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Instructional Design

May 20, 2013

Top 10 Instructional Designer Skills

All jobs require a certain set of talents and skills, whether natural or acquired. But what skills does an instructional designer need in order to be successful and stand out? Check out the following comprehensive list and bear in mind that it can be expanded depending on the course, its scope and the audience.

by Christopher Pappas

Learning Management Systems

May 18, 2013

The Ultimate List Of Cloud-Based Learning Management Systems (2018 Update)

Not having to worry about power, network access, and server maintenance? It’s no wonder there’s an incredible interest in cloud computing. In this article, I’ll share a list of 20 cloud-based Learning Management Systems you should definitely take a look at. Don’t forget to check it from time to time, as I’ll be updating it regularly!

by Christopher Pappas

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

May 17, 2013

How To Use Facebook For Social Learning

Just by reading the title, someone might think that this is a joke. It’s not. So ok, Facebook wasn’t created for educational purposes, but you ’d be surprised of how the social affordances of this versatile tool can generate great potentials for social learning.

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

May 16, 2013

3 Learning Strategies To Engage Millennials – We Aren’t That Different

As a millennial, I feel like we already have a bad reputation before even entering the workforce. People think that we’re lazy, have no attention span, spend all day on social media and that we don’t respect the workplace. Now I can’t speak for my whole generation but I know from my experiences with my peers that we’re multi-taskers, self-learners, resourceful, very comfortable with technology and we’re just as dedicated to adding value to the workplace as any generation before us.

by Elisabeth Arellano

eLearning Events

May 16, 2013

Docebo Unveils The DConf 2013

Docebo unveils the DConf 2013, an International event on Cloud Business Apps & Services and E-Learning. June 27th / 28th 2013 at Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy. Powered by Docebo. Organized by Grafo Ventures. Partnered by GetApp. Endorsed by eLearning Industry.

by Jacopo Mauri

eLearning Design and Development

May 15, 2013

Piecing Together The Puzzle Of Your Ultimate eLearner Profile

Learners come in all shapes and sizes. Take a step back and piece together your eLearner Profile.

by Jordan Barrish

Online Courses (MOOC)

May 14, 2013

What I Learned from Harvard: MOOC Story Wrap-up

Through the final weeks of my Harvard MOOC experience, I learned a few things about setting rigorous expectation in a course, the value of competency-based grading (or “badges,” to fit the trending lingo), and how to plan for a final project that is valuable to students. 

by Joseph Kern

eLearning Software

May 14, 2013

Getting Started With SCORM: The basics of initializing/closing a SCO and sending/receiving data

Continuing on in our discussion of the SCORM standard and how communication happens between a SCO and as LMS, today we will be talking about the first and last communication calls made by a SCO, LMSInitialize and LMSFinish.  After that we will get into the basics of how course data is passed back and forth using LMSGetValue and LMSSetValue.

by Christian Gainsbrugh

Learning Management Systems

May 14, 2013

Multiple Business Solutions in One LMS: Who Wants More?

Is your business thriving in the world of social learning, content management, and long distance collaboration?

by Jeffrey Roth

Microlearning

May 14, 2013

4 Steps to Microlearning Mastery

How does your team get into the microlearning mindset and then use its power?

by Brian Bishop

Corporate eLearning

May 13, 2013

5 Tips To Motivate Employees To Better Performance

Motivating a company's employees has never been an easy task, especially if we consider that we live in the era of speed, where people want everything to be fast and accessible. As a result, many companies invest high sums of money into a training program which fails provide the aimed results. However, by implementing a set of well-thought strategies, the employees can easily become more engaged and ready to deliver performance. Below, I present to you 5 ways in which executives can motivate their employees quickly and efficiently.

by Jason Silberman

Social And Emotional Learning (SEL)

May 13, 2013

10 Tips To Effectively Use Social Media In Formal Learning

We live in the era of social media and professionals of any level should not make the mistake to underestimate their power. We can easily understand why social media can be useful from a marketing point of view. What’s more interesting, however, is to see how social can be effectively used in formal learning.

by Christopher Pappas