The Learning Dispatch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

This “Training Manager’s Guide to Accessible Elearning” provides practical steps for ensuring your online training fosters a welcoming experience for all of your learners, whether they are team members, clients, or the public. . Dr. Kevin Gumienny is our senior learning architect and leads Microassist’s instructional design team.

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The Learning Rooms

APRIL 11, 2025

Welcome to the A-Z of Digital Learning, your comprehensive glossary of learning and eLearning terminology. Alternative text describing the content of an image on a website or in an eLearning course. Equipment, software, or a device which enables learners with disabilities to access eLearning and other content.

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The Learning Dispatch

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

This “Training Manager’s Guide to Accessible Elearning” provides practical steps for ensuring your online training fosters a welcoming experience for all of your learners, whether they are team members, clients, or the public. . Here’s what we’ll cover in this accessible elearning guide: What Is Accessible Elearning, Anyway?

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LearnUpon

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

From Agile to xAPI and everything in between, there are a lot of eLearning terms to get your head around. Terminology can feel like buzzwords and jargon to the amateur but many are essential knowledge for the eLearning professional. That’s why we’ve compiled this eLearning glossary. Accessibility. Assessment. Assimilation.

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Infopro Learning

APRIL 10, 2018

Do you need to refresh your eLearning course without going over budget? In this article, I’ll share 8 creative tips to reuse eLearning content with a rapid eLearning authoring tool. How To Reuse eLearning Content With A Rapid eLearning Authoring Tool. Turn Online Training Tutorials Into Interactive Demos.

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Instancy

APRIL 27, 2025

Text-heavy storyboards are a common challenge in eLearning development. Subject matter experts (SMEs) often provide comprehensive content, but simply displaying pages of text on the screen leads to cognitive overload, low engagement, and poor retention. Interactivity should reinforce learning objectives, not distract from them.

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 1, 2020

Here are the top 9 Reasons for the Growth of eLearning in Education. However, the growth of e-learning has also led to several questions about the method’s resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Here are some reasons explaining why colleges and universities should develop eLearning programs. Better Productivity.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 26, 2010

Cognitive theorists suggest that at the start of a course, there is not yet a lot of information being processed in working memory, thus allowing the brain to process and remember that early information more easily. Cognitive theorists believe that as new information enters the working memory, earlier information is pushed out.

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Hurix Digital

DECEMBER 20, 2019

This will help you set expectations in line with your learners’ attention spans. Previous eLearning Experience? Make Use of Real-Life Scenarios: As per cognitive theories, any kind of new learning is possible if it has a vantage point known as a schema and facilitates easier retention of new information.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 4, 2011

Integrating Game Design Principles into Instructional Design for e-Learning. Learning Objectives. Integrate game structures into instructional designs for standard e-learning content. What is the appeal of gaming principles for learning? What other designs match cognitive needs?

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Learning Visions

MAY 24, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, May 24, 2007 Brain Plasticity & Cognitive Abilities Ive just read Richard Nantels post The Ultimate Pretest in which he talks about his interest in brain plasticity. Is cognitive ability plastic?

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew! Can I, um, have your attention, please?

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Convergence Training

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

From time to time, we run an article in our Instructional Design Basics series to help you learning designers out there (whatever you call yourself…instructional designers, learning experience designers, learning engineers, etc.) Download our FREE Guide to Writing Learning Objectives. What Is Cognitive Load?

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Infopro Learning

JULY 27, 2023

Learning leaders must adopt a comprehensive perspective encompassing these elements to effectively address these disruptive changes and reevaluate their organization’s approach to foster meaningful employee training delivery and knowledge retention. The evolution of eLearning has been a captivating journey to observe.

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Integrated Learnings

JULY 15, 2010

A post from a couple weeks ago explained that there are instructional design models that offer formulas for assembling training in a way that captures learners’ attention, conveys content, and provides learners with an opportunity to practice and receive feedback on new skills. Tags: Instructional Design eLearning Merrill. Another one?

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Hurix Digital

MAY 4, 2025

This profession is growing due to an increasing awareness of designing structured, engaging, and accessible eLearning content that meets learners’ needs. Gagnes 9 Events Gagnes 9 Events model, rooted in cognitive psychology principles, outlines a structured approach to instructional design that enhances learning and retention.

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eLearningArt

AUGUST 19, 2019

When we’re building workplace learning, we want to make sure it delivers on the promise of behavioral change. Problem is, who has time to source, study, and sort out academic research in cognitive science, instructional theory, and education? Cognitive load is the amount of mental effort required. Learning often uses a lot.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. This would be for those who want to take their own learning to the next level. This would be for those who want to take their own learning to the next level. Michael Allens Guide to E-Learning 9:41 AM Frans Donkervoort said.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, May 21, 2007 Learning Styles as Fortune Telling My research into understanding the role of learning styles in e-Learning continues. Best to apply universally sound methods to enhance learning.

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SHIFT eLearning

JULY 22, 2014

In eLearning, one of the most important brain functions to consider is the working memory, one of the more everyday functions of the brain. In short, the working memory is what we use to perform efficiently and effectively in our daily lives, including learning. Working Memory as a Learning Tool.

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Creativ Technologies

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Elearning is one of them. But how to make sure that your eLearning content does not end up wasting up the time of the target audience or they find it too humourous because the content has not been formulated with the proper research and hard work. The eLearning aims to ensure that the learners are engaged to the tee.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. As an instructional designer/eLearning professional, what books are the essential tools in your reference library ? Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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learnWorlds

JANUARY 4, 2023

A cluttered course design and the extensive usage of multimedia can cause mental fatigue and cognitive overload, jeopardizing knowledge retention and preventing learners from reaching the course’s learning objectives. 1 What is Cognitive Overload? 3 11 Tips to Prevent Cognitive Overload in Your eLearning Course.

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Infopro Learning

JANUARY 21, 2025

This approach considers the learners perspective, creating immersive, personalized learning experiences that address employee requirements. Learning Experience Designers (LXDs) play a pivotal role in shaping the evolving eLearning landscape, driving innovation in how knowledge is delivered and absorbed.

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CommLab India

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The instructional designer employs ID strategies to create good e-learning courses that facilitate optimum knowledge transfer. This blog shares a few tips on instructional design to help improve your efforts of designing good e-learning courses. Set effective learning objectives. View this sample elearning course.

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Saffron Interactive

AUGUST 4, 2014

Here are some top tips for delivering a learning innovation that changes behaviour on a fast-acting, intuitive level: Top Tips: 1) Make them fail: We’re not saying set impossible challenges that will demotivate your learners and cause them to lose confidence; this would be counter-productive. Which brings us to our next tip….

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KnowledgeAnywhere

APRIL 1, 2024

If they fail, it will be clearer to them why they need to take the time to learn from your content. The Learning Objectives and Outcomes Expected from the Training What do you want your employees to achieve by the end of their training? Attention span plays a critical role in the learning process.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Jane Bozarth: Better than Bullet Points Jane Bozarth : Better than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging eLearning with PowerPoint. How BAD can e-learning be? Not elearning, but ereading.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, April 04, 2007 NewsFlash: PowerPoint Bad For Learning Found via SlashDot , an article in todays Sydney Morning Herald " Research points the finger at PowerPoint." The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Ed App

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

WHAT IS COGNITIVE OVERLOAD? Firstly, what is cognitive overload? Cognitive overload is based on cognitive load theory, a theory within educational psychology and information processing. Schemas are where we went our learning content to end up. SO HOW CAN I EASILY REDUCE MY LEARNER’S COGNITIVE LOAD?

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CommLab India

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Welcome to the fifth blog in the series of posts on learning objectives. In my previous posts, we have looked at the importance of learning objectives. We have also seen the six levels of the cognitive domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy, viz. pay attention. Learning Objective. understand .

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Learning Visions

APRIL 3, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, April 03, 2007 eLearning Guild Event -- My Sessions As Ive mentioned here before, Im extremely excited about attending the upcoming eLearning Guild event here in Boston. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Docebo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

“Engaging” is a word that you have probably heard a thousand times since you started your eLearning career ; and a million more if you have worked as an educator or corporate trainer before that. Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn ” once said Benjamin Franklin , and you know he was right.

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Paradiso

JANUARY 20, 2023

10 Highly Effective Strategies For e-Learning Professionals in 2023 The struggle in eLearning strategies in 2023 and development has always been to increase engagement. Confucius once said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn,” and you know he was correct. And it endures.

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Learning Visions

MAY 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Dan Roddy has gone off on a cognitive load theory research stint lately. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, August 23, 2007 Kineos August Rapid e-Learning Newsletter If youve been following my blog for awhile, then you already know how I feel about the folks at Kineo. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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KnowledgeOne

APRIL 23, 2020

As elearning is set to become an increasingly important part of education, here is how this learning modality can respect and even enhance these seven fundamental principles. In elearning: To ensure that the learner is at the heart of online training, it is important to avoid elearning rhyming with e-teaching.

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