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Leo Performance Assurance Solution
Performance support is in the midst of its second revival. The first time around, every performance support project was a custom development job. Today, a new category of tools makes it much easier to create resources that support work at the moment of need. In this review, meet Leo, a proven way to help people get their work done.
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Toolkit: Articulate Studio ’13 Pro
PowerPoint add-in tools have been around for quite some time, and none of them has captured the market or the imagination of eLearning designers as much as Articulate Studio. Here’s an in-depth look at the features of Articulate Studio ’13, the first update of Studio since 2008.
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Using Augmented Reality for Contextual Mobile Learning
Augmented reality (AR) provides a view of the real world, with enhancement from computer-generated input: sound, graphics, text, video, and GPS data. This article expands on a session from DevLearn 2013 and provides examples of how AR delivered on mobile devices is already providing support for learning and performance in real-life situations.
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Storyline Variables: What They Are, How to Use Them
To build games using Storyline as the authoring tool, you need to understand how to use variables and conditions. This tip explains what variables and conditions are, how to use them, and how to set them up in Storyline.
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IMS Global Learning Consortium: Interoperability Standards for Education
Interoperability is a major concern as platforms and technologies for learning proliferate. SCORM and the xAPI, LMSs, and LRSs came about because of attention from government and corporate organizations. But what about the education field? The IMS Global Learning Consortium provides guidance and support for learning technology in organizations worldwide.
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eLearning Guild Research: What Authoring Tool Features Are Important to You?
The 2013 Authoring Tools Research Report provides a great deal of valuable information about eLearning practitioner’s choice of authoring tools. This month’s Research column explores the last half of the Report, which contains an in-depth analysis of respondents’ view of the importance of individual asynchronous eLearning authoring tool features.
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Marc My Words: The Healthcare.gov Debacle: Infrastructure Lessons for eLearning
A house is no better than the foundation under it, and the same is true for eLearning: if the infrastructure won’t support it, you’ve got (expensive) trouble. Learn from this example that is currently creating so much concern in the US.
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Change Conversations with Training Clients: Do—Know—Access
Managers, executives, and other clients often come to the training department with the solution to a perceived problem already in mind. They often have a laundry list that they believe the course should or must address. How can you direct the conversation to performance and not knowledge? Here’s a simple tool to turn things around: the Do—Know—Access triangle.
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Agile Instructional Design: Get in the Performance Zone
The first two steps of AGILE instructional design (align and get set) identify and validate business performance needs and define requirements for learning and performance interventions. And with two systematic approaches (rapid task analysis and critical skills analysis), you can scope performance and rate the impact of failure to ensure your solutions best meet your learners’ needs.
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Nuts and Bolts: Making Video More Social
Video plays a big part in classroom instruction; instructors lead learners through discussion and processing of the content. But video in eLearning is most often passive: no discussion or processing. By setting the stage, encouraging comments, asking for reaction, and giving the camera to the learner, you can turn video back into an engaging, socially facilitated activity. Here’s how!