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May 17, 2013

• TOPYX SOCIAL LEARNING | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  Web 2.0 Business Technology: Social Media and eLearning
  'As business needs change, there is a rising demand for technological advancement. Today, internet based communication tools provide essential operation and marketing solutions. Therefore, the first step to ensuring success in future endeavors is to accept new business technology. What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 non-comprehensive list of web 2.0 demands. MORE >> 18 Tweets
• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  LMS Free Training - Weekly Webinar Announcement
  'Latitude Learning announces our next Free Training Webinar. This webinar series provides an overview of core LMS administrative tools, as well as featuring key add-on capabilities and areas of functionality available through Latitude Learning MORE >> 7 Tweets
• IGNATIA WEBS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  Free #mobile toolkit and link to the FRAME mLearning model
  'The University of Leicester has been looking at a framework for mobile learning to fit their learning with iPads in university project called PLACES. The Mobile toolkit from JISC as well as an overview of the FRAME model are disseminated via free downloads which you can find here: JISC InfoNet. 2011). 1-65). 2009). Ally (Ed.), 1, pp. 25-47). MORE >> 9 Tweets
• CLIVE ON LEARNING | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  Transforming learning and development: the need
  'For the first time in eight years of Clive on Learning I''ve been too busy to blog. That''s not a bad thing, when you work as a consultant, but it has left me feeling a little guilty. We start by exploring the need for transformation. Do any of the following apply to you? Budgets for training are flat or reducing. So what’s changed? transformatio MORE >> 10 Tweets
• IGNATIA WEBS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  #MOOC @Edinburgh report on organizing 6 Coursera MOOCs
  'Last week the University of Edinburgh released their first report on their experiences gained after having organized 6 MOOC courses via Coursera. In this 34 page report they provide insights on organizing a Coursera MOOC, the success rates, their lessons learned, and how they went about in setting up the courses. research mooc report MORE >> 8 Tweets
• KAPP NOTES | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  ASTD ICE Slides
  'Sharon Boller, Steve Boller and Leanne Batchelder from Bottom Line Performance co-presented a workshop on game design and here are the slides and some other resources related to the workshop which you may find helpful. The workshop is called “Play to Learn.” Learning Game Design Workshop from Karl Kapp. ThinkingWorlds (3D Software). MORE >> 5 Tweets
• E-LEARNING ACADEMY | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  Free E-Learning Video 35: A Manager’s Perspective to Managing Change in Learning
  'Video podcast 35 is the fourth in a series of five videos exploring the role of change management when implementing a learning technology strategy; such as e-learning courseware, a Learning Management System, webinar, social media or a video platform for performance support. MORE >> 3 Tweets
• LEARNING CAFE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  M-Learning’s dirty little secrets
  'I have a confession to make. At my workplace a little while ago, I created a smartphone-friendly version of our online induction course. Ownership of smartphones is relatively common in this corner of the world, and a large proportion of our new recruits are Gen Y. It tanked. But my confession is not that it tanked. It’s that I knew it would. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• VISUAL LOUNGE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  Fun with Tobias Fünke And Camtasia Mac Green Screen
  'There’s this neat show called Arrested Development that’s returning to life on May 26th, 2013 care of our good friend, Netflix. Surely you’ve heard of it? Maybe you’re even a fan? Green screen, you say? Camtasia Mac is BFFs with green screen! As a bonus, we’ve got all the tricks – illusions? MORE >> 12 Tweets
• THE PEFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  How to Manage Temporary Employees
  'Temps, independent contractors, contingent workers, and free-lancers have become the norm, not the exception. As I wrote in a post in March 2010: Unlike previous recession recoveries, this one will not re-employ large numbers of laid off workers. The May 10 issue of Crain’s Detroit Business confirms this prediction. Their number rose to 2.66 MORE >> 3 Tweets
• Career Resilience Tool: The Career Journal BAMBOO PROJECT | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  
• General Mills' Elite Learning Strategy CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  
• UNINETT Spreads New Technologies Across Norway With eCampus Program VISUAL LOUNGE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  
• The Week That Was CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  
• MIT Technology Review: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2013 LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  
• Little Improvement in Wage Gains Likely CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  
• Netflix CEO: ‘TV in the future will be like a giant iPad’ [Ligaya ] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  
• Millennials Have Information, Not Knowledge CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  
• Solid career advice for college grads from LinkedIn’s Founder LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  
• Executives: U.S. Businesses Not Delivering Societal Impact CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  
• Romans 11:33-36 (NIV) LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  

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May 16, 2013

• DIGITALCHALK ELEARNING | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  7 Tips to Delivering Effective Online Training
  'Delivering online training can be a bit overwhelming if you are unsure of where to begin. You may have a great online platform for your course, but need help creating some interactive, relevant course material. We have put together 7 tips to help you create an “out of the box” course. Follow these guidelines and you’ll be sure to impress! MORE >> 2 Tweets
• BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  This Week on #TalkTech: Big Data in Education, Gamification, and the Workplace
  '#TalkTech is the “flipped” approach to Twitter chats. We publish all the topics a few hours before the chat so you can show up at 3 pm EST / 12 pm PST on Thursdays ready to discuss. We discuss three topics a week and the chat lasts around 30 minutes. We’re shaking things up in 2013 here at #TalkTech! Using Big Data to Improve Learning. MORE >> 10 Tweets
• IGNATIA WEBS | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  Early #career researchers and how to get a job?
  'With every career move, there comes a time of trepidation, confusion, wild gesturing in the living room while expressing "where am I going? What am I doing?!". That is the phase I am in right now. Luckily Andy Coverdale tweeted about a twitter chat for. early career researchers ! And although my grey hairs tend to remind me of careers passed. MORE >> 6 Tweets
• CLARK QUINN | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  Contextifying
  'In creating a presentation for the Guild’s upcoming mLearnCon , I was thinking about ways we go wrong, and one is thinking that it’s just about content. Really, context is the new opportunity. So what are the opportunities? I thought of three possible ways in which we might use context: where, when, and what’s near. MORE >> 5 Tweets
• IGNATIA WEBS | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  Meaningful, hand-picked content curation at its best
  'Angie Popova is an astonishing individual. honestly do not know how she manages to build one of the most inspiring, cross-disciplined, politically aware, literary content outputs. out there. Brainpickings is a weekly media rich newsletter that offers a good read for minds looking for some art/science/literature food-for-thought. science2.0 MORE >> 5 Tweets
• I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  Writing & Grammar: Nauseated by Nauseous
  'by Jennie Ruby. Just as software experts have to keep up to date with the latest versions of software, professional writers and editors have to keep up with the latest versions of English. Our language gains new nouns and verbs constantly, and our existing words change meanings. nauseous. That hard line was changing, even in the year 2000. link]. MORE >> 6 Tweets
• LEARNDASH | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  7 Major Learning Styles – Which One are You?
  'Everyone learns differently, that’s nothing new. However, over the years the different styles of learning have usually been cut down to visual, physical (learn-by-doing), or audible. Truth is, we could probably dissect each of these learning three styles down even further and arrive at a handful of sub-levels. elearning training MORE >> 7 Tweets
• RAPTIVITY | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  ASSESSMENTS—SPELLING, VOCABULARY, MATH QUIZZES FOR THE ELEARNERS—PART TWO
  'Part one of this post describes what an assessment is and why it’s important. This post describes how you can make them fun using the new Visual Assessment tool. How can you make a quiz/assessment fun? In the eLearning world, [.]. eLearning interactive learning raptivity Raptivity Evolve MORE >> 10 Tweets
• LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  Shifting work
  'Note: this is a synthesis of several previous posts. The death of middle class jobs ( Associated Press ): As software becomes even more sophisticated, victims are expected to include those who juggle tasks, such as supervisors and managers — workers who thought they were protected by a college degree. Today it is less than 10%. MORE >> 32 Tweets
• SOCIAL LEARNING BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  Adobe Captivate Review: The E-Learning Showdown Continues
  '(Note: This is Part 2 of a 4-part series comparing Articulate Presenter, Captivate, and Storyline. Subscribe to the blog at the bottom of this post to be updated when Part 3 is published. Read Part 1 on our Articulate Presenter Review.) Now up: Adobe Captivate. Given that I’ve been using Captivate [.] MORE >> 7 Tweets
• Upper Mississippi River / 30th Wedding Anniversary Tour ECONTENT | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  
• Three Ways to Improve E-Learning CLO MAGAZINE | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  
• Camtasia Studio 8: How We Use Hotspots VISUAL LOUNGE | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  
• It's Time to Take On mSupport ONTUITIVE | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  
• Join us in June: Adobe eLearning eSeminars: Sign up now for Free ADOBE CAPTIVATE BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  
• Mezzanine – A beginning of what “Learning from the Living [Class] Room” might look like…? LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  
• First Impressions: Books Are Judged by the Cover THE LEARNING DISPATCH | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  
• Living-room opera lends a new twist to an old art [Smith] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  

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May 15, 2013

• TOPYX SOCIAL LEARNING | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  Millennials in the Workplace
  'First, what is a millennial? The Millennial Generation, or Generation Y, are individuals that were born between the late 1970′s and early 2000′s. So, if you are or know someone who between 35 and 10 years old, you/they are a millennial. So, what are you doing in your workplace to leverage the potential of this group? Jeffrey A. MORE >> 21 Tweets
• ZAIDLEARN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  Gamify Classroom Learning with the C2S2C Method!
  'The C2S2C (pronounced See-Es-See) method can be applied to gamify any type of learning activity ! This is my second learning friendly innovation for 2013 (First one: L2T3SEA learning framework )! The conference is organized by the International Medical University (IMU). During the hands-on session we will explore three web 2.0 Use three web 2.0 MORE >> 11 Tweets
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  #skillsoft Perspectives 2013 - Higher Ed Track
  'This year I decided to hang out in the higher ed track. See what other institutions using SkillPort are doing. 2 of the 3 higher ed presentations I saw used either another LMS or a portal to access and curate SkillPort content. The 3rd that went to SkillPort directly had a very targeted audience (IT folks). People got too overwhelmed. So true.so MORE >> 2 Tweets
• CLARK QUINN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  Starting Strategy
  'If you’re going to move towards the performance ecosystem, a technology-enabled workplace, where do you start? Partly it depends on where you’re at, as well as where you’re going, but it also likely depends on what type of org you are. A second step would then likely be performance support, helping people in the moment. itashare. MORE >> 8 Tweets
• I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  eLearning: What's My Motivation?
  'by AJ Walther. Motivating a dog is easy. There is absolutely nothing my dog won't do for a treat. But motivating a human? Particularly an adult human? That's a complex process. If something (like, say, training) doesn't have an immediate payoff, how do we motivate adults to participate? You can click the image to see a larger view.). MORE >> 9 Tweets
• LEARNDASH | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  LearnDash Version 1.3.0 Includes Major Updates!
  'Today I am extremely pleased to announce the latest version of LearnDash, Version 1.3.0! Without a doubt, this is the biggest update we have done since our original release back in January. Admittedly, we have been a bit quiet lately, but only because our heads have been down enhancing the LearnDash offering based on all our customer’s suggestions. MORE >> 10 Tweets
• IGNATIA WEBS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  #MOOC on Managing Change #KM starts next week
  'Change management is and has been a tough nut to crack in any organization. Now, with the economic crisis still weighing on knowledge workers wherever they work, managing the change that is happening all around us in our professional as well as our personal sphere is becoming quite a challenge. The official start is on Monday 20th May at 2pm GMT. MORE >> 6 Tweets
• KIRKPATRICKS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  Training Evaluation Mistake #5
  'Training Evaluation Mistake #5: Avoiding Measuring the Value of Training Because It’s Too Difficult. Do you avoid measuring the organizational value of your training because it seems too hard? Are you uncertain of how to get started? You are not alone. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• EASYGENERATOR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  Easygenerator adds Tin Can support, a new editor, more HTML question types and course templates
  'We have released version 8.5 of easygenerator and we have some great new things. This version has a complete new editor, we have TinCan support, we added three more HTML question types and we added a new concept: course templates. will describe the highlights in this blog, for all the details you can download the release notes. TinCan support. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• MANAGING ELEARNING | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  A Review of a Coursera Course
  'A Lesson for all eLearning Practitioners My blog team recently completed a Coursera MOOC (Massive open online course) on the concept and practice of Gamification.  If you haven’t yet been introduced to MOOCs, they are college level on-line courses offered for free from major universities. MORE >> 4 Tweets
• Building Career Resilience: Networks vs. "Circles of Connection" BAMBOO PROJECT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• What New Hires Should Never Have To Go Through EJ4 | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• QR Codes – oh no! DONT WASTE YOUR TIME | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• Air Canada Isn’t Collaborating With Its Employees BRAVE NEW ORG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• How to Let Learners Make Mistakes in eLearning INTEGRATED LEARNINGS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• ISTE 2013 Presenter Profiles: Rob Zdrojewski VISUAL LOUNGE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• Study: Most Firms Don’t Offer Specialized Courses for Technical Pros CLO MAGAZINE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• So how do you show that you can learn and adapt – and master – constant change? JANET CLAREY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• Professional Development in Social Learning: 3 different skill areas JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• The Walmart of Education has officially arrived! [Christian] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• Michigan district fires all teachers, closes every school [Parker] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  
• Transmedia is a mindset, not a science [Doherty] — another piece of Learning from the Living [Class] Room LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  

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May 14, 2013

• I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  Adobe Captivate & RoboHelp: Incorporate eLearning within a Help System
  'by Kevin Siegel. Like many of today's technical communicators, I wear many hats and use multiple tools to communicate with my learners. For instance, I use Adobe Captivate to create most of my eLearning content, and Adobe RoboHelp to create my Help Systems. There was rarely talk of combining the two technologies. The Perfect Help Topic. MORE >> 11 Tweets
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  #skillsoft Perspectives 2013 Day 1 Keynotes
  'One of the values of a vendor conference (to me at least) is that it allows me to see where my vendor is going. What is their roadmap? Is it worth following? Thus far - SkillSoft has been pretty good about listening to their customers (more so than any other vendor I have worked with) and keeping their pulse on the greater learning environment. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• THE ELEARNING COACH | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  How To Write Better Analogies For Learning
  'Help learners transfer previous knowledge to a new concept with analogies. Post from: The eLearning Coach How To Write Better Analogies For Learning. Cognition MORE >> 37 Tweets
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  #skillsoft Perspectives 2013 - other stuff
  'The other sessions I attended focused on talent development. To be clear - my job centers around IT training. am not directly responsible for developing talent. Some cool ideas though. liked their first go at an interactive map. link] They also give away patches and blankets. Wonder if we could get away with "scout sashes" at our organization. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  Knowledge Guru Game Creation Wizard Unveiled at ASTD ICE
  'We are taking our show on the road to ASTD ICE, May 20 – 22 in Dallas, Texas to unveil the Knowledge Guru Game Creation Wizard. It takes the guesswork out of game based learning with a proven game design you can use for your instructional games. will be live in June.In All About Knowledge Guru™. Learn more. Learn More. Learn more. Learn more. MORE >> 10 Tweets
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  The Pandora's Box of Purpose
  'The Data Whisperer stared at my fancy 2 slide PowerPoint. What about purpose? Um.kinda didn''t want to open that Pandora''s box. It depresses me. Open the box, Wendy. Could be fun! What I hear - Professional Development is the real value of this system! Professional Development is a "nice to have." Including friends and allies. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• IGNATIA WEBS | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  Choosing between Social Media automation and Reflective Use
  'Thanks to the Ol''daily my attention got grabbed by an article from Elsua (Luis Suarez - an KM/IBM social media pioneer). In his reflective blogpost on the industrialization of social media in the enterprise. the dialogue. providing value and being silent are two sides of the same coin, that is, you He is hitting the nail on the head. MORE >> 6 Tweets
• WEELEARNING | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  5 Ways Content Marketing Supports Instructional Design
  'When we talk about marketing, by default we talk about marketing campaigns. That suggests using a variety of media, spread out over a period of time, coordinated in a way that serves a specific goal. Traditionally that would consist of … Read more › blog content marketing curation elearning elearning network instructional design MORE >> 6 Tweets
• LEARNDASH | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  Corporate Learning Trends: An Overview [INFOGRAPHIC]
  'As the learning industry begins to take off, we are able to gather more and more metrics about the trends on online learning, corporate training, and the like. Last year, it was reported that $156 million was spent on employee learning initiatives in the United States… that’s quite the figure! Last year there was 1.1% training MORE >> 9 Tweets
• KAPP NOTES | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  ASTD Philly 2013 Presentation Resources
  'Here are the resources from my presentation. Here are the slides: Companies Mentioned. Enspire Learning. Zombies Run. Game On! Learning. Knowledge Guru. Allen Interactions. Axionify. Game Development Software ThinkingWorlds (3D Software). Unity 3D (3D Software, fairly Complex). Raptivity(Games Pack). Raptivity (Simulation Pack). 2006). 2005). MORE >> 4 Tweets
• Free E-Book on Creative Facilitation Techniques for Training | ASTD T+D BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  
• E-Learning Musings ELEARNING 24-7 | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  
• Take a Look at These CEOs’ First Jobs EJ4 | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  
• London Summer Picnic LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  
• ASSESSMENTS—SPELLING, VOCABULARY, MATH QUIZZES FOR THE ELEARNERS—PART ONE RAPTIVITY | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  
• The Biking Photographer. A Rolling Photoshoot at 12mph ECONTENT | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  
• Circling Back: Notification of Ask3 Responses VISUAL LOUNGE | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  
• Webcast: Using the Psychology of Games for Learning USABLE LEARNING | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  
• Leading Today Is Harder Than Ever CLO MAGAZINE | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  
• Forecasts Special Report: 20 forecasts for 2013-2025 [The World Future Society and The Futurist] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  
• SuccessFactors Hires Gartner Analyst to Lead Development of HCM Software CLO MAGAZINE | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  

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May 13, 2013

• E-LEARNING PROVOCATEUR | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  M-Learning’s dirty little secrets
  'I have a confession to make. At my workplace a little while ago, I created a smartphone-friendly version of our online induction course. Ownership of smartphones is relatively common in this corner of the world, and a large proportion of our new recruits are Gen Y. It tanked. But my confession is not that it tanked. It’s that I knew it would. MORE >> 47 Tweets
• KNOWLEDGESTAR | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  Content as a Service (CaaS)
  'The etextbook in 2018 will be coupled to an app that will provide you with Content as a Service (CaaS). It will be designed to make learning easier and more effective. It will replace the old print (and even current online) proto-etextbook that used content as the product you bought. Dream with me a moment …. MORE >> 13 Tweets
• BRAVE NEW ORG | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  It’s Time to Revolutionize Corporate Learning
  'I spend a lot of time thinking, writing, speaking and working in my own personal and professional venn diagram of: leadership development; social collaborative tools; and. all things related to learning. One of those pillars — the learning space — is where I started my career. From Slideshare you can download the full.pdf file. MORE >> 15 Tweets
• LEARNING VISIONS | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  Learning Theories
  'The amazing Jane Bozarth (@janebozarth) shared this today and it looks like a great resource if you''re looking to learn more about learning theories. With hyperlinks galore, you can drill down to learn about Vygotsky (and possibly even how to say it!), scaffolding, experiential learning and more. What are the established learning theories MORE >> 6 Tweets
• KNOWLEDGESTAR | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  Too Many Children Left Behind
  'Students with restless minds and bodies -- far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity -- are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences. We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says. Education Learning MORE >> 4 Tweets
• DONT WASTE YOUR TIME | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  Question – what app could you NOT live without?
  'What App could you NOT live without? Whether I’m not limiting this to iOS ‘apps’ but please consider any ‘tool’ you use on a mobile or tablet device. Leave a comment below and share your App and reasons for it. ‘DropBox’ App. Apps Android Dropbox iOS iPad iPhone Presentation Tablet WordPress MORE >> 14 Tweets
• KNOWLEDGESTAR | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  Planet Earth: The Community of Learners
  'I can see a day soon where you’ll create your own college degree by taking the best online courses from the best professors from around the world — some computing from Stanford, some entrepreneurship from Wharton, some ethics from Brandeis, some literature from Edinburgh — paying only the nominal fee for the certificates of completion. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• WILL AT WORK LEARNING | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  Rethinking Instructional Objectives
  'Clark Quinn ( blog , website , Twitter )  recently cited some of my thinking about instructional objectives in the instructional technology forum of AECT ( ITFORUM ). wrote a long email to Clark in response, thanking him, and going into more detail. Indeed, as both Clark and I have previously noted, the probably shouldn’t be identical. Etcetera. MORE >> 5 Tweets
• KAPP NOTES | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  Infographic: How 3D Printing Will Revolutionize the Classroom
  'Here is a neat infographic on how 3D printers will revolutionize learning, or instructional technology department just ordered one which we will receive this summer. can you say manipulatives …an old but great concept). Would like to credit OnlineDegrees.org for this graphic. Design MORE >> 2 Tweets
• LEARNDASH | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  How to Sell Your Elearning Courses for Profit [PART 3]
  'For the past couple of weeks we have discussed the necessary steps for how to get started selling elearning courses for profit. At this point, you have a good idea on how to find topics that are in demand and how to get your online delivery platform set-up. But just because you build it doesn’t mean that they will come! Two-Prong Approach. Warning! MORE >> 4 Tweets
• Sales Training Tips: Time is Money EJ4 | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  
• Freestyle Learning MARCIA CONNER | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  
• Adobe Presenter wins 2013 CODiE award for ‘Best Video Tool’ ADOBE CAPTIVATE BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  
• E-Learning in the Sciences ELEARNING 3.0 BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  
• Personally Disconnected. Why Don’t We Care? TRAINING INDUSTRY BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  
• Webinar Recap: How Yammer Uses Mindflash For Training MINDFLASH | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  
• Interactive whiteboards are front and center in college classrooms [edtechmagazine.com] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  
• Calvin College professor: 18 reasons to save art education in elementary schools [VanReeuwyk ] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  
• 5 ways to build a future leader [Biro] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  
• Perfect Resize 7.5, formerly Genuine Fractals, increases image sizes w/out loss of sharpness or detail LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  

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May 12, 2013

• LEARNDASH | SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
  5 Ways Online Learning is Vital to Education
  'If you ever need to make the case for online learning in your classroom, then this article is for you. The benefits of a blended, online learning component in education are too great to ignore. In some ways, educational institutions are doing their students an extreme disservice if they ignore online learning in their institution. MORE >> 19 Tweets
• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
  What is an Interest List and How is it Used?
  'Are you interested in taking a course, but not sure if you can fit it into your schedule? Is there no classroom offering available? Interests Lists can help you manage all this, from the student perspective and that of the manager as well MORE >> 6 Tweets
• LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB | SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
  Sense-making in practice
  'Maria Popova at BrainPickings.org does an excellent review of the 1936 book, You Can Do Anything by James Mangan. She covers in detail the section on 14 Ways to Acquire Knowledge. These align nicely with the Seek : Sense : Share of personal knowledge management as shown below. Sense-making is the necessary value-add of PKM. “To be is to do.” MORE >> 20 Tweets
• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
  What will be the primary driver of future growth in E-Learning; Technology, Content or Applications?
  'While technology, content and applications are all important, A LinkedIn user wonders which will have the most impact on the growth of e-Learning in the a future. Read this post to find out we think we here at Latitude Learning MORE >> 5 Tweets
• LEARNING WITH E'S | SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
  An audience with.
  'We learn best when we are fully involved in the process. John Dewey advocated ''learning by doing'' and Seymour Papert called it ''learning by making''. These are theories that guide many educators today. Mindful of these theories, I have recently been working alongside students to encourage them to write for an audience. Unported License. MORE >> 15 Tweets
• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
  Top 5 eLearning Articles
  'The Latitude Learning Team again delivers a hand picked selection of the best eLearning related articles available online. We hope you''ll find them interesting and informative MORE >> 2 Tweets
• LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
  2013 Cisco Global IT Impact Survey
  'Also see: Infographic from the 2013 Cisco Global IT Impact Survey. Cisco: Your CTO probably has no idea what ‘The Internet of Things’ is. cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related corporate / business world internet IT in HE telecommunications Wireless IT workplace MORE >> 1 Tweet

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May 11, 2013

• BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE | SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013
  Agile vs ADDIE: Which Is Better for Learning Design?
  'My last post was about Agile Learning Design , an iterative model of instructional design that focuses on collaboration and rapid prototyping. And it’s become quite a hot topic this past year. It is the hot new alternative to the old, and some have argued outdated, ADDIE model that has been the ultimate instructional design model for years. MORE >> 5 Tweets

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May 10, 2013

• THE PEFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  Evaluation Is Not Complicated
  'In his blog post , “Stop Evaluating Training!”, Amit Garg summarizes a presentation that Robert O. Brinkerhoff gave at the Australian Institute of Training and Development conference in April. Garg relates Brinkerhoff’s comments to the challenges of measuring the effectiveness of elearning programs. It’s not complicated. MORE >> 12 Tweets
• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  LMS Free Training - Weekly Webinar Announcement
  'Latitude Learning announces our next Free Training Webinar. This webinar series provides an overview of core LMS administrative tools, as well as featuring key add-on capabilities and areas of functionality available through Latitude Learning MORE >> 7 Tweets
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  Summarizing the Learning Ecosystem
  'I''ve been working with the new SWAT Team Member for Enterprise Business Process to help clarify some of my ideas. Her mandate is to look at things in our world holistically. She recommended that I come up with a quick single-sheet diagram of what I am talking about to share with others - Sr. This, to me, is the meat and potatoes slide. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• DONT WASTE YOUR TIME | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  Education’s ‘Death Valley’ from Sir Ken Robinson
  In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational “death valley” we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.” ” Thanks to Pat Parslow for copying the embed code and sending it via Twitter, Safari wouldn’t let me do it on the iPad is afternoon! MORE >> 17 Tweets
• LEARNING ON THE LEADING EDGE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  To Understand Leadership, Study Followership
  'I was at a conference with 50 or so chief learning officers last week and we had a number of discussions about leadership. Despite the fact that there are thousands of models, consultants, books, and assessments for leadership, this group hardly agreed on anything. walked away with some interesting take-aways I wanted to share. MORE >> 10 Tweets
• SOCIAL LEARNING BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  The Knowledge Sharing Paradox – Is Ownership or Thought Leadership the Highest Hurdle?
  'Our goal as enterprise learning experts is to find the most effective way to change audience behavior to align with a certain business objective. Extremely relevant to this practice is the ever-changing ways in which people communicate and learn from each other. If we want a learner to accept or [.] appeared first on Social Learning Blog. MORE >> 11 Tweets
• ZAIDLEARN | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  Social Media for Research at SNDT (Webinar)!
  'ONLINE TALK The inspiring Prof. Vasudha Kamat (Vice Chancellor, SNDTWU) invited me recently to do a webinar ( 11 May ) entitled '' Social Media for Research '' for the Online Course in Research methodology for PhD scholars at the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women''s University (SNDTWU), India. How could I say no? MORE >> 4 Tweets
• ELEARNING ACUPUNCTURE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  Find out what 40 universities in Canada are doing about copyright
  'Lisa Di Valentino at the University of Western Ontario had the idea of studying what Canadian universities are doing with respect to the series of recent changes in copyright legislation in Canada. She decided to go all out and she collected data from a whopping 40 Canadian universities. Put it on your bedtime reading list - it''s worth it MORE >> 2 Tweets
• EJ4 | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  Infographic: Bad Managers Top List of Employee Complaints
  'We’ve heard many employee complaints through the years, but the issue that consistently ranks high is that of poor leadership and bad managers. Check out this handy infographic for some eye-opening statistics on the effects management has on your culture, turnover and your bottom line. Knowledge is power. MORE >> 5 Tweets
• DONT WASTE YOUR TIME | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  Help with Prezi
  'I have used Prezi a number of times in the past, most recently on the University of Edinburgh EDC MOOC for my submitted artefact (see below) but what I find most complicated or difficult to explain to others is the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) techniques you need to consider and take in to account when designing and creating your Prezi. MORE >> 13 Tweets
• Writing & Grammar: Stylistic Conventions I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• Compliance Training: Doing Something About the Least Popular Training on Earth ALLISON ROSSETT | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• The Four Pillars of Trust CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• I’m Speaking at the World Business of Leadership Summit (WooT) BRAVE NEW ORG | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• Creating your personal iOS and Android Magazine: Silicon Lakeshore! ECONTENT | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• Climbing the Cloud. Essentials to Certification TRAINING INDUSTRY BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• Just how far can they go? LEARNING WITH E'S | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• LMS and LCMS: What’s the Difference? EFRONT | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• 21st Century Genealogy: Snagit and Camtasia Help Family Historians Bring the Past to Life VISUAL LOUNGE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• The Second Condition of Online Engagement: Access GOOD PRACTICE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• Millennials Are the Transformers CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• Collaborative working spaces from architectism.com LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• Sidley Austin's Approach to Development CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• #LeapInto Google I/O LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• The Week That Was CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• Charting technology’s new directions: A conversation with MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson [mckinsey.com] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• Scheduled Maintenance on May 10th, 2013 from 10pm to 11pm EST – for 1 hour PROPROFS | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  
• The Vision & Philosophy Behind the Design of the Academic Cheating MOOC [Bull] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
  

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May 9, 2013

• TOPYX SOCIAL LEARNING | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  Building a Business Community with eLearning
  'Can a modern day business community and farming have anything in common? Today, businesses have replaced farms as the major engine propelling society forward. Still, a lot of businesses adopt values and practices from the farm. For instance, a popular term in the corporate world is “silos”. Here are three reasons why: 1. LMS & eLearning MORE >> 13 Tweets
• DIGITALCHALK ELEARNING | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  5 PowerPoint Design Tips That Wow!
  'Sometimes a PowerPoint presentation may be the majority of your course content. If that is the case, you want to be sure that you have the best PowerPoint you can. Stop creating those outdated presentations and impress your students with these 5 basic design tips. Don’t cram so much text onto a slide. Use meaningful images. Use less animation. MORE >> 3 Tweets
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  "We Don't Know Any Better"
  'This is actually the "Gorilla Change". Though what I am doing may incorporate some "sleight of hand" - I really was hoping to find a video of a bunch of gorillas in a facilitated brainstorming session. am in the process of performing a bit of guerrilla change management. This means walking around and interviewing members of my "in-house" network. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  This Week on #TalkTech: Gamification for Positivity, Screens vs Paper, and Personalization in Learning
  '#TalkTech is the “flipped” approach to Twitter chats. We publish all the topics a few hours before the chat so you can show up at 3 pm EST / 12 pm PST on Thursdays ready to discuss. We discuss three topics a week and the chat lasts around 30 minutes. We’re shaking things up in 2013 here at #TalkTech! Topic #1: Is positivity an added bonus of games? MORE >> 11 Tweets
• CLO MAGAZINE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  Five Reasons You Can’t Ignore Gamification
  'Learning leaders have found that integrating gaming elements into development offerings can increase productivity, employee engagement and retention, and promote innovation. There may just be whispers about it in the workplace now, but if learning leaders haven’t heard much about gamification yet, they will soon. MORE >> 34 Tweets
• KAPP NOTES | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  Four Slide Shows about Different Types of Design
  'These three slide shows are not specifically about instructional design but, when creating online learning, I think these slide shows present a great deal to consider. Using just some of these techniques will make your online learning “POP”! Here is one on slide design: Visual Design Basics from Sumeet Moghe. Design MORE >> 5 Tweets
• CLARK QUINN | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  Assessing online assessments
  'Good formal learning consists of an engaging introductions, rich presentation of concepts, annotated examples, and meaningful practice, all aligned on cognitive skills. As we start seeing user-generated online c, publishers and online schools are feeling the pressure. Are we seeing the demise of for-profit institutions and publishers? MORE >> 6 Tweets
• CLO MAGAZINE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  Innovative Methods to Develop Leaders
  'Consider these five tips when putting together a leadership development program. Successful leaders, by their very nature, are consumed with what they are doing — connecting with clients, motivating talent and inspiring those around them. Developing leaders is not about looking for the next big innovation. It is about focusing on the people. MORE >> 18 Tweets
• EJ4 | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  Letting Triviality Wreak Havoc on a Project at Work
  'We already discussed earlier this week that over 80% of workplace distractions are trivial matters, at best. But what exactly constitutes a trivial matter? And when do you step in to mention that a project at work is being smothered by one? Northcote Parkinson, a British naval historian. Bikeshedding can be so many things. You know the moments. MORE >> 4 Tweets
• I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  Adobe RoboHelp: Supporting Android Phones
  'by Willam Van Weelden. RoboHelp 10 allows you to support a wide range of devices. RoboHelp detects a user's device and automatically presents the content in the optimal format for that specific device. While this is a great new RoboHelp feature, sometimes things can go wrong. The phone's default display resolution is very high. MORE >> 5 Tweets
• Designing Technology Enhanced Learning Objects RAPTIVITY | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• A Burst of Scarlet for Supper! ECONTENT | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Elearning’s Latest Trends and What it Means for You LEARNDASH | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Podular Organization and Edge Businesses SKILFUL MINDS | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Dan Roam’s European training – Plus an analysis of his video VISUAL LOUNGE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• The new enclosure movement LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Using Snagit for Process Documentation VISUAL LOUNGE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Support Elliott Masie's War on Frivolous LMS Trademarks WILL AT WORK LEARNING | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Self organised learning spaces LEARNING WITH E'S | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• How to Promote Play in an Organization CLO MAGAZINE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Slideshare reaches 10 million downloads. and my Top 100 Tools slideset is featured. JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Training: Adobe Captivate & Interactive eLearning ADOBE CAPTIVATE BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Study: More Than Half of Companies Have Been Affected By a Bad Hire CLO MAGAZINE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Training: Creating Interactive and Scenario-based Learning with Adobe Presenter ADOBE CAPTIVATE BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Hiring Managers: College Grads Unprepared for Workforce CLO MAGAZINE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• 100 things to watch in 2013 — JWT Intelligence LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• Chain of fools FROM THE COLEFACE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• The emergence of Chief Digital Officers [Berkman] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• The Dream of Personalization – Far fetch but Possible SIMPLIFY ELEARNING | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  
• A solid article explaining why iOS-based devices are tough on the campus (true for the enterprise as well) LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
  

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May 8, 2013

• KAPP NOTES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  Four Videos on Instructional Design
  'Here are four videos that can help you to think about instructional design for online learning. They don’t all specifically describe instructional design but they do all have insightful ideas if you just listen and apply. This one describes how too much focus on “information” for courses is the wrong focus. Design MORE >> 32 Tweets
• I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  Adobe Captivate: Hide Main Master Slide Objects
  'by Kevin Siegel. Last week I wrote about Captivate's Main Master Slide and Content Master Slides. demonstrated how adding an object to a Main Master Slide instantly adds that object to all of the Content Master Slides and the Filmstrip slides. and short of deleting the object from the Main Master Slide, there was nothing you could do about it. MORE >> 8 Tweets
• LEARNDASH | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  How To Easily Implement Blended Learning in the Classroom
  'Creating an online course is like taking deciding to finally paint the outside of your house. What initially looks pretty straight forward ends up taking three times as long and results in even more work because of newly found issues. First, it’s important to start with a roadmap for your online course. Course Outline. Teacher Contact Information. MORE >> 8 Tweets
• ELLEN WAGNER | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  Living Under the Sword of Data, on #Lrnchat
  'On May 9, 2013 I will have the pleasure of joining the crew at #Lrnchat for a session on the topic of learning analytics. You will find us on Twitter, Thursday, 8:30 pm ET/5:30 PT. Look for us at #lrnchat, Analytics Innovation social media Trends MORE >> 16 Tweets
• KIRKPATRICKS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  Training Evaluation Mistake #4
  'Using the Kirkpatrick Levels Sequentially. The quiz question related to this week’s topic was: It is important to complete the Kirkpatrick levels sequentially: start with Level 1 and complete it before moving to Level 2, then complete Level 2 and move to Level 3, and so on. The correct response (false) only eluded 28% of the respondents. MORE >> 1 Tweet
• EJ4 | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  How to Manage Workplace Interruptions
  'It’s no secret we get distracted at work. It happens to everyone. We’re human, and even though we are paid to spend 8 hours a day working, it doesn’t happen. When you sit down and take a hard look at what distracts you or what interruptions may come your way, it can all be broken down into two categories, self-inflicted and group-inflicted. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• GOOD PRACTICE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  The First Condition of Online Engagement: Awareness
  'This is the second of three posts examining online engagement for learning and performance support resources, based on the presentation I gave at Learning Technologies. The first was A Simple Model for Online Engagement. The third post will follow in the next few days. You’ve built it; now you have to get people to visit it. distribute posters. MORE >> 4 Tweets
• CLO MAGAZINE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  Survey: Tech Gadgets Eroding Workplace Etiquette
  'Sixty-four percent of CIOs said higher use of mobile gadgets such as cell phones and tablets have led to more breaches in workplace etiquette over the last three years, according to a new survey. Menlo Park, Calif. That''s up from 51 percent who said the same thing in a similar survey three years ago. Source: Robert Half Technology MORE >> 7 Tweets
• VISUAL LOUNGE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  ISTE 2013 Presenter Profiles: Steve Kelly
  'We’re SO excited for ISTE 2013 ! The TechSmith Academic Solutions team will be heading down to San Antonio this year for the Annual Conference and Exposition, and we’re eager to hang out with all of our presenter pals at our booth. Not surprisingly, the whole concept is something that we’re thrilled to be involved in. MORE >> 3 Tweets
• LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  Briefly able to check out Google Glass today — very cool; I also appreciate the concerns
  'From DSC: Thanks to Mr. Andrew Vanden Heuvel (one of the early explorers), I was able to briefly try Google Glass out today. can see numerous applications involving augmented reality, journalism, videography, medicine, and other disciplines/areas.  However, I can also see how this sort of thing comes with concerns re: privacy and security. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• Podcast: Bob Mosher Speaks with Mark Oehlert about Mobile Performance Support ONTUITIVE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  
• How might the setup of Adobe’s Creative Cloud apply to education/lifelong learning/career development/the workplace? LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  
• How to Be Irresistibly Engaging: On Tribes, Foes, & Oxytocin WIRED@HEART | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  
• Viewing some graphs from Mary Meeker’s “2012 KPCB Internet Trends Year-End Update” in a different way LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  
• Changing Training MOODLE JOURNAL | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  
• The do’s and don’ts of synchronous online learning [McCrea] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  
• Are we preparing our students for the world they will encounter? LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  
• Trace what you see: The NeoLucida is the first portable Camera Lucida to be manufactured in nearly a century [Jobson] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
  

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May 7, 2013

• KAPP NOTES | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  Where to get Ideas for Learning Games, Gamification or Simulations
  'Sneak peak from theupcoming The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook. The best place to start to design a game, gamificaiton experience or simulation is to play games, lots of games. In today’s modern online and video games, the elements of gamification and simulation abound. However, you can’t play these games for fun. Strategizing. MORE >> 11 Tweets
• LEARNDASH | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  MOOCs: Threat or Opportunity? [INFOGRAPHIC]
  'Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) continue to gain momentum and prominence among the mainstream. think I even recently saw someone list a MOOC course under their educational experience on their LinkedIN profile! My personal opinion on this matter is that MOOCs will elicit change, even if they are seen as a threat. What do you think? MORE >> 14 Tweets
• BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  What Is Agile Learning Design?
  'If you’re in the learning design business or working with game based learning , then you’ve probably come across the term “Agile” a lot recently, so we’re going to try and make sense of it. Agile is a fresh approach to learning design that takes the ADDIE model to a new level. IT STARTED WITH A PROBLEM. MORE >> 12 Tweets
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  Use Cases vs Implementation
  '- One way to get pigs to fly - I will be the first to admit that I am a buzzkill. see new things and my first thought it - "ok - can I implement this thing?" A few weeks ago, Reuben Tozeman pointed to a couple of resources discussing xAPI. First was his blog post from January arguing for hooking into enterprise systems. Which I think is awesome.) MORE >> 2 Tweets
• ELEARNING 24-7 | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  Special Post – Why the Big Four are not on my latest Top 10 LMS List
  'Since my Top 10 list of LMS vendors has been posted online, I have received quite a bit of e-mail wondering why the biggest names: Cornerstone On Demand, Saba, SumTotal and SuccessFactors are not on the list. LMS should first be a LMS. Best Selling doesn’t mean the Best. The car company Honda is listed as a best seller. Think about it.  MORE >> 15 Tweets
• IGNATIA WEBS | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  #mHealth opportunities and planning using #mLearning
  'mHealth is a rapidly growing market. The interesting thing is that it actually reaches both patients and practitioners around the globe with all the people around the world using cell phones. The mHealth article is entitled Mobile Learning Support for Global Health. And for all of us who have experience in mobile instructional design. MORE >> 6 Tweets
• ONEHUNDREDFORTYWORDS | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  Crowdsourcing Concrete-ization
  'Earlier this week, I was putting together a slideshow, and it involved taking some abstract ideas and putting an image that represented each one onscreen. Concrete-ization, if you will. Simple. Something we do all the time in creating presentations and web content. Searching for “status” yields bands called Status Quo.). status. humor. MORE >> 5 Tweets
• BRAVE NEW ORG | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  Our Three Young Children Blog … Here’s Why
  'Those that know the intricacies of raising children also know there isn’t a day that goes by where we — as parents — aren’t judging. We might be judging other parents, other children, other families, our better half, our own children … whatever the scenario, we’re judging. www.colepontefract.com. Creativity. MORE >> 10 Tweets
• ONEHUNDREDFORTYWORDS | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  Is training really the answer? Ask Cathy Moore’s flowchart.
  'Cathy Moore is one of my heroes in the L&D world because she releases a lot really helpful stuff for designers. I’ve written some here about how her Action Mapping method often plays a part in my process, and her Elearning samples collection is the most comprehensive answer to  What does good look like? in our field. MORE >> 3 Tweets
• RAPTIVITY | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  Making Learning Stick! – An Overview
  'Have you ever wondered as to how you can possibly retain all those algebraic equations and geometric theorems just after a Math class? Well, there are many techniques that can be efficiently used to help the learner remember and recall [.]. MORE >> 9 Tweets
• This is my work LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• If all you have is a hammer. BIG DOG, LITTLE DOG | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• Adobe Creative Cloud – Clarity and Concerns ICS LEARNING GROUP | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• Is training really the answer? Ask the flowchart. MAKING CHANGE | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• A Simple Model for Online Engagement GOOD PRACTICE | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• Leadership Skills: Top Distractions to Avoid at Work EJ4 | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• Twitter and the death of distance LEARNING WITH E'S | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• What do Teleworkers Need as Learners? CLO MAGAZINE | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• Techzulu reviews ProProfs as a great online tool for all PROPROFS | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• The Workplace Learning Revolution: free mini e-book JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• The Forge: Episode 28 with Nancy Duarte VISUAL LOUNGE | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• What does effective IT training have to do with chopping onions? REDTRAY | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• ADP Launches Health Care Reform Website for Employers CLO MAGAZINE | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• Check out what Adobe has designed/developed!!! Definitely a part of our future smart classrooms! LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• Instant learning according to Hangover Joe SIMPLIFY ELEARNING | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• Talk about creativity! Check out Erik Johansson’s work at Adobe Max 3013 LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  
• Nice examples of people representing their own brands — from Adobe Max 2013 LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
  

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May 6, 2013

• E-LEARNING ACADEMY | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  A Free Checklist to Assess the Quality of an E-Learning Course
  'It’s 2013 and I am still seeing poor quality e-learning courses being built by so-called ‘professional’ e-learning developers who then sell these to uninformed organisations. Design Development MORE >> 25 Tweets
• KAPP NOTES | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  Talking about #Gamification
  'Lately, I have been talking about gamification for learning and instruction with a number of different people in several different venues. Here are some of the interviews that I’ve had. Over at Engaging Leader with Jesse Lahey, we had a great conversation about Gamifying to Engage. Check out Skilful players can get ahead of the game. MORE >> 6 Tweets
• BRAVE NEW ORG | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  WHY I Wrote Flat Army: The Flat Army Golden Circle
  'During some recent travelling, I used it as an opportunity to re-read (power read, you might say) fellow author and Speakers Spotlight brother Simon Sinek’s book “ Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Others To Take Action “ The fact it was first published in 2009 still gives me goose bumps. hope you do too. WHY art thou? MORE >> 11 Tweets
• JAY CROSS | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  Making Learning Stick
  'There’s no point learning something in the first place if you forget it before you can put it to use. Here’s a recording of my recent webinar on making learning stick. I’ll be in Italy the next two weeks, then in the UK for a week, and wrapping up with a week in the Netherlands. Anyone up for a rendezvous? Just Jay MORE >> 3 Tweets
• ECONTENT | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  Creating a Dual Boot OS Digital Camera
  'Do you think of your camera as a mechanical device, or a computer? The answer to this question should be a computer. Although your camera may have mechanical components and mirrors for the actual process of taking a picture, what drives your device is software. Better software yields better photographs. Low quality software means bad pictures. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• BAMBOO PROJECT | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  Sanctuary and Healing Our Relationships with Work
  ' . Many of the people I talk to and many I work with are in pain about work. They have been treated poorly by toxic bosses, stressed out colleagues and uncaring organizations that regard them as   disposable. Job requirements are constantly shifting and they live with daily uncertainty about the stability of their jobs. Resilience MORE >> 9 Tweets
• LEARNDASH | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  How to Sell Your Elearning Courses for Profit [PART 2]
  'In Part 1 of the series , I discussed how to find viable niches for your elearning courses, and how to ensure that you would have a market to sell them to. This week, we will review the options you have for setting-up your elearning store. But before we get to that, let’s take a look at some possibilities for development. Create a Storefront. MORE >> 3 Tweets
• VISUAL LOUNGE | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway Winners
  'Thank you so much to everyone who submitted nominations to our Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway ! We’ll be updating this post throughout the week with our daily winners so check back to see if we pick your nominee! Monday, May 6th winners. Tom Hopper. Grade: 7/8. School: Chippewa Middle. Location: Okemos, MI. Jerry Goar. Grade: 7th. MORE >> 4 Tweets
• ONTUITIVE | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  Smart Performance Support Isn't Science Fiction!
  'We hope this month''s focus on ''smart'' performance support (PS) has been as compelling to you as it is to us. We can’t imagine anyone not wanting performance support that starts smart and gets smarter because of how you and others perform. MORE >> 1 Tweet
• LEARNING WITH E'S | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  Follow you, follow me
  'A recent longitudinal study may provide clues about why some have more Twitter followers than others. The study, entitled A Longitudinal Study of Follow Predictors on Twitter analysed the social behaviour and message content against follower growth for more than 500 Twitter users over a 15 month period. Unported License. MORE >> 11 Tweets
• Four Ways to Ensure You Have Useful LMS Reporting MINDFLASH | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  
• Add More Zing to Your Camtasia for Mac Screencasts with Snagit VISUAL LOUNGE | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  
• Watch a replay of today’s Adobe MAX 2013 keynote. LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  
• Expertise: from examples to schemata DIVEIN COACHING | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  
• Powerful: “I was VERY good at following directions, which made me an excellent student. Now if only I was a good learner!” LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  
• Lean course creation DIVEIN COACHING | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  
• James 3:17 (NIV) LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
  

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May 5, 2013

• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
  Learning Management Systems For Success
  'Latitude Learning CEO Jeff Walter authored this article in which he examines the use of an LMS with client Inteva Products MORE >> 5 Tweets
• LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
  The new work
  'All work today can be reduced to just four basic types of jobs, according to Lou Adler. His company identified four prototypical jobs after developing thousands of job descriptions over the years. Everything starts with an idea. This is the first of the four jobs – the Thinkers. Builders convert these ideas into reality. This the second job. MORE >> 40 Tweets
• B ONLINE LEARNING | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
  Custom Navigation: 3 Examples with Articulate Storyline
  'In my post Custom Navigation: Set your imagination and your learners free! I discussed the discussed the capability of authoring tools, especially Articulate Storyline, to present a customised and engaging user interface that can both create a wow factor for the user and also maintain the benefits of rapid eLearning development. MORE >> 5 Tweets
• ELEARNING 24-7 | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
  Best of the Best – Extended Enterprise or multi-tenant LMSs
  'You may heard the term, “extended enterprise” and immediately thought to yourself that it does not apply to you.  You may have thought it only applies to large size companies with lots of employees. Actually it means many things which is why the term itself should be kicked to the curb with serious force. who are children. Tin Can API. MORE >> 10 Tweets
• LEARNDASH | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
  3 Most Common Types of SMEs and How to Deal with Them
  'One of the realities in training design, build, and delivery is the reliance on subject matter experts (or SMEs) to help provide relevant content for the courses. Over the years I have been part of many training implementations, and I have worked with my fair share of SMEs. Believer: Oh how I love these SMEs, they just make life so much easier! MORE >> 6 Tweets
• I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
  Writing & Grammar: Name that Mouse Move!
  'by Jennie Ruby  In training documents, help menu text and documentation we often find ourselves trying to describe common computer user actions. However, some of the terminology has changed over time, as new software and hardware features have been developed. Our challenge this week is about describing mouse behaviors. Be careful! 1.1.1. White MORE >> 5 Tweets
• B ONLINE LEARNING | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
  Custom Navigation: Set your imagination and your learners free!
  'One of the criticisms levelled at eLearning courses throughout their history is that the standard user interface (UI) makes the user experience of an online course boring and tedious and as such reduces participant engagement with the content. Articulate eLearning Design design elearning instructional design navigation storyline UI user interface MORE >> 2 Tweets
• DIVEIN COACHING | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
  Barnes & Noble, flies, and embeddedness
  'A couple days ago I was walking around a mall looking for a restroom, and the closest one. embedded cognition training skills MORE >> 0 Tweets
• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
  Top 5 eLearning Articles
  'The Latitude Learning Team again delivers a handpicked selection of the best eLearning related articles available online. We hope you''ll find them interesting and informative MORE >> 0 Tweets

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May 4, 2013

• BRIAN DUSABLON | SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
  On Passion, Desire, and Other S**t We Care About
  'Maybe eventually we get to a place where we see that books and music and art are created by us, people who have school and day jobs and other s**t we care about. And we’re not rich celebrities, and we are all always being pulled in different directions, but we’re present and engaged with the people in our lives? That might be kind of cool? Genera MORE >> 2 Tweets
• CLARK ALDRICH | SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
  Some of the sims listed on ClarkChart.com
  '3D Forklift Demo 3D Virtual Campus Tour –. 3DHive 3rd World Farmer 7 Tools to CPI A Sailor’s Life for Me! Biochem Gems Blackstone Private Equity Fina. Boarders Ahoy! Boom & Bust Enterprises P. Branches of Power Breakaway Budget Hero Build a Cell Build A Plant Build-a-Body Building and Exercising Influe. ID Combat Vehicle Detection. Cha-Ching! MORE >> 2 Tweets
• BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE | SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
  Karl Kapp, Sharon Boller Partner for Learning Game Design Workshop
  'Learning and Development professionals have been hearing about learning games and game based learning  over and over again for a few years now. Game based instructional techniques are growing in popularity, yet many instructional designers lack the skill set to design game based learning. Game Based Learning Design Skills in High Demand. Karl M. MORE >> 1 Tweet
• LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
  Reflections on “It’s a 401(k) world” [Friedman]
  'It’s a 401(k) world — from nytimes.com by Thomas Friedman. Excerpts: Something really big happened in the world’s wiring in the last decade, but it was obscured by the financial crisis and post-9/11. We went from a connected world to a hyperconnected world. … Government will do less for you. Companies will do less for you. MORE >> 3 Tweets
• LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
  Will be interesting to see if the pathways to the CEO position expand a bit further…
  'Interesting tidbit ( emphasis DSC ): According to a study from IBM, for the first time CEOs have identified technology as the most important external aspect impacting their organizations. To meet these needs, IBM recently introduced new products. 21st century 24x7x365 access career development corporate / business world Daniel S. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
  Reflections on 2 Chronicles 7:1-3 (NIV)
  '2 Chronicles 7:1-3 (NIV). The Dedication of the Temple. When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. The The priests could not enter the temple of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled it.  Daniel S. MORE >> 1 Tweet
• LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
  Lake Forest school unveils high-tech classroom
  'Lake Forest school unveils high-tech classroom – from by Danielle Gensburg. “They wanted it to be set up where it would be more of a learning lab for life-long learners to engage and have student-directed learning,” Zeeman said. Deerpath Middle School unveiled “The Cube,” a new technology classroom, in April. MORE >> 1 Tweet

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May 3, 2013

• TRINA RIMMER | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  Repeat After Me: eLearning is a Technology Solution
  'Dear clients, In my 3+ years as a freelancer, I’ve worked with many different types of companies and organizations – everything from huge Fortune 500s with a global audience to small, local businesses with less than 20 employees. Two ends of the client spectrum, each with their own rewards and drawbacks. Spend money on good design. MORE >> 16 Tweets
• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  LMS Free Training - Weekly Webinar Announcement
  'Latitude Learning announces our next Free Training Webinar. This webinar series provides an overview of core LMS administrative tools, as well as featuring key add-on capabilities and areas of functionality available through Latitude Learning MORE >> 6 Tweets
• BRIAN DUSABLON | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  TWiB
  'Scale images up with fractals and Perfect Resize. This has been around for a while. But it’s still awesome, and useful when you get those crappy 400-600 pixel images from clients or family members. How to automatically incorporate edits into your course (via Tracy ). Export and import “translation” Word files. WYSIWTF. Exactly. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  How do I playback a Free LMS Training Webinar I was enrolled in?
  'Did you miss the Free LMS Training Webinar you signed up for? Do you want to review something that was discussed? Did you have trouble getting into the session? Never fear – we record these sessions and you can play them at your convenience directly from your LMS portal for 90 days MORE >> 6 Tweets
• IGNATIA WEBS | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  Blogphilosophy learning to survive and keep safe
  'The world can be a tough place. As I walk from the open university to the bus stop I pass by a park. It is a big park with an estate in it harboring big houses. At the end of that park, near the bus stop there is a small playground. As spring is here the park is filled with daffodils and other blossoming trees. She was facing the tunnel. Go back! MORE >> 5 Tweets
• CHALLENGE TO LEARN | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  Book review: Leaving ADDIE for SAM: will agile eLearning development become mainstream?
  'I have read the book from Michael Allen ( and Richard Sites) with a lot of interest and it is a book that I can recommend to read, it does explain the why and the how of the approach and it contains a lot of practical stuff like examples and check list that will help you get started. It gives huge advantages over the classic ‘waterfall’ models. MORE >> 7 Tweets
• THE PEFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  Leadership Hustle
  'In his column for Forbes.com, John Baldoni writes about how Rick Pitino, coach of the 2013 NCAA national champion Louisville Cardinals basketball team, would keep track of his players’ deflections during their games. He wanted to measure “hustle” and a count of deflections was his best indicator. They stay the course at all costs. MORE >> 5 Tweets
• LIVING IN LEARNING | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  Using Bass Ackward Design for Performer Support
  'Knowing what to do…and being equipped [supported] to effectively do what needs done. are the equivalent of comparing great training to the effective application of learning. We train the former.and we support the performer on the latter. Continuous Learning Performer Support ISD LinkedIn performance support performer support PS PSO MORE >> 3 Tweets
• REDTRAY | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  Your hidden drive – what you can learn from a challenge like London Marathon
  'I used to think that physical challenges are mainly about testing your own stamina and never really gave them much … Continue reading » General MORE >> 4 Tweets
• CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  Partnering With the C-Suite
  'The CLO is strategically positioned to focus on business objectives, outcomes and costs. Partnering with line of business leaders is a natural next step. Successful chief learning officers understand that business longevity is defined by an ability to innovate and adapt. Examples include Kleenex, Band-Aids, Q-Tips, Levi’s and Post-Its. MORE >> 12 Tweets
• Innovators, imitators and idiots LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  
• Free webinar: Learning in the Connected Workplace JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  
• Point8020 Provides Training For All With The Help Of Camtasia VISUAL LOUNGE | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  
• HP Is Playing Learning Games CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  
• Reflections on “Why the lean start-up changes everything” [Blank] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  
• Make Millennial Entrepreneurship Work for You CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  
• The folks needed to create the next generation of learning: Computers can’t touch this. [Christian] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  
• The Week That Was CLO MAGAZINE | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  
• Learning from the Living [Class] Room: The building blocks are being put into place. [Christian] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  
• The human face of big data LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  
• Here’s to summer! [Christian] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
  

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May 2, 2013

• DIGITALCHALK ELEARNING | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  Affordable Audio Equipment For A High Quality Recording
  'Want to record quality audio without breaking the bank? Don’t worry – there are affordable microphones out there that can give you a  high quality recording  that won’t leave a massive dent in your wallet. One important thing to be aware of when searching for a microphone is to see if it is an omnidirectional or unidirectional microphone.  MORE >> 3 Tweets
• I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  eLearning: Thousands and Thousands of Free Images
  'by AJ Walther    There is no limit to the number of images you can find on the Internet. There are severe limits, however, on the number of images that you can download and use in whatever capacity you see fit. But, good news: the pool of images that can be freely downloaded and used just became a bit less limited.  MORE >> 9 Tweets
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  Conflicting Ideas
  Like the voices in my head start to sound like this band. And I LIKE speed punk MORE >> 1 Tweet
• LEARNDASH | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  9 Essential Instructional Designer Skills
  'So you want to be an instructional designer but you’re not sure the exact qualifications ? Well, Today’s Instructional Designer does more than create elearning or live instructor courses, they must wear many hats. As an ID, you have to take this content and then transpose (write) it in a manner that is concise and makes sense for the audience. MORE >> 7 Tweets
• CLARK QUINN | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  Travel Tech
  'Yesterday I wrote about some products, and I thought I should also own up to the mobile apps I use while traveling (at least domestically, international is still a bloody headache). It’s something I do a fair bit, and is a natural opportunity for mobile to make your life easier and more effective. Easier than entering into the calendar! MORE >> 5 Tweets
• UPSIDE LEARNING BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  Stop Evaluating Training!
  '"So how do you evaluate the success of eLearning that you create?" " As a learning solutions vendor, I’ve been asked this question countless times and have also encountered it in many an RFP. Proving the effectiveness of training and showing ROI is no walk in the park and still keeps L&D up at night. Why is this happening? MORE >> 18 Tweets
• LEARNING WITH E'S | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  Are you a meerkat and an ostrich?
  'Are you a meerkat or an ostrich? Why am I asking you this strange question? Read on. Etienne Wenger recently declared: ''If any institutions are going to help learners with the real challenges they face.(they) How can we prepare students for a world of work that doesn''t yet exist? Wenger may have given us clues to what we should do. Jameson (eds.) MORE >> 17 Tweets
• TRAINING INDUSTRY BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
  'I am guilty of chasing shiny objects given I am a serial entrepreneur, constantly creating the next new service or product. And like many entrepreneurs, I find the management of things I generate to be a bit of a challenge. Am I in good company? You bet. It made her pause to think about how it applies to the coach/client conversation. But should I? MORE >> 5 Tweets
• E-LEARNING UNCOVERED | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  A Chromebook and Claro: One Man’s E-Learning Day Out
  'I’ve been intrigued lately by the idea of living my digital life entirely “in the cloud”. Could I function effectively as an e-learning developer without being tethered to a local hard drive or locally installed software? Two recent innovations seem to make that possible – the Google Chromebook and dominKnow’s Claro e-learning authoring tool. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• BAMBOO PROJECT | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  Your Career in a 401(k) World
  'More things seem to be changing in my world than ever before, but I can’t quite put my finger on it, let alone know how to adapt. So let me try to put my finger on it: We now live in a 401(k) world — a world of defined contributions, not defined benefits — where everyone needs to pass the bar exam and no one can escape the most e-mailed list.--Thomas MORE >> 7 Tweets
• Is the Future of Learning Bite-Sized? CLO MAGAZINE | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• I Have Never Worn a Watch BRAVE NEW ORG | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• Ten Lessons Over Ten Years JANET CLAREY | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• The Top 3 Worst Questions a Salesperson Can Ask EJ4 | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• My 1800+ LinkedIn Network Graphically Mapped BRAVE NEW ORG | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• Paradigm Shifts, TED Talks, and the Rosetta Stone SKILFUL MINDS | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• U.S. Workers Increasingly Worried about Pay, Perks CLO MAGAZINE | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• In other words, begin with… [EdTechTeacher.org] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• U.S. Workers More Confident CLO MAGAZINE | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• 22 filmmaking apps for the iPad & iPhone [filmmakeriq.com] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• Introducing Enspire Studios, Enspire Learning’s Custom Development Group ENSPIRE LEARNING | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• National Music Week 2013, “Online music lessons in the key of see” [Romney] & “Choir Practice” on the web LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• A book a year LEARNFOREVER | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• How to thank a teacher [edutopia.org] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• This Week on #TalkTech: Humor in Learning, Upping a Game’s Replay Value, and Adobe Max BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  
• Assessing authenticity quotient in Story-based eLearning design SIMPLIFY ELEARNING | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
  

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May 1, 2013

• JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
  My favourite blog posts from April 2013
  'To find out what they are, please read my post here MORE >> 4 Tweets

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April 30, 2013

• LEARNDASH | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  300 Years of Distance Learning Evolution [INFOGRAPHIC]
  'If you thought that distance learning was a product of today, then you would be mistaken. In fact, the first distance learning program on record took place in 1728, when a local teacher by the name of Caleb Phillips advertised shorthand correspondence lessons offered by mail! By 1800, the growth of the U.S. Today, roughly 60% of four-year U.S. MORE >> 19 Tweets
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  Love and Discomfort
  'It has dawned on me that my best relationships - platonic and romantic - have had an element of discomfort to them. Uncomfortable in a way that makes me better. The discomfort of growth. Challenging my assumptions. Forcing me to think clearer. Attacking my belief systems. Encouraging me to find more examples. Wanting me to just be a better person. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  Adobe Captivate: A Master Slide for All Occasions
  'by Kevin Siegel. Master Slides were first introduced in Adobe Captivate 5 and I've written a couple of articles about them including: Creating Master Slides , Placeholder Objects on Master Slides and how to Keep Master Slide Backgrounds at Bay. In each project, there is always a single Main Master Slide and multiple Content Master Slides. MORE >> 10 Tweets
• CLARK QUINN | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  Types of thinking
  'Harold Jarche reviews Marina Gorbis’ new book  The Nature of the Future,  finding value in it. was intrigued by one comment which I thought was relevant to organizations. It has to do with the nature of thinking. In it, this quote struck a nerve: “Gorbis identifies unique human skills”  The list of them intrigued me: Sensemaking. MORE >> 7 Tweets
• JAY CROSS | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  13 books on learning, people, organizations, corporate culture, and change
  'This morning I conducted a webinar on Making Learning Stick. Funny, isn’t it, that we invest so much to help people learn and so little to help them remember? Lots of what we learn goes down the drain before becoming converted to action. To encourage participation, I gave away my favorite books for making the most of learning. It’s MORE >> 6 Tweets
• KAPP NOTES | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  Bloomsburg Students and Alumni Doing Great Things
  'Lately, at Bloomsburg University where I teach, there have been some great cross-over and intermingling between academic endeavors of students and corporate experiences. Students have been bridging the gap between studying and the world-of-work and the results have been remarkable. Starting a Business. Here they are with the big check. MORE >> 5 Tweets
• TAYLORING IT | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  From Compliance Course To Campaign, Part 1 – The Background
  'There’s been a great desk of chatter recently about compliance training. Actually, maybe it’s no more than usual, perhaps I’m just sensitive to it at the moment. Why so ? Well because since the beginning of 2013 I have been working to revamp our mandatory compliance training offering from 2 perspectives. Data Matters. MORE >> 5 Tweets
• UPSIDE LEARNING BLOG | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  10 Advantages Of Leveraging LMS For Blended Learning
  'Earlier I had shared the 8 things to follow while implementing blended learning via an LMS. For some of you the question might still be – why should my, or any organization for that matter, implement blended learning via an LMS? What advantages would it bring to my current training outputs? For Administrators. Streamlined training process. MORE >> 33 Tweets
• ICS LEARNING GROUP | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  Mobile Courseware Development: Captivate 6
  'Having now developed a few projects with Captivate 6 and delivered that ‘bespoke’ courseware in both desktop and mobile-compatible formats, here are a few notes and findings on Captivate’s mobile support… CP6 HTML Tracker First, the ‘HTML Tracker’ is very helpful! Clicking an entry even takes you to the related slide in the Filmstrip pane. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• SOCIAL LEARNING BLOG | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  Good Ideas Are Not Enough
  'Ignaz Semmelweis was obsessed. Giving birth was a dangerous activity in the mid 1800′s. In Europe the mortality rate for new mothers averaged around 10%. At the time no one knew the exact cause of death. Some thought it was caused by particles in the air; others thought each of [.] user adoption MORE >> 12 Tweets
• Are You Sharing Global Information? CLO MAGAZINE | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Business Exceptions Are Not Always What They Seem SKILFUL MINDS | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Why Video Can Help Companies Deliver Important Changes EJ4 | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Content Marketing 101 VISUAL LOUNGE | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Social Learning can help you Sell Better – Here’s How LEARN TO SUCCEED | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Promotion to Chief Nerd! ECONTENT | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Part 2: Using Facebook as a learning platform (videos) EFRONT | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Digital me, digital you LEARNING WITH E'S | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Video Tutorial: How to create online polls with ProProfs Poll Software PROPROFS | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• How can L&D departments best serve their organisations? JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• 3 Ways to Use Game Based Learning in Corporate Training BOTTOM-LINE PERFORMANCE | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• How to Design a MOOC in Your Company MINDFLASH | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• The Art of Anticipation in Story-Based eLearning Design SIMPLIFY ELEARNING | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Gamedesk’s “Classroom of the Future.” Why is it so hard to reinvent K-12 education? [Holmes] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Beyond the page: Transmedia storytelling [Howe] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Amazing 3D pencil drawings pop out of the page (Ejleh) LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Great to see this collaboration/assistance! County’s IT office/school system worked w/ Lockheed Martin to tackle unequal access! LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• The Future of Enterprise Mobile Learning [Infographic] — Justin Ferriman LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  
• Futuring media, one solid project [Alexander] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
  

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April 29, 2013

• IGNATIA WEBS | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  Spaced learning through #mobile apps work wonderfully
  'Mobile learning is an integral part of any contemporary training strategy. or should be by now. The toughest challenge however is to build a toolkit of mLearning options that cater to the variety of learning that needs to be done in an institution/corporation. In classrooms you can create a perfect setting to get spaced learning going. MORE >> 23 Tweets
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CURVE | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  LMSs, Push and Groups
  'Just a few thoughts - only because this is on my mind too. trust that my UP2AOU colleagues will let me know if I am entirely off base. One of my fellow higher ed colleagues is looking for a new LMS. There was a lot of resulting discussion around LMS options. Most training that we do has a common defining thread of who needs to take the training. MORE >> 3 Tweets
• THE ELEARNING COACH | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  21 Ways To Get Visual Ideas
  'These resources may give you ideas and strategies for approaches to visual design. Post from: The eLearning Coach 21 Ways To Get Visual Ideas. Graphics MORE >> 45 Tweets
• KAPP NOTES | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  When to use #Gamification
  'Some ideas on when to use #Gamification. a sneak peak of my 2014 Gamification Fieldbook). Gamification can be used to accomplish a number of goals related to learning. As with any learning intervention, gamification is not the answer to every learning situation and to gamify all content or learner experiences does not make sense. Content Guide MORE >> 7 Tweets
• LEARNFOREVER | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  I'm Spartacus!
  'In the current issue of Management Today , Nigel Nicholson offers “A New View of Leadership”. Some of what he describes is not new – he offers a triangular model of seeing (vision), being (identity), and doing (action), which may be considered an attempt to bring together visionary, authentic, and action-based approaches to leadership. MORE >> 1 Tweet
• CLARK QUINN | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  Designing Higher Learning
  'I’ve been thinking a lot about the higher education situation, specifically for-profit universities. One of the things I see is that somehow no one’s really addressing the quality of the learning experience, and it seems like a huge blindspot. realize that in many cases they’re caught between a rock and a hard place. MORE >> 6 Tweets
• TOWARDS MATURITY | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  Towards Maturity Reflections on the 2013 CIPD Learning and Talent Development Survey
  'The CIPD/Cornerstone OnDemand learning and talent development survey was released at last week''s HRD show and it delivered some valuable insights on the challenges and opportunities of developing talent and assessing impact. My concern is that isolating the technology-related learning may not reflect the full picture of adoption or impact. MORE >> 1 Tweet
• DONT WASTE YOUR TIME | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  Facebook misuse: staying ahead
  Do they mean posting silly photos or gaming, do they mean posting derogatory remarks about their employer or work colleagues, or do they mean that company leaders don’t understand what social media is and how it works? 27% monitor employee use of social media: define monitor? What about you, do you agree? Social Media Policy. MORE >> 11 Tweets
• BAMBOO PROJECT | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  Reflections on Seth Godin and Career Resilience
  ' . Knowing that I''ve been doing a lot of writing and thinking about career resilience , fellow career coach Scott Woodard recently pointed me to a Seth Godin post on the topic. few things from Seth''s post stood out for me, further underscoring the points I''ve been trying to make here. . This is a challenge for folks, I know. But it''s necessary. MORE >> 15 Tweets
• BIG DOG, LITTLE DOG | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  Flat Army: 3-33 Learning Model Verses 70-20-10
  'I have been reading Dan Pontefract''s new book Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization , and can honestly say it is an excellent and insightful book for developing a collaborative and open leadership organization. would also add that while some have pointed to Where did the 80% come from? informal. MORE >> 3 Tweets
• How to Sell Your Elearning Courses for Profit [PART 1] LEARNDASH | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Red Fox Kits Enjoying the Morning Sun ECONTENT | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• The Star Wars Mentoring Program BRAVE NEW ORG | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Deriving the Best out of E-learning Outsourcing: Creating Impactful Courseware HTTP://WWW.GC-SOLUTIONS.NET/ | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Developing And Measuring Training The Agile Way Revisited TRAINING INDUSTRY BLOG | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Supporting continuous learning and performance improvement – a vital new area of work JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Informal Learning’s Many Shades of Gray CLO MAGAZINE | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Make Your Own Transitions in Camtasia for Mac VISUAL LOUNGE | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Mindflash’s Updated Series Feature MINDFLASH | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Innovations class — by Don Wettrick LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Mindflash’s Updated Series Feature MINDFLASH | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• At the heart of the Internet of Things lies a trust revolution [Littlewood] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• How should we prepare “The new kind of worker every business needs”? LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Thanks to Jimmy Daly and the great crew over at EdTechMagazine.com — I’m honored! LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Education standardization: Essential or harmful? [Bjerede] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• For Ivy League grads, tech trumps Wall Street [Korosec] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• Making news: How software is disrupting media [Stein] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  
• My 5 favorite Moodle 2.5 improvements [Thibault] LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
  

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April 28, 2013

• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
  Take our Lectora Survey
  'Our latest User Satisfaction survey features eLearning authoring tool Lectora Inspire. It''s marketed as an easy to use and user friendly solution for learning content creation. Does the software deliver? Take our exclusive survey to share your thoughts MORE >> 6 Tweets
• LEARNDASH | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
  INSTANT User Feedback For Elearning Courses Now Possible
  'Getting real-time feedback from users who are taking an elearning course has been a difficult task. Traditionally, these elearning packages launch in a new window and the users is “stuck” taking the course with little to no ability to ask questions during the course. We are getting closer to achieving this, and this nifty tool is one way to help. MORE >> 6 Tweets
• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
  Latitude Learning LMS Release Notes (v2.5.1.64315)
  'The Latitude Learning Team announces the latest release of the Latitude Learning LMS. This release (version 2.5.1.64315) was promoted to production on Sunday, April 29, 2013 and included the following updates MORE >> 6 Tweets
• I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
  Digital Publishing: Controlling Page Breaks in an ePub
  'by Robert Desprez      Help Authoring Tools such as Madcap Flare and Adobe RoboHelp will quickly create an ePub file that includes a title page, table of contents, and the content that you authored.   A Few Basics.   An ePub document is a zip file with the.epub extension. But if more control is needed, edit your CSS. MORE >> 5 Tweets
• LATITUDE LEARNING BLOG | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
  Top 5 eLearning Articles
  'The Latitude Learning Team again delivers a handpicked selection of the best eLearning related articles available online. We hope you''ll find them interesting and informative MORE >> 2 Tweets
• LEARNING AND WORKING ON THE WEB | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
  Connected leadership
  'How is leadership in a hyper-connected workplace different? It’s been an ongoing conversation here, as this comment by Stephen Downes , on leadership as an emergent property , provides a counterpoint to certain popular leadership literature, especially “ great man ” theories. Anyone can show leadership in these areas. Leadership MORE >> 26 Tweets
• BIG DOG, LITTLE DOG | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
  In Memory of My Loving Wife
  'As you probably noticed I have not wrote any new blog posts or tweeted for quite some time. My wife passed away last November. knew this would come sooner or later as she had an advance stage of cancer that was diagnosed in January of last year. Thus it came as a bigger shock than I thought it would. It''s time to reenter the grid MORE >> 2 Tweets
• ECONTENT | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
  Buffleheads and Blackbirds on your Google Nexus 10
  'I often hear the comment, but the iPad has soooo many more apps than an Android tablet. and cheaper still! Some background, whenever I take a bike ride, my DSLR camera is always with me. Remember, the adage, if you don't have your camera, you'll NEVER get the picture! Thus, it is with the Bufflehead Duck. Enter Galley Mode. MORE >> 2 Tweets
• MARCIA CONNER | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
  Pop Music Good for Studies
  'Are you listening to music while you read this? The new app, Coffitivity , reminded me how much I prefer music to coffee shop chatter and airport terminal clatter (although I admit to having creative bursts with both in the background). That’s why I was delighted to find this short passage. What do you listen to when you study or work? MORE >> 3 Tweets
• ECONTENT | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
  Shooting the Deeps. Or. Kayaking Down Waterfalls
  'This April has been snowy. In fact, this month has been the snowiest April in recorded history. over 50 inches of the white stuff. This Winter has been the third snowiest in history. over 130 inches of the white stuff. Question #1: What happens when snow melts FAST??  Question #2: What follows naturally from question #1. The Deeps. MORE >> 2 Tweets

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