no company leader that would not like his or her employees, volunteers, and members to have better online learning experiences. After spending considerable money and effort launching a learning management system (LMS) or other eLearning platform, organizational leaders want users to be delighted with their eLearning experiences. They want them to want to have these same encounters time and time again.

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How Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction Can Make Your Online Courses Better

CourseArc

During Word War II, educational psychologist Robert Gagné’s evaluated the aptitude of Air Force pilots. His pioneering work in instructional design led to a systematic approach to learning that we know today as Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction. This famed nine-step process can be adapted to help instructional designers and trainers in all fields create highly-effective courses in any topic.

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What do the 24 #C2Xmas resources tell us about how to design modern content and learning experiences?

Jane Hart

In my Countdown to Xmas, I offered a series of 24 daily posts in the form of a different learning resource. So what do these 24 resources tell us about how to design content and learning experiences for the modern workplace? Here they are in one list – with my thoughts about what each one tells us about content and learning experience design.

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Our Most Popular ELearning Articles of 2016

JoomlaLMS

With 2017 around the corner we wanted to recall in your memory the most viewed eLearning articles of the outgoing year published in the JoomlaLMS blog. In case you were busy and didn’t have time for reading, here is the Top Five eLearning articles of the year. Please enjoy!

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Micro-Learning Is Bigger Than You Think…And Not Just For Learning

Living in Learning

What the article I'm referencing and comments I read made clear illustrate the gyrations we are heading into now with this “new” micro-learning approach. It will be easy to become distracted, so don't get all raked up in a pile over what we call it…or how long it should be. It's about what it can facilitate at the moment of need to get the DO done.

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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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Cultural Alignment

Clark Quinn

I was thinking about the ways in which organizations can support performance. That is, we can and should be aligning with how we think, work, and learn. So we can provide tools to support us in the moment, we can provide tools to help us work together, and we can develop people all slowly over time. In short, I was thinking about cognitive alignment , and I was going to write about it, but it turns out I already have !

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Year in Review - 2016

The Performance Improvement Blog

The theme of creating and sustaining a learning culture in organizations continued to influence most of my blog posts in 2016. David Grebow and I also used our blogs to introduce the concept of “managing minds” (not hands) and how that contributes to learning in organizations. As a way of review, I’ve selected five blog posts about a “learning culture” and “managing minds” from 2016 that had the most interest from readers.

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Write for the JoomlaLMS Blog

JoomlaLMS

Since 2006 in the JoomlaLMS Blog we have been covering the eLearning industry insights and sharing valuable pieces of advice with thousands of readers interested in the eLearning techniques and strategies they can take advantage of in the real life. We value our audience that is why we are looking for talented bloggers with unique insights and experiences in the sphere of online education, training and business to write for the JoomlaLMS blog.

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Making a Difference - Lessons in Purpose

Kineo

Too often in elearning, quality is seen as being only about high production values - usually, what it looks like. 'Fit for purpose' can be dismissed as unambitious, but there’s nothing wrong with quality being defined as achieving purpose. .

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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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Curated Insights: Wrapping up 2016 with L&D Thought Leaders

Axonify

The month of December means different things to different people. Holidays. Time away from the office. Winter weather. Family and friends. On the internet, December is the official month of recap articles. Websites from every genre and interest area are publishing their “best of 2016” reflections. Here are the best 11 video games of 2016 according the The Verge.

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2016 Reflections

Clark Quinn

This is the last Learnlet for 2016, and so it’s time for some reflections on what has been an ‘interesting’ year. I’ll admit it’s been rough, what with losing so many people known through popular media. I guess you get to an age where more and more people who’ve you’ve grown up with in one way or another begin to pass on.

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Change Requires Discipline, Not Willpower

eLearning Alchemy

Length: 1196 words. Reading Time: ~6 minutes. Over the next few weeks your social media channels will be flooded with advice about how to keep your New Year’s resolution. It’s a hot topic and despite all the articles 90% of people failed to stick with their resolution last year. There’s lots of advice, and very little follow-through. What you already know….

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Eight Predictions for 2017!

Learningtogo

As 2016 draws to a close, I’ve been enjoying all the “year in review” posts and articles that folks are putting out. I’d like to try something a little bit different, by using my brain’s power of prediction to see what we will be bragging out in December, 2017. Some of these “predictions” are already underway, while others are purely aspirational. It will be fun to look back and see how many of these predictions come true!

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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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Curated Insights: Wrapping up 2016 with L&D Thought Leaders

Axonify

The month of December means different things to different people. Holidays. Time away from the office. Winter weather. Family and friends. On the internet, December is the official month of recap articles. Websites from every genre and interest area are publishing their “best of 2016” reflections. Here are the best 11 video games of 2016 according the The Verge.

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4 New Year’s Resolutions For Your LMS

Wisetail

These are the four New Year's resolutions you should be setting for your L&D strategy to make your LMS better than ever in the coming year. The post 4 New Year’s Resolutions For Your LMS appeared first on Wisetail.

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THERE AIN’T NO BETTER TEACHER THAN A MISTAKE

Learnnovators

The post THERE AIN’T NO BETTER TEACHER THAN A MISTAKE appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Top 10 Camtasia Blogs of 2016

eLearning Brothers

This last year our love for Camtasia has grown quite a bit. We saw a new version of Camtasia be released, and it included some eLearning Brothers assets. Over 300 Camtasia templates were created and added to our library. Additionally, we made those Camtasia templates available in their own package, priced for the every-day Camtasia user. As this all happened, we wrote several blogs with tips, tricks, and updates to insure you are up to date on everything eLearning about Camtasia and to help you

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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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#C2Xmas Day 24 – Google Santa Tracker

Jane Hart

Countdown to Xmas concludes here – have some fun with the kids! GOOGLE SANTA TRACKER.

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4 New Year’s Resolutions For Your LMS

Wisetail

All gamification is not created equal. Do you know if your gamified learning is working? Follow these four tips to help level up your learning. The post 4 New Year’s Resolutions For Your LMS appeared first on Wisetail.

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Top 7 E-learning TED Talks of 2016

CommLab India

If an action has the power to change the position of an object, inspiring words have the power to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately, the world. An inspiring speech will act as a powerful tool that brings light to the lives of many by driving motivation and enabling them to explore their inner strengths. Mentioned in this post are speeches by a few pioneers who have strived to provide quality education all over the world.

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Exploring Careers through Storyline Templates

eLearning Brothers

Over the past few decades, there has been a great diversification of careers in the world. Thanks to changing technologies and cultures, there are thousands of careers today that didn’t exist just one generation prior. Many an eLearning expert can surely attest to the difficulty they face around the holidays trying to explain to their elderly relatives just what it is they do for a living. “You see, Ma, I teach computers how to teach other people…” or in my own particular

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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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Why yesterday’s skills and development strategies aren’t enough to survive today’s digital transformation

CrossKnowledge

Organizations today are faced with a disruption that is nothing short of historic. Digital technologies have steadily been making their way into organizations and now impact every facet of organizational behavior, both externally and internally. And the digital transformation is just beginning: by 2018, 50% of all business process jobs will have disappeared and digital jobs will increase by 500% [1].

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The Future is Here: Tech Terms Every eLearning Professional Should Know in 2017

SHIFT eLearning

Technology is changing at an incredible pace. Marketing, data analysis, HR and collaboration tools are part of our lives, and with new tools coming out daily, new terms arise all the time.

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5 Handy Tips That Help You Personalize Your Online Learning [Infographic]

CommLab India

Personalization is one strategy that’s helping many top companies reach their learners easily, and e-learning is an excellent medium to personalize learning. As e-learning professionals, it’s our task to develop online learning courses our learners can relate to. We need to understand the needs and preferences of learners and take our training programs a step closer to them.