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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Web Courseworks

This is our most popular Managing eLearning post every year, and by now we know you want to see the hype curve first. Here it is: Our 2018 eLearning predictions set in terms of Gartner’s hype cycle. As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development.

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2017 Year-End Review

Association eLearning

What a year it’s been! At Digitec Interactive we’ve been busy forming new partnerships, enhancing our technology, creating new solutions, and winning awards. We’re excited to see what the new year will bring. What new technologies will emerge in eLearning? Will new trends will be important to association leaders? How can we make our products and services even better?

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Microlearning: The Assessment Factor

InSync Training

There are different points of view on how assessment in microlearning actually plays out. There are some variables to consider when sorting out what learners actually gain from these nuggets of information. The good news is that microlearning is assessable. In fact, there's even research to prove it.

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The Quinnov 8: An online course

Clark Quinn

Ok, so I told you the story of the video course I was creating on what I call the Quinnov 8, and now I’ll point to it. It’s available through Udemy, and I’ve tried to keep the price low. With their usual discounts, it should be darn near free ;). Certainly no more than a few cups of coffee. It’s about an hour of video of me talking, with a few diagrams and text placeholders.

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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

As a training manager looking to amplify your team's results, Knowledge Avatars are the next level. Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. Knowledge Avatars are versatile and adaptable personal coaches! They can be customized with your company's knowledge via a simple upload of your data.

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Ten Words We Must Keep Saying About the Science of Learning (While We Still Can)

Learningtogo

Vulnerable, entitlement, diversity, transgender, fetus, evidence-based, science-based. These seven words created quite a stir when it was reported that the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued an internal style guide advising employees to avoid these words if they wanted to get their programs funded by our current Congress. While official statements attempted to minimize the fallout, the recommendation to avoid them remains.

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What a New Year Surprise!

KnowledgeStar

What an honor! John Baldoni is a popular leadership keynote speaker, executive coach and executive educator. He is an internationally recognized thought leader, and the author of 13 great management books, which have been translated into 10 languages. His most popular books you must read are MOXIE and Lead with Purpose. He recently posted his […].

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Pernicious problems

Clark Quinn

I’m using a standard for organizational learning quality in the process of another task. Why or for whom doesn’t matter. What does matter is that there are two problems in their standard that indicate we still haven’t overcome some pernicious problems. And we need to! So, for the first one, this is in their standard for developing learning solutions: Uses blended models that appeal to a variety of learning styles.

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A Little Holiday Cheer For Recruiters Everywhere — Courtesy of LinkedIn Talent Solutions

Adobe Captivate

Everyone, everywhere needs a little holiday cheer. Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, the last two weeks of the year are a season for everyone to reflect on all that has happened in the past year, and, to anticipate all the good things we hope for in the New Year to come. Given that it’s […].

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The eLearning Brothers Games that Won 2017

eLearning Brothers

We have over 3,500 library assets in our Template Library, from styles to scenarios to games and interactions. With so many great resources, it’s hard to choose a favorite, but it’s fun to look back at the end of the year and see which assets were YOUR favorites. Today we’re taking a look at the most downloaded games of 2017, broken down by each of the major authoring tools.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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STUDENT VOICE: As a person with autism, I spend lots of time studying, attending class — and explaining that I am not deaf

Janet Clarey

Jordyn Zimmerman, an Ohio University student, is a person with autism. Have you ever tried having a conversation with someone on campus, when they hesitantly and ever-so-awkwardly start signing to you? Or have you ever asked another student a question and had them respond to you in writing? When I think of these experiences, I always laugh at how uninformed people are about individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

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Virtual Reality Industry Buzz

Learnbrite

Virtual Reality (VR) is about to become mainstream and could surpass US$40 billion market by 2020. Orbis Research Report , April 2017. Projected growth in Virtual Reality popularity is not surprising. VR combines the greatest technological innovations with the innate human need for storytelling. As we ring in a new year, we’ll see VR-ready platforms like LearnBrite utilizing the best the web has to offer to address trending needs within Learning Management Systems (LMS).

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Unpacking the Top 3 Myths About Boxing Day

D2L

For our Canadian friends, employees and technology partners, it should come as no surprise that this blog post is intended to celebrate our country’s Boxing … Continued.

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Meet Our Most Popular Cutout Character of 2017

eLearning Brothers

It’s official: beards are in. We ran the numbers and the most downloaded cutout character of 2017 is Dennis! Dennis is available in over 500 poses with three different outfits, two casual and one business. Poses include Dennis with a backpack, Dennis using a tablet, Dennis in an office chair, and your standard poses without props. You can’t go wrong with his friendly face in your eLearning content.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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my favorite posts of 2017

Adobe Captivate

Here are my favorite posts of 2017, in no particular order: 1. Update: I manage someone who was terribly harmed by family — what do I do ? Because this was handled with incredible care and compassion. 2. What’s the deal with advice columns ? Because it’s a subject I’m fascinated by. 3. My coworker came to work dressed as Jesus.

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5 Ways live streaming is going to change the future of education

Kitaboo

Did you know more than 80% of internet and mobile audiences watched more live-videos in 2016 as compared to 2015, and streaming video accounts for more than two-thirds of all internet traffic and is expected to jump to 82% by 2020? So, what’s the future of education? The answer is, dynamic and ever-changing, as live streaming will be an integral part of it.

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4 Ways to Detect Leaders with Low Self-Esteem

D2L

Being in a formal leadership position is no joke—it can be stressful, amazing, confusing, and enough to make you want to quit all within the … Continued.

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updates: the travel anxiety, the chilly interviewer, and more

eLearning Brothers

Here are updates from four people whose letters were answered here in the past. 1. Can I refuse to go on a work trip because of my anxiety about traveling ? I went on the trip and (obviously) survived. The longer answer is I was pretty anxious the whole time and didn’t particularly enjoy myself, but I managed to get through it. I mostly took taxis instead of walking/using the tube and ate at the office and at my hotel instead of going out for food, so that helped me manage some of the anxi

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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WORSTs E-Learning 2017 Awards

eLearning 24-7

Happy Holidays! Seriously, happy holidays to all. Fun fact back in the 70’s I wrote to Santa and mailed me (mom did) and surprise, I received back a postcard with it stamped from the North Pole. I have it still to this day. What this has to do with this post you might ask? Nothing! . Anyway, the awards for online learning and systems, etc. have been making their rounds these past few months, mine included (authoring tools), but what about the worst?

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Make 2018 YOUR year

Litmos

You made it to the end of 2017. Go you! How do you feel? Joyous, celebratory, reinvigorated? How about tired, frustrated, exasperated? If you're like most people, it's a bit "all of the above.". For most people, 2017 concludes a year of successes and failures. That's normal. The bigger question is, "Now, what?" How do you keep your positive momentum going and shake off the times that weren't that great?

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Our Top Blog Posts for 2017

eFront

After another creative year, eFront has switched colors but remained innovative and powerful, on par with an advancing eLearning industry. To celebrate that, let’s reflect on our most read articles in 2017. 1. What are the Most Common Training Challenges and how do successful managers overcome them? Small-scale or large, setting up a corporate training program is a staple in today’s competitive environment.

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Getting the Seal of Approval on Your Prescreen Mailer

eLearning Brothers

There’s no “money to burn” category in a marketing budget. Making every dollar count is far more likely if you’re actually reaching the right person with your offer – and that’s exactly what a prescreen mailing can help you do.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Emerging Technologies Shaping eLearning

eLearning Company

Currently, the eLearning industry is experiencing a revolution due to the recent advancements in technology. The introduction of new gadgets, innovative tools for trainers, and cutting-edge equipment has allowed eLearning Companies to create new eLearning experiences that we could only dream about a decade ago. According to Education Sector Factbook, eLearning has grown at a … Continue reading "Emerging Technologies Shaping eLearning".

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Top 2017 Content Explores Latest Tools, Strategies—and Myths by Pamela S. Hogle

LearningGuild

The top 2017 content published in Learning Solutions covers the gamut—eLearning tools and strategies, demolishing myths, analyzing ways to work with SMEs.

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New Years 2017 ~ Who Could Ask For Anything More

Vitalyst

Who could ask for anything more? Patents, awards, contracts and customers! There are times when you are so grateful, you just have to shout it out and tell all your friends. This year has been especially productive and rewarding making all of us at Envision so incredibly honored and proud.

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How to Create Context-Setting Learning Objectives - Tip #162

Vignettes Learning

We are inundated by the constant and steady bombardment of information from just about any form of media available - on a daily basis. So how do we help learners focus on usefulness and context of the content and to design and deliver training and eLearning programs to resist the tendency to dump content? How do let go of the need to know everything?

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Unlock the full potential of your educational initiatives with the 11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption eBook. You’ll uncover: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? Discover the secrets from leading experts in the field, distilled into practical tips that promise to elevate the quality of your educational offerings,

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What Role Should the CEO Play at Sales Kickoff?

EdCast

It’s that time of year: Everyone is frantically locking in the agenda for Sales Kickoff (SKO). The SKO is where leaders bring their teams together to communicate the Fiscal Year strategy. Having been to dozens of SKOs, I’ve seen great.

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Techniques to Rethink your Instructional Design Strategies

CommLab India

Check this blog for techniques that’ll help you get your instructional design on track.

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Workplace Wellness as a Recruiting Tool

KnowledgeCity

It’s not your father’s workplace anymore. As millennials now comprise the largest cohort of workers, organizations have had to take a hard look at what they offer to recruits. Salary was always the number one factor in finding the best talent. While it is still important, millennials and the next group of workers, Generation Z, consider other benefits to be equally if not more important.

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