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Learning Solutions Magazine: Ten Tips for Hiring a Stellar eLearning Freelancer by David Wood
Are you looking for help developing eLearning content? The fast-growing freelance market can provide a wealth of skills and expertise that is cost-effective, flexible, and agile. These 10 tips will help you hire the best eLearning freelancer.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Toolkit: Axonify Revealed by Joe Ganci
Even though Axonify says it is not a learning management system (LMS), it has definite similarities to one. But it goes even further into the world of building, measuring, and adjusting employee knowledge in larger enterprises. Journey into that world and see why Axonify calls itself an “employee knowledge platform.” It seems to be leading a very good trend in many respects.
Udemy: Introducing Udemy’s Learning Advisory Board
By Jessica Ashraf, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Udemy In my last blog post, I described how Udemy is using learning science to develop new product features and instructor resources. Now, I’m excited to share the launch of our Learning Advisory Board (LAB), which will take those initiatives further. What does the LAB do? The LAB [...]…
Learning Solutions Magazine: The LMS “Manages Learners,” But Business Needs More by David James
Is your learning management system actually helping employees to improve their performance? It is time to look past learning, to refocus on performance and capability, to help people to do their actual jobs, and ensure that the capability to deliver real results exists in the organization. Here are four actions you can take to change the way you look at our work differently!
Udemy: August 19, 2016: Friday news roundup
Happy Friday, everyone! Are you ready for a roundup? We’re sharing tips for evaluating potential employers, thoughts on the value of college, stats on the global skills gap, and more. How to tell if you’ll fit into a company’s culture before you take the job Whether you’ve heard stories or lived the tale yourself, it’s [...]…
Udemy: Udemy student takes course for beginners, creates technical documentation tool
We were excited when the blog editor for Newegg, the hugely popular e-commerce site for tech enthusiasts, shared a story about a Seattle-area sysadmin who learned C# on Udemy in order to improve how his employer manages technical documentation. Not only does Kyle Wisdom have an awesome name, he has a great love of learning. [...]…
edX: How Personal Development can Help Career Development
In today’s fast paced and highly-competitive workplace, it’s easy to focus on keeping up with the latest industry trends and increasing your knowledge to stay at the forefront of in-demand skills. Staying on top of the latest career trends can feel like a full time job. But, in order to truly improve your life overall, it’s important to think about your personal development, outside of your... Read More about How Personal Development can Help Career Development The post How Personal Development can Help Career Development appeared first on edX Blog.
Khan Academy: Khan Academy adds apps for young children
We’re excited to announce that Duck Duck Moose, an award-winning developer of educational apps for young children, is now part of Khan Academy.We believe every child should have access to the best learning resources, so we’re making all 21 of Duck Duck Moose’s apps free. Download the apps for Android from Google Play Download the apps for iPhone or iPad from the App Store Early childhood learning is a natural next step for Khan Academy. It allows us to reach children at a younger age and begin to have an earlier impact on basic literacy and math skills. We’re thrilled to enter early childhood learning with Duck Duck Moose as our partner. We’ve long admired their whimsical children’s apps, which have been downloaded more than ten million times and receive rave reviews.In addition, Duck Duck Moose’s nine-person team is joining Khan Academy to lead a new initiative to develop early learning products for young children. This is possible thanks…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Meeting Demands for Change and Flexibility in eLearning: Bill Donoghue, CEO at Skillsoft by Pamela S. Hogle
The eLearning sector faces increasing demands for change and flexibility. Learners want to control how and when they use eLearning. One response is Skillsoft’s new content-delivery platform, focused on the learners’ experience that will include collaborative and social-learning features.
edX: Build a Career in Risk Management
This is a guest blog post from the Banking and Financial Markets: A Risk Management Perspective course team at IIMBx. Have you ever wondered why an economic and financial crisis in one country affects other parts of the world? In today’s globally interconnected world, banking and financial markets have grown not only in size, but also in complexity and inter-relatedness. Be it a steep decline in... Read More about Build a Career in Risk Management The post Build a Career in Risk Management appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Informal Learning Calls for Hands-off Management by Pamela S. Hogle
Social media platforms make it easy to develop large “professional” learning networks. A learning network can arise around use of the same software tool, discussion of learning strategy or eLearning design and development models, or exploration of content on the same topic. Learn about it here!
Learning Solutions Magazine: Deeper Design: Working Out Loud by Clark N. Quinn
This is the start of a narration, a story—working out loud, in other words—about how a small group of designers decided to build a better way to support learning. The end of this narration will come in September, when the team releases its product, free of charge, to the world. Enjoy the view as you travel along with the team under the guidance of The eLearning Guild’s first Guild Master.
edX: Career Changing Skills You Need
Not heading back to school this fall? That’s no reason to stop learning. As you embark on the step from university to the workplace, there’s still so much you can learn to help further your career as you set out. Employers care about the knowledge you’ve acquired in school, but also the soft skills required to be successful in the workplace. The ability to effectively communicate, work in teams, problem... Read More about Career Changing Skills You Need The post Career Changing Skills You Need appeared first on edX Blog.
Udemy: How to Hire & Train Marketing All-Stars
How inbound recruiting and consumerized learning can turn good marketers into marketing all-stars Finding and training well-rounded marketing candidates is a challenge for organizations of all sizes. Like other disciplines, marketing is a key business function that’s changing rapidly, thanks to big data, automation, and other technology tools. In a study conducted by Bullhorn, 64% of recruiters reported [...]…
Learning Solutions Magazine: How to Make Your Learning Adaptable and Personalized by Jeff Batt
Have you ever wanted to have different paths through your eLearning, based on the user’s knowledge or on user answers to questions? That’s part of what it means to make learning adaptable and personalized! This is key to getting your eLearning out of the one-size-fits-all approach that turns off so many learners. Here’s how to tailor eLearning to each learner if you are using Storyline!
Learning Solutions Magazine: New Flipgrid Launch Fuels Active, Social Learning in Classrooms and Enterprises by News Editor
A video discussion platform is updated to offer a more accessible and connected environment. Flipgrid fuels active, social learning among co-workers and the leadership team. Because Flipgrid is accessible on a variety of digital platforms (desktop, iOS, and Android), educators, companies, and HR managers use it to host MOOCs and train their workforces from virtually anywhere.
Udemy: How A Group Mission Pushes Individuals To Raise Their Game
I’m a big tennis fan, so I was especially interested to follow what happened on the Olympic courts. Tennis is different from other Olympic events, being an individual sport that’s popular around the world at the professional level too; these aren’t athletes who have to wait four years for a brief moment in the sun. [...]…
Learning Solutions Magazine: Will Virtual Reality Solve Your Real-world Problem? by Lisa Minogue-White
Earlier this year, many media outlets predicted that 2016 would be “the year of virtual reality” (VR). But after 10 years of reports and anticipation, it is clear that our efforts to put VR to work in the service of learning must be led by the business needs, not the technology. Here is a model to help you do that!
Udemy: August 19, 2016: Friday news roundup
Lots of good stuff to get to this week, including our own CEO dropping knowledge, tips for getting hired or getting funding, and how a Udemy instructor got her start. Why finding your best mentor has nothing to do with the C-suite As anyone with a trusted mentor knows, none of us can reach our [...]…
edX: Daniel Matthews: The Missing Piece
Daniel Matthews has accomplished a lot in his 26 years; two years at an international university, working as an events promoter, political campaigning, and employment at a major broadcast media company in Washington, D.C. However, through it all, the one thing he didn’t have under his belt was a college degree. While enrolled at St. Andrews University in Scotland, Daniel often had trouble focusing in... Read More about Daniel Matthews: The Missing Piece The post Daniel Matthews: The Missing Piece appeared first on edX Blog.