LearnDash
AUGUST 26, 2014
'Elearning today is suffering from standards of the past, from instructional design principles to the tools we use to create the courses. For years, Articulate has been a juggernaut in the rapid elearning development space. They have nearly perfected their offering making easy (and intuitive) for instructional designers to jump into course creation without having to learn complex systems or technology.
eLearning Brothers
AUGUST 14, 2014
'In the world of eLearning programming, there are many ways your code can have an error. The trick is to know how to fix the most basic of codes. Earlier today I was talking with Mark Lassoff, President of LearnToProgram.tv , on Twitter about how excited we are for him to speak about programming for eLearning Developers at DevLearn this October 29 – 31 in Las Vegas.
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Experiencing eLearning
AUGUST 26, 2014
'Jane Hart is collecting her eighth annual list of top tools for learning. You can vote for your top tools until September 19, 2014. I haven’t done my list in a few years, but you can see my past lists from 2011 , 2009 , 2008 , and 2007. My list is divided into personal learning and course design/development. Personal Learning. Feedly is my RSS reader of choice since the demise of Google Reader.
Making Change
AUGUST 14, 2014
'We’ve all seen scenario questions that are too boring or easy. In fact, here’s one: A member of your team is often an hour late to work on Monday mornings. What should you do? A. Ask the team member why they’re late. B. Refer the team member to the Employee Assistance Program for counseling. C. Dock the team member’s pay for the missed hour of work.
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B Online Learning
AUGUST 12, 2014
'When I first started working as an eLearninginstructional designer I became interested in the learning process and how people learn. I figured that if I knew more about information processing and learning, I could hopefully design more effective courses. I came across a book called Efficiency in Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines to Manage Cognitive Loadby Ruth […].
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Upside Learning
AUGUST 12, 2014
Mobile technology, having seeped into popular culture, is now finding widespread acceptance as a learning tool in the workplace as well. According to Towards Maturity’s In-focus report titled Mobile Learning in the Workplace, 2013 was the year when mLearning became the norm rather than the exception; with seven out of ten businesses now adopting mobile […].
InSync Training
AUGUST 7, 2014
'Blended learning is here to stay , but to be successful, trainers first must address a variety of technical, organizational, and instructional design challenges. With the expansion of the global workforce, and the continuous shifting of global economic factors, the time for blended learning has arrived. But how do we make sure we do it right? What are the hidden challenges that can create a roadblock to success before we even roll out the program?
Experiencing eLearning
AUGUST 25, 2014
'The Ultimate Directory Of Free Image Sources – The Edublogger. Extensive list of sources for free images, many of which are Creative Commons or public domain. tags: images free creativecommons. eLearning Wiki. Wiki by Kevin Wilcoxon with lengthy articles on learning and training. Categories are foundations, teaching online, course development, and the future (including references to the Serious e-Learning Manifesto).
Jane Hart
AUGUST 25, 2014
'Learning has long been defined as “knowledge and skills acquired through studying or being taught”. However, as learning animals we can’t help but learn! As children we learned instinctively from our parents and from our friends, and in the workplace we now learn from our work colleagues. In fact we learn everyday from everything we […].
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LearnDash
AUGUST 12, 2014
'True mobile learning has been around for close to a decade, right around the time when the first smartphone and tablet (Apple) wereintroduced and opened up a new world of possibilities for training and education. Enough time has gone by where today’s youth is exposed to mobile devices from the day that they are born, and as such they are very much accustomed to using it for both learning and entertainment.
Kapp Notes
AUGUST 11, 2014
'One feature video games, board games and gamification have over traditional learning environments is the frequency and intensity of feedback. Feedback in games and in gamification is almost constant. In a video game the player has real-time feedback on progress toward goal, amount of life or energy left, location, time remaining, how much stuff they have in inventory, and even how other players are doing.
Upside Learning
AUGUST 7, 2014
'While preparing for our webinar, Mobile Learning in The Workplace, based on the Towards Maturity In-focus report by the same name, I read through the Learner Voice, which is also produced by Towards Maturity. Published in April 2014, the Learner Voice draws on insights from 2,000 learners from a range of companies across the private […].
InSync Training
AUGUST 15, 2014
'As instructional designers we are constantly being bombarded with new technologies and new trends. It’s difficult to distinguish which are fads , and which are worthy of our investments of time and resources. The safest, and often most expedient course of action is to continue to focus on the delivery technology we know is NOT a fad, the traditional classroom.
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.
Making Change
AUGUST 26, 2014
'Here’s a short scenario that uses a particular type of structure. What do you think about it? Spoiler alert! Play the scenario before you read on. What type of branching is this? Here’s how the scenario looks as a flowchart in BranchTrack ‘s editor. No matter what we decide at decision point A, we all end up at decision point B. It’s like we have no free will!
The Performance Improvement Blog
AUGUST 27, 2014
'Changing an organization’s culture is not easy. It doesn’t happen simply because of the pronouncements of the CEO, or a reorganization of business units, or by conducting an organizational pulse survey, or by hiring new managers. Culture is much too complex; it’s the how and why of what an organization does internally and externally. Culture is the collective beliefs, assumptions, and values of employees (and other stakeholders) and culture affects every aspect of organizational life.
LearnDash
AUGUST 13, 2014
'Over the past few years, we have covered a variety of ways you can use simple gamification methods to enhance learning. When used correctly, game methods in elearning can go a long way in reinforcing the content. But gamification isn’t for everyone, and in some cases it isn’t necessary (perhaps even detrimental). Looking at gamification from another perspective, let’s consider why you should not worry about gamification.
Origin Learning
AUGUST 27, 2014
'A Gartner report says that by 2015, 50% of organizations managing innovation processes will gamify aspects of their business. In another case, 53% of the respondents participating in a Pew research found said that by 2020 gamification will be widely adopted by most of industries, communications scene and most of all education. With all the hype about transforming simple training into a holistic and integrated ‘learning’ and thereby development process, this should hardly come as a s
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.
JoomlaLMS
AUGUST 27, 2014
'LMS Security Matters. Data security is one of the most important issues nowadays. Thousands of websites are hacked and blacklisted every day, losing their data, reputation and search ranking. In addition to the reputation damage, hacking causes financial harm, emotional distress and clients’ confidence loss. That is why so much attention is paid to the system security and reliability.
InSync Training
AUGUST 14, 2014
'The palette available for creating a blended learning program provides many options for instructional designers. The usual choice? Start with a few self-paced lessons, add one virtual event and a pinch of discussion forums for flavor, and stir to get the blend you want.
dVinci Interactive
AUGUST 12, 2014
Did you read Choose Your Own Adventure books when you were young? As you read, you followed the protagonists as they encountered decision points. The author put the decision points in your hands. You could choose if the hero rushed into a dark room, followed a strange noise in the night or ran for the hills. In the chapter that followed, you’d learn the outcome of your decision.
Performance Learning Productivity
AUGUST 20, 2014
'The results of yet another 70:20:10 survey were published recently. The researchers (possibly on work experience) declared that “ 50:26:24 is the average learning mix in most companies right now ”. The report of the 50:26:24 survey went on to say: “It’s widely accepted that the 70:20:10 model is the most effective learning blend for business, but getting to that perfect mix can be a challenge.
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LearnDash
AUGUST 18, 2014
'People sometimes think that elearning is more of a new phenomenon, made possible by the glitzy tech tools of today. The truth is though, elearning has been around for quite some time – some would argue that it existed with the first computer based training program around the 1960s. True, this does not really resemble elearning as we know it today, but it marks the first time that computers were used for teaching purposes.
Upside Learning
AUGUST 13, 2014
'Upside Learning is bombarded on a daily basis with queries from companies prepared to leverage the capacity of mobile learning via the devices (yes, BYOD is here to stay folks) their people own and check constantly throughout the day. And while there are still some organizations that require more education before moving forward, more and […].
Jane Hart
AUGUST 27, 2014
'I don’t really like talking about “mistakes” when it comes to using different tools, as we all have our own ways of using them, but in this case there is one particular Twitter feature which I can see is ending up in a lot of wasted tweets! That feature is, that if you start a tweet with […].
E-Learning Provocateur
AUGUST 12, 2014
'That’s the view of some user-oriented design proponents. It’s something I remembered while writing my last blog post about user-generated content. Whereas that post explored the role of the learner in the content development process, how about their role in the broader instructional design process? I wrote a short (1000 word) assignment on the latter at uni several years ago – in the form of a review of a chapter written by Alison Carr-Chellman and Michael Savoy – and it
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Clark Quinn
AUGUST 21, 2014
'In addition to yesterday’s post about pedagogy , I also mentioned the need to get deeper on curriculum as well. The notion is that we need to redefine curriculum as a way to get away from a content base, and start moving to an activity base. The focus is on creating a curriculum that has tasks at it’s core, and these tasks are tasks like the learner will be expected to be performing in the world.
Association eLearning
AUGUST 26, 2014
'In a previous blog post I shared my tips for making an initial pitch for online learning to your association’s board of directors. How’d it go? Are you ready to move on to the “exploration phase” of your quest to implement online learning at your association? As promised, in this follow-up post I will prepare you for your final meeting with the board and share tips for sealing the deal to move forward with online member education.
LearnDash
AUGUST 3, 2014
'When time is a factor in an elearning project, the one area that often goes overlooked is design. Design can include a lot of various components of a course, including the supplemental visuals, color schemes, player format (in the case of programs like Articulate Storyline or Adobe Captivate), diagrams, and more. The reality is the design of the course is certainly a contributing component to its overall success.
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