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HDR Video: Next Year’s Buzzword?
You’ll hear more about HDR video before 2019. Do you need it?
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Four Tips: Transitioning Classroom Instruction to Blended Learning
Repurposing classroom materials to blend with eLearning? Try these tips!
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SparkLearn: A Microlearning Platform that Empowers Administrators and End Users
SparkLearn, from Float, is a new microlearning platform that integrates with popular content creation and content measurement tools. It allows for easy publishing and viewing of learning content, including courses and resource documents.
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In Real Life: Everyone Has an Opinion on Learning
Everyone has an opinion on learning—from how it works best for them to what their organization needs. L&D must navigate and influence these opinions to execute their identified right-fit strategies.
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Booz Allen Hamilton Scores Rave Reviews with Compliance Training and DemoFest-Winning Microlearning
Learners applaud compliance training and microlearning programs that are “clever and whimsical” but also simple and effective.
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Case Study: Home Décor Retailer Thrives After Makeover Leverages Gamified Microlearning
Using a gamified approach, national home décor retailer At Home completely transformed and improved its corporate training program. The company is now able to onboard and train associates much faster, and safety incidents have decreased. The casual games leverage microlearning and offer managers an effective way to track employee knowledge and progress.
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Mager’s Criterion-Referenced Instruction Approach Ideal for Self-Paced eLearning
Ideas about instructional design pioneered by Robert Mager in the 1960s still influence design today. Mager is best known for criterion-referenced instructional design.
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Put Learning in the Employee’s Hands
Imagine a world where your employees know exactly what they are good at, what they need to work on, and what tools to explore on their path to self-development. It is possible—with some up-front planning and targeted conversations throughout the year, coupled with a detailed document called an Individual Learning Plan.
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Articulate 360 Adds New Features at a Rapid Pace
Articulate 360, which launched in November 2016, includes award-winning authoring apps like Storyline 360 and Rise; over 1.5 million course assets; an easy-to-use course review app; and live online training with industry experts. Articulate 360 subscribers also receive continuous product and asset updates.
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Storyboard System to Ensure Alignment in Graduate Courses
Aligning learning objectives, course materials, activities, and assessments ensures that they reinforce one another for the purpose of learning. Instructional designers (IDs) understand the need for alignment, but this can be an elusive and frustrating task for many SMEs. This article offers a storyboard system that might help your SMEs achieve alignment simply by filling in the blanks.