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The Secrets of SaaS Training: Delivery
by Beth Chmielowski
This is the second in a series of three articles on the secrets of SaaS training. The first article, Secrets of SaaS Training: Design, explored approaches to designing SaaS training, and how it differs from …
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Online Learning 101
by Susan Landay, These articles originally appeared on eLearnMag.org June, 2010, and are made available here as a PDF with permission.
If you're anything like me, you have plenty of experience with face‐to‐face training, but are drowning in
the wake of online (or blended) learning tools.
Uncomfortable with this sinking feeling, I set out to educate myself, while …
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The Secrets of SaaS Training: Design
by Beth Chmielowski
Part one of a three part series: Software as a Service, or SaaS applications, are different in the way they are purchased, consumed and supported, but at the end of the day, they are just …
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NASA-funded game aims to make science more appealing
by Andrew Webster
Last week a curious, free release popped up on Steam: Moonbase Alpha, a NASA-funded game where up to six players can team up in order to save a near-future Lunar base crippled by a meteor …
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Making fun of business
by Lia Timson
Australian companies and government agencies are turning to game developers for help creating recruitment, marketing and training programs that are fun, engaging and cost-efficient.…
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Instructionally Effective Use of Powerpoint Conversion for eLearning
by Garin Hess, CEO, Rapid Intake
PowerPoint use has literally put millions of learners to sleep. The problem isn’t PowerPoint – it’s trainers who believe that simply sharing knowledge is training.…
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Social Network Tools that Boost Your Business
by Daniel Burrus
Most people are familiar with the term “Web 2.0,” which refers to a second generation of web development and design that focuses on fostering social networking via the web. Innovative companies are beginning to embrace …
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NetApp, HP Executive Training Swaps Whiteboards for Board Games
by Ryan Flinn
When NetApp Inc. executive Suresh Padmanabhan signed up for a class on honing management skills, he expected whiteboards and PowerPoint presentations. Instead he found a conference room full of board games.…
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How Web 2.0 Technologies are Changing the Face of Higher Education
by NIIT
Traditional schools involved teachers and textbooks delivering information to students, and students reflecting that information back. To better serve their future, today's classrooms should facilitate teaching and learning as a conversation - two-way conversations between …
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Repetitive Skill Practice: Blending Experiential Learning & Technology
by Laura Montocchio
Nothing takes the place of repetitive skill practice to prepare people to perform their jobs effectively. At most companies, the skills that we want our employees to demonstrate in their jobs have been well defined. …
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The Future of E-Learning Is More Growth
by David Nagel
By virtually every measure, electronic learning is experiencing unprecedented growth and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. A new analysis and forecast released this month by research firm Ambient Insight bolstered previous …
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New training in Europe brings reality to virtual worlds
by Christian Marquardt
Training Support Activity Europe (TSAE) has fielded the Army's newest virtual training device and it is open for business to U.S. Army Europe Soldiers at the Grafenwoehr Training Area.…
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Top 10 learning technology trends in 2010
by Robin Hoyle
How will the growing reach of new media technologies affect training in 2010? Robin Hoyle, head of learning at Infinity Learning looks at how Web 2.0 can be used to improve learner engagement and interaction.…
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Government to Invest in Learning Technologies
by Charlene O'Hanlon
The U.S. government has made a commitment to throw some money behind a new organization that would fund research in learning technology – an idea whose time came a long time ago.…
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