Xyleme blogs

Want To Know What Personalized Learning Looks Like? It's Hitting You Right in the Face!

dpoulos — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:51:03 +0000

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If you ask a learner how they want to learn, taking a high-gloss eLearning course is rarely mentioned. Instead, what we all consistently hear is that people want personalized learning - a term easy to throw out there but not so easy to define.

Richard Calutta, from the US Department of Education at the Office of Educational Technology, has a simple formula for what it means to personalize learning:

When It Comes To Performance Support, The Cloud Changes Everything

dpoulos — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:18:18 +0000

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I am incredibly excited to announce that yesterday afternoon, at the Bersin by Deloitte research conference, IMPACT 2013: The Business of Talent, Xyleme was recognized for winning the prestigious WhatWorks® Award in the Delivering Innovation category.

Pastiche 2.6 from Xyleme now available

sdanzl — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:27:59 +0000

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Pastiche 2.6 is an offline player for iPad and Android tablets that tracks and reports scores from interactive courses to the LMS.

This new feature of Pastiche allows your nomad and field learners to download and take courses on their tablets and complete them on their time, regardless of connectivity. For example, a course can be taken while on a business trip and mid-flight. Then, when you land or get to the hotel and access the Internet, the score can then be reported back to the LMS.

Social Learning: Now Everyone Is An Expert

mberthelemy — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:25:08 +0000

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You’re looking for a present, say a new tool for your workshop, and there are a number of options, from different manufacturers and at slightly different price points… Most of us, these days, would check out the reviews – perhaps those on the retailer’s website, or on generic review sites like http://www.reviewcentre.com/ or from specialist magazines. Some would ask in subject-specific forums, Facebook groups or using a suitable Twitter hashtag. You’re likely to find huge amounts of information, but how do you know which is accurate?

State of the LCMS with Mark Hellinger

mhellinger — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:38:58 +0000

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It seems to me that this is a good time to comment on the state of the Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) market given the many changes in 2012.

Part 3 of 3: Personalization for Service Sector Learning

jkatzman — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:01:01 +0000

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This is the 3rd in a series of 3 pertaining to how personalized learning can be applied to education and training. In the first I explored the application of personalization in K12, and in the second how personalization can be applied to high-skill knowledge workers. In this post, I explore how personalization is already enabling service workers in the retail industry learn job skills at a fraction of the cost of traditionally-developed training.

Personalization: The Training Solution for Service-Oriented, High Employee-Turnover Industries

Personalization for Knowledge Workers

jkatzman — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:01:01 +0000

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This is the 2^nd in a 3 part series addressing the impact of personalization in the education and training markets. In the first post, I addressed the application of personalization in K12. In this post I address use cases that apply to a high-skilled knowledge workforce.

Personalization for the high-skill knowledge worker

Personalized learning has different applications for different audiences. In the previous post, I discussed how personalization is a key plank in the educational reform movement.

Announcing Bravais 1.2!

sdanzl — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:01:01 +0000

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Bravais 1.2 provides the ability to track and report on all the content published to and from the Bravais^TM cloud platform, no matter the device from which the content is being accessed. Effectiveness can now be measured by individual piece of content, such as video clips, specific topics, lessons, and interactions. Long gone are the days where you can only track if the entire course was downloaded and completed.

The Importance of Personalized Learning – Part 1 of 3 – K12

jkatzman — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:01:01 +0000

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Over the next weeks, I will be writing about personalized learning and how that applies to different learning populations. At first I’ll address K12 learning, then I’ll address how personalization affects a high-skill knowledge workforce, and a service workforce.

Is K12 ready for Personalized Learning?

Single-Source Workshop with Bryan Chapman and Xyleme Recap

sdanzl — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:01:01 +0000

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Bryan Chapman is renowned for teaching world-class organizations how to implement successful single-source learning development strategies. On September 12^th, Bryan practiced what he has been preaching all along during a webinar attended by nearly 1000. He took his single-source workshop materials and using Xyleme LCMS technology, created a full course on the topic. His main focus: the idea that from a single-source, content can be output to any format: student guides, instructor guides, eLearning, tablet apps and smartphone apps, just to name a few.