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Can and Should we Train Employees to Smile?
From time to time, a lone woman stands outside the steps of the New York Public Library’s main branch asking passing pedestrians a single question, “I’m looking for something – can you help me?” Anyone who stops receives the same reply, “I’m looking for the nearest smile!” While the lone woman outside the library appears […]
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UX: Lessons from Higher Education
In the late 1990s, colleges and universities across the United States, started to purchase subscriptions to learning management systems, such as Blackboard. At the time, the idea that an instructor might be able to post course outlines, assignments and articles online in a “virtual classroom” and even facilitate online dialogues was transformative. What few colleges […]
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Setting the Stage for Change
Anyone who has raised children knows that routine is an essential part of any household. Indeed, as much as children love surprises, whether or not they realize it, they also love routines. When routines are broken, the consequences can range from minor protest to total dysfunction. For this reason, parents frequently spend a great deal […]
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The Evolution of Games and Training
As discussed in several recent posts, gaming continues to impact education and training on a myriad of levels. Indeed, gaming is not only seen as a way to introduce learners to key concepts and hone technical skills but also as a way to keep our brains in top shape, making us better able to grasp […]
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Training Essentials for the Manufacturing Sector: Part 2
In the manufacturing sector, training was once primarily carried out informally and on the job. Often with little guidance or oversight from managers, new workers were trained by more experienced workers in a model that might be best described as an informal apprenticeship. Today, across the manufacturing sector, formal training programs are being established, often […]
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eLearning Authoring Tools
How do you author your eLearning content? Do you use a collection of different tools such as PowerPoint (storyboarding), Audacity (audio), Snagit (capturing pictures and videos), Photoshop (image manipulation), or do you draw upon one main authoring tool from the many that are available? This article will cover some of the authoring tools and how […]
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Training Essentials for the Manufacturing Sector: Part 1
In the manufacturing sector, training was once primarily carried out informally and on the job. In short, it was a sector where new workers were often expected to learn the ropes from experienced workers on the shop floor, often with little guidance or oversight from managers. Today, a growing number of manufacturers are developing formal […]
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eLearning TrendWatch: The LMS and the Cloud
In this edition of the eLearning TrendWatch, I tackle what’s happening in general with the learning management systems, and specifically look deeper into what’s happening with the cloud-based LMS options.
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eLearning TrendWatch: Personalized Learning
Every learner is a unique human being with his or her own needs, interests, skill levels, and so on. The challenge for learning professionals has always been to what degree learning can be tailored to the individual learner.
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Closing the Digital Divide One Step at a Time
Recently, President Obama announced plans to connect thousands of low-income Americans to the Internet with the roll-out of a new program designed to bring Internet access to Americans living in public housing. ConnectHome is an extension of the government’s already established ConnectED initiative. President Obama’s announcement coincides with the Council of Economic Advisors’ new report […]
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eLearning TrendWatch: APIs
One of the most important and challenging situations facing learning professionals today is the integration of the LMS with other systems, applications, and platforms. This is typically achieved by utilizing an API or application programming interface, a set of tools, routines, and protocols that can be used to facilitate communication between applications as well as […]
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eLearning TrendWatch: Automation
In this edition of eLearning TrendWatch, the topic is automation. We are all painfully aware of how time-consuming sometimes downright tedious the learning content creation process can be. It should come as no surprise that learning professionals often find themselves wishing that content creation could somehow be automated.
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