Association eLearning

AUGUST 25, 2016

Part 1 discussed how the rush to understand millennials isn’t really about millennials. It’s a crisis of outdated Learning and Development (L&D) practices. This time I want to take a look at five of those practices and why they don’t work. Practice 1: Treating Learning as a One-Time Event. It isn’t reasonable to expect anyone to remember something from a course they took six months ago and haven’t heard a word about since then.

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eFront

AUGUST 25, 2016

The hype about User Experience (UX) design skills is not at all exaggerated. The good news is that anyone with eLearning development skills can train to improve their UX strategies. UX designers have a deeper understanding of user – technology interaction preferences. They understand the nuances of interface features and obstructions. They can advise very well on UX needs of a browsing situation.

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OpenSesame

AUGUST 26, 2016

Let’s be honest; trying to find a job is scary. The thought of an interview alone is enough to make millions of people around the world break into a cold sweat. In addition to the intimidating screening and interviewing process, people often doubt whether they have the qualifications to succeed at a potential job. Companies preach that prospective employees must have the necessary KSA’s– knowledge, skills and abilities– to be successful.

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Infopro Learning

AUGUST 24, 2016

An innovative and emerging learning strategy, Micro learning, refers to short, focused, comprehensive, and stand-alone learning assets, usually designed to meet definite learning outcomes and fill knowledge gaps. Creating effective micro learning is not an easy task. To be effective small, relevant, and digestible information must be provided in an engaging package that closes immediate knowledge gaps.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 24, 2016

How to Train and Develop Millennials. Everywhere you look there are posts about millennials, mainly focusing on their abilities in comparison to their predecessors. There are some really fun ones out there, about how millennials are weaker than their parents, and how their neurological wiring explains their short attention spans. Most importantly these articles are mostly drawn up in the marketing world, and with good reason.

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OpenSesame

AUGUST 26, 2016

Let’s be honest; trying to find a job is scary. The thought of an interview alone is enough to make millions of people around the world break into a cold sweat. In addition to the intimidating screening and interviewing process, people often doubt whether they have the qualifications to succeed at a potential job. Companies preach that prospective employees must have the necessary KSA’s-- knowledge, skills and abilities-- to be successful.

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Lambda Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2016

One of the greatest thing about Moodle’s Open-Source framework, other than the cost savings, is the ability to customize your online courses to your exact specifications. Hundreds of custom third-party plugins are offered for free by Moodle contributors, which once installed, can change the look, feel and functionality of your Moodle to suit your organizations personal learning requirements.

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Docebo

AUGUST 25, 2016

Leveraging Data to Reveal the ROI of LMS and CRM Integration. As we recently discussed, siloed enterprise management systems seem to be in their dying days. It’s no longer sufficient for standalone systems to function individually, separate from other systems that keep an operation up and running and up to speed. And in few areas is this more apparent than with the near-ubiquitous CRM systems we see in place across enterprises of all sizes.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 25, 2016

We’ll end our series on responsive eLearning authoring tools with a look at the features, advantages, and limitations of Captivate 9. In our earlier posts, we looked at Adapt, Evolve, Lectora 16, Elucidat, and gomo. Captivate 9 Captivate 9, a proprietary tool from Adobe, supports a desktop-first approach with page turning navigation. It offers a […].

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LearnDash

AUGUST 24, 2016

Making changes in the software that runs your business can be a very stressful decision. The larger your organization, the bigger the project. This is particular true with learning management systems. If you are in a company with thousands of employees and they all have to access the LMS at some point then you are looking at a migration that could take months, not weeks.

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TOPYX LMS

AUGUST 25, 2016

There are few intangible things that are as sought after in the corporate world as good company culture. Leaders know that their organizations’ ultimate success and growth is dependent upon culture, not solely, but majorly. F. John Reh wrote, “ Company culture is important because it can make or break your company. Companies with an adaptive culture that is aligned to their business goals routinely outperform their competitors.

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B Online Learning

AUGUST 24, 2016

This blog was inspired by one of our Master eLearning Course (MEC) students, Catharina. She wrote a fantastic blog post (in our online learning community) reflecting on her own actions and practice when trying to motivate students completing online courses. Catharina questioned how do we motivate ‘adult learners where the course isn’t compulsory and there […].

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 23, 2016

This single question, which popped up in one of our casual water cooler discussions, triggered a volley of responses, leading to a full-blown discussion before culminating into a blog post. So, what’s the noise about ‘Learner Engagement’ anyway? In L&D, ‘learner engagement’ refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that learners […].

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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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Kineo

AUGUST 22, 2016

Have you been on the perfect date with Honda? Have you helped fill Ellie Goulding's world with colour? Or maybe a spot of Scandi house-snooping has tempted you to revolutionise your storage space with IKEA. .

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TOPYX LMS

AUGUST 25, 2016

There are few intangible things that are as sought after in the corporate world as good company culture. Leaders know that their organizations’ ultimate success and growth is dependent upon culture, not solely, but majorly. F. John Reh wrote, “ Company culture is important because it can make or break your company. Companies with an adaptive culture that is aligned to their business goals routinely outperform their competitors.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 22, 2016

Last week we released the new LearnDash Notifications add-on and so far the reception has been quite positive. The add-on makes it possible to send automatic emails via specific user activity based triggers. For example, when someone completes a quiz you can send a congratulatory message. For a complete feature description have a read through the official announcement.

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Administrate

AUGUST 25, 2016

Millennials, the Net Generation, Digital Natives, Digital Learners – however you label them, the modern learner is evolving. Is your organisation and training programme evolving to accommodate them? Organisational change is a massive challenge, especially change at the same pace as that of technological advancement. Scott Brinker, Editor of Marketing Technology blog chiefmartec.com, proposed Read More Published on August 25, 2016.

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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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Axonify

AUGUST 26, 2016

It’s about keeping up with the needs of people. This statement was at the heart of our most recent webinar: 9 Essential Principles for Modernizing Your Learning Ecosystem , presented by our Principal Learning Strategist, JD Dillon. So how can you make your learning ecosystem people-centric? Here are three ideas that JD shared during the webinar: See employees as people first and employees second – People have flaws, it’s sometimes harder to admit that if you think of us as employees first.

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 25, 2016

If you are still using spreadsheets to collect feedback from stakeholders, there is a better way. Over the last few years services have sprung up to help you create better courses by simplifying the process of collecting feedback from team members, clients, SMEs, and others. Some of the most popular are: ReviewMyElearning.com , ReviewLink , OQAR , and CourseInspector.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 25, 2016

Probably the most important aspect of any online course is the completion rate. You can make a case for more meaningful metrics (and I would agree) but the bottom-line is that if people don’t finish the course then the other metrics become useless in a way. Step one is course completion, and in the world of online courses completion rates leave a bit to be desired.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 21, 2016

Challenge Road Sign with dramatic clouds and sky. THE PUBLIC CHALLENGE RUNS 5 SEPTEMBER – 25 NOVEMBER. (or email Jane.Hart@C4LPT.co.uk to organise a private, bespoke challenge for your team). Modern Workplace Learning doesn’t just mean modernizing training and e-learning, but radically changing the way you think about and support learning in the organisation.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 23, 2016

I had a great conversation the other day with Allessandria Polizzi. Who has had an interesting career working with a variety of organizations including 7-Eleven and Pizza Hut. We talked about the industry, talent management, her exciting new venture and the upcoming “Silver Tsunami” Here are some of the highlights. Kapp: You have been in the field of Learning and Development and Talent Development for a number of years, what types of projects do you find the most interesting and chal

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Web Courseworks

AUGUST 22, 2016

Performance improvement is defined as “the systematic process of identifying and analyzing the root causes of performance issues, and implementing big picture solutions across an organization.” A definition is helpful to understand performance improvement, but how does it actually occur and function in the workplace? Steps to successfully improve performance: Consider institutional context.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 23, 2016

Have you ever been involved in a business transaction online that didn’t work out to your expectations? Maybe the seller never delivered your product. Maybe it came late. Or broken. Maybe you ordered a piece of software and it didn’t work properly. I think we all have had a “less-than-perfect” online shopping experience at some point in our lives.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

AUGUST 25, 2016

How do we know if an organization has the “DNA” that predisposes it to organizational learning? Gary Neilson and Jaime Estupinan have been studying and writing about "organizational DNA" for the past 10 years. They explain the term this way: We use the term organizational DNA as a metaphor for the underlying organizational and cultural design factors that define an organization’s personality and determine whether it is strong or weak in executing strategy.

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Allen Interactions

AUGUST 22, 2016

By. Ellen Burns-Johnson , Instructional Designer /. @EllenBJohnson So you’re thinking about creating. microlearning. Maybe your learners demand it. Maybe your superiors are giving you thinly-veiled suggestions. Maybe the Galactic Empire showed up at your planet and now you need to quickly train a squadron of rebels to fight back.

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ej4 eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2016

This is a story about finding creativity in something that normally does not come across as imaginative nor inventive: templates. The story starts almost 20 years ago, when a trio of Israeli researchers working at The Jerusalem School of Business Administration set out to see if good advertisements—the ones that seem the most creative, the most inspired, and that have the most impact—could be generated by a process that was teachable.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 24, 2016

I recently read a powerful blog post by Helen Blunden called Learning & Development need to get their groove back. Helen is the recipient of the inaugural Jay Cross Memorial Award, and has wide experience both of working within L&D and more recently as a external consultant. All of which has led her to the conclusion. “the more I’m working and talking with other businesses, professions, and industries outside L&D, it’s becoming painfully obvious that we are falling behind”.

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