Convergence Training

JANUARY 2, 2019

As you know, there are many new technologies available now or coming soon that may influence learning and development in different ways. So many that it’s a little hard to keep track of them all, not to mention have an understanding of what they are and just exactly what influences they may have on workforce learning and development. And of course, as often happens when a new technology comes about, it’s also easy to get a little over-excited and think this is the long-awaited, massi

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2019

Josh Bersin is founder of Bersin by Deloitte, and a principal with Deloitte Consulting. When I began my career as an analyst, I started out studying the LMS market. At that time (early 2000s), learning management systems were an innovative new business application that helped companies build and manage e-learning and track and organize all forms of training.

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eLearning Industry

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Have you already set your resolutions for 2019? If you’re still trying to formulate your list, this article will help you make, and keep, your yearly resolutions to achieve eLearning success. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 2, 2019

My position on storyboards for eLearning has changed quite a bit over the years. Previously, I was in the frame of mind that storyboarding was only necessary when filming. Why? Well, not to be cliché but “time is money” and if you’ve ever had to pay for studio time, a crew, or compel your busy friends and coworkers to moonlight as unpaid actors in your training video then you already know the importance of having every aspect of the shoot planned so that you don’t end up having to p

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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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Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Around New Year’s Day each year, we issue our predictions for the top eLearning trends of the coming year. In the past, we’ve plotted these predictions through dead reckoning – relying on our experience living, eating and breathing online learning all day, every day throughout the year. But this year, be warned: we come armed with #data.

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eLearning Industry

JANUARY 4, 2019

Learner engagement is crucial to the success of your eLearning courses, and there are many ways to do this. This article suggests a few ways learning designers can ensure their courses are good at engaging learners. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 2, 2019

I’m CheRae, an (aspiring freelance) Instructional designer specializing in developing eLearning courses. The thing I like most about being an Instructional Designer is that I get to wear so many different hats. In a single day, I’ve been a Film Maker, Voice Actor, Script Writer, Producer, Photographer, Graphic Designer, Teacher, and Video Game Developer!?.

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TOPYX LMS

JANUARY 3, 2019

Companies are increasing their focus on the customer experience, and for good reason: happy customers are loyal customers. Thirty-five Customer Experience Statistics to Know for 2019¹ stated, “Customers no longer base their loyalty on price or product. Instead, they stay loyal with companies due to the experience they receive. If you cannot keep up with their increasing demands, your customers will leave you.”.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 3, 2019

A new year means new opportunities to learn! Here is a list of conferences that you should try to attend! The new year often means creating resolutions. Why not make a resolution to attend at least one e-learning or training conferences this year? As our industry continues to grow the number of conferences increases as well. This is great for you as it means that at some point in the year there is a strong possibility that there will be one nearby.

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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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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 4, 2019

What is power? Looking at the standard definition we see this: “ the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events “ However, the word, “power” often triggers negative emotions of a person or process leveraging against us. Negative power words surround us. This said I find “power” an interesting concept when it comes to working within organizations.

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Learningtogo

JANUARY 1, 2019

“Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.” — Nate Silver On June 2, 1875, Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Thomas Watson were trying to increase the capacity of the telegraph by transmitting multiple signals over the same wire, using different frequencies. They stumbled on a way to transmit a […].

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The Simple Shift

JANUARY 4, 2019

You can sense it. An economic slow down is approaching. The dreaded “R” word. When it hits and demand drops, savvy business leaders make moves – fast! Time is critical, head and heart come into play but in the end those functions, process and people that don’t appear to impact the bottom line are deemed […].

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 2, 2019

We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog series for this important public service announcement: A number of times now, I’ve discovered that there was email being sent to me that I was not getting. Fortunately, my ISP is also a colleague, mentor, and friend and a real expert in cybersecurity, so I asked him. And he explained it to me (and then again when I’d forgotten and it happened again; sorry Sky!).

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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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InSync Training

JANUARY 3, 2019

How do we engage the modern learner ? This loaded question generates answers ranging from design, delivery, implementation, learning environment consideration. Those are all legitimate answers! Each aspect of the modern learning experience deserve consideration, if we want to get modern learners excited about the prospect of professional development.

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Learningtogo

JANUARY 1, 2019

If you could understand what was happening in the brains of your target audience, would you be a more effective trainer, designer, consultant, or leader? Thanks to recent advances in neuroscience, learning and talent development professionals now have an opportunity to alter their approaches to change management, leadership development, training, and instructional design.

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Docebo

JANUARY 3, 2019

Informal learning encourages learning in the flow of work – here are 5 ways to help you make it happen. When was the last time you or someone at your company took part in an in-person, instructor-led L&D activity? And when was the last time you asked a colleague for guidance or an answer to a question you had on the job? . For most people, the second scenario plays out almost daily.

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Tim Slade

JANUARY 1, 2019

Well, it’s finally 2019! And I don’t know about you, but I did not make it to midnight. I was actually pretty tired, so I decided to tuck myself in rather early. You see, over this past weekend, I’ve been working non-stop to implement a complete redesign of my website and portfolio. TimSlade.com has always been a passion project for me. I first built my website back in 2012, and since then I’ve made gradual updates and overhauls to keep it fresh and current.

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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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Origin Learning

JANUARY 4, 2019

Articulate Rise is a responsive course-authoring tool. When we author course content through Rise, it adapts to any mobile device. In this blog, I will be narrating how Rise helped me create a course for training freshers who joined the organization as Graphic Designer Trainees. What Does Articulate Rise Offer? Rise offers blocks. These blocks are different types of cognitive templates through which the Instructional Designer can add text, images, videos, animations, and assessments in a plethor

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The Simple Shift

JANUARY 3, 2019

I’m still reflecting on the the day spent with some very passionate and knowledgeable internal communications folks at SwoopChat in NYC a few weeks ago. This user event featured many short, impressive presentations from larger organizations implementing enterprise social platforms. The stories of successes and challenges were shared with candor and energy and all were […].

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TOPYX LMS

JANUARY 2, 2019

Corporate learning has grown by 900 percent in the last 16 years, according to Curatti. 1 Each year, companies spend billions of dollars on eLearning content, and “this segment of the eLearning market is considered to be the largest contributor of corporate eLearning revenues. What has been driving this segment in recent years are companies utilizing self-paced learning for their employees,” stated eLearning Inside. 2.

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B Online Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This post is adapted from a webinar – register here to view the recording. They say for eLearning to be engaging, it needs […]. The post eLearning Levels of Interactivity and Articulate 360 appeared first on B Online Learning.

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Jane Hart

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) for the period 16-29 December 2018. [the case for PKM, threat & opportunity of lifelong learning, truth act behavioural change, & more].

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 4, 2019

Creating software simulations has always been one of Captivate's core strengths. From the Home screen, double-click Software Simulation, select the area of the screen or application to record, select your mode (or modes), click the Record button, and away you go.   The recording process is seamless, except when it's not. These days I'm seeing a particularly frustrating error appear for more and more of my students.

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Lambda Solutions

JANUARY 3, 2019

One of the significant hurdles for eLearning at the start of the digital age was how difficult the analysis and sharing of courses was. This made coordinating and consistently applying eLearning for the purposes of training excessively difficult. Fortunately, there have been innovations developed, such as SCORM, tin can and xAPI, to remediate these issues.

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Wisetail

JANUARY 3, 2019

The biggest LMS priorities in 2019: Getting out of email, getting CEOs in the mix, and building culture in the new year. The post LMS Year In Review: Top Challenges of 2018 and How They’ll Impact 2019 appeared first on Wisetail LMS.

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Jane Hart

DECEMBER 30, 2018

My 30 favourite posts and articles in 2018. I think you will quickly spot the the theme running through them all.

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dVinci Interactive

JANUARY 2, 2019

Combining Instructional Design and Innovation The NCR Corporation is the global leader in point of sale transaction systems and technology. As a senior instructional designer and innovation catalyst, April Delac designs virtual classroom learning experiences and contributes to innovation initiatives. Tweet.

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Lambda Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2019

For corporations and academic institutions, having a proper Learning Management System is incredibly important. Not only will the right open source LMS allow educators and trainers to teach learners in the most effective ways possible, but it can also drastically improve employee retention and satisfaction by making everyday work-related tasks and continuing education assignments more enjoyable.

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