Grow Productivity by 50% with a Hosted Social LMS There is a dichotomy in business today. On the one hand, companies today have never had greater access to the tools and resources needed to enhance worker productivity. On the other hand however, employees have never had more diverse and disparate sources of information as they do now. Modern workers may be required to spend up to 50% of their work time in non-productive activities like learning new processes, searching for archived data or reviewing the latest methods for accomplishing a standard job task. This is the inefficient side of rapid business change. But what if they had access to all of these information sources from a single place?
E-Learning End Users Have Spoken Recently, I conducted an emerging technology survey related to e-learning and the results show that end users are utilizing technology more then ever before and are seeking product features that LMS and content authoring tools, do not offer at this current time. With an increase in e-learning sales a, projections of 7.1 billion dollars (USD) by 2015 and an increase in competition in the space, it is time for vendors to act. The days of sitting back and waiting to see what others do, no longer exists.
Comment intégrer des exercices du type HotPotatoes dans iBooks Author Je crois bien que c’est la première fois que je réalise un tutoriel. Il y a un début à tout ! En fait, comme j’ai reçu plusieurs messages me demandant comment j’avais réalisé tel ou tel exercice pour mon manuel, je me suis dit que j’allais expliquer les choses une bonne fois pour toutes. Et je n’aurai, ensuite, plus qu’à indiquer le lien à chaque fois qu’on me poserait la question. Le droit à la fainéantise mérite bien quelques efforts. Avant de vous expliquer comment je m’y suis pris pour intégrer certains exercices réalisés avec HotPotatoes dans iBooks Author, je tiens à prendre quelques précautions d’usage. History of eLearning Technologies If you are using a learning management system (LMS) at your company, or access your college courses on your iPad, one famous quote rings true: “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around once and awhile, you might miss it.” - Ferris Bueller OK, there may be better quotes, but anytime I get to work in that quote, I take the opportunity. I think you get the point. Learning technology has changed quickly, but it is important to remember its roots.
20 Ways to Seduce Your Learners With Irresistible eLearning Courses 20 Ways to Seduce Your Learners With Irresistible eLearning Courses Are you tired of reading all kinds of tips and tricks that don't work to grab your learner's attention? It's time you do something about it and start captivating your learners for real. Grab your learners attention instantly--just remember these 20 things: 1.
See Award-winning eLearning in the Best of SolutionFest Webinar on April 3 Meet several Award-winning eLearning solutions in the Best of SolutionFest Free Webinar from The eLearning Guild on April 3 at 10 AM PT. You do not have to be a member of The eLearning Guild to attend this webinar. At Learning Solutions 2013 Conference & Expo, attendees packed the house to see more than 35 conference participants demo their latest eLearning projects during the first annual SolutionFest. Are You Using These 3 Ways to Identify the Objectives of Your Online Training Program? Not all elearning courses are created equal. Some seek to share information and build awareness while others may focus on action or changing behaviors. When building elearning courses, I usually separate them into two buckets: information or performance. The objective of an information-based course is performance support and not performance activity. Think of it more like multimedia text book.
Top 10 Must Read eLearning Blogs There are hundreds of eLearning blogs at the eLearning universe. The truth is that the most of them are waste of time. However, there are some eLearning blogs that worth to spend time and read remarkable eLearning articles. The most of you know that I am extremely passionate about eLearning. Every day I am reading several eLearning articles from various eLearning blogs. What is a Learning Management System (LMS)? Wikipedia defines a learning management system (LMS) as: “A software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content.” What that means is that the right learning management system can help you better reach your training/education goals whether they are focused on continuing education, eLearning availability, synchronous or asynchronous learning, mobile learning, certification programs, or even eCommerce and more, learning management systems are designed to provide the features you need to make sure your unique learning goals are met and a positive ROI is achieved.
Here Are Some Free E-Learning Templates to Speed Up Your Course Design At a recent workshop I was showing some tips on creating elearning templates. I decided to finish up the template I started in that session and make it available for you to use as you wish. There’s a version created in PowerPoint and published with Articulate Studio ‘13 and a version created for Articulate Storyline. General Structure of the Free E-Learning Template There are three main sections: objectives, modules, and resources. There are five modules so I created a unique layout for each module giving you five layouts from which to start.
5 Smart Habits for the E-Learning Professional People ask me all the time about success and what that reality looks like. It seems like a simple question, but think about it for a moment. What does success look like for the typical E-Learning professional? 2013 e-Learning Revolution Infographic Do we have an e-Learning revolution on our hands? It may be a little heavy-handed to call the current trends to leverage online technology to enhance learning and training programs a ‘revolution’. But, there are strong indicators that we can evaluate today to see that e-Learning tactics are continuing to grow.
Top Tips for Landing More Freelance E-Learning Gigs Dec122013 Say you feel like you’ve reached the limits at your current job and want to work for yourself. Now, how are you supposed to find those first few gigs? The 5 Best Free Gradebook Tools for Teachers As a teacher, we must all keep a gradebook. The problem is that flipping through pages and pages of grades can become tedious after a while. With a paper gradebook, it’s difficult to quickly and accurately locate certain assignments, students, due dates, and the list goes on. However, by digitizing your gradebook with the 5 Best Free Gradebook Tools for Teachers, you make your gradebook easier to record in and use quickly and effectively. LearnBoostAbout LearnBoost LearnBoost is a free online gradebook and roster for teachers.