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Amazing Tools to Create, Collaborate & Inspire
Many learning professionals struggle to find time to learn about new tools, techniques, and resources to create new learning experiences. Imagine having an overview of dozens of new apps, tools that can jump-start your next project, and learning how these innovative technologies transform how we create, share, and connect with others? This session will guide you through the latest apps and tools for brainstorming, sketching, collaborating, creating media, and how AI is enhancing our creative capabilities. You’ll discover a range of innovative apps that will inspire you and equip you with the knowledge to apply these tools in your next…
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The xAPI Showcase (Part 2)
Join us as we dive into the rich diversity of perspectives on xAPI from the members who have collaborated this semester. Beginner projects include one that explores sending a statement to an LRS with a step-by-step guide and a mini-course created by former Cohort participants. Other projects include learning how to define KPIs that align with xAPI data collection requirements, testing and comparing how various LMSs handle xAPI support, using a branching scenario video to send xAPI statements, and exploring how to use xAPI with Articulate’s Rise. We will showcase these projects over the final two weeks of the xAPI…
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Unlock the Power of Empathy: How AI Enhances Soft Skill Training
Join us for an enlightening webinar hosted by The Learning Guild and sponsored by ELB Learning, where we delve into the transformative potential of AI in soft skill training. When people feel cared for, a lot can happen. For customers, outcomes can improve. For team members, engagement scores rise. But can we really quantify how something like “caring” gets expressed on the job? It turns out, we can. Scott Provence, senior learning strategist at ELB Learning, will guide you through a journey of exploration, unveiling concrete examples and compelling case studies that illustrate the integration of AI-powered instruction methods into…
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You’re Not Saving the World: The Importance of Reframing Your Energy
Do you find yourself wondering, “What is the point?” As asole L&D professional or leader of a small team, you may struggle to boostyour own (or your team’s) motivation and alleviate or prevent burnout. In this session, we will introduce some of the historical and societalcauses that contribute to these feelings and go through a series of questionsand reflections to redirect your energy so you can go into work happy. This isnot your typical motivational speech on burnout where suggestions like“self-care” and “meditation” are seen as the ultimate solution. Instead, wewill discuss the importance of reframing your energy to…
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Optimizing L&D in Small Teams: Best Practices for Maximum Impact
Are you the L&D teamlead—and the learning strategist, instructional designer, facilitator,evaluator, learning technologist, project manager, and other-tasks-as-assignedperson? As a team of one—or head of a small and overstretched team—you likelyneed help to develop effective and efficient strategies for achievingorganizational learning goals with limited resources. Join this session for practicalguidance on how to prioritize training initiatives, leverage technology, anddesign effective learning strategies that address the specific needs of yourorganization. Through interactive elements such as polling, case studies, andgroup activities, you will gain a better understanding of how to maximizelimited resources and overcome common challenges faced by small L&D teams with expanding…
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The xAPI Showcase
Join us as we dive into the rich diversity of perspectives on xAPI from the members who have collaborated this semester. Beginner projects include one that explores sending a statement to an LRS with a step-by-step guide and a mini-course created by former Cohort participants. Other projects include learning how to define KPIs that align with xAPI data collection requirements, testing and comparing how various LMSs handle xAPI support, using a branching scenario video to send xAPI statements, and exploring how to use xAPI with Articulate’s Rise. We will showcase these projects over the final two weeks of the xAPI…
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Automating Content Development with ChatGPT
LargeLanguage Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT offer powerful capabilities to automate andaccelerate training content development. But they also come with unique quirksand limitations. Join this hands-on session to equip yourself withthe knowledge and skills to unlock ChatGPT’s potential.You’ll learn prompt patterns such as flipped interactions, audiencepersonas, and feedback, and you’ll apply these in the tool to optimize yourresults. In this session, you will learn how to :
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Training The Trainer: How We Empower SMEs to Increase Capacity
As your company scales, are you being asked to deliver moretraining without additional resources? It might be time to expand capacity bytraining your company’s SMEs in effective training delivery. This session explores steps you can take to help SMEsdevelop training facilitation skills. We will share our journey as we designed,deployed, and refined a program to prepare employees with extensive productknowledge, but not instructional experience, to deliver training sessions. Wewill discuss how we worked cross-functionally to integrate the program into theSME onboarding process to: You will leave this session with a plan to take yourtrain-the-trainer program from idea through pilot to…
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Automate Project Management Tasks Using Zapier
Some parts of project management are just tedious: forms tofill out, status updates, tasks and requests track, people to update. Most ofthese are essential—and can generate many hours of manual updates andprocesses. Join this session to learn how to automate some of thiswork; we’ll use Zapier—a no-code tool that helps you automate processes acrossdifferent tools. Let’s say you have a Survey Monkey form to capture newlearning requests for your team. Using Zapier (or another automation tool), youcan:
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Improve Learning Content Efficiency with Reusable Learning Content
Personalizing learning content to both the learner and thecontext is the best way to achieve optimallearning and performance outcomes. L&D professionals have historically achievedpersonalization by making copies upon copies of learning assets and coursematerials, tweaking each copy to meet the differentiated needs of learners.This approach is labor-intensive and prone to inconsistencies and inaccuracies,including the risk of delivering incorrect or outdated information to learners. In contrast, reusablecontent can be updated in one place, ensuring consistency and accuracy—andimproving content maintenance efficiency. All without sacrificingpersonalization and differentiated instruction. This hands-on micro master class walks you throughcreating a reusable content model. Our model entails…
