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Allen Learning Portal Launch
If you’ve been to the site over the past month, you’ve noticed we had some exciting news. We gave you a bit of a teaser about some “new” technology we were launching. Well, now it’s official, no longer...
View ArticleThoughts on “Change 2.0: How Does e-Learning 2.0 Affect Organization Culture?”
(NOTE: Requires membership with the Guild to access PDF of the article) Mark Oehlert’s recent essay found in the eLearning Guild’s publication Learning Solutions is a thorough reference for where Web...
View ArticleTechnology and Its Role in Customer Experience
Last week’s focus was on your business culture and how knowing your client, following some basic rules, asking questions, and learning from your past would help you take the necessary steps in creating...
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Mouse Pads for iPads?
Giving away mousepads for the iPad? Yes, it’s an oxymoron. But for Allen it made the perfect tchotchke at our first workshop on learning design for the iPad. This bit of kitsch provided a tactile...
View ArticleIntroducing DesignJot, The First iPad App for Training Professionals
If you’ve seen me speak or read my blogs recently, you know I’ve whole-heartedly joined the tablet revolution and I consider myself somewhat of an iPad power-user. I’ve spent a lot of time exploring...
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Custom Training by Allen for Allen
The amount of time and energy it takes to maintain an effective employee training program is staggering. I completely understand why our clients partner with us for their training needs. Collaborating...
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Training Course Development for Instructional Design? There’s an app for that!
It’s been a month since we released DesignJot, the first iPad app for instructional designers. And we couldn’t be more pleased with the response it’s received from the training and development...
View ArticleEmbracing Change in Corporate Training
You may have seen the recent announcement that Allen was named a Top 20 Content Development Company for 2012 by TrainingIndustry.com. We’re proud of the recognition, especially given the exciting state...
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It’s All in the Architecture: Sustainable Customization in Learning Technology
I’m really excited about making the Trainingindustry.com Learning Portal Watchlist! Creating high-value, custom solutions for our clients is what we’re all about, so our success is definitely a...
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Corporate Training Trends in 2013
This year, corporate training professionals and business leaders can take advantage of major corporate training trends to develop training that effectively motivates learners to make real business...
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Deciding Between an LMS & Learning Portal?
“Over the next five years LMSs will look more like portals and feel less like platforms.” The Evolution of the LMS: From Management to Learning, by Beth David, Colleen Carmean, Ellen D Wagner, 2009....
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The Millennial Debate – Does The Generation Gap Actually Exist?
At this point, I think we all know the basic context: the millennial generation is poised to enter the workforce en masse, and the change will happen quickly. Some experts predict as much as 36% of the...
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Creating Impactful Design with DesignJot
DesignJot leverages Allen’s ANSWER Analysis to ensure instructional strategies align with intended performance outcomes. Over the last 32 years, Allen has collaborated with clients to develop creative...
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Into the Wilds: Leading Instructional Expeditions with DesignJot
The first step can be the hardest. You have a new, critical project, but it’s loosely defined—someone should do something better/faster/smarter. No one in your organization has taken on this training...
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Think Outside of the Course: Integrating Course and Portal Design
Would you ever think that an instructional designer could also design a learning portal? Well they can! Maybe not in the most traditional way – your designer will not need to learn to write software...
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Expect more from your training! A little remix goes a long way.
Generally speaking, we as design professionals tend to settle. We’re not lazy, nor do we lack ambition; rather, as these scholars argue, we tend to seek to stabilize the world around us and react to...
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2014 Trends — The Big No Trend
Pausing to perfect and polish trends from 2013 leads us to… no trend in 2014. It comes as no surprise that our most popular blogs and articles tend to focus on the “next big development” or an...
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Ecological Learning — Interaction between Standard and Social Learning
For one of our potential clients, I’ve recently been delving head-first into the interconnectivities of social engagement and learning. At this point, I feel like my feet are the only things still...
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Phlogiston and Other Obsolete Theories – Is Your Approach to SaaS Solutions...
Phlogiston Theory is an obsolete theory that tried to explain why some substances are combustible, like lamp oil, and others aren’t, like tombstones. In short, the theory stated that within certain...
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Consumers and Cognitive Load: The Telling Tale of the Infographic
During my brief stint as a university instructor, my views of students conflicted with my students’ views of themselves. In my idealism, I viewed students as humble benefactors of the gift of...
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