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Top 3 Questions to Ask Before Choosing eLearning for Your Association

Association eLearning

For years, associations have played a critical role in addressing the skills gap problem by providing professional and continuing education for their members. In the past, highly-specialized, industry education was provided through association annual meetings and educational sessions. This can be difficult to assess.

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Association LMS Report & the Entrepreneurial Jeff Cobb

Web Courseworks

recently released a report focused on learning management systems for associations. I am writing about the LMS Report because it is an invaluable guide for associations considering a business model involving eLearning. This new venture stemmed from what he saw as an important need for information in the association sphere.

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Impact of Games on the Economy, the World and Schools

Kapp Notes

Here are some interesting facts about the video game industry in terms of the impact on society from The Entertainment Software Association web site. The report stated: From 2005 to 2010, the entertainment software industry’s revenue more than doubled.

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Technology Options for Developing and Leveraging Staff Knowledge and Skills

Connect Thinking

This comment reminded me of my 2005 Learning Technologies and a Learning Continuum which illustrates the application of learning technology (e-learning) based upon staff skill level at a point in time. Question from a client: Our staff need to be agile in knowledge and skill development to thrive in an environment of ever faster change.

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#DevLearn 2012: Kapp Presentation Resources

Kapp Notes

Baylor and Kim (2005) report that in multiple studies with avatars of different gender and race, evidence indicates that students learned significantly more and had significantly greater motivation when working with one motivator and a different expert avatar as compared to working with the just the one mentor avatar. Reference: Baylor, A.

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Leader development is the question. Is mobile the answer?

Allison Rossett

When you look at the numbers associated with workplace learning and development, the investment in leader performance jumps out. Bersin Associates, now affiliated with Deloitte, wrote this in 2012: U.S. companies have increased leadership development spending 14 percent over 2011 levels to an estimated $13.6 billion in 2012.

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The Benefits and Components of Successful Onboarding (Infographic)

Infopro Learning

According to several studies, these benefits include: Reduced costs associated with learning on the job. Effective Onboarding: Reducing New Hire Time to Competency, by Karen O’Leonard, Bersin & Associates, July 2005. Saving co-workers and supervisors the time taken up in training new employees. Strengthened morale.

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