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Learning Solutions Magazine: How Gamification Can Make Dreary Subjects Like Safety Compliance More Engaging by Susan Jacobs
It can be a challenge to actively engage workers in mandated compliance trainings. As the Mosaic Company discovered, gamification can make dry or repetitious material more interesting. Mosaic, a world leader in mining phosphate, worked with Bottom-Line Performance to successfully revamp its required safety training programs for new hires and existing employees.
Saylor.org: Panelist Profile: Katie Hall, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
We’re really pleased to have Katie Hall moderate our panel on alternative credentials at the Saylor Higher Education Summit. In addition to moderating the panel, Katie will discuss the “Connecting Credentials” initiative. Connecting Credentials is a cross-sector collaboration of educators, learners, employers, funders, community leaders, workforce development groups, and public policymakers working to is make ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: L&D Digital Transformation Begins with Rethinking the LMS by JD Dillon
While the LMS was one of the few tools available for L&D to deliver training in the past, the way we do our work has not kept pace with the way we live. This is especially true when it comes to accessing and sharing information, a foundational consideration for modern learning organizations. Here are 10 steps for designing a right-fit continuous learning experience for today’s organizations.
Saylor.org: Site maintenance June 4th
As part of a software update, our courses and materials at learn.saylor.org will be unavailable for several hours on Sunday, June 4th. We expect to have everything back in order by 3:00 PM EDT. If you would like to do some studying while the site is offline, you can use the Wayback Machine to view ... Read More ...
Saylor.org: The Weekend Assignment: Currency
Last weekend’s assignment was to learn something new about a little known invention, and with our #FridayFact we learned that Leonardo Da Vinci is considered to have been the first person to create a résumé. Da Vinci’s résumé took the form of a letter written around 1481–1482 to Ludovico Sforza. At the time Sforza was ... Read More ...
edX: Leadership Skills – Essentials for Success
Leadership skills are increasingly important for anyone looking to advance their career. From working in teams, to communicating effectively, to making the right decisions — possessing these key leadership skills will set you up for success on the job. We have plenty of courses on edX that will help you become a better leader. The following courses offer you the opportunity to learn these essential skills in... Read More about Leadership Skills – Essentials for Success The post Leadership Skills – Essentials for Success appeared first on edX Blog.
Saylor.org: Panelist Profile: Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed
We’re very pleased to have Paul Fain moderate our panel “Perspectives on Competency-Based Education” at the Saylor Higher Education Summit. To learn from Paul and other great speakers, please request an invitation today. Paul Fain is news editor at Inside Higher Ed, where he has worked since 2011. He writes about low-income students, college completion ... Read More ...
Saylor.org: Speaker Profiles: Robert Clougherty and Viktoria Popova , MindAppster, Inc.
Ms. Popova and Dr. Clougherty will discuss their integrative learning model and viewing higher education as a learning system during the Saylor Higher Education Summit taking place this June 21/22 here in Washington D.C. We hope you can join us and all the details can be obtained by clicking the banner at the bottom of ... Read More ...
edX: Six Sigma and Lean: 3 Secrets for Success
Today, we continuously rediscover the power of Six Sigma and Lean in almost every industry, from service industries to software development; mass production to mass customization; and multi-national companies to small and medium enterprises. What are the secrets of Six Sigma and Lean that make their application as effective today as they were over 30 years ago? The roots of Six Sigma come from the statistical... Read More about Six Sigma and Lean: 3 Secrets for Success The post Six Sigma and Lean: 3 Secrets for Success appeared first on edX Blog.
Coursera: Workforce Development for the Future of Work
Coursera for Business has partnered with ATD, Association for Talent Development on an upcoming webinar: “Workforce Development for the Future of Work“, on Wednesday, June 7th at 9 am PST. With today’s rapid pace of technological and economic change, the skills gap is widening worldwide. People need new skills to succeed in the changing economy, and […] The post Workforce Development for the Future of Work appeared first on Coursera Blog.
Saylor.org: Panelist Profile: Kara Gwaltney, American Council on Education
We are pleased to have Kara Gwaltney lend her expertise as a reviewer of alternative credit to our panel: “Employers as Higher Education Partners, a New View into Degree Completion” during the Saylor Higher Education Summit. Kara Gwaltney is the Director of CREDIT® at the American Council on Education. For over 40 years, colleges and ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: Digital Credentials Offer a Tool to Assess Rapidly Changing Skills by Pamela S. Hogle
Digital credentials are a response to a need for ways to assess and measure rapidly changing skills among employees or applicants.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Research Spotlight: Enhanced Realities for Learning: What You Need to Know by Sharon Vipond
Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality applications are poised to explode into the consumer market. That explosion will bring with it the mainstreaming of this technology that transforms how we look at content, opening new opportunities not only for how we entertain ourselves but also for how we connect, share, and learn. Are you ready? Let’s find out.
Saylor.org: Speaker Profile: Kate Kazin, Volta Learning Group
Dr. Kazin will join us for a panel on Competency Based Education (CBE) as well as for a separate breakout session. Cathrael Kazin, JD, PhD, known as Kate, is Managing Partner of Volta Learning Group, which specializes in the design, development, and delivery of educational innovation aligned with workforce needs. She served as the founding ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: Comcast Uses Mobile to Deepen Learning and Verify Skills by Pamela S. Hogle
Designs that take eLearning into the field have really worked for Comcast, where new sales hires and engineers use their tablets to reflect on learning, converse with managers and peers about tools and procedures, and demonstrate their abilities.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Construct a Training Strategy to Create Employee Engagement by Seniye Groff
“How can we do better?” If employees were successful in the past with no training, imagine how productive they could be given tools, knowledge, and resources! An onboarding program is a great start, but what comes next? Specific questions about employee efficacy, detailed knowledge needed, and organizational questions allowed identification of success factors for strategic employee development.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Demystifying the Connections Between the LMS, LRS, and xAPI by Brian Carlson, Margaret Roth and Michael Hruska
If you’ve attended a learning conference recently, you’ve heard the buzz around learning record stores (LRSs) and the Experience API (xAPI). With so much attention focused on the potential, organization leaders look for ways to use data interoperability. Many are still having difficulty identifying a practical starting point. Here are three case studies and advice that will clear things up.
OLI. Carnegie Mellon University: The Role Culture Plays In MOOC Success
The Horizons Tracker blog recently featured a post regarding the efforts to improve the quality of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), with a focus on the potential importance of cultural differences among learner populations. Using iterative improvement to tailor ……
Saylor.org: The Weekend Assignment: Invention
Welcome to the second Weekend Assignment, but before we dive into our new theme let’s explore what we learned about time. Last Friday our fact covered Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch mathematician and scientist who invented the pendulum clock, and who also discovered Titan, one of Saturn’s moons. Another interesting thing about time is the light ... Read More ...
edX: Python, Hackathons y oportunidades laborales: Conoce a Ravi
Ravi, un estudiante de ingeniería electrónica de la India, comparte cómo los materiales accesibles en edX le ayudaron a participar en un Hackathon. Soy un estudiante de cuarto año de ingeniería eléctrica en IIT Madras. Quería participar en un Hackathon para los discapacitados visuales que la universidad estaba organizando con Vision-Aid, así que tomé Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python (Introducción a la... Read More about Python, Hackathons y oportunidades laborales: Conoce a Ravi The post Python, Hackathons y oportunidades laborales: Conoce a Ravi appeared first on edX Blog.