Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 30, 2022

Earlier this year, I ran a pilot of a new course, Build Your Branching Scenario. Based on the feedback from the first cohort, I’m making some course updates for cohort 2. I’m going to be fairly transparent here about some of the things that didn’t work as well as I’d hoped. Additional course updates.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 7, 2021

I’m currently working on a course on how to build a branching scenario. It’s a blended course, with a combination of live virtual training, reading, and weekly practice activities. In the course, I’ll walk you through a step-by-step process to create a branching scenario from start to finish.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 9, 2024

Read more about learning objectives. My second most viewed new blog post for 2023 was about AI. Read more about using AI to write scenarios. My initial thoughts about AI and instructional design were also fairly popular, getting over 1500 views in about two months. Read more about time estimates.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 23, 2020

What about people who only do development but no design; are they instructional designers? What about LMSs—do instructional designers need to know about those too? That doesn’t necessarily mean only designing formal learning and courses. What about you? Originally published 7/29/2016. I love this idea.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The curly brackets {} around the feedback collapse the whitespace (otherwise the spacing looks weird when you publish the scenario). {(if:$score else-if:$score >= 5)[''Not bad'' You pushed back on some of the stakeholder feedback, but you could have done more to educate your stakeholder about good instructional design.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 31, 2019

This post was originally published on May 26, 2007. Instructional design uses so many different skills—writing, graphics, UX, collaboration, project management, plus of course how people learn. Read all my posts about Instructional Design Careers. Originally published 5/26/2007, last updated 1/31/2019. Free Subscription.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 1, 2021

Specifically, they often have questions about how to adapt their resumes. Switch the order in which you talk about your skills and accomplishments. Emphasize all the points about writing over the ones about being in the classroom. Say more about lesson planning and curriculum creation. Remove or reduce standards.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 12, 2019

This is part 4 in a series about how to become an instructional designer. You can usually learn on the job anything you need to know about LMSs for most corporate instructional design jobs. When job listings ask for “SCORM” knowledge, they usually just mean knowing how to publish from Storyline or Captivate in SCORM format.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 25, 2024

If you’re really organized, you might have a checklist for reviewing courses. My “ Quality Assurance Checklist ” published through the Learning Guild is very much a tool to use at the end of the process. This means backing up to the beginning and thinking more deeply about what quality means to your organization.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 5, 2021

Instead of one voice acting as an instructor, this approach lets learners listen in on two characters who are talking about it. In a two-narrator course, one character is the mentor, and one is the learner. Initially, at the beginning of the course, your character lacks the same knowledge and skills as your audience. Advantages.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 12, 2022

Description of PhD research on how the writing style of choices in a branching scenario affected which options learners chose and how they thought about those options. This may be of use in courses about soft skills. Recording: The Least You Need to Know About Articulate Storyline 360 – E-Learning Uncovered.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 30, 2021

I need some help finishing up an elearning course. Tell me some more about this project,” I responded. Tell me some more about this project,” I responded. Lynn explained, “It’s about 200 slides. I asked, “Is this a face-to-face course that you want to convert to online?”

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

If you’re like many of our users, you may have put hours into developing your course, and are now faced with a common conundrum: how do you attract learners to sign up? Yes, I am talking about blogging. Blogging lets you test course ideas and find what resonates. Blog about it. The more the merrier.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Red Flags to Watch Out For in Freelance Contracts I hear a lot of questions from new freelancers and consultants about contracts and what to watch for. Most ID and elearning work is work-for-hire, but sometimes you create something you should license so you can also reuse it (like non-confidential portions of a course for your portfolio).

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 19, 2021

SMEs frequently have a collection of good stories about their topic. The trick is figuring out how to get those stories out of their heads and into a format you can use in a course. You may have to keep probing for more details with follow up questions like, “Tell me more about…” or “What happened next?”

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2023

Your portfolio is a way to tell your story about the work you do and the work you want to do in the future. You don’t need to have lots of full courses on your portfolio. Most clients won’t have time to review long courses. Networking is about building and maintaining relationships. Be A Good Neighbor.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Imagine you’re creating a course for managers about motivation and using rewards effectively. He sent his team to a conference where they learned about sharing stories about previous happy customers to improve sales. In the long term, he wants to change their attitudes about the technique.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 19, 2020

The Learning Guild (formerly the eLearning Guild) has published several research reports on LMSs. The second half of this article, the “Nice to Haves,” will help you think more about how you will use your LMS. Originally published 5/14/2015. Free membership required). LMS Options. Last updated 5/14/2020.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Unlike a linear course, it’s not as easy to know where to start writing. Building on the example from my previous post, a course on screening potential consulting clients, I have a process with 4 steps. Learn more about client needs during preliminary phone call. Do you write the endings first? Write the First Decision.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 21, 2019

I’m going to assume this can be compressed to about 3 hours of e-learning. Front end analysis is 9% of 552 or about 50 hours. Instructional design is 13% or about 72 hours. Storyboarding is 11% or about 61 hours. The above breakdown also helps me determine an estimate if I’m not creating the entire course.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 8, 2021

This wasn’t a deal-breaker for us, but being able to talk about how you worked with others to develop lessons is a big plus. If they don’t ask about this and you do have experience developing collaboratively, bring it up yourself. In particular, you can talk about how you write objectives and how you assess learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2022

This is one way to make a large block of text easier to read by adding headings and dividers, like in your About Me section on LinkedIn. Tiiny Host – The Easiest Way To Host Your E-Learning Course. Need a quick way to share an elearning course? It’s a bit of a kludge, but you can swap out the images in the published file.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 27, 2019

“Tell me about what you’re looking for,” I said. It’s a course on pregnancy discrimination. Our company has added a ton of specifics about this to our employee handbook, so it’s important everyone’s aware of the new policy. Tell me about the course itself. ” “Great.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When I present about branching scenarios, one common question is, “How do you collect feedback on branching scenarios?” ” That’s especially true when I talk about Twine. For example, we have used poof in my Build Your Branching Scenario course. I have tried some proofing formats in Twine.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

She has been contacted by Robert about a potential project. Let’s say I’m creating a course on screening potential consulting clients, and I have a process with 4 steps. Let’s say I’m creating a course on screening potential consulting clients, and I have a process with 4 steps. Create an Outline.

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LearnDash

JULY 12, 2022

Since 2013, course creators have relied on LearnDash to create dynamic online courses and grow their businesses. That’s why we’re excited to announce LearnDash Cloud , a new addition to our suite of online learning tools that removes barriers to creating a course website using WordPress. What is LearnDash Cloud?

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2019

Previously, I’ve talked about the skills instructional designers need and how to get into the field of ID. In this post, I talk about determining if instructional design is a good “fit” as a career. Knowing how to work with content experts and guide them through the course development process is crucial. current post).

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This is post #3 in a series about how to become an instructional designer. If you’re considering moving into instructional design, I think one of the best things to do is just to start reading about it. I also have a shorter list of resources for new IDs , including reading lists and information about starting in this field.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 9, 2024

Searching for a job I had been working as a corporate software trainer for about 2 years when I was laid off in July, 2003. I have mixed feelings about asking candidates to spend time creating free samples , but they can be effective for situations like mine. This was an activity for a course on social and organizational psychology.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 5, 2024

I also spent about 15 minutes moderating my LinkedIn group ( eLearning Global Network ) and accepting LinkedIn invites. Sometimes I use this for professional development time like reading or taking online courses. I also work on presentations, workshops, and courses. Originally published 6/12/2018. Looking for more?

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 6, 2021

Story formats change how the published story appears (e.g., I previously wrote about creating a color-coded flowchart for a story using the DotGraph proofing format. The one big challenge with using it this way is that Illume doesn’t save your notes about what has been reviewed and what hasn’t. Install Illume.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 14, 2020

When learners identify with your protagonist, they care about what happens to the character. She has designed and developed many courses in the past, but this is the first time she has used a nonlinear format. She has designed and developed many courses in the past, but this is the first time she has used a nonlinear format.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As another colleague who just published posted some thoughts on what they learned, I realize it may be appropriate to toss out some thoughts on writing books. Not least because I’m Editor-in-Chief of LDA Press , which so far has only published my own book, but hope springs eternal… ;). I start with an outline.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 4, 2021

Adding badges & points to your courses has never been so simple. LearnDash Achievements is perfect for those who want to award badges to their learners to recognize the progress and effort that they are putting into your courses, but without a lot of configuration. True gamification extends beyond the course!

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 11, 2021

What’s happening, of course, is that the recovery is booming and companies are hiring to meet consumer demand. What are we going to do about it? We’ve entered the world of a “Pixelated Workforce,” one where people of all ages, backgrounds, and education are working in jobs they never dreamed about.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 6, 2022

If you structure an online course well, you’ll keep people engaged. In my series focused on online courses , we’ve covered who should create a course , and how to come up with course topics , but now we need to work on keeping an audience engaged. And you may feel stressed about that.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Your learners have probably had this thought before: If I decide to randomly stop taking this course, would anyone notice? According to the Journal of Educators Online , students most likely drop out of online courses due to a lack of instructor contact and social interaction. Publish the Notification.

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