Association eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Every day there are new eLearning trends that absolutely must be implemented immediately. What about the Millennials? What about the mobile learner? What about making sure learning objectives were met? Most importantly, what about the budget? Stop drowning in information, consider this your surf board, to ride the waves of eLearning trends. Paddling, Popping up, Carving, and Wave Riding: Four Important eLearning Trends. mLearning. mLearning is mobile learning , which gives your learner the abili

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 12, 2017

AMERICAN FORK, UT — April 12, 2017 — eLearning Brothers today announces that it has acquired privately-held Media 1, an award winning custom eLearning development company, out of Muskegon, Michigan. eLearning Brothers has brought on Chris Willis as part of the acquisition to enhance the eLearning content production at eLearning Brothers. “Bringing Chris in as part of the acquisition is key to the development of our newest offering that will be launched in Q2 of this year.” said Andrew Scivally,

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ProProfs

JULY 10, 2017

Ask any eLearning expert about the ingredients of achieving success with online learning and their answer is likely to include – ‘choice of platform, ‘features offered’, ‘learner’s ability’, ‘trainer’s knowledge’ and may be even ‘luck’. . But there is another important ingredient that many forget to focus on – i.e. personalization. . In today’s world where technology dominates almost every aspect of our lives, the ‘ one-size-fits-all’ solution doesn’t work.

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Swift eLearning Services

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Articulate Storyline, is one of the popular e-Learning authoring tools. Storyline is known for its ease in the workflow for developing an E-learning course. It is suitable for both beginners as well as experts due to its familiar interface. The look is very similar to Microsoft PowerPoint.

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HT2 Labs

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Already using xAPI for more than just reporting? Then you may be wondering how it can be used to launch elearning content. The post How to Launch Elearning Content Using xAPI appeared first on HT2 Labs.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 8, 2017

The E-Learning Market is poised to grow at a CAGR of around 7.2% over the next eight years. Many people don’t know the opportunity that lies before them with regards to this industry. But facts are facts: this market is enormous and is expanding in a BIG way. It makes sense when you think about it. People are foregoing traditional methods of learning due to the benefits of e-learning, which includes convenience and cost savings.

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Upside Learning

JULY 13, 2017

Recruitment is a time-consuming process, it is expensive too. The recruiting team constantly strives to bring the best talent on board, making sure their skill sets align with the job role. Now, if there is no structured onboarding process in place, employee engagement is doomed. First impression always counts. We all know it. Organisations that […].

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Jane Hart

APRIL 10, 2017

The 11th Annual Learning Tools survey is taking place in 2017, and Jane Hart will once again be compiling an overall Top 200 Tools for Learning 2017 as well as 3 sub-lists:

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 31, 2017

Death of Self-Pace eLearning. In a report published in August 2016 by Sam Adkins of Ambient Insight a declaration is made that self-paced eLearning is in a death spiral: The worldwide five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for self-paced eLearning is distinctly negative at -6.4%; global revenues for self-paced courseware are dropping fast. In 2016, global revenues for self-paced eLearning reached $46.6 billion, down slightly from the $46.9 billion in 2015.

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Axonify

JANUARY 6, 2017

It’s the beginning of the new year—the perfect time to evolve corporate learning within your organization. So, to help you kick-start your thinking, and maybe even inspire you to try something new, we thought we’d give you the inside scoop on the top learning trends expected to surface in 2017. But, instead of simply offering our POV, we thought there was no better way to provide you with the best insights than to consult with some of the leading experts in the field.

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Association eLearning

JULY 26, 2017

It’s a pain when something breaks right when you need it. If you’re lucky, whatever it is will start working again when you try to show the problem to someone else. (You know, just so it can spite you and make it you look like you’re crazy). eLearning is no exception. But it’s a bit more complicated than a broken vacuum cleaner. If the vacuum is working, it’ll work for anyone.

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Allen Interactions

MARCH 28, 2017

By ELLEN BURNS-JOHNSON, Instructional Designer / @ELLENBJOHNSON L ast week, my Studio Executive and I visited a client in California. The meeting went well, so to celebrate, she and I went out for tapas.

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ProProfs

JUNE 1, 2017

A learning management system (LMS) is a software platform which allows any business to document, administer, track and report training or educational courses. An LMS is designed to help make delivery and management of training programs easy and hassle free experience. This invaluable web-based technology is versatile in nature and supports different forms of learning.

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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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Making Change

JULY 18, 2017

“I’ve got a great idea!” says the new employee at Acme Tea Company. “Some people like iced tea. Other people like hot tea. Let’s make everyone happy by selling room-temperature tea!” The L&D equivalent sounds like this: “Everyone needs to be aware of this, so put a course on the LMS and assign it to all employees.” “Make a course about the new product features for the repair people, help desk, and sales staff.” “Everyone shou

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JoomlaLMS

JUNE 6, 2017

Have you ever thought about starting teaching online? According to statistics one in four students takes at least one online course. Thousands of people are craving for affordable, flexible and inexpensive online courses to enrich their knowledge and start applying new skills to a real-life environment. It is a good career opportunity, isn’t it? Don’t know a thing about teaching online?

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Infopro Learning

AUGUST 29, 2017

Match the Demands of Today’s Learners, Or Someone Else Will. Around the world, customers – irrespective of the service they consume – expect their experience to be consistent, personalized, responsive, and convenient. Learners are no different. Learners have Four Expectations. A consistent learning experience, irrespective of the channel or mode of training delivery.

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Tim Slade

OCTOBER 15, 2017

When starting a new eLearning project, it’s easy to jump right in and start designing the course. However, it’s important to take a step back and determine what exactly your eLearning course is attempting to accomplish; or better yet, whether or not an eLearning course is needed at all! This is where an eLearning needs analysis comes into play. While conducting an eLearning needs analysis might seem like some arduous process, it’s actually pretty straightforward.

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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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Upside Learning

MAY 16, 2017

E-Learning industry has clearly moved to HTML5, owing to the advantage of its support for multiple devices like tablets and smartphones. HTML5 offers great scope for creating better experience, including rich and app-like user experience on mobile browsers, richer images, and location-awareness to browsers. Videos have emerged as the most consumed media on smartphones and […].

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Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Inspired by TeachThought’s 22 myths in modern academic learning, here are 10 misconceptions about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL). More to come in another post. 1 – MWL simply means modernising training. No. It is much more than modern training.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 17, 2017

Yes, I know. You’ve heard that games are very useful for learning. However, it’s less about creating a game than actually understanding what it is that people find “fun” about playing games. There is power in understanding what makes games engaging to us. Armed with that knowledge, you can use it to inform your learning designs. This table offers a quick summary.

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Living in Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2017

There is a myth involved…perpetuated by a long-held belief that training drives performance. In truth, training only drives potential; performance does not manifest until business results are generated by the workforce in a different area of the ecosystem called the Point-of-Work.

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Association eLearning

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Every year around this time, we discuss the eLearning trends for the next year. What’s hot? What’s not? What are we all going to be talking about next year? These are the eLearning trends for 2018. VR/AR. While VR and AR have been talked about in recent years, we think the excitement will grow. As costs have come down, and the technology has improved, the old problems have been going away.

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Chances are that you have heard of the new Gutenberg editor coming to WordPress core in 2018. I welcome this necessary change. The Gutenberg discussion is a convoluted one with many different rabbit holes depending on the venue. Developers discuss it from one angle while end-users view it from a different perspective. WordPress product business (like LearnDash) have their own take on the matter as well.

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Web Courseworks

JANUARY 3, 2017

Our 2016 hype curve was a big hit, so we’re doing it again this year. Here is the short, graphical version: Our 2017 eLearning predictions set in terms of Gartner’s hype cycle. And below the fold, the long version, broken into the five stages popularized by Gartner: Innovation Trigger. As I wrote last year, “Online learning lags behind other industries in adopting new technologies.

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Making Change

MARCH 13, 2017

Creating an online course? I’ll bet the autopilot in your brain is saying this: “First, present the basic concepts. Next, tell them the details. Then, show them what to do. Finally, have them do it.” Pull the plug on that autopilot and consider doing this instead. Create a challenging, realistic practice activity (not a knowledge check).

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InSync Training

JANUARY 16, 2017

The time has finally come to take the ‘e’ out of eLearning. ( Pause for applause.). Words matter -- especially when trying to communicate new ideas and teach new concepts. Terms like microlearning, virtual classrooms, and mobile learning no longer resonate with our learners. In this modern learning landscape, the old training language just doesn’t work anymore.

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Infopro Learning

APRIL 25, 2017

Developing the capabilities of leaders who will be taking over responsibility for successful business outcomes in the future is now at a critical milestone for our learning community. Here are just a few of the questions we must answer when developing leaders for the future: What is the implication of the current business climate for leadership at all levels?

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 15, 2017

by Jolene Rowan. Education experts have said for years the important role performance support plays in building competency. It tackles head-on two fundamental challenges of learning: the limits of human memory and learner motivation. Despite the vast evidence, most organizations have made little progress implementing performance support solutions. Often, companies are not sure what performance support is or where to begin.

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