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Learning Solutions Magazine: Lost Among the Realities: A Guide to Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality by Pamela S. Hogle
Immersive or augmented experiences are innovative tools that could transform eLearning. This guide explains virtual, augmented, and mixed realities.
Learning Solutions Magazine: RISC and iSpring Announce First Top-to-Bottom cmi5-Compliant Solution by News Editor
RISC and iSpring Solutions have announced the first commercially available combination of an authoring tool and an LMS that is compatible with the brand-new cmi5 eLearning standard.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Raise the Bar: Shooting and Editing Green-Screen Video by Mark Lassoff
Green-screen video has been around for years, but many eLearning producers aren’t using it. There seems to be a false belief that it is too expensive or too difficult to do successfully. In this column, Mark shows you the tools (surprisingly inexpensive) and techniques (surprisingly easy) you need to get started!
Learning Solutions Magazine: Research Spotlight: Understanding BYOD by Sharon Vipond
The Guild has published a number of useful articles and papers that describe the “bring your own device” (BYOD) trend. The purpose of our newest white paper—Understanding BYOD: A Guide to Concepts and Issues for Learning Practitioners—is to build on those resources, and provide learning leaders and practitioners an updated guide to understanding current BYOD concepts and issues.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Gamification, Social Collaboration, xAPI Technologies, and Sales-Training Success by Nick Washburn
Gamification has become a very effective strategy and is now more than just a catchphrase. However, the word itself doesn’t mean much without any implementation specifics. Here is an example of how gamification and xAPI technology solved a sales-training challenge for airlines.
Saylor.org: Making Education Affordable: Building a Sustainable Adult Education Program
Interview with Kevin Corcoran, Executive Director, Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium Key takeaways: Using Saylor courses as a content base, CT AHVS has developed supplementary open courses that allow adult students expanded learning opportunities to earn credit toward a high school diploma. Use of OER has allowed a consistent learning experience among students, assuring equity in ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: Add Social Networks to Virtual Classrooms to Spark Collaboration by Pamela S. Hogle
The collaborative tools built into most virtual classroom platforms, along with private spaces on social or office networking platforms, provide opportunities for learners to collaborate with geographically dispersed colleagues.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Toolkit: Articulate 360: Storyline 360 and Articulate Review by Joe Ganci
Articulate has been hard at work, not only creating an update to Storyline as expected but changing the whole way that it offers its products. Articulate 360 is not just an update: It includes all of the products that Articulate offers—updated versions of those it has offered in the past, along with new ones—all under one banner.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Learning Leaders: Allison Rossett on Performance Support and Critical Thinking by Pamela S. Hogle
Guild Master Allison Rossett emphasizes that “Less is more” when considering the future of eLearning: small, usable apps; morsels of eLearning; more mobile; more sharing; more curation. “Quality comes from smaller assets targeted to individual needs, with obvious, strong links to strategic organizational goals,” she said.
edX: edX Gives Thanks for our Community
Happy Thanksgiving from edX! Here in Massachusetts, the edX team is gathering with friends and family to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. As we join together to reflect on the things we all appreciate, we want to share how thankful we are for the edX community. We are thankful for… our over 9.6 million global learners who come to edX from every country in the world our 110... Read More about edX Gives Thanks for our Community The post edX Gives Thanks for our Community appeared first on edX Blog.
edX: Give a Little, Educate Many This #GivingTuesday
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving and community. If education and the edX community has helped improve your life, we hope you will consider supporting our nonprofit mission to increase access to high-quality education for learners everywhere. Donate to edX this #GivingTuesday and give the gift of education to all. Your donation will help support quality courses offered on edX, develop new learning technologies... Read More about Give a Little, Educate Many This #GivingTuesday The post Give a Little, Educate Many This #GivingTuesday appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Accessibility from the Ground Up: Understandable eLearning Uses Plain Language by Pamela S. Hogle
Creating eLearning that uses plain English—simple, everyday words and unambiguous sentences—and clear, logical design removes barriers for many learners, including those who have some disabilities as well as those who learned English as adults or have low literacy skills.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Metafocus: Overview of Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality in eLearning by Matt Sparks
Welcome to Metafocus, the newest monthly column at Learning Solutions Magazine: a column dedicated to virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed/modified/merged reality (MR), games, and gamification as they relate to eLearning, corporate training, education, and instructional design. In this first column, Matt Sparks gives you an overview of VR and MR within eLearning.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Buzzword Decoder: User-Centered Design and Universal Design by Pamela S. Hogle
Designing eLearning with the user in mind creates a better overall learner experience. You can accomplish this through user testing or by taking a universal approach to creating broadly usable eLearning.
Learning Solutions Magazine: In Real Life: What Have You Done for ME Lately? by JD Dillon
For L&D to justify its continued value to an organization and avoid the “What have you done for me lately?” question, L&D must integrate its support into the day-to-day workflow and become part of how work gets done.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Could Virtual Reality-Based eLearning Transform Employee Behavior and Attitudes? by Pamela S. Hogle
Immersive experiences have a powerful impact on attitudes and behavior. Ongoing research on whether VR can enhance soft skills, such as empathy, or influence or change behavior could dramatically change the future of eLearning.
Saylor.org: Getting College Degree Completion Back on Track Using Alternative College Credit
To help students finish what they have started, colleges and universities are exploring new attendance models and retooling to the needs of the “new normal” learner. Low cost college credits from so-called “alternative credit providers” can furnish debt-free alternatives that supplement an institution’s own efforts to encourage timely degree completion.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Reimagining the Virtual Classroom by Pamela S. Hogle
Flipping the virtual classroom to move away from lectures and add collaborative activities can reinvigorate eLearning while blending asynchronous with synchronous sessions.
edX: Congratulations to the Inaugural edX Prize Winner!
We are honored to announce that TU Delft Professor Arno Smets has been named the first-ever winner of the edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning! Professor Smets is the inaugural winner of the edX Prize, an annual award to celebrate the contributions and innovations of MOOC teachers in the edX community. We were honored to present the award to Professor Smets... Read More about Congratulations to the Inaugural edX Prize Winner! The post Congratulations to the Inaugural edX Prize Winner! appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: A Passion for Empowering People: Adam Schwartz, Articulate Founder and CEO by Bill Brandon
Articulate just launched Articulate 360, a subscription offering with tools for the entire course development process. Included with Articulate 360 are all Articulate authoring apps, including the latest version of Storyline, plus new tools that make it easy to work with stakeholders and create multi-device courses. I interviewed Adam about his vision for the future and these new developments.