Ruth Clark Giveaway Winner APLS

Submitted by Jonathan Stiglec
on 21 May 2013 - 12:24pm

Congratulations Jane Stanford from Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) for submitting the winning entry to our 'Ruth Clark Giveaway'. Jane’s example of collaborative learning in the workplace demonstrated a great mix of theory and practical application.  

We wish to thank all applicants for sharing their collaborative learning experiences. The sheer volume and quality of responses addressed some interesting challenges and opportunities facing collaborative learning. A small thank you will be arriving shortly. 

Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) is a not for profit organisation that

Junior Web Application Developer John Phoon Joins Nine Lanterns

Submitted by Jonathan Stiglec
on 16 May 2013 - 2:23pm

John is an experienced multilingual coder with a passion in web / technology for entertainment and education. 

As a graduate of RMIT - Bachelor of Games & Graphics Programming, John combined his passion of technology and education to develop a range of early childhood learning solutions.

One of John’s most recent learning initiatives took aim at increasing children’s interest to study. This module focused on the development of logical thinking patterns and enhancing memory.

Do You Know What “ALL” Your LMS Can Do?

Submitted by Jonathan Stiglec
on 14 May 2013 - 10:41am

Every learning management system has some common and some unique features. LMS providers keep on creating new add-on modules to promote their LMS. Corporate training keeps on purchasing these add-on modules, but as a training manager do you know what are all the features your LMS has? If you are aware of any new feature do you know how to use it?

  1. As you know almost every LMS has multilingual feature which is very useful to the learner. You may or may not know that it is possible to set the default language to each user account.

64% Rate Effort Required to Administer Learning “High”?

Submitted by Jonathan Stiglec
on 13 May 2013 - 9:50am

Richard Nantel recently presented a session titled “How to Manage Large Scale Learning Initiatives Painlessly” for HR.com’s Technology Enabled Learning virtual conference. 

The session began with the following poll questions: How would you rate the effort required to administer learning?

  • A: High
  • B: Moderate
  • C: Low

A full 64 per cent of attendees rated the effort as “High.” Thirty-six per cent rated the effort as “Moderate.” No one rated the effort as “Low.” Learning management systems are meant to make the administration of learning easy and efficient.

How To Keep Trainees Engaged With Your LMS

Submitted by Jonathan Stiglec
on 9 May 2013 - 12:05pm
 
Spending money on a learning management system and then not having it meet your goals is like buying a car and letting it sit in your driveway; it’s a complete waste of money. While every organisation has multiple goals, we can all agree that a goal of any training program is for the learners to be engaged and connected with the material so as to get the most value out of your learning platform.
 
Consider these five tactics to ensure that your learners are tuned in to your training:
  • Pop-up Q&A
  • Appealing design
  • Discussion boards
  • Good content
  • Change it up

To read the extended article by

How Is The eLearning and LMS Market Evolving? - FREE Report

Submitted by Jonathan Stiglec
on 8 May 2013 - 10:00am

Technologies like Cloud and SaaS are providing brand-new opportunities to LMS vendors, and one of the hottest trend is about the eLearning Ecosystem: an integrated Learning Environment where the LMS works seamlessly with Apps and Courses.

For Businesses, this means: a single service, for a comprehensive and more effective training. This independent report by Craig Weiss highlights the state of the LMS Ecosystem market, underlining leaders, objectives, challenges and opportunities.

Download

 

Source - eLearning Industry, article by the same name -  http://networkedblogs.com/L0LAI

Moodle Abandons Support For SCORM 2004

Submitted by Jonathan Stiglec
on 7 May 2013 - 3:28pm

Moodle has now officially abandoned all future support for SCORM 2004. Existing functionality for SCORM 1.2 will continue to be supported, but all new development efforts will be invested in SCORM’s emerging replacement, Tin Can. For a non-technical analysis of why SCORM 2004 has failed as a technology, and what Tin Can offers in its place have a look at:

Graphic Designer/Art Director Stella Lippa Joins Nine Lanterns

Submitted by Jonathan Stiglec
on 26 April 2013 - 2:08pm

Nine Lanterns is pleased to announce the appointment of Stella Lippa to the role of Art Director.

Stella is a highly professional graphic designer/art director with an extensive experience in UI for the eLearning modules, web material and editorial designs. Stella specialises in designing and applying various themes to User Interfaces for complex online environments.

Her ability to interpret concepts into innovative and effective designs wins praise and recognition for our clients. Her portfolio includes Origin Energy, RDNS, Department of Sustainability, Telstra and the Australian Post.

New eLearning Project Manager - Welcome James Wooldridge

Submitted by Jonathan Stiglec
on 24 April 2013 - 2:06pm

Nine Lanterns is pleased to announce the appointment of James Wooldridge to the role of eLearning Project Manager.

James has more than 25 years’ experience in most areas of the Information Technology industry, including systems installation and support, online application development and team and project management.

Over the last 12 years he has been focused on eLearning, web and multimedia development. Leading teams in the designing and developing custom courseware for the corporate market, compliance and unit standard training, as well as English language training courses.

Job Opportunity - eLearning Project Manager

Submitted by Jonathan Stiglec
on 28 February 2013 - 3:59pm

Attention eLearning Project Managers!  We are currently able to offer a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to support Online Learning Content and bespoke Learning Management Systems delivery.

Position filled