OpenSesame is proud to announce updated user profiles, with many new features. I’ve created a screencast with my completed profile to provide an example of the possible features in a completed author profile, including a logo, bio, employment history, education history and links to your Twitter and LinkedIn profiles: For sellers, the more comprehensive profiles… Read more »
A few #lrnchats ago we discussed how learning professionals themselves learn. Someone (forgive me, I can’t remember who) recommended that, to learn new things, we should occasionally set out to be the dumbest person in the room – to admit what you don’t understand in order to gain understanding. Of course, intermittent “dumbness” comes naturally… Read more »
In Part 1 of this series on creating the social learning workplace, I defined social learning and social media, and set you on your way to choosing the tools. I’m assuming you’re reading this post because you’ve decided that social learning is a good idea for you and your organization. It isn’t enough to create… Read more »
Video game camera technology like the Kinect creates engaging, interactive virtual experiences for games like Dance Central, Soccer and Motion Workout 2, andit’s also inspiring really cool hackslike this one: Little Magic Stories from Chris O’Shea on Vimeo. Not only are these kids almost criminally adorable, this use of consumer video game technology is amazing.… Read more »
Social learning. We’re all talking about it, wishing for it and hoping to facilitate it in our offices. But what is it, exactly? I participated in a webinar a few weeks ago in which the speaker used “social learning” and “social media” interchangeably, creating a confusing mishmash of misinformation. It’s a common misconception, so let’s… Read more »
While suffering from the unavoidable nasty winter cold this month, I have spent many cozy hours on my couch rereading the Harry Potter canon. I’ve been mulling over all the examples the Harry Potter story offers of how motivated people can create learning opportunities and collaborate to accomplish team goals. Spoilers follow, if you are… Read more »
OpenSesame is a new tech company, and we’re embracing social media outreach to connect with the elearning community. It’s my job to put OpenSesame in front of the people who can benefit from participating in our marketplace. I do that primarily through blogs and social networks, as well as direct outreach. My participation in the… Read more »
Enhancing the learning experience and capturing the virtual student’s attention often requires tangible items. These tangible items can be in the form of templates and tools the students can use during the course and after the course when they apply what was learned. The question becomes, “How can these items be included in a SCORM… Read more »
The OpenSesame crew is proud to announce the newest feature in our elearning marketplace: a SCORM video player, which unlocks millions of hours of high-quality video content for use in enterprise learning management systems. We understand that organizations need to track learners’ participation and performance to meet compliance requirements and understand their employees’ skills.… Read more »
I am celebrating Valentine’s Day with a love letter to the elearning community, in appreciation of the group’s collective willingness to share resources, exchange ideas and encourage peers. Creating an elearning community of practice is simple. For such a targeted topic of discussion, there is a large group of elearning practitioners active in blogs and… Read more »
Editor’s Note: Mark is graciously allowing us to share his post in response to a guest post we featured last week from Tom Carter. I should also add that “controversial” was my word, and not Tom’s. Finally, the OpenSesame SCORM Video Player makes it possible to track video files in any learning management system. One of the… Read more »
When it comes to business networking, a lot of people define their problem as not knowing what so say. They would rather pull out their hair by the roots than start a conversation with a complete stranger. Oddly enough, one of the keys to effective business networking and small talk is not the talking itself,… Read more »
At OpenSesame, we love the saying “eat the dog food”. This is particularly appropriate in our office because our CEO, Don Spear, was previously an executive and cofounder of PetSmart. Of course, it doesn’t actually mean that he wants us to eat kibble. Don wants us to try out the products, tools and techniques that… Read more »
Editor’s Note: Tom’s opinions are controversial, but he offers an interesting perspective on meeting rapid development needs and making elearning affordable with video. In addition,OpenSesame’s new SCORM video player makes video courses trackable in any learning management system. E-Learning is dead, long live E-Learning. We are experiencing an educational big bang. The world has embraced… Read more »
I spent last week in San Jose with the OpenSesame team for the American Society of Training & Development’s annual TechKnowledge conference, enjoying beautiful weather, great discussion and connecting names (or more likely, Twitter handles) with faces. OpenSesame looks forward to conferences for the opportunity to connect with the elearning community to better understand how we… Read more »
If you are creating or selecting sales training content, how can you ensure that your course will effectively engage and motivate a learner to successfully complete the online learning program? Some learners will motivate themselves. Highly self-directed learners thrive in the online learning or elearning environment, as they can direct their own work and focus… Read more »
Let’s face it. At this day and age, anyone can create a simple Microsoft Word document. But that is the key word: simple. Is that all you want to do? Do you want to create simple Word documents that meet the bare minimum requirements, or do you want to create awesome, polished-looking files that will… Read more »
We all judge books by their covers. Whether we’re picking out a restaurant for the evening or buying a car, we’re all influenced by appearances to make choices that might even be unwise. That tendency to judge applies to training, too. If you ask training participants what they think of an elearning course, odds are… Read more »
In this fourth, and last installment of series taken from our book, The Learning eXPLOSION: 9 Rules to Ignite Your Virtual Classrooms, we address the delivery of a virtual classroom session. The number one concern we hear from new virtual classroom instructors is how to engage learners. The guidance we give these instructors is… Read more »
I work for a technology company, which means that I’m surrounded by genius software developers who actually wear “There is no place like 127.0.0.1″ shirts. I’m not a developer, so I’m usually on the outside of the cool kids club when it comes to discussing Drupal, CSS, modules and so forth. But the computer discussion… Read more »
