LMS in Training Companies – Then & Now - ebook

Learning Management Systems (LMSs) have come a long way since their inception. So has their role in training companies. From a time when human mediated training was the norm in training companies to today, when technology enabled training has taken a centre stage in managing training, Learning Management Systems are the next big training technology solution.

This eBook takes a comprehensive look at the LMS from the perspective of training companies. Analyzing the requirements of training companies from an LMS during the recession hit period to today, the book gives a detailed view of the various features and tools that have evolved inline with the evolving needs of the training companies. It also gives a sneak peak into the future by making predictions about the changes that one can expect in the LMS in the coming period.

Learning Management Systems (LMSs) have come a long way since their inception. So has their role in training companies. From a time when human mediated training was the norm in training companies to today, when technology enabled training has taken a centre stage in managing training, Learning Management Systems are the next big training technology solution.

This eBook takes a comprehensive look at the LMS from the perspective of training companies. Analyzing the requirements of training companies from an LMS during the recession hit period to today, the book gives a detailed view of the various features and tools that have evolved inline with the evolving needs of the training companies. It also gives a sneak peak into the future by making predictions about the changes that one can expect in the LMS in the coming period.

http://www.upsidelearning.com/ebook-lms-training-companies.asp

Developing Business Ideas The Google Way - Free Course

President of Search Products & User Experience products. Her responsibilities cover such products as Google Search, Gmail, Google Chrome and Google Labs. She believes that ideas for new products can come from every employee and department within an organisation, and also from end users of the product or service. In this free online course, Marissa explains how Google’s open culture and flat management of the organisation encourages creativity and brilliant ideas. She explains how Google sets asides 20 per cent of each employee’s time for creative projects and how this has proved to be a massive success. You will learn that Google do not make their product decisions on company politics but on data and facts. She explains how their focus on users and the software tools that keep users returning to Google has been at the centre of their success. This course will be of great interest to business and IT professionals who want to learn more about Google's success and business practices that created this success.

Developing Business Ideas The Google Way is originally from and published by Stanford and has a duration of 1-2 Hours for average learner.

 Content Type
Video: High
Audio: None
Animation: None
Assessments: Yes
Course Rating:  (5/5 10012 )

Certification Availability
PDF Download: Yes
Parchment: Yes
Framed Parchment: Yes
Type: course

Education Level
Approximate FETAC Level: Level 5
Approximate NQF Level (UK): Level 3
Other: Higher High Secondary School
Age appropriateness: 18+ Years
Minimum Grade/Class Level: Higher High Secondary School

http://alison.com/courses/Business-Ideas-the-Google-Way

Streamlining Communications and Improving Learning

Students and teachers can improve learning outcomes with anytime, anywhere access to content and extending the classroom across platform, devices or locations. New technologies allow school districts to improve communications regardless of what computer or mobile device anyone uses or where they are. And the district can use eRate funds to pay for it.
This webinar will show how two school districts have enabled students, teachers, and administrators to be more productive by giving them easy access to email, calendaring tools, voice mail, and instant messaging on multiple devices. You will learn how they communicate and collaborate no matter where they are or what devices they use. Additional advantages are how they’ve simplified IT management, provided extra security, grown with the district’s needs, and saved them money.

Presenters:
Chuck Jones, Chief of Technology, Jackson-Madison County School System
Troy Neal, Director of Information Technology, Yes Prep Public School
William E. Hagen, Microsoft UC Solution Specialist, Public Sector- Education Solutions Group

Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Time: 4:00 PM EDT
Duration: 60 minutes
Sponsor: Microsoft

http://www.media.qualitytech.com/client/new_bay/2012_0508/450844/launch.htm

Mobile Learning – A Quick Start Guide eBook

We have been saying it  over and over again – mobile learning is here to stay!

It’s only a matter of time before you will need to be invovled in it.

As fascinating as mobile learning is, it is extremely dynamic; and evolves at a blinding pace.

This leads to organizations being unsure of how to formulate even a basic mLearning Strategy.

We’ve shared some of our thinking on mobile learning through blogs posts in the recent past and thought it worthwhile to collect the information into a single booklet for you. This eBook called ‘Mobile Learning – A Quick Start Guide’ can help you understand when to use, how to design, develop and implement mLearning in a way that works for your organization. It gives suggestions on strategy, illustrates a planning framework, lists the tools and approaches available. Ultimately, it will help you design and implement an mLearning strategy that works for your organization and delivers results. A sneak peek into the eBook

Some topics you can look forward to reading about:

Understanding mLearning
Key Considerations in Mobile Learning
The Basics of mLearning Strategy
Determining mLearning Strategy
The Technical Approach

http://www.upsidelearning.com/ebook-mlearning-quick-start-guide.asp

Getting Started with Articulate Storyline

Building interactive elearning usually means you have to have programming skills or a team of programmers at hand. Today, that’s no longer the case. With Articulate Storyline you can experience the simplicity of working in a familiar interface and the power of creating more than click-and-read elearning…all at the speed of business.

This is the first of four sessions where you’ll learn to work with Articulate Storyline to build engaging and interactive courses. In today’s session we’ll review the core authoring process using the innovative object states, slide layers, and trigger features to quickly build interactive content.

In this session you’ll learn:

•    About the key Storyline features
•    How to insert content on the screen
•    Work with the built-in character sets
•    Quickly build interactive content using the states, layers and triggers
•    Customize the course player
•    Publish for Flash, HTML5 or the iPad

About Tom Kuhlmann

Tom Kuhlmann is as close as we get to a rock star in e-learning. He is the VP of Community at Articulate and author of widely popular "Rapid e-Learning Blog" with over 50,000 readers. While that may not be as many readers as Oprah has viewers, for e-learning, it's HUGE!

He's passionate about learning and technology and has over 15 years experience in the training industry where he's developed hundreds of hours of elearning and managed elearning projects at Capital One, Washington Mutual, and Weyerhaeuser. Tom has a Master's in Education Technology from Pepperdine, where he researched how to cultivate communities of practice through the development of personal expertise.

Tom's core focus is on helping people succeed and grow. He is known throughout the industry for his practical, no-nonsense approaches to e-learning, and tips for making PowerPoint do things its creators didn't envision.

Recoded Weinar

Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Time: 10:00AM Pacific / 1:00PM Eastern - 60 Minute Session

http://www.trainingmagnetwork.com/welcome/storyline_4-3

Interactive Learning On Mobile Devices‏ - Webinar

This is a special webinar "Learning Interactions on Mobile Devices". What Works? What Doesn't?" on May 15th, 2012 to learn more about various technical aspects and challenges to consider while developing interactive mobile learning content, and how to overcome these challenges. 
Mobile learning is a growing trend, and it is rapidly becoming a major focus point for most organizations. The benefits are well known - but how does one overcome the challenges in creating interactive content for mobile learning?

During the webinar our experts will share best practices in developing interactions for mobile devices, checklist of technical considerations, pros and cons of Flash vs. HTML5 - and much more!
The Raptivity team will host three webinars during the day in order to accommodate participants in all time zones. Please visit the "Interactive Learning On Mobile Devices" webinar page to learn more about the webinar and sign up for the most convenient time.
Three sessions at three different times

http://www.raptivity.com/learning-interactions-on-mobile-devices?utm_source=Special-Web-19Apr12&utm_medium=email-blast&utm_campaign=Special-Web-19Apr12&utm_content=text-interactive&bms.id=almouka@hotmail.com&bms.tk=jbMy21Ru30Ww33Jq26Eu17Ly20jc

The Power of Story in the Virtual Classroom

Brain research confirms what storytellers know from experience: we learn through stories. We're wired for it - the pattern, rhythm and structure.

As a professional trainer, you use the most up-to-date facts and processes to impart knowledge and skills, but without a good old-fashioned story to put it all together, you make your learner's job harder.

Join this TrainingIndustry.com webinar, sponsored by GoToTraining, to hear Roger Courville, author of The Virtual Presenter's Handbook, as he discusses practical tips for how to weave a story that will draw your learners fully into your virtual classroom.

Attend this one- hour interactive webinar to discover:

1- What stories to tell (hint: no "once upon a time")
2- How to choose the story elements that are right
for you
 3- steps to telling a story fit for virtual classrooms
 4- tips for combining voice and visuals for
improved impact 

April 25, 2012 at 1:00 PM (ET)

More Information

http://www.trainingindustry.com/webinars/the-power-of-story-in-the-virtual-classroom.aspx

Register here :
http://learn.gototraining.com/042512-NA-G2T-Training-WBR-L?ID=70150000000Y0PJ

Many Free Powerpoint templates

Many Free Powerpoint templates

 These templates are from digitalofficepro which has many good elearning softwares

You can download them from this page

http://www.digitalofficepro.com/powerpoint-templates.html

Good Time

Adobe Captivate, Presenter & eLearning Suite Examples

You can download 5 templates For Adobe Captivate :

Module 1: Photoshop Content Aware Fill Application Training

Module 2: Compliance Training – Information Security

(An example of integrated video and quizzing.)

Module 3: Process Training – Lobby & Reception Hygiene

(An example of Choose your own Path training.)

Module 4: Scenario Based Training – Management Soft Skills

Module 5: Scenario-based Training – Basics of Photography

From this link :

http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/adobe-captivate-presenter-elearning-suite-examples

Understanding What Great Leaders Do - Course

Learn about the practices of great leaders.

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In this free online course Professor Bob Sutton reveals the successful habits of well respected leaders, and outlines the type of habits practised by those who fail to lead. He points out that when people move into positions of power, they can easily loose sight of the needs of those they lead. In this course you will learn what the hallmarks of great leaders are, how leaders need to hear the truth and how to deal with team disagreements. You will learn about rotten apples and how they must be removed for the health and longevity of a team. He also explains the best way to "wage war" with an ineffective leader. This course will be of great interest to all business professionals who lead a company or a team and want to improve their leadership skills. This course will also be of great interest to those who are moving into a management position and want to unlock their leadership potential.

Understanding What Great Leaders Do is originally from and published by Stanford and has a duration of duration of 1-2 Hours for average learner.

 Content Type
Video: High
Audio: None
Animation: None
Assessments: Yes
Course Rating:  (5/5 10002 )
 

Certification Availability
PDF Download: Yes
Parchment: Yes
Framed Parchment: Yes
Type: course
 

Education Level
Approximate FETAC Level: Level 5
Approximate NQF Level (UK): Level 3
Other: Higher High Secondary School
Age appropriateness: 18+ Years
Minimum Grade/Class Level: Higher High Secondary School

http://alison.com/courses/What-Great-Leaders-Do?utm_source=outbound+marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_courses_14_great_leaders

Chromebook Classrooms‏ - Webinar

Chromebooks for Education gives students, teachers, and administrators a solution for fast, intuitive, and easy-to-manage computing. With a central web-based management console for all devices, automatic maintenance and upgrades, and an 8 second boot-up time, Chromebooks are at home in the classroom (and beyond). This webinar will discuss the benefits, technical requirements, and pricing for setting up a Chromebook classroom at your school. You'll hear from the Chromebooks team at Google and educators currently using Chromebooks with students.

You'll learn:

Overview of Chrome OS and Chromebooks
Benefits of Chromebooks in classrooms
Chromebook technical management capabilities
Specific school use case solutions
Pricing, support, and warranty details.

Speakers :
David Fringer
Executive Director of Information Systems,
Council Bluffs Community School District, Iowa  

Jaime Casap
Senior Education Evangelist
ChromeOS and Google Apps for Education, Google Enterprise 

https://eschoolmedia.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=eschoolmedia&service=6&rnd=0.18512943012576655&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Feschoolmedia.webex.com%2Fec0605ld%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1002513660%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Deschoolmedia
 

58 Tips for Breakthrough eLearning Instructional Design - book

Instructional Design (ID) is — or at least should be — the foundation for effective eLearning. Whether you are new to ID or have been designing eLearning for a while, it’s easy to get stuck in certain ways of doing things. That’s when you need some new ideas!

This complimentary eBook draws on the ideas and experience of 14 ID experts who are leading sessions that are part of The eLearning Guild’s May 2012 Online Forum on “eLearning Instructional Design: Advanced and Breakthrough Techniques.” These tips, which will enhance the way you design eLearning, are organized into four general categories:

Research
Design
Development
Project management

Contributing Editor, Chris Benz

http://www.elearningguild.com/surveys/?sid=195