November, 2022

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5 Benefits of Using Learning Analytics for Custom eLearning Development

Infopro Learning

eLearning development has advanced rapidly in recent years. Organizations are using online training modes and learning analytics to improve the performance of their learning programs. Learning leaders need reliable data to evaluate the success and shortcomings of the custom eLearning program and design effective strategies for optimizing their impact.

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Elearning Course Development: Why The Kick-Off Meeting Is So Important

Spark Your Interest

At Spark + Co., we pride ourselves on partnering and working collaboratively with our clients on elearning course development projects. Our goal isn’t to build training courses but to help our clients achieve their business results. We want to help them drive their business or mission forward using our instructional expertise. And an important part of elearning course development is the kick-off meeting.

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7 Must-Have Features Of eLearning Apps

eLearning Industry

This article is a comprehensive guide to the seven features that an education app should have. It's a great time to be an education app developer. eLearning apps are on the upsurge in the market. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Prototyping in the [Learning] Renaissance

Allen Interactions

Prototyping in the Renaissance.

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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 Your LMS to Boost Employee Engagement

Wisetail

Integrate an LMS into your playbook and discover how technology can revolutionize the way you teach, communicate, and engage your employees. . The post Using Your LMS to Boost Employee Engagement appeared first on Wisetail LMS.

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How is L&D Talent Driving the Digital Transformation Journey?

Infopro Learning

The Learning & Development function has always been working on enhancing employee skills and productivity in their current roles. L&D professionals focus on employee upskilling and reskilling- the most evitable requirement in today’s business scenario. They are also shifting their focus towards prioritizing tasks that will enable company success while ensuring employee well-being.

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MADE Podcast on Branching Scenarios

Experiencing eLearning

MADE is the Media and Design in Education team for the University of Toronto. Inga Breede from this educational technology group recently interviewed me for their podcast. We talked about scenario-based learning and specifically about branching scenarios. What we discussed. We covered several topics in our 20-minute conversation. When should branching scenarios be used in learning experiences?

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8 Steps To Create A Rapid eLearning Development Plan For Your Organization

eLearning Industry

Creating a rapid eLearning development plan helps you avoid the pitfalls and minimize spending. Let’s look at the 8 crucial steps involved. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Writing books

Clark Quinn

I write. A lot, obviously (7 books, numerous articles, this blog, white papers, …). As a colleague pointed out, I’m lucky it comes easy. For others, that’s not the case. However, someone recently asked how to get started. As another colleague who just published posted some thoughts on what they learned, I realize it may be appropriate to toss out some thoughts on writing books.

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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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Increase Your Passive Income by Turning Videos into Courses?

LearnDash

Videos have become a primary tool for online instruction for good reason. For course creators, videos allow you to speak directly to your learners in a more casual way. For learners, video lessons provide both a visual and auditorial style of learning that can increase engagement. You may already be using videos to engage learners on your own YouTube or Vimeo channel.

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CONRAD GOTTFREDSON – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

CONRAD GOTTFREDSON - CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS. ABOUT CONRAD GOTTFREDSON: Dr. Conrad Gottfredson is a founding partner, and the Chief Learning Strategist, at APPLY Synergies , a 5 Moments of Need company that specializes in helping learning professionals design, develop, maintain, and measure effective learning and performance support through the 5 Moments of Need® design methodology.

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5 Tips to Create a Customer-Centric Consulting Organization

Infopro Learning

The most successful businesses prioritize their customer’s needs before, during, and after the sale by offering exceptional service. Building a customer-centric culture within an organization requires an added effort to provide more than just good customer service. Customer-centric organizations go out of their way to understand their customers and then act on that information by encouraging employees to make choices that benefit both the customer and the company.

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[Podcast] Virtual Learning: The Numbing Effects of the Information Age

InSync Training

Are you bored yet? Probably. In this episode, we turn our attention to the numbing effects that the information age can have on virtual classrooms and learner experiences.

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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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Changes to the Coursera team

Coursera

Earlier today, Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda shared the following email with Coursera employees: Courserians, My 25 years as a CEO have included some pretty rough times – the dot com bubble bursting, the 2008 financial crisis, and a global lockdown. While macroeconomic challenges are always tough, I know from experience that it’s most painful when those factors impact people’s livelihoods.

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Learning Science Bandwagon?

Clark Quinn

I’m not alone in carrying the banner for learning science. Others are talking about evidence-based practices, making it stick, and more. This, I maintain, is a good thing. Is there too much of good thing? Is there a problem with a learning science bandwagon? First, let’s be clear. There are some initiatives that do strike me as redundant or worse.

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How Important Is Technology In Education?

eLearning Industry

Technology provides students with easy-to-access information, accelerated learning, and fun opportunities to practice what they learn. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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SOLUTIONING AND CONTENT-BASED VALUE CREATION

Learnnovators

The Beginning: The Story of ‘Dude’. Dude is a relatable kind of guy for most of us. We work hard at our ‘regular’ jobs … that’s enough challenges, curveballs and cranky customers to fill most days. When we get time, we may read some free stuff online. (Many of us go to LinkedIn simply because it’s such a neat ‘acceptable’ compromise between working and low-effort social media scrolling, bwhaha!).

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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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6 Common Employee Training Challenges & Ways to Resolve Them

Infopro Learning

Employees are the organization’s most valuable asset. Therefore, they must invest rigorously in their employees’ development and retention. They will need to upgrade their training programs to provide the best potential outcomes for their learners. These strategically crafted training programs will help organizations remain on top of their training game and be flexible enough to change as the business evolves.

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5 Ways in Which Corporate eLearning Saves Your Organization’s Money

CommLab India

Contemplating whether to opt for eLearning to deliver your corporate training? What if we tell you that it saves you a lot of money (and resources)? Continue reading to know how….

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Building an inclusive workplace for neurodivergent employees

TLNT: Training and L&D

Last month saw employers up and down the country observe the annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) – a celebration of the positive contribution that America’s workers with disabilities make, both past, present and (hopefully), future.

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Tech Stack Insights From 240K WordPress LMS Websites: A Data Study

Sell Courses Online

We recently analyzed around 240K WordPress LMS websites to determine what technology they use. We looked at the LMS plugins, … Tech Stack Insights From 240K WordPress LMS Websites: A Data Study Read More ?.

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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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Creating Better Video For Learning, Part 2

eLearning Industry

Research tells us how to make multimedia such as video easier to learn from. In this article, I discuss how we process video and the design principles that make video better for mental processing. Understanding how these processes and principles work helps us create better instructional video. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Interleaving - an effective learning tool or another industry buzzword?

Logicearth

When we’re learning new things, it’s often tempting to focus on just one thing at a time, in depth, before moving on to the next topic. If that describes your approach to learning, maybe you should take a look at interleaving.

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10 Rules for Generating Value and Growth for Your Education Programs

WBT Systems

The only way forward for association education programs is to improve them and grow them. This is not a time to stand in place. There is no good reason to stand in place.

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The Role of Metaverse in Corporate Training – A Fancy Buzzword or Soon to Become Reality?

CommLab India

In this article, we take a look at the impact and role of metaverse in corporate training patterns of the future. Stay with us as we penetrate the future of corporate training to find out what works.

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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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Calling time on traditional talent management

TLNT: Training and L&D

In the world of HR, we’ve all become familiar with (and perhaps increasingly oblivious), to easy-to-grasp, catch-all terms. Take ‘talent management’ – a phrase that has long been used to describe how people are managed and developed at work.

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Working with whitespace: Presentation design tips

BrightCarbon

Space: Vast – Unknowable – Useful? At BrightCarbon we’re big fans of taking a ‘less is more’ approach when it comes to text in presentations, instead letting your visuals do the heavy lifting. But once you’ve cut down your text and created those visuals, how do you make sure they look good on the slide? Not everyone’s a graphic designer (and it’s ok to admit that!

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What Is Cognitive Overload?

eLearning Industry

Sometimes, you feel saturated and you can’t take in any more information. This is called "cognitive overload" and is quite common with online courses or any other form of learning. How then should L&D design online trainings to reduce the cognitive load for learners? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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