ej4 eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Einstein once said that any idea “should be as simple as possible—and no more.” He realized that simplicity was a good thing, but like any good thing, there can sometimes be too much of it. The same advice applies to the trend of micro-learning. The slogan behind micro-learning endeavors are “shorter is better.” This is true, to a certain extent. Some vendors and educators are taking this to extremes without truly investigating the ideal length of learning material.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

by Kevin Siegel        When developing eLearning, one important goal is to ensure consistency from object to object. In addition, unless you're a top-notch designer you should use just a few fonts and a limited color palette. (Lest you run the risk of creating an eLearning lesson that, despite your good intentions, is visually overwhelming to your learners.).

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Part 2 discussed five outdated Learning and Development (L&D) practices and why they don’t work. This final installment is going to visit the other side of the coin. Here are five updated practices that will help improve your Learning and Development for everyone, not just millennials. Updated Practice 1: Treat Learning as a Process. People remember things they encounter often, even if it’s only for a few seconds or minutes at a time.

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The Learning Dispatch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

What Goes into Developing Elearning? Nobody wants to waste time or resources developing interactive training for the masses, only to have it be less than stellar…or worse, ineffective. In addition to costs reflects poorly on your program, either by association, or because the full benefits of your programs aren’t realized for lack of knowledge or proper implementation.

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Docebo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The One Report You Need to Understand Today’s Learning Trends and Save your Strategies from Collapse. It’s no secret that a learning and development (L&D) program is incomplete and ineffective without a robust L&D strategy. It’s also widely known that it can be challenging to clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of L&D strategies with measurable results.

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Learningtogo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Dr. Jane Bozarth holds an M.Ed. in Training & Development/Technology in Training and a doctorate in Adult Education. In addition to writing several books on learning best practices, she served as a member of “Training Magazine’s book review team for 10 years and now writes a monthly column, “Nuts and Bolts” for the eLearning Guild’s online “Learning Solutions Magazine” Jane’s newest book, “ Show Your Work ,” the payoffs and how-tos of working out loud, is

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Administrate

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Meet Phil. Phil is 26 and since graduating from University, he’s been working as the sole Training Coordinator for ‘Worksite Safety Success’, a medium-sized health and safety training company, providing Instructor-led Training to construction workers. You may note that Phil looks rather happy (and wonderfully posed). He’s picturing himself Scuba Read More Published on September 1, 2016.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

I want to apologize. I write about instructional design (ID) all the time but I’ve never stopped to explain what Instructional Designers really do. There are numerous definitions for it and many of them are somewhat wordy and technical. So, here’s my personal definition instead: Instructional design is the art/science of making things make sense. That’s it in a nutshell.

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TOPYX LMS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

It’s tough to determine how many native English speakers there are in the world today. In 2007, there were about 365 million. While this number is only growing as babies are born and raised among English speakers, plenty of people have learned to speak and are currently learning to speak English. For example, roughly 375 million people speak English as a second language.

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Docebo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

How Docebo and Salesforce Come Together for Optimal Sales and Training Potential. Though the idea of linking a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system with a Learning Management System (LMS) doesn’t come up as often as it should, in recent posts we’ve discussed the value of integrating your business’ CRM and LMS , as well as the ROI that can be generated by doing so.

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Origin Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The learning landscape is not constant, shifting the learning focus on learners, learning, skills, goals and attitude. A decade ago, there was a tug of war for the online and the traditional learning. The tussle continues even to this day with the learning modalities of both online and traditional learning overlapping in terms of treatment, elements, and components.

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Axonify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

People are more disengaged than ever. A poll by the Gallup organization estimates that in 2015, “the majority (50.8%) of employees were ‘not engaged,’ while another 17.2% were ‘actively disengaged’.” “Actively disengaged” is one of my favorite phrases. I interpret it to mean that a person actually has to work to be disengaged; they have to try to be disengaged.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The Role of Coaching in your Learning and Development Program. As summer winds down, and the intense heat we have been experiencing here in Virginia starts to subside, it can only mean one thing. For those of you who do not know where I am going with this, it is finally here! The full gauntlet of college football officially kicks off this weekend! As Learning and Development professionals it is time to ask ourselves… What does this mean to our industry?

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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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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Over the years there has been a lot of hype around mobile learning, and with good reason as all indicators show that mobile learning is very much on the rise. Employees and students alike aren’t required to sit at a computer to go through an online course. They can access it from anywhere using smartphones and tablets. From the airport, the grocery store, or on the couch.

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Learningtogo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory. Where were you on 9/11/2001? I was teaching a virtual class early in the morning from my home in Rio Verde, Arizona. Suddenly, my students started disappearing. I had 20 participants, then 15, then 10, then none. I kept teaching until I had covered all the content, because I knew my client was sitting in and I knew what he expected.

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Docebo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Why SCORM Compliance is Absolutely Essential for Competitive, Market-Leading LMS Performance and Effectiveness. No, SCORM isn’t a Scandinavian heavy metal band, although it might make a great name for one. SCORM is an acronym that stands for sharable content object reference model , and it’s the de facto standard to package your learning content that can easily be read by an LMS.

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Designing Digitally

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The face of corporate training is changing rapidly to keep up with the latest advances in technology. New ways of doing things are streamlining the training process and studies show the results are favorable. . In a world where time is money, businesses are learning that they can be most productive by using training simulations as opposed to a more traditional approach, which requires key employees to step away from their tasks in order to train and it can also affect production.

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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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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Microsoft and PopTech have created an eight part video series that describes how the world of work is changing, in both the company workplace and the global workplace. . The videos present these eight core themes: Digital technology and an abundance of information are causing profound changes in the way people work. To be competitive, companies are shifting from a focus on “efficiency of process” to a focus on “effectiveness of outcomes.”.

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CourseArc

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Just like most other projects, eLearning projects can quickly become unmanageable – courses grow out of scope or Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to request multiple changes. Why does this happen, and how can it be avoided? Managing expectations is key to ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within scope. Many SMEs do not know much about eLearning; therefore, frequently they do not know what to expect.

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Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The focus of my August Pick of the Posts is social learning, and these posts all include some great graphics too. In It’s Not About “Doing” Social Jane Bozarth (2 August) shows how Pokemon Go gets it right. “Here’s the thing: People talk about their work all the time. And they’ll find someone to talk to about it. They’ll talk about problems.

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Learningtogo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Do you suffer from PCD? How many times has this happened to you? You’ve convinced your boss (or yourself) to pay up to $2,000 plus travel expenses so you can attend a conference in your field. You spent a few energizing, exhausting and sometimes confusing and frustrating days with thousands of strangers and maybe a few friends, learning what’s hot and what’s not in the learning and training profession.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The post AVOID THESE GAMIFICATION PITFALLS appeared first on Learnnovators.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

At a private event, I had a chance to hear Kaihan Krippendorff talk about thinking differently about innovation. He used an 8P’s model as a framework to illustrate how to think differently. He started by pointing out that the myth of entrepreneurial innovation is overblown, and that innovation comes from moving outside ‘business as usual’ In an engaging way, he used several examples for each of the Ps to show how companies succeeded by rethinking around this element (speaking

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Docebo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Improve Business Performance by Revisiting L&D Strategies. To train and retain a capable, confident workforce, organizations need to establish a functional Learning and Development (L&D) strategy. It’s something we’ve discussed at length here at the Docebo blog. Some young, fast-growing organizations may be in the throes of pulling such a strategy together while other large, established businesses may have a long-standing strategy that, to date, has worked for them.

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Axonify

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

“Who are the game mechanics?” I was asked this question during a recent meeting as I described the way a gamification strategy can motivate user engagement as part of a modern learning strategy. The fact that someone thought a “game mechanic” was a person (honest mistake) made me start thinking about the evolution of gamification and learning during the past few years as well as my own practical experience with the concept.

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Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Voting for the 2016 Top Tools for Learning – the 10th Annual Survey – closes. mid-day on Friday 23 September. that’s in just over two weeks time! Click HERE to find out how to cast your vote. The Top 200 Tools for Learning 2016 will be released on. Monday 3 October.

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Learningtogo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

If you’ve been a subscriber for a while, you know that I’ve been honored to feature many brilliant people on my little show. This week we passed a significant milestone by joining iTunes. Starting immediately, you can access the entire archive and all future programs right on our site, as always, or directly via iTunes. Subscribing to our feed on iTunes ensures that you will never miss another program.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Learning and Development: The Presidential Debate Edition. Disclaimer: I shall start this post by stating that the internal views of this article are that of the blogger himself and not Gyrus Systems as an entity. However, with that in mind; some things are sacred, and I will not be announcing any sort of partisanship or opinion as to who won the recent debate within the context of this post.

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