Thu.Mar 16, 2023

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How to Prevent Cheating in Your Online Course

LearnDash

While online learning has myriad benefits, there’s one large problem: how to prevent cheating online. Preventing cheating in online courses is challenging for a variety of reasons, including limited supervision, technological advancements, pressures to succeed, and a lack of awareness of academic integrity policies. There are several common reasons why learners may cheat in online courses.

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Learning Paths vs. Traditional Curriculum: What's the Difference & Why Does it Matter?

eLearning Brothers

When it comes to eLearning strategy, there is a long-time debate over learning paths versus traditional curriculum. Let’s explore the differences between the two methods so that your organization can make the correct decision on your pathway forward and you can see improved results from your learning initiatives on a grand scale.

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Virtual Learning is Real Learning - The InQuire Engagement Framework™

InSync Training

Learner engagement is the the most important part of any training program. It’s the most important part because an engaged learner produces better outcomes – engaged learners learn! So, how engaged are your virtual learners and how do you know if they’re engaged?

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[UPDATED] Dealing with Cheating: A Moodle™  Plagiarism Plugin

Lambda Solutions

It’s an icky word that makes any educator or student squirm—plagiarism. Whether intentional or not plagiarism happens and if discovered can ruin careers and educational pursuits. The Josephson Institute Center for Youth anonymously surveyed over 43,000 high school students to determine the percent of youth who admit to plagiarism. In their results they found that 59% of students indicated that they cheated on a test in the past year and 34% of students reported that they cheated more than twice.

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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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Launching a New Position Paper on Compliance Training

Upside Learning

Compliance is regularly viewed as the bane of the learning & development (L&D) industry. Compliance training courses are required, but not valued. They’re not driven by a performance need, but instead by a legal requirement, and the associated need to avoid litigation. A continual battle for L&D, compliance training courses are obligatory, yet no one cares but the lawyers.

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Importance of Front-Line Managers and Why They Cannot be Forgotten in Leadership Development

eLearning Brothers

According to businessdictionary.com, frontline management is defined as “the first or second managers (line managers, office managers, supervisors) directly responsible for production of goods and services, and supervision of clerical staff and shop floor employees.” Others may describe frontline managers as those who are responsible for the critical, day-to-day operations of a business.

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[UPDADED]10 Questions To Answer Before You Use Moodle™

Lambda Solutions

What do you need to think about before implementing Moodle? A growing number of schools, universities and companies are using the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) for education and training.

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eLearning: Your Four-Leaf Clover on St. Patrick’s Day!

CommLab India

This St. Patrick’s Day, make your learners feel lucky with eLearning! Offer them interactive, effective, and memorable training courses to support their learning objectives and improve their skills. Read on to know the benefits of eLearning.

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[UPDATED]How to Take Care of Your Moodle™ LMS

Lambda Solutions

When was the last time you updated your learning management system? Many organizations skip a year or more. While that may save work on the IT side, students and teachers miss out on the continuous improvements that are being made in learning technology.

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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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Why The Right eLearning Tools Can Help Retailers Win The Holiday Season In 2023

eLearning Industry

2022’s holiday season returns leave a lot to be desired. But there are demonstrable reasons why last year’s retailers underperformed, and actions they can take to turn things around before Q4 2023. It starts with rethinking the role and purpose of frontline technology. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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[UPDATED] 9 Ways Moodle™ is Used for Education

Lambda Solutions

Moodle was originally designed with higher education environments in mind, but it has quickly expanded to encompass the entire range of educational institutes. Moodle has become an intuitive, and supportive environment for every level of the education system. How is Moodle used in education? We are going to demonstrate how it can be used by Moodle administrators working in both K-12, and higher education - but keep in mind that each of these components can be used in any level of the education s

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Conducting A Needs Assessment With DEI Considerations

eLearning Industry

Conducting a needs assessment is essential to Instructional Design, especially when integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) considerations. This article is a step-by-step guide to conducting a needs assessment with DEI considerations. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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[UPDATED] Google Apps Integration in Moodle™

Lambda Solutions

This integration between Moodle and Google allows you to benefit from the two platforms working seamlessly together. You will need to centralize the authentication process. You can choose whether you want to log in using Google Apps credentials, Moodle credentials, or an existing identity provider (if your institution has a centralized directory).

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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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Which Personalized Learning Activities Does Your Training Program Need?

eLearning Industry

Which personalized learning activities are missing from your employee training program? Read on and discover how to engage Gen Z employees. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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What Is In-App Support For Employees And How Does It Help Your Organization?

IT Training Department Blog

In-App Support can be used for consumer-facing software or employee-facing software. There is some overlap in use cases for in-app support, but even for similar use cases, it would be used in very different ways. For example, customer onboarding and employee onboarding are nearly identical in name, but their goals are very different. Customer onboarding focuses on getting customers acquainted with software so they’re more likely to use it and continue (or start) paying for it.

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Why eLearning Is Having A Positive Impact On Healthcare Education

eLearning Industry

Healthcare education has had many changes and adjustments within the last few years. With education turning to eLearning, healthcare education has seen a positive impact on new students. Here's how! This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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5 reasons why small and mid-size companies need compliance programs

Interactive Services

Most large companies worldwide (those with 5,000+ employees) have ethics and compliance programs that include training, policies, codes of conduct, and other elements focused on helping employees make ethical decisions in their day-to-day work. These companies understand that investing in compliance makes sense, as E&C programs identify risks, train employees, and protect companies from major fines, penalties, disbarment, and bad publicity if misconduct occurs.

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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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How To Use Game-Based Learning To Train Your New Team Members

eLearning Industry

Game-based learning is the perfect solution to help your new hires adjust quickly and learn more effectively. Let's dive into some examples and all the benefits that come with them. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Are Your DEI Initiatives Set up for Success?

Magic EdTech

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) is not, holistically speaking, a new subject within education. However, social and political changes in recent years – particularly those catalyzed during the height of the pandemic in the U.S. – have prompted organizations and institutions to try to bolster the profile of their DEI posture and reassert their public commitment to the cause.

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Digital Coaching – Reconnecting With The Hybrid Workforce

Speexx

The move to the hybrid workplace post-pandemic is disrupting how organizations approach coaching, employee development, and performance improvement. Traditional one-size-fits-all coaching programs often fail to meet the individual needs of your employees. With geographical barriers, the reality of remote work, and time constraints often hindering old-style coaching approaches, digital coaching provides a flexible, personalized solution for individuals and teams.

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7 elearning trends to keep you ahead of your competition

KnowledgeOne

As technology advances, the elearning industry rapidly changes. One of the key techniques for an organization to stay relevant and exceed clients’ expectations is to be mindful of the industry’s trajectory. Staying ahead of the competition is easier said than done. However, keeping in mind the current and future trends are surely an integral part.

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How to Fix the 10 Biggest Mistakes in Gamification

Speaker: Stephen Baer - Chief Creative Officer, The Game Agency (a division of ELB Learning)

Are you using gamification as part of your L&D strategy? SMART! According to multiple studies, gamification strategies have been proven to increase engagement, improve knowledge retention, and get stellar results, but what if your results just don’t hit the mark? According to instructional designers interviewed by The Game Agency, some errors are very common when implementing gamified learning.

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From learning to doing

Limestone Learning

“ Jump, leap, perch ” by Foundry Co is licensed by Pixabay. Occasionally, we come across an article that sums up our philosophy perfectly: Simply learning is not enough — doing is what matters. Talent LMS took on a subject that’s dear to our hearts: knowledge vs. skill. For anyone who’s ever developed a set of effective learning objectives, this is the crux of instructional design.

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5 Benefits of Outsourcing Instructional Design

eLearningMind

“To outsource or not to outsource”—that is the question. Should you partner with an instructional designer ? Or should you try to develop your training programs all by yourself? Well, given that we’re an eLearning agency, you could guess what our answer is. But today, we’re going further than giving you a straight answer. We’re going to unravel five strong reasons in favor of outsourcing instructional design projects.

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Here’s How L&D Can Improve Employee Productivity

Clarity Consultants

In today’s fast-paced business environment, ensuring employees are as productive as possible is essential. Learning and Development (L&D) is becoming increasingly important to make reaching productivity goals possible. Through L&D programs, employees develop the skills and knowledge necessary to improve their efficiency and the quality of their outputs, allowing them to contribute to the success of their organizations to a greater degree.

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Customer Education Bracket 2023 – Best of the Best

eLearning 24-7

Are you sitting down? Standing up? Grabbed your Vendor’s Jersey or garb they give you and are raring to go? Did you eat your Wheaties? Find the lucky charm? Check to see if your pub, has those pickled eggs you craved, after seeing your soccer team win its last match. Well, if you have, then seriously, that might be the worst thing to eat, next to pickled pigs’ feet.

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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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[UPDATED] How To Moodle™ Webinars

Lambda Solutions

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March Newsletter: What’s New with GeT?

Global eTraining

New: Customer Success Revamp! Ensuring your BIM Team GeTs the Most out of Their Training Here at GeT, our client’s BIM training success is our top priority. With this in mind, we’re thrilled to introduce our newly revamped Customer Success Team! With in-depth training success report cards, personalized optimization recommendations, and one-on-one goal setting meetings, GeT Teams have never been more set for success!

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6 Instructional Design Strategies for Engaging Rapid eLearning Projects

CommLab India

There are a variety of instructional strategies that can be used in rapid eLearning design. The most important thing is to select the strategy that best fits the needs of your learners and your organization.