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Differences in instructional design: Mandatory versus non-mandatory e-learning
Last week I write about factors affecting the adoption of non-mandatory e-learning, and made a comment that whether or not your e-learning will be mandatory (i.e. compulsory for staff to complete) will...
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Free e-learning podcast 26: What Is Blended Learning
Podcast 26 is the first of a series of three tutorials exploring blended learning in organisations. In this video we explore a definition for blended learning, and the conditions required to help...
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How I make my video podcasts
I’ve been making video podcasts for YouTube and iTunes for a couple of years now, and I am often asked how I make these. Here’s how I do it. Choose a format The first thing I did was settle on a format...
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Seven Tips on Compliance E-Learning Design
Last week on the Connect Thinking blog I wrote an article Compliance E-Learning Alone Will Not Make an Ethical Culture. I discussed the over-reliance of compliance e-learning as the solution to...
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Free E-Learning Podcast 27: Tips for Implementing Blended Learning
Podcast 27 is the second of a series of three tutorials exploring blended learning in organisations. In this video we explore tips for implementing blended learning, and include an example. Why not...
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Book Review: E-Learning Provocateur Volume 2, by Ryan Tracey
I have been a fan of Ryan Tracey’s popular blog for a long time, and was delighted when he self-published E-Learning Provocateur Volume 1. Imagine my delight getting my hands on E-Learning Provocateur...
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Infolust? Information In Organisations Not Always So Lustful
Infolust – “Consumers cannot get enough information as long as it’s relevant and useful to them”, so says Henry Mason of Trendwatching.com, as cite by this week’s BRW article Pick The Trend. We are all...
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The Role of Content Curator in Workplace Learning
Last week I wrote about content management and content access for on-demand learning, as described by Mark Vickers of Bersin and Associates. As a subset of this, I’d like to raise the role of content...
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Free E-Learning Podcast 28: Blended Learning Trends, Benefits and Challenges
Podcast 28 is the third of a series of three tutorials exploring blended learning in organisations. In this video we explore tips for implementing blended learning, and include an example. Why not...
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Preparation: Blended Learning Workshop October 18
This blog post is for participants coming to the Blended Learning Workshop on October 18 2012. I’m really looking forward to working with you. We will be covering blended learning from a holistic...
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Should I accept free e-learning for my organisation?
Question from a client: We work closely with an affiliate organisation who has offered us their compliance e-learning for free. Should I accept? What are the risks? This is a great question. On the...
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Free E-Learning Podcast 29: Video for Organisational Learning
Podcast 29 is the first of a series of three videos exploring the role of video in organisational learning. In this video we explore five different kinds of video, in particular video for evaluation or...
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Tracking E-Learning in a LMS: The role of SCORM
Question from a client: How are e-learning courses tracked in a LMS? Simply put, for e-learning courses to track in a LMS both the LMS and the e-learning course must be compliant to a standard. In...
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Bulls*** Bingo: Does your e-learning come across as genuine?
Recently I was listening to an interesting ‘banter’ from Tim Reid and Andrew Griffiths. Tim is the host of Small Business Big Marketing. Like I’ve written before, I think there are clear synergies...
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Free E-Learning Podcast 30: Tips for Producing Video for Organisational Learning
Podcast 30 is the second of a series of three videos exploring the role of video in organisational learning. In this video we explore video design for four kinds of video – conceptual, procedural,...
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How I Make an Audio Podcast for Website Information
Question from a client: We have new information to tell our clients, but we aren’t ready to make videos. We’d like to create an interim audio podcast to provide this information in a simple and...
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Newsflash! Paper Must Remain a Viable Alternative to E-Learning
Newsflash to e-learning poviders out there. E-Learning courseware is not accessible or re-usable to subgroups of staff in many organisations. Sometimes a paper-based manual of instruction, guide for...
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Free E-Learning Video 31: Video Platforms for Organisations – Opportunities...
Video podcast 31 is the third of a series of three videos exploring the role of video in organisational learning and training. In this video we explore the important role of video platforms in the...
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What is E-Learning?
Recently one of my colleagues, and a new LMS end user, had a confusing exchange. The end user was looking for an e-learning course on a topic that my colleague didn’t have available online. The user...
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Why E-Learning Alone Just Isn’t Enough
E-Learning courseware is not the panacea of staff training. It can play a very important role in supporting staff to acquire foundation (black and white) content. But it cannot guarantee staff will...
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