Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 7, 2022

What I earn in affiliate revenue helps cover the cost of hosting my blog and running my email list. You can follow them on LinkedIn, Twitter, their blogs, and elsewhere. Other newsletters, blogs, and resources to follow. As a reminder, I use Amazon affiliate links for books. How I learn about learning science. Patti Shank.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2022

These tools aren’t ranked, but they are categorized based on whether I use them to create learning for others or as a tool for my own personal development. Storyline is fairly easy to develop with, but flexible enough to do plenty with if you’re creative. I use Rise for some development as well, depending on the project.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 9, 2024

When I talk to people about starting a blog, newsletter, LinkedIn posts, or other content marketing, they often confess that they’re worried they don’t have anything to write about. They ask how I come up with ideas, especially when I’ve been blogging so long. My ideas for posts come from several sources.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 16, 2024

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Joanie Musser about AI in learning and development for the Mindset to Learn podcast. Read more on how to use AI As I experiment with using AI to create branching scenarios, I have been publishing blog posts about what I learn, what works, and what doesn’t work.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

APRIL 22, 2024

Yet, we often develop learning experiences that exclude a significant portion of our learners—those with disabilities. It’s not as if designers and developers are heartless beasts who think that people with disabilities deserve to be left out. Agency for International Development (USAID). It’s kind of a no-brainer.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 21, 2022

For diversity and inclusion training to stick, it needs support, reinforcement and a firm foundation in a broader talent management strategy that includes culture, leadership and learning and development. This would take some careful writing. DEI is a huge topic, and it’s impossible to cover everything in a single blog post.

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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

APRIL 11, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. 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. Julie reviews some of the reasons women are often paid less and the problems with putting the burden of fixing the problem on women.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 14, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. Growth mindset Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Does Developing a Growth Mindset Help Students Learn? However, even their provided example has significant problems (weak objectives, low-level multiple choice questions, a truly terrible scenario). The Twine® Grimoire, Vol.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 2, 2024

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. Hallucinations are a stubborn problem. The Magic of AI in Crafting Branching Path Scenarios for Learning and Development Tom MacDowell shares ideas on using AI to generate scenarios and images for scenarios. “What problem are you solving for your clients?”

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Here’s a topic we haven’t touched on much in this blog: your course website. Build your SEO with a blog or other long-form content. This is where a blog comes in. By keeping a blog in the public-facing portion of your website, where search engines can track it, you build your SEO strength and establish your brand authority.

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Infopro Learning

JANUARY 14, 2025

This blog will explore the ways AI-driven content improves learning and corporate training. 3) Efficiency: Streamlining ContentDevelopment Processes Developing learning materials requires significant resources from organizations, consuming time and money. Managed Learning Services (MLS) is using AI tools to enhance experiences.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 29, 2023

In a previous blog post, I explained how to start writing branching scenarios with AI tools like ChatGPT and Bard. Coming up with alternate paths and plausible wrong answers is always one of the most challenging tasks in writing branching scenarios. Ideal path In my last blog post, I used ChatGPT to draft two decision points.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 25, 2020

I share these links periodically here on my blog. First, you need data to know where the problems are so you know how to change the systems. General Principles for Reducing Bias APA Style guide principles for reducing bias in writing. As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. Freelancing.

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Infopro Learning

AUGUST 26, 2022

It is the hybrid work paradigm, and it necessitates new methods for creating employee development opportunities. Organizations are racing against the clock to implement cutting-edge employee training and development programs. Make Leadership Development a Primary Focus. Many companies have adopted hybrid work settings.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We need to do aanalysis, writing, working with SMEs, visual design, etc. While there are some cars that can operate independently in some conditions, the technology still has a lot of problems. Tech writing and software training While I don’t think ID is going to go away, I think jobs designing software training will be affected.

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Avilar

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Writing a blog is a skill. Examples of soft skills include active listening, empathy, collaboration, creative thinking, and problem-solving. Coding, data entry, writing, and operating a forklift are all hard skills. Competencies are developed through applying and practicing skills in real-world settings over time.

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The Learning Rooms

APRIL 11, 2025

ADDIE follows the stages of analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. There are four elements to motivating eLearning course learners: gaining attention, making it relevant, developing confidence and attaining satisfaction. A learning theory developed by B.F Andragogy. B Blended Learning. Behaviourism.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 14, 2020

When you write a story for learning, you need a few essential elements: a protagonist (the main character), the protagonist’s goal , and the challenges the protagonist faces. The learners should recognize the problems the character is dealing with and ideally share the protagonist’s goal. Example protagonist selection.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 12, 2014

As learning in the workplace becomes increasingly informal, the motivation of employees to drive their own development becomes increasingly pivotal to their performance. I’m not referring to some of us in the L&D profession, although that’s an ironic part of the problem. You see, we love learning.

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LearnDash

JUNE 10, 2020

I don’t mean having grown up with the Internet as we know it today, but having grown up alongside the Internet as it emerged and developed. When I first started writing essays for school, the rule we were given was “no online sources allowed.” I feel fortunate to have grown up with the Internet.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 30, 2024

Kortney Ross and I in front of the LHRCon sign Morning Buzz: Designing and Developing Scenarios I led a Morning Buzz session on the first day about scenarios. Basically, it’s a collaborative problem-solving discussion. I have live blogged notes from a webinar of Karin’s that I attended in 2014!)

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

I have been reading Ashley Chiasson’s blog for years, so I was excited to get to meet her as well. At least she was talking about bigger skills like problem solving and not just trying to make education direct workforce training. This is a larger topic than I can address here; it needs its own blog post. Sessions Day 1.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 10, 2021

Reviewers don’t get a lot back from the time and effort they take to leave a write-up—maybe some good feelings if they liked our product, or maybe some dark satisfaction if they’re frustrated and wanted to blow off steam. I am not a web developer, programmer, or WordPress proficient. Friendly support!” – Sean H. That’s perfect.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 16, 2013

I don’t find developing software simulations to be particularly rewarding, for example, because there often isn’t a ton of creativity. It was a lot of creative writing and storytelling to put learners in a real context. Chad Udell’s Learning Everywhere is a good book on this topic, and there’s lots of blogs you can read for free.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 8, 2012

However, I think Clark didn’t do a very careful review of the literature before writing her post, and I don’t think that one study is enough for her to make such a broad claim dismissing games for learning. ” The Educational Games Research blog features exactly what you would think it does based on the title.

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Infopro Learning

APRIL 10, 2025

When a customer complains about a shipment taking too long, a sympathetic response, such as I can understand how disappointing that must be, shows that youre diagnosing a problem and engaging. This shows you are attentive and ensures you tackle the right problem. People want to feel likethey are being heard, not just processed.

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LearnDash

JULY 11, 2019

Not a problem, right? And yet, what you write in your course description is one of the most important factors in convincing learners to sign up. The problem I have with this advice is that it seems to assume that learners won’t bother to read a longer version. Be bold and inspiring (but not sales-y or fake).

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Origin Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2018

There is a problem, a solution, and how the solution becomes the genesis of a highly successful company. In this blog post, we look at the key qualities that define a good leader and how organizations can groom the next generation of business leaders using appropriate learning and training strategies.

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Making Change

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Posts that might help: Write a strong goal: Sell it to Scrooge. Since many clients think at first that they want a score on a test, you also have to make clear that you’re a problem solver, not an order taker. Is your overall message “I create courses for you,” or is it “I solve your performance problems?”

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LearnDash

JULY 15, 2021

If you’re a learning developer, understanding your client’s goals is key to delivering a successful project. Some of our developer users are old hands in the web industry, but many are new to the work, and even those who may have been around for a while may not have handled an LMS project before.

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LearnDash

APRIL 18, 2018

You don’t have to have a perfect, fully-developed website, but you do have to have a blog and somewhere to direct visitors so that they can learn more about your course. You don’t have to have your entire course developed before you start marketing it. Start writing. What should you write about? 2) An idea.

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LearnDash

APRIL 13, 2021

When considering ways to address the problem of trust in marketing, your first instinct might be to start talking about how trustworthy you are and what a great course you have to offer. That said, good case studies take extra work to develop. If you want to write a good case study, keep an eye out for the right candidates.

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Axonify

JANUARY 26, 2018

That’s why I wanted to do something a bit more practical for our curated January blog post. My goal is to provide specific, achievable ideas you can use this year to evolve your L&D (learning and development) practices for the better. What problem are you solving for your organization?”. Josh Bersin. David Kelly.

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Paradiso

JANUARY 29, 2025

Collaborative learning is an educational approach where individuals share knowledge, solve problems, and achieve common goals. This model fosters a dynamic and interactive environment, enabling learners to gain insights from one another and develop skills crucial for success in todays interconnected world.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 26, 2013

Just in case you are delivering web-based learning, poor network connectivity can pose some problem. A: Reading this blog post – The Four Stages of Mobile Maturity – might help you to find how most organizations move on an evolutionary path as they mature in their adoption of mobile learning. Authoring Tools.

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Making Change

MARCH 5, 2018

What problem will it solve? Write a strong goal: Sell it to Scrooge. If the software was developed internally, there’s no excuse for refusing to make it easier. Write the help blurbs that are missing. The goal justifies the existence of the “training” (and of your job). How will we know it worked?”

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