Do you produce any video content? You should. Producing video is easier than ever, but can seem complicated. I have a passion for all forms of digital media production but video is by far my favorite. I’ve heard from many training professionals that it just doesn’t interest them and they’d... more
The fabulous engineering team at Litmos recently released some significant feature updates. Besides the usual bug fixes and optimizations, customer input had a significant influence on these new features…as it always does. Here’s the quick list. WebEx Training Center Integration Enhanced Module Content Conversion to HTML WordPress & Drupal Plugins... more
Richard Culatta, Director of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education I had the pleasure of talking to one of my favorite people in EdTech recently. Richard Culatta is the Director of Educational Technology for the U.S. Department of Education, and without question one of the most positive people I know.... more
I guess technology is moving more quickly than I thought. So quickly, in fact, that vertical video has already jumped the shark. Okay, maybe not yet. But it’s further along in the main stream than I thought. Vertical video is already being embraced by mobile journalists. News departments and digital... more
Litmos Boost on Apple Watch Demo This week we’re at the ATD International Conference & Expo. Last week we were in Vegas for the CallidusCloudConnections event where Litmos ran the learning track. Back to back events can make for a busy and tiring schedule. But meeting our fabulous Litmos customers... more
Many recent technology trends are putting the power of developing learning content into the hands of all employees. Traditionally when training was required the only solution was to engage the training department. But more and more companies are implementing enterprise social networks (ESN) and discovering how creative internal subject matter... more
This week seems to be full of reflective learning for me. After Tuesday’s reflections of Apple, The Cloud, and Litmos, I find myself looking back 25 years. In 1990 I was preparing to graduate from the University of Arizona with a degree in Media Arts. I loved the creativity of... more
Blended Learning Webinar The webinar on Blended Learning recently delivered live is now available on the Litmos YouTube channel. In the video I covered the following: How do we define blended learning? The history of blended learning according to @bschlenker. 21st century blended learning is part of shifting to an iterative development... more
Incorporating video into eLearning courses is a great way to facilitate learning through the use of multimedia. According to the Schwartz and Hartmann model for using digital videos for learning, there exist four major learning outcomes: Engaging, Doing, Seeing and Saying. Engaging Videos that show relevant information can be very... more
Last week I shared parts 1 and 2 of my conversation with Dr. Will Thalheimer. In part 3 we learn the top 3 things you can do to improve your training solutions. All 3 are based on proven research. However, Will also reminds us… “none of these are panaceas. The key... more
