Gaza: UN welcomes Kerem Shalom border crossing announcement
The UN Spokesperson has welcomed the announcement on Friday by the Israeli cabinet that the Kerem Shalom border crossing into the Gaza Strip will be reopened.
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Thought Leader Q&A: Talking Brand Style Moodboards And eLearning Production Roadblocks With Karmela Peček
This Thought Leader Q&A with Karmela Peček covers the risks of not adapting branding guidelines based on your eLearning design standards and how you can leverage moodboards in the development process. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. eLearning Thought Leader Insights Source: eLearning Industry Read More
What Are Off-The-Shelf Self-Paced Courses?
Learn how to boost your employees’ development with off-the-shelf self-paced eLearning courses. Here are the benefits. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Employee Training Source: eLearning Industry Read More
Draw inspiration from human rights advocates worldwide, urges Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday called on citizens everywhere to draw inspiration from the work of countless rights advocates across the world and defend all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Revolutionizing Soft Skills: The Role Of eLearning In Personal Development
In our journey of growing and getting better at things, it’s important to consider soft skills. These are like our secret weapons in being awesome at life. Find out how eLearning can help you in acquiring them. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. eLearning Benefits Source: eLearning Industry Read More
World News in Brief: Abused Afghan women face prison, UNICEF global alert, deadly mpox resurfaces in DRC
Under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women reporting gender-based violence to the authorities may end up in prison – allegedly for the victims’ own protection.
Global Refugee Forum ends with bold pledges, solutions for displaced
While some of the world’s poorest countries are welcoming refugees “with great hospitality”, the international community must match that generosity with far greater solidarity, UN chief António Guterres said on Friday.
Leading Educational Change In A Digital Age
This article offers insights on how educational leaders can effectively guide their institutions through a seamless digital transition. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. eLearning Design and Development Source: eLearning Industry Read More
Bridging The Generational Gap: Effective Feedback Strategies In The Age-Diverse Workplace
Feedback is a vital tool for improvement in the workplace. Giving and receiving feedback can be difficult, particularly when dealing with different generations. To ensure that your feedback is effective, you must adapt your approach to suit each generation’s communication style and preference. This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Employee Performance Source: eLearning Industry Read More
It’s not just you – YouTube ads on smart TVs are getting painfully long
If you’ve been watching YouTube on your TV lately and wondering why the ads feel like they’re getting longer, there’s a good reason – the site is rolling out longer commercials, while promising that they’ll at least be less frequent than before. YouTube’s new blog post describes how it’s making the streaming service “more helpful” for viewers (and, in particular, advertisers). These experiments, which mean you could see a countdown timer as long as 200 seconds in the bottom corner of long-form videos, are now rolling out globally. YouTube says its research shows that viewers prefer knowing the total time remaining before they can skip, rather than the number of ads – so that’s what you’ll see soon in a “skip in” countdown timer, if you haven’t already. These changes are specific to watching YouTube on connected TVs, either through built-in smart platforms or the best streaming boxes like Apple TV. And now, even YouTube Shorts will […]
Instagram’s new AI image editor makes your life look more exciting than it is
Meta is stepping up its efforts to bring AI tools to its social media platforms, and its latest venture down the AI rabbit hole involves bringing generative AI images to Instagram Stories. Meta’s Vice President of Generative AI at Meta, Ahmad Al-Dahle, announced the new AI tool on Threads, Meta’s alternative to X (formerly known as Twitter). The feature is currently being rolled out in the US, and right now there’s no word as to when this tool will be available to Instagram users in other countries. (Image credit: Future / Instagram) The new feature allows users to reimagine their Instagram Stories by generating AI backdrops to enhance images. On the Stories camera (just a swipe right on the home page in the app) a new icon will appear next to the existing ‘add text’ button, which users can tap to generate a new backdrop by entering prompts such as ‘Surrounded by puppies’ and ‘On the edge […]
Google is finally killing tracking cookies in Chrome – here’s what that means
As part of its Privacy Sandbox project, Google has announced it will soon start winding down support for third-party cookies in its Chrome web browser. It’s a move designed to improve user privacy and stop websites from tracking you as you visit different URLs. As explained in a recent blog post, Google will start testing a new Chrome feature called Tracking Protection on January 4, 2024. This automatically blocks tracking cookies by default, ensuring your data cannot be followed around the web. What if a website relies on cookies to function properly? Well, if Chrome thinks a site has broken without cookies and that you’re having trouble with it (such as refreshing the page multiple times), it’ll allow you to re-enable cookies for that website. Google says that it will initially roll out Tracking Protection to 1% of Chrome users at the beginning of 2024, so the chances of it affecting you immediately are small. However, the […]