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Putting Out Fires: Picking Up Someone Else's eLearning Project (Part 1)
by Joe Ganci, Jennifer De Vries
5.23.13 | Learning Solutions Magazine | Tip
Has a client ever asked you to revise a course that someone else wrote? This can be either a great opportunity or a train wreck. This, the first of four sets of tips for revising (or fixing) a project, is a checklist to use before you begin such an assignment. These questions will identify “hot spots” and client expectations, helping to ensure a successful engagement!
Performance Support Should Be “Amazon.com” Smart
by Conrad Gottfredson
5.22.13 | Learning Solutions Magazine | Spotlight
A good performance-support solution gives the help or information someone requires at the moment of need. A great performance support solution gives someone help or information in a way that causes that person to feel the response was “engineered ‘Just for Me.’” If you want to learn how to make great performance support, this Spotlight will get you started!
Wiley Announces Branding Changes
by News Editor
5.22.13 | Learning Solutions Magazine | News
John Wiley & Sons, publisher of a number of books for professionals in the learning field, has announced a series of strategic branding changes. Among these changes is the discontinuation of the Pfeiffer brand. Read the details here!
Hatsize 4.0 Launched: Next-generation Training Labs
by News Editor
5.21.13 | Learning Solutions Magazine | News
A new, state-of-the-art interface in Hatsize 4.0 makes lab-based learning easier and more interactive.
New eBook: 68 Tips for eLearning Engagement and Interactivity
by Jennifer Neibert
5.21.13 | Learning Solutions Magazine | News
Engagement is a critical element of learning. For eLearning and mLearning engagement is arguably even more important, but it requires additional planning, monitoring, and creativity to do it well. If you’re looking for clever ideas to drive engagement in your learning initiatives, download 68 Tips for eLearning Engagement and Interactivity—free from The eLearning Guild—today!
mLearnCon 2013: Support Accomplishment with Mobile Technology!
by Bill Brandon
5.20.13 | Learning Solutions Magazine | Feature
Widespread media attention is raising expectations for the use of mobile technology in learning and performance support. The next steps are to consider the strategies and the specifics of application that will benefit your organization and to make practical plans. The eLearning Guild’s mLearnCon Conference & Expo 2013 will help you as you chart your course—here’s how!
eLearning Guild Research: Mobile Learning for Supporting Workers' Performance
by Patti Shank
5.16.13 | Learning Solutions Magazine | Research
What is the best way to position learning on mobile devices? It makes sense to use these devices to provide support for learning since we carry them with us all the time. A 2013 research report from The eLearning Guild can show you some great examples of how organizations are implementing this kind of augmentation.
A Quality Scorecard for Multiple-choice Tests
by Mike Dickinson
5.15.13 | Learning Solutions Magazine | Tip
A quality scorecard for multiple-choice items, both at the individual and the training organization levels, can help a manager improve effectiveness of multiple-choice tests. The manager could use the scorecard to assess specific tests or to assess a cross section of multiple-choice items collected from each instructor or designer’s portfolio. Here is such a scorecard!
Marc My Words: Boston, Social Media, and Lessons for Learning
by Marc J. Rosenberg
5.14.13 | Learning Solutions Magazine | Column
Social media played an incredible role in reporting the events at the 2013 Boston Marathon and assisting in its outcome. There are some lessons about the power of social media in learning we can take away from those events. What are the benefits and what are the pitfalls?
Rapid Development Technology: Crutch or Rocket Pack?
by John Sadowski
5.13.13 | Learning Solutions Magazine | Feature
Are we using rapid development tools in a way that makes our eLearning more effective?
