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The Seven Attributes of Highly Effective Development Vendors
Development of learning solutions is complex, and mobile solutions are even more challenging to create. Outsourcing development is often necessary, but can be risky. What should you look for in a prospective development partner as you do your due diligence? Here are seven attributes of highly effective development vendors, along with how to recognize them.
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Ten Tips: Distilling Existing Content for Mobile
For many companies, the first step towards mLearning may consist of adapting or repackaging existing instructor-led or online learning for delivery on mobile devices. This is not the best approach to mLearning. However, if you are committed to re-using or re-purposing existing content, here are 10 tips to guide you.
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Learner Engagement: Tips for Responsive Design
As the learning ecosystem expands, designers of technology-enabled learning must support delivery across a wide range of devices, operating systems, browsers, screen sizes, and resolutions. The key to this complex work is responsive design. Here is a collection of expert tips to help you make engaging experiences for your learners!
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eLearning Guild Research: Survey Data vs. Crowdsourcing Data
Instructional designers often need to have reliable data about how people do things, but no data exists. When this happens, designers can take a chance and go with their gut, or they can do actual research. But formal research is hard and it is expensive. A better answer sometimes may be to collect observations using crowdsourcing. This month, learn how to do effective crowdsourcing.
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Multi-device Development: Adobe Edge Animate
Developers often have no way to know about the environment where users will display their content. “How can I optimize my content for the various devices that access it?” has been difficult to answer. In this article, Mayra Villar explores features of Adobe Edge Animate that allow for flexibility, portability, and continuity of content regardless of the information-access environment.
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In Memoriam: Dr. Donald Kirkpatrick
Dr. Donald Kirkpatrick, professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, and creator of the Kirkpatrick Four-level Evaluation Model, passed away May 9, 2014 at the age of 90. We remember his life and his contributions to the field of workplace learning.
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Brain Science: Enable Your Brain to Remember Almost Everything
In his recent columns, Art has explained the nature of memory and ways to change the shape of the “forgetting curve.” In this column, he adds another important technique for overcoming forgetting: boostering.
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What Are mLearning’s Benefits, Challenges, Future?
In this interview, Peter Phillips, CEO of Unicorn Training Group, offers his insights into the business benefits of mobile learning, particularly for continuing professional development. He discusses what drives adoption of mobile learning, what impedes adoption, and what to do about change management.
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Marc My Words: Training Sees a Shrink
If the training department were a person, it might be having an existential crisis these days. So Marc set up a counseling appointment for the department with a professional therapist. Here’s a transcript of the session.
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Right Time and Place: mLearning Use Cases
Many designers think about mobile learning content in a similar way to eLearning content. They neglect to consider the mobile usage contexts, and so the projects meet with marginal success or they fail. The key to successful mLearning is in understanding context. Here are some sample use cases and user stories, with suggestions for your next development project.