B Online Learning
MARCH 19, 2013
One of the key features for any eLearning development tool is the ability to record, import and manipulate the real time use of any application running on the user’s desktop. This feature enables eLearning developers to directly build dynamic systems based training content that can be targeted to one or a number of audience types [.].
Vignettes Learning
MARCH 13, 2013
Our Belief. At Vignettes Learning we use stories in eLearning; however, we make them interactive. The emphasis is getting learners involved in the story and not just telling the learners the story. Synthesis. Spencer Ackerman features Vanguard of Valor, an interactive teaching tool built to instruct the mid-career officers who pass through the Army’s Combined Arms Center, about the lessons accumulated from years of hard-fought war in Afghanistan.
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Upside Learning
MARCH 5, 2013
Not too long back I had posted the slide deck of my presentation at the 2012 CLO India Summit. Our Marketing folks got a little creative and converted this humble ppt into an infographic, a rather beautiful one. This infographic is a product of rounds of brain storming and iterations, and the efforts, patience and perseverance of the Marketing team.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 25, 2013
Digging a little deeper into the concept of gamification, I think there are actually two types of gamification. The first type is Structural Gamification and the second is Content Gamification. Structural Gamification. This is the application of game-elements to propel a learner through content with no alteration or changes to the content itself. The content does not become game-like, only the structure around the content.
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Connect Thinking
MARCH 26, 2013
Get any group of learning professionals in a room, and one of the first topics of discussion will be Learning Management Systems (LMS). I have rarely heard a learning professional say “ Our LMS does everything we need.” More often than not I hear complaints. Here are twelve (12) common complaints about Learning Management Systems. Our LMS doesn’t fit our existing administration workflows: A key reason to implement a LMS is to support efficient training administration.
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LearnDash
MARCH 24, 2013
Not too long ago, I wrote an article about the social media use in the classroom , how it is gaining in popularity, and whether or not it is ideal for all situations. Not surprisingly, more facts are emerging about education technology (EdTech), and all are indicating its inevitable growth. The infographic below, designed by OnlineUniversities.com, shares some pretty intriguing statistics.
Jane Hart
MARCH 23, 2013
My colleague, Clark Quinn, recently wrote a blog post, Yes, you do have to change, in which he explained how he felt that “ the elearning industry, and the broader learning industry, is severely underperforming the potential”. â?¦ [.].
Upside Learning
MARCH 19, 2013
An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. – Jack Welch. For today’s organizations, the quest for demonstrable ‘competitive advantage’ is unending and seen as the key to success. The ability to identify and capture this advantage is second only to retaining it, which, in the ever-changing landscape of globalization, shrinking markets and the shifting sands of technology is challenging to say the least!
Kapp Notes
MARCH 14, 2013
This is Part One of a Two Part Interview: The other day I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Clark Aldrich and ask him a few questions about learning and development. For those who may not know Clark, here is a little about him before the discussion. Clark Aldrich first started writing about online learning and education as an e-learning analyst for the Gartner Group where he pioneered Gartner’s e-learning practice.
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Living in Learning
MARCH 13, 2013
We were eating lunch on a Wednesday when the elevator music was disrupted with an urgent announcement, “This is a code yellow alert – Repeat – This is a code yellow alert!” My colleagues all went to the laminated cards that hung around our necks The appropriate response needed to be timely; needed to trigger agility, and needed to be acted upon flawlessly.
Raptivity
MARCH 21, 2013
If you had the choice between reading through a training module or playing a game to learn the same concepts, which would you choose? Most of us would choose game-based learning hands-down over traditional training. Why? It’s more fun! Adds [.].
LearnDash
MARCH 31, 2013
Remember when the iPhone was first coming to market? From television, to radio, to print ads… everywhere you looked there was some kind of talk or buzz happening around the Apple’s “greatest invention yet” It was excitement on many levels. The sexiness of Apple products, the first time the internet was brought to a touch screen devise, all with the ability to make phone calls and text.
Jane Hart
MARCH 6, 2013
In my recent posts, The changing role of L&D: from “packaging” to “scaffolding” plus “social capability building” and Towards the Connected L&D Department I wrote about the need to move from a focus on “packaging” training to “scaffolding” learning, and I said I would talk more about what “scaffolding” looks like.
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.
Upside Learning
MARCH 26, 2013
Early this month we ran two webinars on “Designing eLearning for Pads (tablet)” A big thank you to all of you who were able to join us! We hope you enjoyed it and found it useful. The questions came thick and fast during the webinars, and while we managed to answer most of them, we ran out of time (and space) to answer all, as much as we would have liked to.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 25, 2013
'Digging a little deeper into the concept of gamification, I think there are actually two types of gamification. The first type is Structural Gamification and the second is Content Gamification. Structural Gamification. This is the application of game-elements to propel a learner through content with no alteration or changes to the content itself. The content does not become game-like, only the structure around the content.
E-Learning Provocateur
MARCH 11, 2013
I recently completed my first mooc, and I will soon receive the certificate to prove it. Many people don’t think a certificate of completion means much, but this one will mean a lot to me. I put substantial time and energy into this course, so it will be satisfying to have something tangible to recognise it. Before I signed up, I had decided to do a mooc because I was blogging about them but had never experienced one for myself.
Raptivity
MARCH 26, 2013
Engagement can increase retention in courses With the explosion of online learning comes the issue of student attrition. It is well known that there is about a 10 -20% higher attrition rate for online students. One factor found in many [.
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.
B Online Learning
MARCH 27, 2013
There has always been a debate as to whether people are really interested in taking a course or getting a qualification that’s fully online. According to the Babson Survey Research Group 2011 study, approximately 31% of college students were taking at least one online course (Allen & Seaman, 2011). I’m sure the figures are much [.].
Jane Hart
MARCH 15, 2013
I was recently asked this question: Where does “managed learning” stop and “self-managed” learning begin? So I created a chart ,which I am sharing below, to visualise my thoughts. I am sure there are a few other boxes that could be included (so I’ll update this chart regularly), but this puts my recent posts into context.
The Performance Improvement Blog
MARCH 12, 2013
Sugata Mitra, winner of the 2013 TED prize , says, “Schools as we know them are obsolete.” His conclusion is based on his research with very poor children in India who, when given unfettered access to a computer, learned English, math, and science without being in school. Mitra calls this SOLE – a self-organizing learning environment. You might conclude that although SOLE is the future for poor kids in India, it is not the future for kids in urban centers in the West.
Web Courseworks
MARCH 7, 2013
I must admit that I was pretty excited to receive a copy of Jeff Cobb’s new book, Leading the Learning Revolution, in the mail recently. While not necessarily association, or even eLearning specific, Jeff drives home the point that the Learning Revolution is here, and that it’s time to capitalize on it. Although this book [.].
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Kapp Notes
MARCH 4, 2013
Here are four videos by some really smart people discussing games for learning, education and changing the world. Their world views on games are interesting and they all tackle the concept slightly differently. How can their ideas influence your design of games, gamification and simulations for learning and instruction? Katie Salen. Daphne Bavelier.
Raptivity
MARCH 5, 2013
Would you like to play an interactive game with me? It’s one of the more popular games used by instructional designers to create interest in a subject. Let’s start with a few hints from Wikipedia. An American television quiz show [.].
LearnDash
MARCH 18, 2013
For those of you who have used, or actively use, Microsoft Project, you know how awesome it is. Sure, it’s not as sexy as the other programs out there, but it is by far one of the best solutions available for work planning a major project with various dependencies. Watching someone who is good with this program is a site to see… hundreds upon hundreds of tasks all aligned perfectly and shooting out automatic notifications, ensuring everyone is on time and on budget.
Jane Hart
MARCH 11, 2013
This is a post in a series that I am writing about how the future role of L&D is moving from “packaging learning” to “scaffolding learning”. In the first post I explained that “packaging learning” involves organizing and wrapping up everything an individual needs to learn in a neat parcel, delivering it to them on a plate, and making sure they do it, whilst “scaffolding” is about supporting learning in many other less top-down organized ways.
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Challenge to Learn
MARCH 27, 2013
If you read my blog on a frequent basis you will know that I believe that Learning Objectives and learning are two sides of the same medal. I want to share a story with you that gave me an insight yesterday. Some time ago I wanted to improved my bathroom and in a moment of insanity I decided that I would do that myself. It worked out sort of OK, but every now and then the bathroom would leak.
Dashe & Thomson
MARCH 8, 2013
One of the hardest lessons to learn growing up is how to share… how to share your toys, your candy, and maybe your room with a sibling. As a child, it is difficult to get past the thought “but, it’s MINE!” We try to hang on with tightly to what [.] The post The Advantages of Knowledge Sharing appeared first on Social Learning Blog.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
MARCH 12, 2013
by Kevin Siegel One of the more common questions that I get from new eLearning developers is how much time it will take to produce published content. The answer I provide is dependent upon a couple of factors. For instance, which eLearning tool are you going to use to produce the lessons? Is it Adobe Captivate? How about TechSmith's Camtasia Studio?
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