May, 2019

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How subject matter experts can create more effective learning

Challenge to Learn

An increasing number of subject matter experts are sharing their knowledge in a variety of ways. One of them is the creation of learning content. Facilitating this is the core role of my company Easygenerator. We provide a hassle-free authoring platform for them to share knowledge effortlessly. We know that the software must be so intuitive that anyone can log in and, without any training, can start creating learning material.

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Top eLearning Content Providers For Microlearning 2019

eLearning Industry

It is with great enthusiasm that we announce our list of Top eLearning Content Providers For Microlearning 2019. For the first time, we have taken a deep dive into some fundamental players in the microlearning game. Find out who you absolutely, definitely need to follow. Here are our picks for 2019! This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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How to Script a Video for Your E-Learning Content

LearnDash

Videos are an important component of your e-learning course. Here’s why you shouldn’t wing it. A lot of online educators fall into one of two camps: Either they are comfortable writing content but the idea of standing in front of a camera intimidates them, or they dislike writing content and are hoping video tutorials will spare them an unpleasant task.

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Save your clients from themselves

Making Change

“Our job is to give the client what they want.” Sound familiar? It’s what I was told when I started. But decades later, I’d say this instead: “Our job is to make the client look good.” Often this means, “Our job is to save our clients from themselves.” Make them look good… Which manager looks good?

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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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Welcome Aboard: Benefits of Using Video for Employee Onboarding

ej4 eLearning

With the labor shortage and skills gap, it is already difficult to hire or promote qualified candidates. You don’t want to blow it with poor onboarding. According to an article from SHRM , new employees who went through a structured onboarding program were 58 percent more likely to be with the organization after three years.

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Instructor Led Training vs. Self-Paced Learning. Which one works better for your company?

Paradiso

The ways of approaching educational processes directly influence the way knowledge are both understood and retained. Depending on the area, the type of skill, the kind of training required, the complexity of the topics to develop or the type and number of users it is possible to adopt different methods of approaching the contents. In this blog, we will see between Instructor Led Training vs.

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7 Ways To Measure The ROI Of Soft Skills Learning Initiatives

eLearning Industry

Soft skills development is intangible which can make it hard to track and present an ROI. But the immense impact that soft skills have on every part of an organisation is much easier to measure. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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7 Tips for Editing E-learning Content

LearnDash

Good editing is at the heart of great writing. Here’s how it can take your e-learning content to the next level. I’ve never liked the old aphorism that “there are no great writers, only great editors.” But there is some truth to it, in that no one writes the perfect draft the first time through, and even the most accomplished writers depend on a skilled editor to add polish and structure to their work.

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The 5 Types of Subject Matter Experts & How to Deal With Them

Tim Slade

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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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No Coding Required: Now Anyone Can Build a Custom Mobile App

Mike Taylor

Surf the wave of ‘no code’ apps. I recently found a super slick mobile app creation tool called Glide. It works by presenting data from a Google Sheet in a nicely polished, easy to use app for your smartphone. In the past, I’ve tried a few others that work similarly, but none of them are anywhere near as easy & fun to work with. In fact, you can be up and running in less than an hour without the need to code anything at all.

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How to Make Workplace Safety Training Modules Future Ready

Kitaboo

Safety training is an indispensable part of organizational training. Every employee who joins an organization has to undertake health and safety training in order to understand the safety practices and protocol of that place. And just like we future proof everything else in business, workplace safety training modules too, must be made in a way that is always future ready.

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Why you need an LMS Video Conferencing integration?

Paradiso

To improve your user experience and provide a training program that allows the approach between teachers and students is necessary to adopt an LMS Video conferencing integration. With LMS Video Conferencing you will take you eLearning initiatives to the next level because our LMS can be paired up with multiple video conferencing tools that will help for sure to conduct interactive training sessions with one on one meetings, group lessons, interactive video conferences, social meetings and much m

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How To Use An Interactive eBook In eLearning?

eLearning Industry

eBooks used to be simple documents of text and images earlier, but today, eBooks can be interactive and dynamic. They are great tools to hold a learner’s attention and impart knowledge to them. This article will explore how to create an interactive eBook, and how to use it in your eLearning course. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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6 Simple Ways to Market Your Online Course

LearnDash

Tapping into existing communities can help you market your online course. You have created an awesome course. The topic is clearly defined, the materials are engaging, and the course structure is perfectly organized to promote learning. All you need now are students who are ready to learn, but that is easier said than done.How can you market your online course to attract those students?

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Virtual Reality Real-Time Use Cases

CHRP-INDIA

Indian industrial shop floors are now taking a smart move in Industry 4.o. Manufacturing, a typically labour-intensive process, is now adopting technology to boost productivity and save costs. It is automating core processes to improve quality and stay competitive. Virtual Reality Technology is being used in many verticals in various capacities, very often inculcating job processes and training or introducing a fresh concept to a large section of the audience.

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The Power of Collaborative Learning: More Important Than Ever

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

In today’s skills-based economy, people want to learn faster than ever. More than $200 billion is now spent on various forms of workplace training and the volume of content is massive. There are tens of thousands of videos, courses, articles, and tools dedicated to helping people learn. And more and more of it is designed. Read more» The post The Power of Collaborative Learning: More Important Than Ever appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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How to Create Digital Textbooks in 5 Easy Steps

Kitaboo

eBooks do not need an introduction in today’s age. Most schools and educational institutes have adopted eBooks or digital textbooks as part of their courseware. Students are also no stranger to digital textbooks and its multiple advantages, thanks to everyday smartphone usage. Though eBooks have been around for almost a decade, it has only been a few years since it has picked up the pace and been fully integrated into the modern education system.

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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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The #ATD2019 Conference Backchannel – Curated Resources

David Kelly

This post curates resources shared via the backchannel of the ATD International Conference and Exposition being held May 19-22 in Washington, DC. The resources curated here were shared on Twitter, facebook, and within the conference app. Official ATD2019 Resources. Conference Website. Program. Keynote Speakers. Pre-Conference Posts. Top 5 Reasons To Attend ATD 2019 by Emma Weber. 4 Tips on Talking about Learning Technology (with Vendors) at ATD ICE 2019.

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7 Essentials Of A Successful Mobile Learning Strategy

eLearning Industry

Broadly defined, mobile learning can happen anywhere, anytime, on any mobile device. To deploy mobile learning successfully, you’ll need to make that broad definition very specific to your organization and users. Here are 7 essentials to create a successful mobile learning strategy. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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4 Ways to Encourage Healthy Competition Among Students

LearnDash

Competition can boost learner performance, or backfire. Here’s how to make sure it works in your favor. We’ve covered many times before how critical it is to engage learners in order to bolster the success of your online course. There are, of course, many ways to create engagement and motivation, but one we haven’t touched on as much is competition.

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Why Use Virtual Reality to Train Your Employees?

CommLab India

Virtual Reality has came swooping into the eLearning industry. Interested to know how Virtual Reality can be used in eLearning? This blog has the answers.

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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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17 Tips for Writing E-Learning Scripts

Capytech

17 Tips for Writing E-Learning Scripts. If you’re including a narrative in your e-learning course or you have a video or animation that needs a voiceover, you’ll need a script. In fact, the script you write is crucial to the quality of the course. The following 17 tips are essential to produce high-quality and engaging e-learning scripts that facilitate the learning process. 1.

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The Role of Technology in Digital Publishing

Kitaboo

Over the past two decades, the publishing industry has seen disruptive changes. This change has been primarily driven by the evolution of digital books or eBooks as they are commonly called. From rocket eBook reader in 1998 to the ever-popular Amazon Kindle readers first launched in 2007, the dedicated reading devices have evolved tremendously. And so has the eBook standards from the OEB (Open eBook standard) to the current day ePUB3 and KF8.

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5 Simple ways to encourage learning every single day

Matrix

While formal training and development programs are certainly important, learning doesn’t have to be so systematic. Learning can happen in many different ways, each day in the workplace. Instead of focusing on comprehensive training courses that require a significant investment of time and budget, create a framework for easy, daily learning. Use these five simple strategies to encourage a culture of learning in your organization. 1.

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5 Common Mistakes Of Online Course Creators And How To Overcome Them

eLearning Industry

We live in the age of knowledge work and information-based economy. Skills and knowledge are just as marketable today as any physical goods – probably more so. The good thing about it is that there are hardly any people out there who don’t have some knowledge that would be valuable for others. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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8 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting to Sell Courses

LearnDash

You know you want to start an online course business, but you worry about making mistakes that will stop it in its tracks. While it’s great that you are aware of the potential for error, there is no need to be afraid. You can learn from mistakes that others have made and take action to ensure you do not fall into the same traps. Here are some common mistakes to avoid when starting an online course business. 1.

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7 Reasons Stories Work for the Modern Learner - Tip #210

Vignettes Learning

Storytelling has been a very effective learning tool since time immemorial. But even with the changing learning landscape, big shifts in work environments and tech disruption, why do stories in eLearning designs still work? Simple. Everybody is a sucker for a good story, in whatever shape, type or form. The beauty of stories transcends all types of learners.

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How Do You Find the Balance Between Learner-Centric and Content-Oriented Training?

Clarity Consultants

When you develop a training program, there are usually two learning approaches that you have to consider: learner-centric and content-oriented. Since each comes with its own benefits and drawbacks, striking a balance between the two is usually ideal. However, that can be easier said than done. The post How Do You Find the Balance Between Learner-Centric and Content-Oriented Training?

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