SCORM Cloud A simpler way to deliver e-learning. SCORM Cloud lets you deliver training where your learners live. Try it Free Up and running in minutes It’s as easy as emailing a link. Remain in control of your content You have control over your content, even after it’s in an LMS. SCORM Cloud is already integrated with some great apps Already have a WordPress site? Use our API to deliver e-learning to your world Use the power of the SCORM Cloud API to deploy e-learning in your application or environment. Future proof your training and learning SCORM works great for a lot of things, but e-learning is evolving. Your content just works here SCORM Cloud was developed by the leading experts in SCORM. Your data, how you want it Your data in SCORM Cloud belongs to you. Support that delights After working with our support team, you will actually like working with SCORM.
Top 5 PowerPoint Design Tips for Trainers | It’s indispensable, it’s maddening. It’s revolutionary, it’s boring. It’s every training designer’s best friend and worst enemy — PowerPoint. Love it or hate it, PowerPoint is one of the most commonly used tools for corporate trainers. 1. Check out some free PowerPoint templates that can liven up just about any training program, courtesy of Trina Rimmer — from iPhone-inspired backgrounds to school chalkboards, these should do wonders to keep trainees from dozing off. 2. How do I get a YouTube video to show up in PowerPoint? 3. If you’re looking for a quick rundown on the basics of adding video, animation, or audio to a PowerPoint slideshow, check here for a play-by-play. 4. If you’re past the basics of embedding a video and want to start getting really fancy with graphs, charts, screen captures, or word clouds, start taking advantage of some really cool, free tools available online. 5. 4 Ways to Expand Your PowerPoint Creativity
Corporate Training Articles and Research | Learning and Development News Thought-provoking and inspiring articles and research papers highlighting innovation, new thinking, trends and best practice in corporate training, carefully chosen by our trainers and HR team. If you want to be the first to know when we add new resources, follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter where we announce updates. Links open in a new window » The Elusive ROI for Learning Through Technology Learning Solutions - 2014 Problems and suggested solution for calculating ROI for elearning that takes into account learning effectiveness, by Jack Phillips. » Why Leadership Development Programs Fail McKinsey Quarterly - 2014 Well-written article on the 4 most common mistakes in leadership development training, and how to mitigate them. » Corporate Executives and Learning Data Learning Solutions - 2014 Introduction and examples of how to use data to improve learning outcomes and memory. » From Scattered Information to Transformational Performance Support: Where Are You?
How Open Educational Resources Can Increase Opportunites for Everyone Richard Rowe Let me begin by suggesting a different question than “ Do Open Educational Resources actually increase the digital divide? ” Instead, let me ask: How can OERs be used to reduce the digital divide? Or more importantly, how can OERs be used to increase the opportunities for everyone to maximize their potential? Let’s begin by stipulating that the deep divides that are increasing today throughout the world, between the “have’s and have not’s”, create dangerous instabilities that impact all of us. However OERs require a delivery system and an environment that enables people to take advantage of them. To be effective, an educational system must involve a comprehensive, systemic approach. Let’s look at these three parts. 1. Content can be divided into two categories: “Just in Case” –available in case you might want it, and “Just in Time” –available when you need it to learn something or do something. Just in Time (JIT) materials, on the other hand, are scarce. 2. 3. More than OER
Trusted Seller Guide - 190 Pages | Over 20 Trust Building Sales Tips, 135 Sales Questions, 14 Sales Book Summaries and the HAVE™ Trust Selling Report How Can You Win More Sales? The Trusted Seller Guide In most selling situations, the seller who builds the highest level of prospect trust wins the business. Gain and Retain More Sales Knowledge than89% of Your Competitors #1 - Sales Book Summaries for Trusted Sellers Did you know studies show we retain more information from reading book summaries than the books themselves? The 92-page handbook includes extensive reviews (1,500-2,000 words each) on popular or thought-provoking sales books. SPIN Selling, by Neil Rackham Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play, by Mahan Khalsa Non-Manipulative Selling, by Anthony J. The Sales Book Summaries for Trusted Sellers handbook will help you or your sales team: Discover the "main takeaways" gleaned from best-selling sales books that you can quickly implement into your current selling process. Learn Which Questions Build TrustAnd Which Sales Questions Destroy Trust #2 - Sales Questions for Trusted Sellers Handbook #3 - Building Trust Sales Tips Absolutely.
Contenido - Current & Upcoming Courses - Courses 2013 and later Here are the next courses, starting with 2013. The courses are open for everybody, but there is an option to get a grant for the course fees: If you are citizen of a member country of the European Community you may apply for a grant at your National Agency (here is a list). Important Information! Our courses address to trainers from adult education and adults who are interested in further education (that's the GRUNDTVIG program). As our courses are of interest for all teachers teaching staff from formative education may apply for our courses as well (even if they are not listed as Comenius courses). Teachers have to apply with a different form (it's for COMENIUS IST courses - you will get at your National Agency). As there are no guidelines published for the new ERASMUS + Programme it's not possible to apply for courses starting afte April 2014! Hint: It's important that you apply with the correct form. Courselist 2013 and later The courses mentioned above are planned for 2014:
Models of Mobile Learning In incorporating mobile learning into everyday teaching and learning, one first must think of a workable model to frame the discussion and the implementation. Here are four resources that provide models and/or ideas for models of mobile learning. 1) Models of Mobile Learning – Mobl21: A Web model vs App model vs. 2) 7 Learning Models of Mobile Learning – Mobl21: a look at 7 different ways mobile devices can be incorporated into everyday teaching and learning 3) A Proposed Theoretical Model for M-Learning Adoption in Developing Countries - An 11 page article for the University of South Africa. 4) Towards a Theory of Mobile Learning – A nine page paper (PDF) from the University of Birmingham looking at the design of mobile learning systems. Like this: Like Loading...
Leadership and Management Courses | Center for Professional Development The Center offers training that is designed for the differing needs of leaders from the front line to the senior executive levels. Prepare to Lead This introduction to the basics of leadership is ideal for new supervisors and team leads. Take this two-day workshop for a well-rounded foundation and receive a Boise State Prepare to Lead Certificate. For more details, visit Prepare to Lead. Leadership Development Program Increase productivity, improve employee performance, and enhance business interactions through effective supervision. View the Leadership Development Program page for details. Clinical Supervision in Idaho This course prepares clinical social workers to provide clinical supervision for new social workers and meets the 15-hour training requirement of the Idaho Occupational Licensing Board to be listed as a clinical supervisor. To learn more about this course, visit Clinical Supervision in Idaho. Contact us for more information about Boise State Center for Professional Development.
8 Amazing Free Online Creative Portfolio Community Sites - Share and Inspire 8 Amazing Free Online Portfolio Community Sites – Share and Inspire 1. Behance Network About : I’ll be honest, I am struggling to write a short description of the Behance Network (you could write a book), the features are endless, the portfolio designs are clean stylish and professional, the high pedigree of professionals on there network is very high… There really isn’t anything negative you can say about it. In there own words: “A free platform for the worlds leading creative professionals”. There you go, nice and simple. Features: You can build a dynamic, multimedia portfolio of your latest projects, open to all or shared selectively ; Form groups (“circles”) gathered around interests, share content and get feedback ; Behance’s Tip Exchange provides insights for creative professionals, and throughout Behance one can access knowledge, services and products for the creative community ; Behance’s JobList features great work opportunities. Is It Free? Example Galleries 2. Is It Free? 4. 5.
eFront Learning: Professional Support at an Open Source LMS: Interview with Athanasios Papagelis Co-founder & Technical Director at Epignosis Ltd C.P.: What is one of the reasons that SMEs choose eFront as an eLearning solution?Athanasios Papagelis - Co-founder & Technical Director at Epignosis Ltd: One of the reasons that eFront is an extremely successful eLearning solution especially for medium organizations is the fact that is well supported. By saying well supported, I mean that eFront is professionally supported and although designed to last, our clients can always rely that someone is on hand if something does go wrong. => I will very much appreciate if you share your thoughts concerning the following question “Is Professional Support IMPORTANT for an Open Source LMS?” C.P.: How are you doing regarding support at eFront? when a support request was initiated,when answered,how many mails were exchanged, andthe total resolution time. C.P.: Could you please share a few important insights on the turnaround of tickets in your infrastructure? Next we deal with working environment issues. Finally we have bugs.
50 Top Sources Of Free eLearning Courses Whether you are looking for a master’s degree program, computer science classes, a K-12 curriculum, or GED study program, this list gives you a look at 50 websites that promise education for free. From databases that organize over 1,000,000 students throughout 16 universities, to a small library of documents for those interested in history, the opportunities for free online learning continue to expand as the Internet becomes a crucial component in education. 1. UMass Boston Open Courseware The UMass courseware offers a broad range of classes in areas like psychology, biology, early education, political science, history, mathematics, and others. There are no slides, videos, or lecture notes, which makes this open courseware inferior to other universities that offer extensive resources. 2. This website has a variety of video lessons for free. If you prefer reading to watching, this site may not be for you as the lessons are all video based. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Size, scale and #Change11 MOOC Just a question: The M of MOOC is for Mass. What can we say about mass? Mass is modern industrial. Or maybe a MOOC is just Massive, just because it is possible to organize a mass event with help of social media? Schumacher (Small is Beautiful) and others are in favor of small. Surowiecki, J. (2004) The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations, is a voice in favor of masses. Does a MOOC share the disadvantages of big institutions? Maybe the difference is to be found here: School is an institution and a physical environment and exists for a long time, and a MOOC (and crowd sourcing) is a short time virtual event. What is the advantage of Mass in a MOOC? In MOOC principles and course design (comments) diversity is mentioned and connected to size of the MOOC. In discussions on quality of solutions from crowd sourcing diversity is mentioned as an important factor. Like this: Like Loading...
Intro to Online Course Design "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." — Steve Jobs As an online instructor, you may find yourself involved in numerous roles related to online course design. Whether you are responsible for the conversion or adaptation of a traditional course for online delivery, assigned to teach courses that were previously designed and developed by others, or relied on for content expertise as a member of a design and development team, your understanding of the online course design process is crucial to the development of an effective learning environment for future students. Online course design requires a wide range of skills and tools. This article provides an overview of the field of instructional design and technology, a look at the typical process of an online course design project, guidelines for faculty subject matter experts (SME), as well as resources for further reading and research. Instructional Design & Technology Models, Theories, and Frameworks