Is this story familiar to you? You took a 20-minute online course a month ago on the company’s new privacy guidelines. You’re about to email a third-party vendor some business data about your customers and you’re not sure if doing so is within the company’s new guidelines. You remember taking the course, but not the […]
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Is this story familiar to you? You took a 20-minute online course a month ago on the company’s new privacy guidelines. You’re about to email a third-party vendor some business data about your customers and you’re not sure if doing so is within the company’s new guidelines. You remember taking the course, but not the
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Within two years, over half of your workforce will be comprised of tech-savvy Millennials who expect to be engaged at work. If you deliver your learning in traditional eLearning formats, you will not engage these employees effectively, which will increase the probability of employee turnover. In this competitive market, you can’t afford to lose employees
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Recently, there’s been a lot of talk in the eLearning space about MicroLearning. There are many books, webinars, and workshop sessions at learning conferences exploring various aspects of MicroLearning. Is this just the latest learning fad or is this a learning design that’s worthwhile? In this first blog of a mini-series, we’ll explore MicroLearning, why
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Story design in eLearning is a hot topic. Just look at the schedule of any eLearning conference, and you’ll see many workshops that focus on different aspects of story design. Whether you are considering using story design for the first time, or you have used this approach in course development before, it’s a good idea
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Think back to the last time you took an online course. Regardless of what the topic was (soft skills, compliance, new software, etc.), I bet somewhere it included some objectives at the beginning of the course. You know what course objectives are… they start with a line like “In this course, learners will:” and then
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As an eLearning professional, which of the following characteristics of your content is most important to you when designing learning: Well written, Easy-to-use, Engaging, or Memorable? I would argue that being memorable is the most important. Why? Because learning is not an end unto itself, learning is a means to an end. We don’t learn
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Storyboarding is an essential process when developing eLearning with a production team. A storyboard should effectively communicate the intent, graphic layout, functionality, and content of the course to the production team so that they can produce the learning. When done well, the storyboarding process should result in minimal rework, reduced production time, increased customer satisfaction,
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Augmented Reality has been getting a lot of attention as a way for people to engage in new and fun ways with many popular brands such as Star Wars, Legos, and IKEA. In these sectors (entertainment, toy, and retail furniture), it is easy to see how Augmented Reality adds value to the company brand by engaging the customer.
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Every decade or so, a new technology emerges that fundamentally changes the landscape of learning. In the 80s it was the desktop computer, in the 90s it was the Internet, and in the 00s it was powerful authoring software. This decade has seen the explosive growth of mobile devices – phones, tablets, and even wearables.
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