July, 2015

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Practical eLearning Experience for Universities

B Online Learning

One of the great aspects of our Master eLearning Course is that it brings together people from a diverse range of industries and backgrounds and many are brand new to the eLearning space. Lately we’ve noticed increasing numbers of people enrolling from the University (Higher Education) and the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sectors. We […].

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Evaluating Your eLearning

eFront

So, your new eLearning course is ready to be launched and you are all excited about the prospects of “immensely” pleased stakeholders in your organization. You know you have integrated the complete bells and whistles of an eLearning program: from using branched scenarios to interactive labeled diagrams. You even have a compelling storyline set in the backdrop of your organization.

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Bob Little – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

ABOUT BOB LITTLE (Senior Partner, Bob Little Press & PR). Bob Little is a writer , commentator and publicist who works globally, specializing in the corporate online learning industry. His interests include singing and sport – notably cricket. He is also a Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Carmen and a Freeman of the City of London. ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW SERIES: ‘ Crystal Balling with Learnnovators ’ is a thought-provoking interview series that attempts to gaze into the future of e-learn

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What do Weddings Have to do With Performance Support?

Axonify

It’s that time of the year when thousands of love-struck couples tie the knot. Wedding guests typically gush over the beautiful bride, stunning décor and fellow friends and family members, who are all present to share in the happy day. But, at a recent wedding I attended, I must admit, I felt the biggest surge of excitement for something most people probably would have ignored.

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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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TechSmith Camtasia Studio: The Clip Bin and The Library

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by Kevin Siegel      As you add assets to your Camtasia Studio project (such as images, animations, and audio), those assets appear in the Clip Bin.     Once objects appear in the Clip Bin, you can add them to the Timeline by simply dragging and dropping. (Or you can right-click a Clip Bin object and add it to the Timeline at the Playhead position.

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Practical eLearning Experience for Universities

B Online Learning

One of the great aspects of our Master eLearning Course is that it brings together people from a diverse range of industries and backgrounds and many are brand new to the eLearning space. Lately we’ve noticed increasing numbers of people enrolling from the University (Higher Education) and the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sectors. We […].

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Elearnz in Review: 7 Trends Revealed

Kineo

Last week, I had the opportunity to join my colleagues at the 2015 Elearnz conference at the beautiful Maritime Room in Auckland, and it was a great opportunity to hear from international speakers on the latest trends in the industry and how it impacts all of us. Oh, and enjoying the cannon launch at noon everyday. .

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Laura Overton – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

ABOUT LAURA OVERTON (MD, Towards Maturity). Laura Overton is the Founder and Managing Director of Towards Maturity – a not for profit benchmark practice that provides independent research to help organisations deliver improved performance through learning innovation. Her work is based on 25+ years of practical experience in implementing technology enabled learning strategies for business advantage and is backed by her independent research.

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What do Weddings Have to do With Performance Support?

Axonify

It’s that time of the year when thousands of love-struck couples tie the knot. Wedding guests typically gush over the beautiful bride, stunning décor and fellow friends and family members, who are all present to share in the happy day. But, at a recent wedding I attended, I must admit, I felt the biggest surge of excitement for something most people probably would have ignored.

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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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Harness the Power of Videos in Interactions

Raptivity

It goes without saying that eLearning courses can be made more engaging using a range of techniques, and using videos can be an effective one. Why effective? Well, who doesn’t like watching videos? In fact, people are consuming videos more than ever due to widespread use of laptops, smartphones and internet availability. Let’s look at some interesting stats about videos and see what makes them so engrossing: Forrester Research estimates that one minute of online video equates to approximately 1.

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Moodle Installation Guide Pt 1 | Planning for Success

Lambda Solutions

Introduction. Here’s the scenario: You are about to setup your Moodle LMS installation, and you aren’t sure where to start, what to consider, or what you should know. The good news is if you are outsourcing your Moodle hosting - which is the recommended method - the Moodle installation process will be taken care of for you. Moodle hosting vendors, like Lambda Solutions, help take away the headache of installing the site on a server, and remove stress surrounding the optimization of your Moodle s

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Case Study: Using templates to make eLearning development easier

B Online Learning

The email has arrived, the “BIG” project has been signed off, all systems are go, you just need to produce over a thousand screens of content before the grand unveiling. Gulp. B Online Learning recently went through this process when we were selected via a competitive tendering process by NSW Health to develop a comprehensive online training […].

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Elearnz in Review: 7 Trends Revealed

Kineo

Last week, I had the opportunity to join my colleagues at the 2015 Elearnz conference at the beautiful Maritime Room in Auckland, and it was a great opportunity to hear from international speakers on the latest trends in the industry and how it impacts all of us. Oh, and enjoying the cannon launch at noon everyday. .

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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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L&D’s Role In A Purpose Driven Workplace

Learnnovators

This post is inspired by the #ihrchat on Twitter hosted by Dr. Tanvi Gautam and supported by Team #ihrchat. The chat was full of insights and learning, as always. Flood of tweets poured in with inputs and suggestions on this thought-provoking topic – Reinventing HR for a Purpose Driven Workplace (PDW). And the trigger for this post was the question: How will learning & development shift in a PDW?

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ELC 025: Insights for Designing Blended Learning

InSync Training

Today's learning environment is wide open. We can choose from a multitude of technologies, modalities and techniques. But what's the best way to design in this new environment? In this podcast, Connie Malamed from the eLearning Coach chats with Jennifer Hofmann, President of InSync Training, who offers lots of tips and insights for designing blended learning.

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The pitfalls of selling content online – five questions that training companies should ask

From the Coleface

Imagine you are running a training company that has successfully carved out a niche. You’re selling lots of training courses and it’s only capacity that is stopping you from selling more. One day you realise that you could increase reach, lock out competitors and reduce cost of sales if you put some of the training online. What could possibly go wrong?

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Genesis WordPress University Theme

LearnDash

When you’re creating online courses offering you understand that it’s important to have a site that not only looks great but is well put together “under the hood” as well. For years, the Genesis framework has provided people with a solid foundation to build websites. It is SEO friendly, properly coded, and offer extra features without much bloat which means they result in a pleasant user experience.

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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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Case Study: Using templates to make eLearning development easier

B Online Learning

The email has arrived, the “BIG” project has been signed off, all systems are go, you just need to produce over a thousand screens of content before the grand unveiling and you have two months. Gulp. B Online Learning recently went through this process when we were selected by NSW Health to be the sole developer for […].

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Getting Started with Moodle | Planning for Success

Lambda Solutions

Introduction. Here’s the scenario: You are about to setup your Moodle LMS installation, and you aren’t sure where to start, what to consider, or what you should know. The good news is if you are outsourcing your Moodle hosting - which is the recommended method - the Moodle installation process will be taken care of for you. Moodle hosting vendors, like Lambda Solutions, help take away the headache of installing the site on a server, and remove stress surrounding the optimization of your Moodle s

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What is Influencing the Future of L&D?

Learnnovators

You are wrong if you are expecting me to start crystal-ball gazing to identify the future shape of corporate learning and development. I’m in the privileged position of being able to share some early insights into real evidence of how L&D leaders see the future unfolding. We have just started the fifth week of the 2015 Towards Maturity Benchmark campaign and already we have received many, many responses from around the world – including Nordics, Australia and beyond – across a w

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ASAE Annual Conference 2015

Association eLearning

With less than 2 weeks remaining until the year’s most highly anticipated gathering of association and nonprofit professionals, Digitec Interactive has some exciting news! We’ll be unveiling our newest version of the Knowledge Direct Learning Management System, Knowledge Direct 7 Beta, at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition. For the last 3 years we’ve been vetting technology, surveying the analysts, and asking the learning community, “How can we transform learning?

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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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Learning to Love Gamification and Blends at Elearnz

Kineo

Last week, the Kineo Pacific team was in full force at the Elearnz Conference at the Maritime Room in Auckland, sharing the latest insights and resources on everything from blends to onboarding and game-based learning.

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An integrated HR ecosystem: who owns and manages which kind of data

Docebo

From a business intelligence perspective, we know HR data comes from a fragmented HR systems landscape. In order to be able to properly use this data, we have to first of all understand who owns and manages what. For a better understanding, we present here an excerpt from the recently released Docebo whitepaper entitled “ Integrating the HR landscape on the Cloud ” by David Wilson, CEO of Fosway Group.

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Why IT Shouldn’t Manage Your LMS

LearnDash

When someone takes an online course they often only experience the end result of countless hours of work and configuration. Creating elearning courses takes a considerable amount of time , but that’s only part of the equation. The other component is the learning management system in place. The LMS makes sure that courses are delivered and the appropriate data is recorded.

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The future of libraries?

Clark Quinn

I had lunch recently with Paul Signorelli , who’s active in helping libraries with digital literacy, and during the conversation he talked about his vision of the future of the library. What I heard was a vision of libraries moving beyond content to be about learning, and this had several facets I found thought-provoking. Now, as context, I’ve always been a fan of libraries and library science (and librarians).

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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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Workplace Learning in a World “Beyond Automation”

Learnnovators

I just finished reading an HBR article by Thomas Davenport and Julia Kirby called Beyond Automation , which is the trigger for this post. With automation, AI and robots looming over the job scene, there seems to be a constant fear of humans losing out to computers and technology. It’s akin to one of our childhood sci-fi movies finally becoming a reality – the machines are taking over.

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Why is Learning So Complicated?

Learning Rebels

#Blimage on! How can the Mouse Trap Game relate to learning? Let’s discuss… When I read Steve Wheeler’s #Blimage challenge I knew I had to share and participate. Last week I posted the shout out to all of you to become involved. It is always good to stretch our minds and letting our eyes do some of the work. In this case a conversation with Larry Straining brought the inspiration.

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Virtual Classroom Technical Producers Needed - Virtual Team, Flexible Schedule

InSync Training

InSync Training is seeking Virtual Classroom Technical Producers that speak Chinese, Japanese, or Spanish. Experience with WebEx Training Center and Adobe Connect a plus. Additional competencies are located at the end of this post. All contract positions are virtual, and candidates can expect up to 20 hours per week.