Apr 26, 2012

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.

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

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

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

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