IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

This is a comparison of the value of technical writing vs. instructional design. If you know me at all then you know I hold more value in instructional design. Technical writing and instructional design are two disciplines that may cross paths quite a bit yet couldn’t be more different.

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Adobe Captivate

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

In this article, I outline 7 aspects that helped us get nominated for eLearning Industry’s Top 10 eLearning companies for 2018 (for the 4th consecutive time) and strike Gold. 7 Aspects That Helped EI Design Reach The Top Position Among eLearning Content Development Companies For 2018. Design thinking workshops.

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Limestone Learning

MARCH 29, 2022

PT: Getting Started with JavaScript in Adobe Captivate Tools such as Adobe Captivate are great for quickly developing elearning. Phil Cowcill, Senior Elearning Specialist at the Department of National Defence, Canada, will give you a quick introduction on how to write your own JavaScript that’s geared for Adobe Captivate.

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IT Training Department Blog

MAY 18, 2023

Because comparing agile software development to instructional design is the wrong comparison. They work together well but agile is never a framework and therefore it’s wrong to call it agile instructional design. Instructional design goes beyond that because analysis is always a requirement to some degree.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 16, 2019

Instructional Design. Design For How People Le arn by Julie Dirksen is one of my favorite books in the field. The Accidental Instructional Designer by Cammy Bean is especially good for career changers and those who landed in instructional design from other fields. eLearning.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 9, 2014

Entering the elearning industry can sometimes be complicated as you will want to pursue an area that interests you the most. If you enjoy design, then becoming an instructional designer may fit your tastes a bit more. You get to create engaging elearning programs, giving them a dynamic look and feel for your client.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2017

Instructional Design. Design For How People Learn by Julie Dirksen is one of my favorite books in the field. The Accidental Instructional Designer by Cammy Bean is especially good for career changers and those who landed in instructional design from other fields. eLearning and Blended Learning.

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IT Training Department Blog

JULY 31, 2023

Not only that but good training with custom eLearning can minimize the time it takes to learn new skills as well as offer a level of realistic practice that doesn’t exist in instructor-led training, one reason we don’t create instructor-led training for technical topics.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 7, 2015

Michael Allen, the CEO of Allen Interactions, is known for pioneering multimedia learning technologies, interactive instructional paradigms, and rapid-prototyping processes—bringing each forward into leading corporate enterprises. He was the founder and CEO of Authorware, a revolutionary eLearning authoring tool.

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eLearning Cyclops

APRIL 10, 2011

eLearning Cyclops. My insights on elearning and mlearning. Free eLearning. A Priest, A Rabbi and an Instructional Designer Are in a Bar and Identify a Training Need: A response to the #LCBQ. It is important to note that I am writing from the perspective of an e-learning designer in a corporate training department.

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Integrated Learnings

MARCH 28, 2012

Let’s face it – the title “Instructional Designer” comes with a reputation that designing instruction or training is all that we do. We have been placed into a box that can be a real challenge to get out of, especially when it comes to moving into more of a performance consulting type of role. By Dean Hawkinson.

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IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The A and D contain essential steps that instructional designers must perform to create effective instruction. There’s the agile crowd who wants to jump right in, then there are those who think ADDIE can’t be iterative (it can). ADDIE may be an old instructional design model, but it isn’t outdated.

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IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

These exercises can range from software simulation to real-world projects. eLearning : eLearning is a self-paced course with no instructor involved. That’s why professional technical instructional design consultants dedicate their lives to mastering their craft.

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IT Training Department Blog

JULY 10, 2023

If any content in an eLearning course doesn’t directly help one of those three things then you’re doing it wrong. Whether you’re in the instructional design world and are familiar with cognitive load theory or on the content side of things, content overload has the same negative impact on workplace learning.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

If you would like to talk with a training professional, schedule some time with one our of our instructional design consultants. In the same way a pencil doesn’t make you an architect, a piece of software like Articulate Storyline or PowerPoint doesn’t make you an instructional designer.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Theory vs. Application in Instructional Design: One Academics View A long time ago, I decided I was much better at the practical side of things than the theoretical. Do I use ADDIE?

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SweetRush

JULY 28, 2022

In our article Comparing Off-the-Shelf vs. Custom eLearning Solutions: Which Is Best? , we took an honest look at the benefits and potential pitfalls of buying a ready-made eLearning solution versus building something from scratch with a custom eLearning solution provider. Let’s begin with off-the-shelf eLearning.

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Limestone Learning

JUNE 28, 2021

Erika Lamont, managing director of Connect the Dots Consulting, will discuss how to evaluate and give feedback to leaders who are new to the organization and not sharing a physical space with their people or colleagues. PT: ADDIE + Agile: How to Create Training That’s 20% Less Expensive and 30% Faster (Free for ATD members) ADDIE or Agile?

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EI Design

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

In this article, I outline 7 aspects that helped us get nominated for eLearning Industry’s Top 10 eLearning companies for 2018 (for the 4th consecutive time) and strike Gold. 7 Aspects That Helped EI Design Reach The Top Position Among eLearning Content Development Companies For 2018. Design thinking workshops.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, January 30, 2009 Do Instructional Design Degrees Get "Wasted"? In my recent post Instructional Design - Whats in a Name? Teasdale is an instructional designer in the corporate market.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

We need to document data, clock our time, track projects, and all sorts of other things. You can either work with an instructional design consultant or if you have instructional designers on staff, that’s a great place to start. For learning almost anything there’s nothing better than doing.

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Petra Mayer

OCTOBER 4, 2021

From Cloud to Scorm, to Authoring tool to Microlearning – eLearning has become a full-fledged industry. There are a number of factors that embody eLearning, helping it become a driver for personal and professional advancement. In eLearning, it caters to the development and promotion of standards adapted to education and training.

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WhatFix

MAY 2, 2023

xAPI stands for Experience API and is a cutting-edge eLearning standard format. Developed in 2013 (then known as Project Tin Can), xAPI was created to be the successor of SCORM , the most widely used learning specification form. As a first step, the instructional designers or L&D teams must decide what specific actions to track.

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IT Training Department Blog

MAY 15, 2023

That would probably be eLearning which is typically what we prefer in most (but not all!) Just like it’s nice to bring in a change manager early in a project, you should also bring training experts in early. A project manager, change manager, or subject matter expert could be on hand to ask all those difficult questions.

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Learnnovators

MAY 1, 2015

The Basics of Design Thinking in eLearning : What is the basic idea behind design thinking in e-learning? What are some of the ways to implement design thinking? Read this article to find out what Christopher Pappas (Founder, eLearning Industry) has to say. Is Design Thinking Missing From ADDIE?

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IT Training Department Blog

MAY 11, 2023

As an example, an instructional designer probably comes knowing how to perform the ADDIE process which is career-specific. During the creation of one custom eLearning course , a system could change five times. Soft skills aren’t easy to train on or design training for. You’ve heard of Agile, right?

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 7, 2009

It’s always fun at this time of the year to look back at what’s happened in the world of eLearning. This also contributed to the Hot Topics and eLearning Trends for 2009. You can see more detail of how this works here in Curator Editor Research Opportunities on eLearning Learning (and see how you can be involved).

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IT Training Department Blog

JULY 13, 2023

If you don’t know what instructional design is then you’re not alone. I’m an instructional designer and there was a time when I didn’t even know what it was. Could you imagine if I went into my kid’s classroom and said I was an instructional designer?

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Learnnovators

JUNE 16, 2015

This is the second post in a series of six that covers Deeper eLearning. The goal of this series is to build upon good implementations of instructional design, and go deeper into the nuances of what makes learning really work. This might seem like a lot of practice, but it is one area where most eLearning has fallen short.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Are they working with in-house instructional designers? These lie in their creativity, knowledge, understanding of instructional design techniques and their experience. Id be interested to see those.

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Learnnovators

MAY 8, 2024

She developed the adaptive learning “consultant” for the United Nations, “Blu,” which won the Tech & Learning Excellence Award. Two projects she’s working on now that will be released in 2024 are Adaptive Learning with AI for LinkedIn Learning and an on demand course for ATD called AI and Emerging Technologies.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, June 14, 2007 Defining an e-Learning Strategy: Planning the Kickoff In the spirit of building a Community of Practice -- sharing ideas and processes -- I thought Id try and share what I can of a current project.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. And then there are consultant-types who focus on performance improvement within organizations, of which learning and training is a key component -- and thus technology. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Trivantis

MAY 8, 2012

Mobile eLearning Platform for All mLearning. -->. eLearning Tips and Videos. -->. Monthly eLearning News. -->. Getting Started with eLearning. -->. Experience and Expertise: Yaa Gyasi is a Lead Performance Consultant at TIAA –CREF where she supports the Human Resources and Corporate Services group. Mobile Learning.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

We’ve seen on countless occasions eLearning provided audio narration and no subtitles. Always include accessible options in eLearning including providing subtitles in videos and other training content if narrated. By not providing subtitles you’re not providing an environment conducive to learning.

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

And I feel honored that social signals came in granting my post on eLearning Strategy top spot. Top 35 Articles on eLearning Strategy - eLearning Technology , November 1, 2010I’ve been recently working on lots of eLearning strategy consulting engagements and one of my colleagues asked me to provide a set of resources around this topic.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

When we’re new and just getting started with elearning, we need templates and project plans to guide us. On the other hand, experienced developers rely less on those resources because they have more experience and a deeper understanding of what it takes to create an elearning course. Think of it like a big picture project plan.

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