Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Like many of us in L&D, I spend a fair amount of time adding closed captions to elearning and videos. I’m looking for ways to make that process more efficient, so I posted a question on LinkedIn. What tools do you use to make that task easier? I use Camtasia myself for screencasting and video editing/creation.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

If the video isn’t embedded above, you can watch the recording on YouTube or on Crowdcast. In which situations does it make the most sense to use scenario-based learning? You can also find any of the specific blog posts mentioned during the Q&A on my Storytelling and Scenarios page. Watch the recording.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 12, 2019

You can find free tutorials on YouTube and other sites. Paul Wilson’s YouTube channel has numerous tutorials. The IconLogic blog has tips on Captivate, Storyline, Camtasia, RoboHelp, and more. This blog has helped me troubleshoot problems in a tool on multiple occasions. OpenShot is a free, open source video editor.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 16, 2022

I share these links periodically here on my blog. These templates assume the writer has a blog and other social media channels to promote content for potential clients. If you fail most of the time, you will likely make more progress if you start picking smaller, more manageable challenges. Accessibility and disability.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Note that most of the links below are to my blog posts rather than directly to the presentation or podcast recordings, since that makes it easier for you to find the links and notes associated with each recording. This presentation from five years ago is one of my most popular presentations on YouTube with over 12K views.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 19, 2023

What this webinar is about Are you looking for ways to make your teaching more engaging? In this online presentation, I discussed how scenarios can enable students to explore real-life decision-making through classroom activities. Watch the recording If the video doesn’t appear below, you can watch it on YouTube.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2023

The biggest shift for me is that more of my work now comes from networking and referrals rather than from my blog and portfolio. You can watch the recording of the presentation on YouTube. Short snippets or even screenshots or video walkthroughs are fine. In 2015, the primary way prospective clients found me was via my blog.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 11, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. This post includes links on the gender pay gap, accessibility for videos, useful tools, and creating branching scenarios. Ranting on the Gender Pay Gap in e-Learning An old blog post from Julie Dirksen about the gender pay gap in the elearning field.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 4, 2023

While I often share those recordings on my blog as they happen, this is a more comprehensive list, compiled into a single post. Within this post, I have mostly linked to blog posts about the presentations rather than directly to the recordings because I often include links to resources or further information in my posts.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 26, 2014

– Part I » Capterra Blog. 9 Cheap Alternatives to Moodle for Small Businesses » Capterra Blog. This is mostly about making videos for YouTube or similar sites, but these could be used for quick tutorials and demos in e-learning. Your LMS Works, but is it Working for You? Requirements gathering for LMSs.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

I share these links periodically here on my blog. Narrative design in video games. Visual Design Basics for eLearning Development | How-To Workshop – YouTube. Centering text makes it harder to read, especially for longer paragraphs. As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. Story design.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 26, 2021

Recently someone left a comment on the blog asking a very provocative question. Our commenter wanted to know whether a certain type of course content was still relevant, given the number of tutorials learners could find for free on the same subject on YouTube. And it’s not just YouTube. After all, YouTube content is passive.

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Fly Plugins

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

If content is king on the internet, video is the undisputed queen. In this article, we illustrate the best way to embed videos in WordPress content. These numbers describe the amount of YouTube video content consumed every day around the world. Did you get that? consumed every day around the globe.

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Origin Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2014

If you watch a video on YouTube to learn how to install Windows on your PC or how to bake a cake; if you read a blog to understand how to tether your mobile as a Wi-Fi hotspot, you are already micro-learning. There are plenty ways how micro-learning can be made a part of eLearning: Videos. Blog Posts. Animations.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

AUGUST 26, 2024

Microsoft Word I use Word for creating facilitator and participant guides for instructor-led training, drafting blog posts, taking notes, writing scripts, and creating storyboards. I also use it to make or edit images quickly and easily. Camtasia Camtasia is my go-to video creation and editing tool.

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LearnDash

JUNE 1, 2022

As a content creator, there are numerous ways to make money: through sales of goods and services, through sales of courses, and through sponsored content. Many content creators build on their passions: through blogging, course creation, and designing merchandise to go with their brand. Creators are the backbone of the Creator Economy.

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Infopro Learning

APRIL 10, 2018

Simple text-based online training tutorials can be transformed into engaging video demos with an effective rapid eLearning authoring tool. For example, you’re able to use a step-by-step walkthrough as an outline for your video production. Many rapid eLearning authoring tools now feature scenario templates to make the process easier.

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LearnDash

JUNE 6, 2019

It makes sense: you should be where your audience is. You have to be producing content in the form of blogs, videos, infographics, and even podcasts, if you want to draw attention and stand out from the crowd. To start, you should choose a medium that makes you feel comfortable and be ready to produce content regularly.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I presented a webinar on November 7, 2019 with Swapna Reddy of Origin Learning on using scenario-based learning to make training stick. If the video isn’t embedded above, you can watch the recording on YouTube. The money I earn from affiliate links helps pay for hosting my blog. Citations.

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The Learning Rooms

APRIL 11, 2025

The inclusive practice of removing barriers and making learning content usable and accessible to everyone. ALT text can be read by screen readers, making visual content more accessible. Scenario-based learning whereby the learner is required to make choices which will influence the path the course takes. Asynchronous Learning.

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Learning Routes

DECEMBER 24, 2023

But fear not, for this blog is your treasure map to a trove of online resources, ready to transform you into a business ninja (though throwing stars is probably frowned upon). Blogs: Your Daily Dose of Online MBA Learning Business Buzz Blogs are your informal fun readings to discover what is new, exciting and receive the latest updates.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 30, 2023

TLDC hosts weekly live podcasts and shares many videos from events on their YouTube channel. For example, I live blogged one of Ray Jimenez’s webinars back in 2010. About half of the online events are free; the others are for paying members only. I’ve spoken at several of TLDC’s events.

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Infopro Learning

APRIL 19, 2021

In other words, it “learns” from the past data it collects and uses it to make predictions. Real-life examples people use in their everyday lives can be found while shopping online or watching videos. Machine learning also makes it easy to track learner patterns and behaviors that can provide you with key insights.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 11, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. Tech with scenarios ChatGPT integration with Storyline for eLearning -Infinite Scenarios – YouTube Garima Gupta shows an example of a scenario with an open-ended question rather than multiple choice. This post includes links on using tech with scenarios: AI, xAPI, and VR.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 20, 2024

Templates can limit the branching structure When you use a template to draft it, it can force you to write the narrative to fit that template structure instead of making the structure fit the content. Templates waste writing and development time Templates are supposed to save you time and make you more efficient.

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Do you have a blog? What about videos? Then you can make a video course in as little as 5 minutes! It is easy to overlook the simple opportunities available to you when you own a website, particularly if you have some educational videos available as well. Why Create a Video Course?

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Imagery and video. Include high-quality images and videos to break up copy, show mockups of lesson plans or the main page, and introduce yourself. You want to make it as easy as possible for visitors to take the next step, so provide multiple opportunities to take action. Make emails mobile-friendly. Course description.

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LearnDash

APRIL 6, 2021

You’ve probably heard of content marketing , but if you haven’t, it’s a way of building customer trust and loyalty through high-value content such as blogs, podcasts, a video series, or downloadable PDFs. But if you’re going to do a newsletter, plan on making it at least monthly, if not weekly.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Some of that may be material you cut from other courses, or it might be a micro course you developed a year or two ago, or it might be a series of popular blog posts. A few popular content types include: Blogs. Turn it into a blog post and reap the SEO benefits. Why not turn a lesson segment into a video and post it to YouTube?

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Making Change

AUGUST 5, 2013

Let’s look at some techniques we can steal from a successful marketing video. I recommend you view this post in the blog. Not allowed to watch YouTube? Watch the same video here on Vimeo. The video was so effective that the influx of traffic knocked the Dollar Shave Club site offline.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 17, 2016

Dear Rich: An Intellectual Property Blog: Can I Embed YouTube Video at For-Profit Site? Can you embed YouTube videos in courses that are developed for profit? YouTube’s terms of service say you have to add “sufficient value” beyond the video if you make money on it.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 8, 2023

Do that over a blog post or a company intranet page. Create an explainer video. With tools such as Powtoon, VideoScribe and Vyond, almost anyone (such as, an employee who is an expert in the process) can create a video explaining how it’s to be done. It’s a great way to make the information easily understandable.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 8, 2019

And if you have a YouTube channel, you can use your website to organize those videos in a series that visitors view more easily. Create blog content for ongoing learning. We come back to blogging a lot , but it really is one of your best tools both for marketing your course and as an ongoing teaching opportunity.

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LifterLMS

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

So these AI models are trained to be like super, super helpful and great assistance so much so that they’ll just make stuff up to make you happy. And basically what we do is we make it super easy for businesses to train their support. But people quickly realized that what hallucinations were. Is that all right?

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LearnDash

AUGUST 25, 2022

You’ve done it: You’ve created every content page, uploaded every video, posted all quizzes. Write a blog post on your site or a guest post on another site that explains a problem your mini course will solve. Before you get started, make sure that you’ve found a segment of your existing course that will make for a good mini course.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 7, 2020

I share these links periodically here on my blog. Marketing YOUR Freelance eLearning Business – YouTube Ant Pugh on all the marketing tactics he tried when he started freelancing. If you’re doing a quick video and need a script, this lets you edit right on the page. Spaced Learning and Practice.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Engaging Learners with Video: Passive and Active Engagement Strategies by Matthew Pierce. It’s always a pleasure to hear from Matt Pierce, who shared a long list of strategies for getting and keeping engagement during videos. Worst of the Worst Video Watch Party. Watch the worst videos part 1. Day 7: 10/27.

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