Association eLearning
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
'I recently had an interesting conversation about life and how life lessons occur in stages. We compared it to learning to ride a bike. It was so difficult to learn, yet now you find it so easy you’ve forgotten how you learned it in the first place. It got me thinking about what those stages actually are. It turns out I’m not the first one to theorize about this.
B Online Learning
OCTOBER 1, 2014
'In my last blog post, I explored the Modality Principle from the book Elearning and the Science of Instruction by Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard Mayer. In this post, I’ve decided to examine another principle in the book – the Personalisation Principle in Chapter 8. The chapter examines 3 types of personalisation principles but I’m […].
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LearnDash
OCTOBER 1, 2014
'Flipped classrooms are becoming more popular given the use of various edtech tools today. To put it simply, a flipped classroom relies upon students to watch or read course content outside of class hours, and during class they are immersed in activities that applies the content. While the flipped classroom concept sounds intriguing, you may be confused on how to get started.
E-Learning Provocateur
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
'I start this post by thanking Angela Towndrow , a fellow Aussie whom I met virtually via a mooc, and from whom I continue to draw insights on things related to education. After reading my previous post Let’s get rid of the instructors! , Angela pointed me to the journal article Giving Teaching Back to Education: Responding to the Disappearance of the Teacher by Gert Biesta.
Speaker: Brian Richardson, Brian Richardson, Founder and CEO of Richardson Consulting Group
Let’s face it—most ethics and compliance training programs aren’t winning awards for engagement. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be effective, captivating, and maybe even enjoyable! Join learning design expert Brian Richardson for a dynamic session on how to breathe new life into your ethics and compliance training. We'll explore innovative strategies to bring traditionally dry topics to life, making them resonate with learners and drive tangible change.
Jane Hart
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
'As readers of this blog will know, I released the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2014 list on Monday 22 September – a list that I compiled from the votes of over 1,000 learning professionals worldwide. But I am constantly being asked questions like “What is the best blogging tool?” “What is the best e-learning authoring […].
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LearnDash
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
'Education technology (EdTech) is evolving at an incredible pace. There are constantly new apps and programs being developed – all of which with their own unique benefit. For those of you who are new to the concept of EdTech, it is a pretty broad concept, covering the use of technology like tablets, apps, web tools, social media, and more to improve learning.
Origin Learning
SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
'Adding mobile learning to a training program is one of the best ways to acknowledge and leverage the technological devices that your employees already have. However, it is important to make the right first moves when transferring elements of your training to the mobile learning format. Take a rational LMS decision. Many a times, organizations are reluctant to change their LMS when integrating mobile learning to their existing training format.
Jane Hart
OCTOBER 1, 2014
'This is a quick post this month (as I do my usual must-reads of the previous month). This month I am simply going to point to 5 posts that I came across last month that might make you think. (All my tweeted links from September appear here.) “How can you motivate workers? You can’t.” Six FAQs, Bob […].
eLearning Brothers
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
'So you want to develop an eLearning course huh? But you are not a graphic designer, and need some tips on eLearning Art and Design to get you started? Let me introduce to you a three-part series on eLearning Art and Design tips for the non-designer that may be of some help. Sound good? Okay, first let’s start learning about elements for creating good slides. 5 Elements for Creating Good Slides. 1.
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LearnDash
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
'The presence of online learning in education and corporate environments is strong. The economies of scale from a robust online course program simply cannot be ignored anymore. Schools are really starting to leverage education technology in their curriculum, using the latest apps and mobile devices to help bolster the coursework and student collaboration.
Clark Quinn
OCTOBER 1, 2014
'A commenter on last week’s post asked an implicit question that caused me to think. The issue was whether the solutions I was proposing are having the learners be self directed or whether it was ‘push’ learning. And I reckon there’s a bit of both, but I’m fighting for more of a constuctivist approach than the instructivist model.
JoomlaLMS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
'How to Create an Effective eLearning Course Without Extra Effort? More and more companies realize the need of investing money, time and effort into staff training, however, the number of businesses that can allocate a considerable part of their budgets to employee training programs is extremely small. The rest looks for alternative means of creating cost effective training courses and today’s post highlights such techniques.
eLearning Brothers
OCTOBER 1, 2014
'Annoying background sounds in your eLearning voice over courses can be frustrating. Not everyone in eLearning is an audio engineer, that’s why I wanted to make a quick video on how to take out noise reductions in your voice over projects. Once you know how to do it, it will make your voice overs sound clean and professional. Who doesn’t want that?
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LearnDash
OCTOBER 2, 2014
'Many people looking to create and sell online training courses using WordPress find themselves searching for the right theme. In reality, this can be a never ending process as the grass somehow always seems “greener” on the other side. You know what I mean. You spend hours looking over theme directories, testing all the demos and reading about the features until you are finally ready to make a purchase.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
'I’ve been on quite the roll of late, calling out some bad practices and calling for learning science. And it occurs to me that there could be some pushback. So let me be clear, I strongly suggest that the types of learning that are needed are not info dump and knowledge test, by and large. What does that mean? Let’s break it down. First, let me suggest that what’s going to make a difference to organizations is not better fact-remembering.
The Performance Improvement Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
'Temps, independent contractors, contingent workers, and free-lancers have become a critical segment of the post-recession workforce. Many companies depend on short-term and part-time workers for their success. They are not movie extras any longer; now they have starring roles. Steven Greenhouse, writing for the New York Times Upshot column describes the situation this way: The work of temping has changed vastly — today 42 percent of temporary workers labor in light industry or warehouses.
InSync Training
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
'Adopting, and excelling at, the virtual classroom is much more about attitudinal change than it is about implementing technology. Ultimately, people need to BELIEVE that the virtual classroom will work. Organizations spend more time worrying about firewalls, security, hardware, and software (important topics all) than they think about adoption and usability.
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Origin Learning
SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
'What is a mentoring program? A mentoring program is a systematic framework which provides for career counseling of individuals. Though traditionally, mentors were necessarily older, more senior people; now mentoring has become more of a two-way process where mentors and mentees can benefit mutually. For example, while the young mentees get to learn from the experience and insights of the older mentors, the (senior) mentors can benefit by getting introduced to new technologies from the techno-sa
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
OCTOBER 2, 2014
'by Jen Weaver This week, let's explore some common cultural facts about the Japanese and their expectations when it comes to training and development. If you're reading after business hours, you may enjoy this post alongside a meal of sake and sushi to get you in the appropriate mood. Test your Knowledge of Japanese Culture.
eLearning Brothers
OCTOBER 3, 2014
'One of the most helpful, underutilized, and misunderstood tools in the Lectora developer’s arsenal is the layout and design guide. If you click on the View tab in the menu ribbon, in the middle of the view tools you’ll see the Grids and Guides group. The most important thing to know about grids and guides is that they DO NOT APPEAR in the final, published version of your course — they are only visible during the design phase.
TechSmith Camtasia
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
'This is a guest post by Adam Coulter Johnson, math teacher in Birmingham, Ala. for the quarterly newsletter, The Learning Lounge. I teach math, and it may come as a surprise that I am not a detail-oriented person. Nor am I much for linear thinking. I am rather scattered on most days and tend to have a thousand tasks going at any given moment. It is not in my personality to invest my time and energy into long-term planning and looking at when lessons will land on the calendar.
Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk
In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?
SHIFT eLearning
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
'We’ve all met them. Ask about online courses they’ve taken, and they’ll roll their eyes. Current eLearners are bored and can’t wait for their courses to end. Whoever put together these courses – was it you? – didn’t have the right recipe for eLearner engagement. In the past, most professionals who designed, taught or coordinated eLearning courses needed to understand how learning occurs and a bit about brain-based learning tips resulting from neuroscien
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
OCTOBER 3, 2014
'by Willam Van Weelden A few weeks ago I showed you how you can use multilevel lists to easily create complex lists with multiple levels. But multilevel lists are far more powerful than I could show you in a single article. This week, I'm going to expand on the multi-level list theme by teaching you how to add sub-numbers to lists: Sub-numbering is important for many procedures and legal documents.
eLearning Brothers
OCTOBER 2, 2014
' In the month of September, we stuffed the eLearning Library with tons of new templates. Most of these new templates were Cutout People Images but also included Adobe Captivate Templates, Articulate Storyline Templates, Lectora Templates, and PowerPoint Templates. That’s a lot of templates! You should check out how awesome these eLearning Templates are in the post below.
ID Reflections
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
'Following Harold Jarche''s example of Friday''s Finds , I thought where better to collate and synthesize my week’s learning from Twitter than on my blog. Here’s the first of the series. @jhagel : The paradox of organization - @davegray : paradox fuels power to rethink, reframe, and see more than one side of things [link] “For example, an organization must have a way to attract and retain members, or it will cease to exist.
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SHIFT eLearning
OCTOBER 2, 2014
'Here’s a news flash: If you want to be really great at eLearning design, you need to know more than how to come up with an attractive look and content that gets attention. What’s the secret? Becoming savvy about psychology and behavior. Why? Psychology plays an important role in creating content because it’s all about your learner’s emotions and perception.
LearningGuild
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
'Dr. Tyson will keynote The eLearning Guild’s DevLearn 2014 Conference and Expo October 29 – 31 in Las Vegas. In this. interview, he previews some of his thoughts on how learning is changing, the role of education, and how technology is. contributing to both.
TalentLMS
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
'If you ask eLearning specialists about the future of online education, most of them will point to mobile learning. Due to constantly growing mobile market, it’s understandable that learning technology develops in this direction and overlooking this opportunity to improve, can be a big mistake. E-Learning is all about making the process of learning easier, more effective and accessible despite where and when students want to learn.
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