Momenta Learning No. 77 News on Elearning and Online Learning

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Are You Putting Learning Content in the Cloud? What is the shelf life for e-learning? Years, months? If learning leaders could make updates more easily - in real time, for example - what would be the optimum refresh rate? Typically, the shelf life of e-learning is all about the shelf life of the content itself.

How Does E-Commerce Integrate With Online Training? How Does E-Commerce Integrate With Online Training? Online training is beneficial when learners are dispersed geographically or otherwise cannot easily attend classes in person. By having round-the-clock access to a learning management system, they can fit their training around their other work activities, and can repeat modules as many times as they wish to consolidate their understanding.

Global Academy Online - A Growing Force in Higher Education Global Academy Online created the patent pending Gauntlet as the Blueprint for new university success. The Firm is one of an elite handful that offers a blueprint for developing total online accredited university colleges. It raises up new schools from the idea stage to approved, accredited and recognized college or university level status.

Customer is king in online course - WexfordPeople.ie Seeing the customer as king is the basis of a new free online customer care course recently launched by Wexford Chamber of Commerce, Allied Training and dulann.com. The brainchild of Wexford eLearning company dulann.com, the course aims to help businesses to prevent profit loss due to poor customer services.

Student data privacy: Moving from fear to responsible use In the last two years, there has been a perfect storm on the topic of student data privacy. Brenda Leong writes that this data is ever more critical today, and if we properly use it then having the discussion about what educational challenges need to be tackled first, and how, becomes more manageable.

5 Things to Know About Financial Aid in Online Degree Programs The financial aid application process is largely the same for both online and traditional students, but there are certain things online learners should keep in mind, experts say. A college or graduate school education can be costly for on-campus and online students alike, but there are ways to ease the burden of a hefty price tag.

The second renaissance will be digitised - FT.com With no teachers, timetables, or exams, Ecole 42 is a strange kind of educational institution, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Students shuffle into this tech-enabled school whenever they want and work as hard as they need. Is this the

e-Less Learning is the New Corporate Training Methodology Set to Rival e-Learning Press Release Leading training company launches new approach after survey of 3,000 learners shows overwhelming preference for face-to-face training. e-Less Learning is a cost effective, scalable 'forever resource' that every HR department should know about.

Xerox Tech Adds Analytics to Video Capture -- THE Journal Video Xerox researchers in India have developed technology that's able to analyze the contents of video and index it in a way that enables students to go immediately to the specific part of the recording they need for their learning. An Indian company that serves multiple universities has already licensed the technology for use in its video-based learning platform.

The importance of cognitive skills to L&D Gary Klein is a research psychologist who pioneered naturalistic decision making, and is the author of books such as Seeing What Others Don't and The Power of Intuition. L&D Professional interviewed the internationally respected decision making expert for his insights. LDP: What's the significance of decision-making to employee learning and development?

Momenta Learning No. 76 News on Elearning and Online Learning

Welcome to the No. 76 Issue of Momenta Learning News on Elearning and Online Learning

Strayer U Deploys Data Analytics To Improve On line Student Engagement -- Campus Technology Distance Learning Strayer University has recently gone public with a partnership designed to help identify factors that contribute to success for student in online courses. "Developed in collaboration with student-success analytics innovator Civitas Learning, the findings often buck conventional wisdom, suggesting that data captured through a student's digital footprints can provide better predictors of success than the typical demographic data points," according to a news release.

Xerox Innovation Turns Online Video Lectures Into Next-Gen College “Text Books” and E-Learning Tutors NORWALK, Conn.--()--Ever try to learn something technical or complex using a video lecture? College students will tell you it's frustrating. There's no table of contents to pinpoint where the key information exists in a particular video, and it's almost impossible to quickly find topics in the massive pile of video material now stored on websites like YouTube.

LinkedIn Corp's Integration of Lynda.com Is Looking Good -- The Motley Fool Having bought Lynda.com last year in a deal valued at about $1.5 billion, ( LinkedIn's NYSE:LNKD) acquisition of the online learning company, which teaches business, technology, and creative skills through online videos, clearly signified an area management wants to prioritize.

'Personalized Learning:' More Than Technology What do you mean when you say "personalized learning?" That's one of the questions prompted by a new report that aims to provide guidance for states as they use new flexiblity, provided by the Every Student Succeeds Act, to do deeper work to shape learning around students' needs.

Online Learning Does Not Mean Sans Engagement While educators and learners in classroom-based courses have already discovered the benefits of using engagement as a part of education, the power of online is yet to be fully realized. - Rita-Marie Conrad, J.

VIDEO: Putting the Ed Into Edtech (EdSurge News) Right now many edtech products are sold as black boxes. "What does the product do?" "Dunno, but it works through the science of neuroplasticity." The lack of understanding in how these products work is bad for at least two reasons.

Growth of Big Data Predicted to Significantly Drive the Education Technology Market in the US Until 2019, Says Technavio | Business Wire According to the latest research report released by Technavio, the education technology market in North America is expected to reach over USD 55 billi

2U algorithm predicts online program success An algorithm developed by 2U, a software-as-a-service company that helps colleges and universities take degree programs online, says its new program selection algorithm will predict the success of such a move. Inside Higher Ed reports that, on top of data from 2U's existing programs, the algorithm uses data sets that include federal degree conferral and job growth rates, online trends, rankings, and geographic information.

3 Ways Online Students Might Take Exams Some programs will require that students have the proper equipment needed to take tests online, such as a microphone and webcam.

Boost your OpenStack IQ with these tutorials A new release, Mitaka, brings new features to the various projects that make up OpenStack. And while it's exciting to take advantage of a six month release cycle to gain new features and fix issues, the rapid pace of development can make OpenStack difficult to keep up with, even for seasoned cloud professionals.

Momenta Learning No. 75 News on Elearning and Online Learning

Welcome to the No. 75 Issue of Momenta Learning News on Elearning and Online Learning

Seven Tips for Training-Sensitive Subject Matter Online Seven Tips for Training-Sensitive Subject Matter Online Training-sensitive subject matter can be tricky, and taking it online without a facilitator to provide context and answer questions and the challenge is even greater. Sensitive subject matter includes matters of hearts, minds, and beliefs, such as mental health, harassment, bullying, discrimination and cultural competence.

Breaking: Billion-dollar e-learning market about to undergo major shift - eCampus News An increasing number of colleges and universities are electing to replace their learning management systems (LMS), according to a comprehensive report from e-Literate, an education technology research and analysis site. The report, LMS Market Dynamics, is the first of the "e-Literate Big Picture" subscription services, which will provide colleges and universities, education companies, and investors with monthly, proprietary insight into the market.

Re-energizing E.ON with gamification The message that energy firm E.ON works hard to communicate to all its employees is simple, according to its international customer experience manager, Victoria Flash: Whatever you do, wherever you are in the organization, you need to put the customer first.

Learning and Development's (R)evolution Everything evolves, including L&D.

8 Steps to Selecting an LMS As principal of Talent Seed Consulting, Stacy leverages more than 15 years of experience in identifying opportunities and implementing large-scale learning solutions for associates at all organizational levels.

'L&D professionals need to be at the forefront of integrated learning': CIPD Employee-led, integrated learning is the new normal, indicates the latest CIPD/Halogen Employee Outlook survey of over 2,000 employees in the UK. The survey found that over the last year, employees are most likely to have received on-the-job training (28%), online learning (26%) and learning from peers (20%).

Is this the future of learning? For many empoyees, it always a challenge to make split-second decisions that depend on being able to quickly assimilate knowledge gleaned from personal experiences. Now, HRL Laboratories, LLC in Malibu, California has been awarded funding for a two-year project to test whether low-current electrical brain stimulation could be used to accelerate learning while decreasing training time and costs.

Twitter Chat: How to Choose an Online Bachelor's Program Online learning has become a popular option for adults looking to balance work and other responsibilities with an education. When it comes to selecting the right online bachelor's program, there are a number of factors to keep in mind to ensure that the degree meets a student's academic and scheduling needs and is accepted by employers and other higher education institutions.

Online Education Can Boost Digital Marketing Careers The modern business economy relies heavily on digital marketing, so the need for knowledgeable, qualified digital marketers is correspondingly strong. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job prospects for market research analysts, including digital marketers, will grow by 19% from 2014 to 2024, much faster than the national average across all occupations of just 7%.

Online alternatives expand options for home-based learners When Sara Frank-Hepfer's son Eli started having problems in a traditional classroom, the small, rural school district he attended recommended a move to an emotional impairment program in a different city. It was the only option the district gave the family, and Frank-Hepfer knew it wasn't the best fit for her son.

Momenta Learning No. 74 News on Elearning and Online Learning

Welcome to the No. 74 Issue of Momenta Learning News on Elearning and Online Learning

The Benefits of Sharing Student Work in Online Spaces Public education has long been scrutinized for how it is serving today's diverse learners. In an effort to measure and communicate with stakeholders the academic progress of public schools, federal and state assessments have been implemented to examine if and how well academic standards are being met.

Surprise! Data science, technology among key higher ed growth areas Learning House research aims to help institutions think about the future New research from The Learning House aims to help colleges and universities think about the future of higher education.

Report finds segregation in education on the rise "Segregation in public K-12 schools isn't getting better. It's getting worse, and getting worse quickly," Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia said. The analysis, he said, confirmed that America's schools are largely segregated by race and class, leaving "more than 20 million students of color now attending racially and socioeconomically isolated public schools."

How Online Tools Are Transforming The Learning Process - GroundReport Teachers and their students now have access to a large variety of online tools and websites that they can use to enhance the learning experience. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that this is truly changing the educational landscape as we know it.

Going Back to School to Learn About Blended Learning - OLC Going Back to School to Learn About Blended Learning Education Week | May 16, 2016 - Recently I was invited by the Natick, Mass. public schools to attend an Apple Distinguished Schools Day where Natick shared its blended learning approach with other schools and districts.

Educating Our Future Data Scientists Data scientists are one of the many sought-after IT professionals currently enjoying their pick of positions thanks to a general shortage of IT staff . Universities and colleges have created and continue to develop master's programs attempting to address this skills shortage, and there's additionally been a reliance on boot camps to help fill the gaps.

How Online Learning is Shaping the UK Workforce 16 May 2016 - Learning is not just for the young, with new research from Coursera revealing the most active online learners are professionals studying alongside their work commitments Jermaine Haughton The appetite for online learning is on the up.

Take learning into your own hands According to a March article in the Washington Post, getting A's is much easier to do nowadays than it was 60 years ago. There are a few reasons behind this. One, these days, teachers let you turn in late work for full credit. Two, a lot of school work is easy and common sense.

Why Should I Learn More about Social Media? - OLC When you think of social media, networks like Facebook and LinkedIn most surely come to mind. But have you ever imagined these and other social applications like Twitter and Instagram as a part of your instructional design strategy? You may be wondering, "How exactly would something like Twitter fit into a learning experience?"

How to Avoid These Three Pain Points for Online Learning | The Rapid E-Learning Blog The other day someone asked what I thought the three top pain points were for online training or elearning. I hear lots of complaints and I'm sure that there are many pain points, however if we keep them in perspective, they're really not as painful as being stabbed or thrown down a flight of stairs.

Momenta Learning No. 73 News on Elearning and Online Learning

Welcome to the No. 73 Issue of Momenta Learning News on Elearning and Online Learning

Culture and effective online learning environments Figure A 1 from the original version of 'Teaching at a Distance' Over the last two months I have done a couple of workshops on building an effective learning environment, based on Appendix 1 of my online, open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age.

How people learn in an asynchronous online learning environment: The relationships between graduate students' learning strategies and learning satisfaction May 15, 2016 The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between learners' learning strategies and learning satisfaction in an asynchronous online learning environment, in an attempt to shed some light on how people learn in an online learning environment. One hundred and sixteen graduate students who were taking online learning courses participated in this study.

Students need applied STEM learning for future Last week, Burley Middle School engineering teacher Gabrielle Schoppa and media specialist Mae Craddock traveled to Bristol and partnered with Virginia Middle School technology teacher Debbie Browning to deliver one of the most amazing lessons I have ever seen.

To train future ed-tech leaders, higher ed needs new discipline, some say Does higher education need a brand-new discipline to train its next generation of ed-tech leaders, or should the work take place across disciplines in a reworked teaching and learning center?

How social networking can enhance the effectiveness of online learning Nearly 69% of participants in a recent market survey conducted by the British Council preferred informal socializing as a learning method. It is now a common recommendation for educators to make use of social networking tools to make classroom teaching more effective. Students pay regular attention to their social settings, and that is why they ...

Going Back to School to Learn About Blended Learning - Market Brief The Natick, Mass. public schools' blended learning transition has been going on for seven years and the results so far have been impressive. Teachers and students report that using computers more deeply improves their education. What ed-tech company wouldn't want to be a part of that?

E-learning makes basic employment skills available to all The exponential rate of information has led to the creation of a new kind of educator: low-cost, on-demand, short-length education providers, providing courses on everything from gardening to robotics at lower costs than traditional universities and colleges...

The evolution of online learning The Open University is a world leader in distance learning. Regarded as Britain's major e-learning institution, the OU has developed technology to increase access to education on a global scale, as part of the stated mission to be 'open to all people, places, methods and ideas'.

Technical literacy impacts on excellent design of learning experiences A few years ago I was loosely involved in the redesign of GoodPractice's core product: an online toolkit for leaders and managers. My role was simple: I had to spend a couple of evenings chatting to our target users, then take notes as they carried out a few simple toolkit tasks.

Online degrees offer a cheaper route on the way to a better career With the cost of attending a four-year public university crossing $34,000 a year for out-of-state students, more people are turning to online education as a cheaper and more flexible alternative to brick-and-mortar schools. In fact, the number of students enrolling in online private not-for-profit institutions jumped over 11 percent in the last year, according to the Online Learning Consortium.

Momenta Learning No. 72 News on Elearning and Online Learning

Welcome to the No. 72 Issue of Momenta Learning News on Elearning and Online Learning

10 Embarrassing Writing Mistakes I See Way Too Often By Pam NeelyBusiness2Community Do you hate to write? You're definitely not alone. Many people do. And while it's hard to name all the reasons people dread writing, there is one common cause: Fear of making a mistake. Of committing some mortal grammar sin that will make you (or me) look as dumb as a sack of potatoes.

Science of Learning 101: Five LD Practices for Growing Expertise In a recent post, I described the progression of expertise from beginner to expert, and some normal characteristics of work performance at each stage. For example, competent safety analysts are able to assess a typical situation and make recommendations, but they may lack some speed when a situation is more complicated or may become bewildered in very complex or chaotic situations.

Genes help determine education level, study shows Genes help determine education level, study shows Thursday May 12, 201609:17 AM GMT+8 LOS ANGELES, May 12 - Scientists said yesterday they had identified 74 genes that partially determine how far someone gets in school, depending on which variant of those genes a person possesses.

Taking Competency-Based Credentials Seriously in the Workforce -- Campus Technology Online Education Companies like AT&T and Google are expanding their partnerships with online education providers, creating new educational pathways to real jobs. It sounds cutting-edge, but the concept of a competency-based education that results in an institution-agnostic microcredential isn't new.

3 Theories Why We Are Intrigued By Mobile Learning | Technology and Learning Why are we so interested in mobile learning? What is it about moving online education from our laptops to our phones and tablets that has gotten us so intrigued? Is it because the world of social media has largely moved to mobile? Over three-quarters of all the time that people in the U.S.

Adult Learners Leverage Penn State World Campus IT Degrees to Advance Their Careers SPONSORED-The information technology field is in a state of rapid evolution, and IT specialists and experts are looking for ways to stand out in this highly competitive field. Penn State World Campus, the online learning platform of Penn State, is pleased to offer a variety of technology and science programs with accessible entry points for everyone from relative newcomers to the IT field, to long-established IT professionals.

10 Online Learning Resources For Practical Skills Online learning resources are great for differentiated learning styles. The flipped aspect allows anyone to learn anywhere, anytime and at their own pace. So where can we go to learn not only academic lessons, but practical skills that help us lead enhanced lives? The 10 online learning resources listed below offer lots of education for just that.

How elearning is facilitating me-learning What should the training world make of Mintel research showing that e-reader and e-book sales have declined, while paper publications have increased their market share? What about findings from the Training Industry Report in the US, which showed traditional classroom-only delivery still accounts for 46 per cent of all professional training, and is growing faster than any digital means - accounting for only 26.4 per cent?

Don't Be Afraid of Predictive Analytics Operating in what is rated as the third-most competitive economy in the world, it's no surprise that U.S. businesses focus heavily on measurement and return on investment in most aspects of their business. One significant line item that has enjoyed sanctuary is learning and development.

Online exams are setting us back As education moves rapidly further into the digital age, I've noticed a large shift in the methods our teachers use to evaluate us. I'm referring to tests, quizzes, exams and finals. All of these have begun to be available only online, which I've especially noticed this semester.

Momenta Learning No. 71 News on Elearning and Online Learning

Welcome to the No. 71 Issue of Momenta Learning News on Elearning and Online Learning

Create eLearning is Re-Confirmed as Meeting the ISO 9001 Quality Standard Glasgow, United Kingdom, May 14, 2016 --( PR.com)-- The mobile-friendly e-learning portal producer, Create eLearning, has passed its ISO 9001 surveillance audit. ISO 9001 is a quality management standard that helps organisations demonstrate that they deliver a consistent high level of service. In addition, Create eLearning has Investors in People (IIP) Silver Standard.

How Telemedicine Is Becoming a Savior in Syrian Refugee Crisis How doctors are using telemedicine to help relieve the desperate situation in war-torn Syria. One of the worst humanitarian crisis in a generation has been unfolding in Syria over the past 5 years, and making matters worse is a severe shortage of doctors in the war zone as a result of systematic attack on hospitals and aid workers by both the Syrian government and rebel forces.

Learn More in Less Time: ADHD-Friendly Tools for Students with Attention Deficit Let students with ADHD and LD learn more in less time when you use tools like open education resources to unlock learning. ADHD symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment information for adults and children from experts in attention deficit and learning disabilities like dyslexia.

Using MOOC Data for Your Benefit For corporate learning departments, any course that's not a "page-turner" means wasted effort. If chief learning officers could tap into research showing how people are learning most effectively online, however, it could greatly improve learning content.

Using Student Analytics for Online Course Improvement Many instructors feel that they need to be experts in mathematics in order to understand analytics. But according to John Vivolo, director of online and virtual learning for New York University, every faculty member can learn to use the course analytics available through their LMS to improve student learning.

Fourth-grader finds success with online school Nine-year-old Gabe Neis had a tumultuous third-grade year at Bridgewater Elementary School. With attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia, he had trouble in the noisy atmosphere of a classroom full of nearly 30 other children. He was bullied and didn't get along with the teacher. Confidence, ability and progress withered.

The Enterprise Learning Ecosystem Demystified: Part II There is no doubt that technology has been growing at an extremely steep curve. Just consider mobile devices. Not only is there more variety in the type of smartphones or tablets available today, they have more functionality than they did some five years ago.

What happened to online learning? Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, where people can access learning online for free, was supposed to be the future of education. Some went so far as to call MOOCs the deathknell of traditional universities.

IAP || Book || 2016 BPOL (Best Practices in Online Learning) Forum Proceedings Best practices are an ongoing issue of professors generally, and online instructors specifically, In order to identify and share best practices in online learning a faculty and staff committee at Nova Southeastern University was established in 2001. The Best Practices in Online Learning (BPOL) Committee sponsors a yearly forum that puts a spotlight on best practices.

Can Games Increase Student Success? Games are a fun, interactive way to teach students. They can also help encourage students who are otherwise disengaged learners. When students feel a sense of competition and urgency, they become motivated to learn concepts so they can advance further into the game.