Axonify
MAY 25, 2018
7 minutes or less (at least that’s what I heard at a conference). Or it could be under 10 minutes (because that’s what an industry report said). Or maybe it’s 4 minutes and 20 seconds (because that’s the average duration of a YouTube video nowadays). “How long should it be?” is the most popular question in the microlearning conversation, by far. People struggle with the term “micro” and want to specify a time requirement.
Tim Slade
MAY 25, 2018
When developing an eLearning course, it’s easy to put all of your focus towards the instructional design aspects of the course. And while instructional design is a vital component to the effectiveness of an eLearning course, other elements can either help elevate your course content or detract from it. One of these elements includes visual design.
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eLearning Industry
MAY 1, 2018
The ever-growing focus on digital, along with declining attention spans, means that today’s learner is looking for an interactive and intuitive experience. Using web-style design is a great way to keep your content up to date with the 21st century. These tips and examples will help you get started. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
Infopro Learning
MAY 30, 2018
Business is facing unprecedented change; a changing workforce, the changing nature of work, changing employee expectations, and changing technology. Companies have to innovate faster, be more agile and more digital. All these drivers are forcing learning to transform and innovate too, both as a corporate function and as a corporate activity. But with all this change, with all the new opportunities and new approaches to learning, what really makes a difference?
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Making Change
MAY 8, 2018
Looking for inspiration for your training scenarios ? Here are some ideas from the world of fiction that you could try. 1. Offer multiple levels of backstory. Branching scenarios often represent decisions that take place in a complex world. For example, let’s say your scenario describes a manager, Sarah, who has to decide what to do about a long-term employee whose performance is suddenly slipping.
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LearnDash
MAY 31, 2018
Marketing on AdWords can help draw in new students and establish your course. AdWords is one of the most widely used online advertising tools—and for good reason. Like running a full-page ad in the yellow pages back in the day, they allow businesses to target customers searching for specific terms. And because advertisers only have to pay for the people who click on their ads, it’s a great way to control your costs for effectiveness.
Axonify
MAY 25, 2018
7 minutes or less (at least that’s what I heard at a conference). Or it could be under 10 minutes (because that’s what an industry report said). Or maybe it’s 4 minutes and 20 seconds (because that’s the average duration of a YouTube video nowadays). “How long should it be?” is the most popular question in the microlearning conversation, by far. People struggle with the term “micro” and want to specify a time requirement.
eLearning Industry
MAY 6, 2018
Want to create professional eLearning courses in a snap? Join us for an expert webinar series and go through the whole process from A to Z. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
Jane Hart
MAY 22, 2018
Although entries are still being accepted for the 7th Learning in the Workplace survey, here is a screenshot of the results as at 21 May (from 5.5K+ responses). What do these results mean for L&D? I think they mean THREE key things.
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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.
Making Change
MAY 28, 2018
I talk a lot about using Twine for branching scenarios , but it’s also useful for creating interactive job aids. Here are two examples. Diagnostic tool: Is this a gnome or what? Want to help people diagnose a problem or identify the best person to contact? Be inspired by this fun example created by Krishan Coupland in Twine: A Primer on the Capture and Identification of the Little Folk of Myth and Legend.
Origin Learning
MAY 22, 2018
Earlier blog posts have stressed on how workplace learning has evolved over the years and L&D managers are re-inventing the wheel to meet the demands of the ‘millennial audience’. In this blog post, we examine ‘informal learning’ and see how it can play a major role in modern workplace learning. Understanding Informal Learning? Let’s take a simple example, you are learning to drive a car.
LearnDash
MAY 3, 2018
Should you be using Facebook Groups to supplement your online course? Recently one of the more common questions I have seen asked of us is whether there are any alternatives to using Facebook Groups for the community portion of an online course. I suspect that the increase in this inquiry is the result of the recent events of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
Tim Slade
MAY 18, 2018
I spend a lot of time here on my blog, on my free webinars , in my books , at work, and at conferences talking about what makes good eLearning. However, I rarely “flip the script” and talk about what makes lousy eLearning. Over the years, I’ve realized I have a few pet peeves when it comes to eLearning design, and when I encounter them, they make my skin crawl!
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.
eLearning Industry
MAY 8, 2018
Find out how to increase your skills, create eLearning content easier, and avoid some of the roadblocks ahead. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
Docebo
MAY 8, 2018
Social learning can help today’s organizations keep up with the pace at which their business moves. More and more, organizations are turning to social learning to deliver exciting e-learning experiences to their employees, customers and partners. The concept is more than just a buzzword, and is now increasingly used by forward-thinking organizations to foster collaborative learning and its application in the flow of work to drive organizational performance and the effectiveness of L&D activi
Upside Learning
MAY 3, 2018
In continuation of our evaluation of different responsive authoring tools, we are presenting Update 2 to our recently published blog ‘A Comparative Summary for Responsive Authoring Tools – Update 1’ This blog features additional authoring tool Lectora Online along with other responsive authoring tools like: Adapt, Evolve, gomo, Elucidat,Captivate 9, Lectora 17 Inspire and Rise. […].
eLearning Brothers
MAY 2, 2018
I am sure one day soon Adobe Captivate will push an update that empowers us with dropdown (select) menus. But in the meantime if you are like me you have probably avoided building them (tons of layers/triggers). But sometimes it really just makes sense to use a dropdown (select) menu! I decided to build one using jQuery (JavaScript). Right away you should know that this solution is limited to Captivate’s HTML5 output.
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.
CommPartners
MAY 31, 2018
Guest blog by our partners at WebMechanix Creating a webinar that sells is one of the best ways to generate revenue online. There’s no better way to get in front of your target audience and wow them. So, are you sure you’re fully optimizing your webinars for conversion? The truth is everything from promotional emails, […].
Tim Slade
MAY 13, 2018
Whenever I’m at a conference, at work, or online, I often find myself interacting with folks that have a lot of misconceptions about eLearning. Usually, these misconceptions “show” themselves when someone is trying to explain why eLearning isn’t effective, or when someone has a very narrow idea of what eLearning should look like. The truth is these misconceptions about eLearning stem from an individual’s’ inexperience or fear of eLearning.
eLearning Industry
MAY 22, 2018
While there’s pressure to keep up with the fast pace of the digital change, there’s never been a better time for L&D. Here is why. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
Logicearth
MAY 29, 2018
This blog is about two big technology trends - chatbots and artificial intelligence and how they could be used for workplace learning. Some organisations are starting to use intelligent chatbots to help them automate all kinds of tasks, including supporting learning and development. This blog will give you a few practical examples to help you make sense of this new area.
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Matrix
MAY 31, 2018
You know all those classic arguments couples have that begin with “I told you but you never listen!”? In truth, the listening part is not the issue, the remembering (or absence of) is the real problem. Paying attention is no easy thing and grabbing and holding someone’s attention is even trickier. A fairly recent study calculated that the average attention span of a person has dropped from twelve to eight seconds, rendering us below the focusing capabilities of goldfish.
eLearning Brothers
MAY 1, 2018
We have a star-studded roster of speakers and panelists at the upcoming eLBX 2018 user conference extravaganza on June 11, 2018. Today, we’re introducing you to a few of them. Dr. Karl Kapp, Full Professor, Bloomsburg University, Director of Bloomsburg’s Institute for Interactive Technologies. If you’re even a tiny bit into gamification, then you won’t want to miss Karl Kapp’s presentation.
ProProfs
MAY 22, 2018
Have you ever thought why some organizations grow continuously while others get stagnant? Is it because of no or fewer employee benefits, lack of training or probably both? The reason behind the continuous growth of businesses is that they invest most of their time and resources in training their employees and brushing up their skills. Employees, on the other hand, seeks growth.
Rapid eLearning
MAY 15, 2018
Here’s an excerpt from a recent presentation on the future of learning technology. I went to school to be a video producer. Right after I graduated, the video industry changed from analog to digital. At the time digital video technology was cutting-edge and super expensive. And I was stuck in a job with an organization that had no money, so I felt that everything was was passing me by and I’d never catch up.
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eLearning Industry
MAY 20, 2018
What is the "just right" content for eLearning? This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
Digitec Interactive
MAY 24, 2018
You just rolled out a new training solution last week. It was a big project and it came out great. But the stakeholder just emailed you to ask about doing an update to add some upcoming changes. In today’s fast-paced work world, it’s true that nothing lasts forever. Whether you’re fighting to stay on top of software updates or employee retention woes, things must change.
SmartUp
MAY 30, 2018
It is a word every “innovation-driven” executive is afraid to drop – DATA. In our metric-obsessed culture today, data drives decisions, influences strategies, and commands what we see on social media. Is data the be all and end all? When it comes to promoting learning within our organizations, is data a boon or a bane? . By Deborah Tan .
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