October, 2019

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7 UX Design Principles That Improve Learner Experience (LX)

LearningGuild

7 UX Design Principles That Improve Learner Experience (LX). adam-weisblatt. Fri, 10/11/2019 - 01:00.

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5 Myths About Game-based Training

Training Industry

5 Myths About Game-based Training - Read more by Hope Williams on Training Industry.

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Focus on Goals when Converting eLearning to Microlearning

LearningGuild

Focus on Goals when Converting eLearning to Microlearning. robyn-defelice. Mon, 10/07/2019 - 01:00.

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7 Key Metrics When Tracking Simulation Training

eLearning Industry

Curious about how you can track simulation training developments at your organization? Coming up with the right metrics is your main goal. In this article, I share 7 key metrics for training success! This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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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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What Do Students Want From Online Courses?

Client Engagement Academy

Find Out What Students Want From Your Online Courses. It doesn’t matter how great your online course content is or how you believe people love learning… if your students don’t enjoy the experience and they are leaving your course before you can even deliver all the great information you have to share, you’re already losing the game.

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Can Instructional Design Really Help Engagement?

Wisetail

Spoiler alert: yes. A study on instructional design found that it nearly tripled expected course completion rates. And a well-designed LMS can increase users by upwards of 5x. The post Can Instructional Design Really Help Engagement? appeared first on Wisetail LMS.

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An Innovative Framework To Consider When Planning Your eLearning Content Modernization

eLearning Industry

Modernization comes with its fair share of challenges. A robust and proven modernization framework will help you sail toward the successful implementation and the logical conclusion of this initiative. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Creating a Multichannel Strategy for Your Course

LearnDash

Your communication channels aren’t just for marketing. We’ve talked before about how online education needs to adopt a broad mindset when it comes to creating and distributing content. Online learners can hear about and access your course by many means—email, social media, search engines—which in the marketing world are often called “channels.” Many of us, when we’re just getting started, focus on a single channel as a way to grow interest in our program.

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How to Integrate JavaScript with Storyline 360?

Swift eLearning Services

Do you leverage JavaScript to enhance eLearning interactivity eLearning authoring tools such as Storyline2, Storyline 360, Captivate? In this blog, we will see how integrating JavaScript would ease eLearning development. Creating dynamic interactions using any eLearning authoring tool involves set of triggers, actions, conditions and variables. JavaScript would the better choice as it drastically reduces eLearning development time as well.

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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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Convert Training to Online

Experiencing eLearning

One common request from clients and stakeholders is to convert an existing classroom training program to an online or blended format. Just taking your existing PowerPoint slides and putting them online won’t be very effective. The conversion process is more about transforming the content and activities to provide a better experience and improve skills.

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Snagit 2020: It’s More Than Simple Screenshots

Tim Slade

If you’re an eLearning or instructional designer, there are some tools that you use almost every single day without even thinking about it. For me, Snagit happens to be one of these tools. Whether I need to capture a quick screenshot or record a quick video, Snagit is always there when I need it, and it does its job with no fuss. But, I have to be honest: it wasn’t until recently that I discovered the real power and versatility Snagit has to offer.

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Improving Employee Satisfaction Through Learning

Absorb LMS

Organizations have many choices when considering how to invest their human resources budget to engage employees. But not all investments are equal when it comes to employee satisfaction; the opportunity to develop ranks among the highest, according to a LinkedIn survey. In addition to an investment that increases the valuable skills in your organization, creating a learning culture also influences worker attitudes.

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5 Super Simple Steps To Create Amazing Online Content Today

eLearning Industry

I think we can all agree that creating courses can be a very intimidating process. And, what is even more intimidating is making sure that the knowledge we want to provide actually sticks! Here are 5 super simple steps to help you create amazing online content today! 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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3 Misconceptions about Boomers that Are Damaging Your Online Course

LearnDash

The Baby Boomers are still one of the largest demographic segments in the United States. Are they being overlooked by online educators? Despite the current media craze about Millennials (what will they kill next?), Baby Boomers have long been the most discussed and analyzed generation. In fact, it would be fair to say that the Boomer generation is the raison d’être for all our discussions about generational demographics.

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4 Better Ways to Approach Audio Narration in eLearning

B Online Learning

Audio can bring your elearning alive. Whether it’s a ‘guide on the side’ taking your learner through the learning content, a professional narrator […]. The post 4 Better Ways to Approach Audio Narration in eLearning appeared first on B Online Learning.

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How to Implement Online Learning on a Budget

TOPYX LMS

For companies wanting to deliver the highest quality employee training possible, eLearning can be a game-changer. Online learning is accessible, engaging, and effective, and it can also significantly drive employee retention. 1 However, the initial cost of implementing online learning is a deterrent to some organizations. With a few tips, these companies can deliver eLearning to their employees while staying within their L&D budget.

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Virtual Learning 101: Answers to Four Common Training Questions

InSync Training

More organizations than ever have transitioned from traditional face-to-face training to virtual classrooms. And since no training element stands alone, most blends include live online components of some kind. But, even as technology becomes more ubiquitous in corporate learning, decision makers and practitioners have questions about its efficacy. My team compiled the questions they most commonly hear in their day-to-day work.

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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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Creativity in the Workplace, Part 2: How to Teach Creativity

Absorb LMS

The benefits of creativity are clear: Companies regarded as creative lead competitors and peers in key metrics, like revenue growth and market share. And, according to LinkedIn Learning’s “ 2019 Workplace Learning Report ,” executives see the value. Part 1 of this creativity in the workplace series explored why creativity is a top soft skill that managers seek in applicants and creativity’s benefit to your bottom line.

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Top eLearning Content Development Companies (2019 Update)

eLearning Industry

Seventh time’s a charm! We are ecstatic to announce our list of top eLearning content development companies for the 7th time in a row – and this year, we’ve decided to step up the list game. Here are our picks for 2019… plus a couple of aces up our sleeve! This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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6 Tips for Creating Your First Online Course

LearnDash

Your first course is a learning experience for you, too, so know what you want to learn from it. For many of those starting off in online education, the biggest challenge is creating their first course. For some, the difficulty lies in coming up with a good idea. Others struggle with writing their course material, while still others grapple with the mechanics of getting their course in front of a large audience.

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Challenges, Opportunities, Possibilities and Implications of Using Artificial Intelligence to Create Content for eLearning

Origin Learning

Isaac Asimov needs no introduction to lovers of science fiction. One of the most famous writers of modern science fiction, The post Challenges, Opportunities, Possibilities and Implications of Using Artificial Intelligence to Create Content for eLearning appeared first on Blog - Originlearning.

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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 New KPIs for Training

eLearning Learning Submitted Articles

For many companies, if you go and survey employees about what they remember from training, the results are bad; and they get worse over time. And most Learning and Development people know that training results are abysmal without a focused effort on reinforcement.

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A Crash Course in Diversity & Inclusion

InSync Training

Virtually There session recap. Recently, a number of high-profile and previously well-respected organizations have come under fire for seemingly tone-deaf corporate action. Starbucks, Gucci, and Sephora all had well publicized racial and gender-equality missteps. These organizations could have avoided these costly PR stumbles with the right Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) training approach.

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Articulate Storyline: Sending Learner Score to LMS Using JavaScript

Swift eLearning Services

JavaScript lets you extend the functionality of authoring tools like Storyline 1, Storyline 2 or Storyline 360. JavaScript in Storyline 360 gives you control to manipulate and use the information coming from LMS and being sent to LMS. In this blog, we will discuss the steps on how to send learner score to LMS Using JavaScript.

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Free eBook: The Personalized Learning Guide

eLearning Industry

Rather than taking the responsibility for training out of their hands, the learner-centric focus of personalization gives L&D managers a new, empowered role to deliver training that has a real impact on performance. 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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6 Reasons to Use Paid Ads to Sell Your Course

LearnDash

Advertising your online course is just as important as creating great content. You have built a fantastic online course, but right now you have no students to benefit from it. Without a strong marketing strategy your efforts in creating excellent online course content could go to waste. Everyone will tell you to focus on content marketing (and they aren’t wrong), but paid ads are also a good way to bring in students.

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Let’s Stop Talking About Soft Skills: They’re Power Skills

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

One of the hottest topics in business today is upskilling, reskilling, and redefining jobs for the future of work. It’s so rampant that 34% of CEO s now rate it one of their “top three threats to growth.” It’s a big and complex topic, and one that I often feel is out of control. Companies. Read more» The post Let’s Stop Talking About Soft Skills: They’re Power Skills appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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xAPI: Why Should I Care and What Could It Do for Me?

Meridian

New technologies are always cropping up with seemingly better and more efficient ways to accomplish our everyday tasks. Of course, not all technologies truly realize their purported promise, or are as applicable and far reaching as they might have originally claimed. Determining if a new technological approach is worth embracing is a challenge, to say the least.

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