Organizational Clarity: “MP4 – Making Flash-based E-learning Videos Universal” article

From the CommlabIndia community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “MP4 – Making Flash-based E-learning Videos Universal” by Phani Madhav. I must admit I do love MP4 formats when viewing any types of video the quality is close to DVD format and is usable on different types of avenues such as desktops or smartphones.

This article discusses why you should use MP4s to create Flash training programs and use instead of Flash, mainly due to the certain devices cannot use Flash effectively plus you can add subtitles (as mentioned in the article) to the videos which help with multilingual or international audiences.  Keeping the audiences involved and maintaining their interest in the material you are presenting is key so using MP4 format will assist you to avoid presentation problems as mentioned in this article.

These are four other advantages listed in the article when using the MP4 format:

1.       The quality of MP4 videos is near identical to those of original DVD videos 

2.       Content published in the MP4 format can be streamed on mobile devices

3.       Videos published in the MP4 format can be shared very easily on mobiles 

4.       MP4 can be used to develop videos for multilingual learners

If you want to know more just click the link here:

http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning-development/mp4-for-universal-elearning-videos

Organizational Clarity: "Can Organizations Benefit from Mobile Learning?” article

From the CommlabIndia community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “Can Organizations Benefit from Mobile Learning?” By Darshan Dudhagundi. Mobile learning has become an increasingly better option for organizations because of the options it brings in regards to accessibility and mobility.

An employee can access an organization’s E-Learning materials anytime, any place although I believe it is a hard sell only because most employees defend their time away from work, or when they are off the clock as sacred. Therefore, getting employees to use mobile learning is a 50/50 gamble, however, I think with added incentives employees would readily use mobile learning than spend a day in a classroom or in a larger arena for an all-day training event.

These are the five organizational benefits gained by using mobile learning:

1.       Improved consistency in training

2.       Improved completion rates and information retention

3.       Improved on-the-job support

4.       Improved productivity with better retention of information

5.       Reduced investment in infrastructure

If you want to know more just click the link here:

http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning-development/mobile-learning-benefits-to-organizations

Organizational Clarity: “Getting Started with E-Learning”article

In an article called “Getting Started with E-Learning”, the author discusses briefly different concepts such as:

• Understanding Key Concepts and Terms
• Creating E-Learning
• Your First Project
• Getting Familiar with Mobile Learning
• Connect with the E-Learning Heroes Community

Each section is interactive, and has a link that leads to more information regarding the concept you are more inclined to learn more about. Here is the hyperlink to “Getting Started with E-Learning”: 

https://community.articulate.com/articles/getting-started-with-e-learning

Organizational Clarity: "6 E-learning and Development Trends to Watch Out for in 2017" article

For maintaining a status of an effective training manager one must be current upon existing and future trends to develop a proper strategy for training in an organization’s upcoming year. Understanding what new trends are “hot” or “popular” in your organization’s market will help you determine how you will allocate the organization’s resources. There are in many organizations those “higher ups” that will like to try a new methodology or a current trend to make the organization “modern” or competitive with the other organizations in the market. So keeping one eye on what may be chosen or earmarked for adoption ahead of time, it just a smart thing to do!

In this article, “6 E-learning and Development Trends to Watch Out for in 2017” Hema Gopalakrishnan what is covered is six trends that have a high probability of being using for training purposes in 2017. These trends have been chosen with the object of increasing the effectiveness of an organization’s training procedures and increasing the organization’s Return on Investment.

The majority of these six trends I can rightfully say has been discussed on the academic level as useful to meet the objectives I have aforementioned, unfortunately, in the professional setting, some of these trends are not applicable with the resources that are available from the organization in question. But here is a list of the six trends believed to be the focus of trainers in 2017 as covered and explained more in the article:

1.       Mobile Learning

2.       Gamification

3.       Personalized Learning

4.       Social Learning

5.       Microlearning

6.       Immersive Learning

If any of these tips are sound right up your alley and you want to know more, please click onto this link:

http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning-development/2017-elearning-and-development-trends

Free E-book: Mobile Learning 101 - All About Mobile Learning Design and Development

I usually get emails from CommLab India site to increase my knowledge of E-Learning to gain some free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In one email, I received, I saw a link to this E-book: “Mobile Learning 101 - All About Mobile Learning Design and Development” it is another short guide that will give a general breakdown of what mobile learning is and how to explain its uses and positives to clients who have thought about introducing it into their Organization’s training methodology.  This free E-book states by the end of reading it you should be able to:

• Explain What is Mobile Learning?
• Know what Factors Influencing M-learning
• Be able to create Learning Design Strategies for your organization for Mobile devices
• Be able to explain: How Does M-learning Fit with Other Training Initiatives
• Be able to explain: How Mobile Learning Can Support Different Trainings
• Be able to give Examples of Organizations Using Mobile Learning

It is Free and in PDF Format plus it is a great resource that assists your organization in your quest to integrate M-Learning (Mobile Learning) as an option for training in your organization. Just click on the link here: http://bit.ly/2hnZuNf