Experiencing eLearning

JULY 28, 2020

While tailor-made tools like Twine may be easier for building branching scenarios, it’s possible to use a survey tool like Google Forms. How to build it. Each question is its own section in the form. Therefore, these directions focus just on building the scenario. Try the scenario. Add sections.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2022

You can vote for your top 10 tools for learning until August 25, 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. I use Affinity Designer nearly every week to edit images for elearning. Affinity Designer.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

But what if there was a way to keep your audience hooked and make learning stick? Custom eLearning development, guided by an experienced instructional design consultant, can help organizations integrate storytelling into their training programs. Storytelling in corporate training does exactly that. Storytelling has that power.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 6, 2021

This post includes links on Twine resources, video review and creation tools, a chatbot example, and an online marketplace for elearning assets. As a paid tool, I think most elearning folks would probably be better off paying a little more to get Camtasia instead. Your Friend Doesn’t Want the Vaccine. Twine resources.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 20, 2021

Using Twine and the Trialogue story format, you can build a simple chat simulation in a few hours. It’s sort of a chatbot, but much easier to build. ” Your ideas? How could you use this in your own work? The post How I Built a Chat Simulation in 2 Hours appeared first on Experiencing eLearning.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Track your own time. Overall, the best way to estimate your time to create branching scenarios is to actually do it and track your time. I have estimates because I have tracked my own past projects. As noted above, these are my actual examples; your time to write may be different. Time to plan and write.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Enrollment is now open for Build Your Branching Scenario , with the next cohort starting Tuesday, September 13. I recently completed the 8-week Building Your Branching Scenario course. I’m looking forward to applying what I learned to create more engaging eLearning courses. Enroll in Build Your Branching Scenario.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 30, 2022

Earlier this year, I ran a pilot of a new course, Build Your Branching Scenario. That’s 1 hour to attend the live session plus 4 hours of working on your scenario. Each week includes a live session and activities to complete on your own. This post also explains some of the adjustments for this cohort.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 17, 2021

You can vote for your top 10 tools for learning until August 26. 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. I use Affinity Designer nearly every week to edit images for elearning. Affinity Designer. PowerPoint.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Time Estimates for eLearning Development. How long will it take to create this elearning?” 30+ Ideas for eLearning Portfolio Samples. If you need to create samples, use this list to jump start your brainstorming. Target your desired audience. Build a Branching Scenario in Google Forms.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Tools for Building Branching Scenarios : When would you use Twine, Storyline, Rise, or other tools for building branching scenarios? My Top 10 Tools for Learning 2021 : These are my top 10 tools for learning, both professionally creating learning for others and personally for my own learning. Target your desired audience.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Improving readability could be a whole topic on its own. For purposes of this discussion, anything you do to make your writing easier to understand and more readable improves learning. Your practice is informed by research. Do you write multiple choice questions in your work? Sometimes you have to pick your battles.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You’re building your course website. Here’s a topic we haven’t touched on much in this blog: your course website. We’ve written a lot about how to create a top-notch course, how to build community, and how to support learners as they move through your program. Build your SEO with a blog or other long-form content.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 2, 2019

Everyone working in instructional design, learning experience design, or elearning should have a portfolio. I have heard all the excuses why you can’t build one. This post on building an instructional design portfolio includes what to include and additional tips. Hosting your portfolio. Why do you need a portfolio?

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 11, 2021

I find it’s helpful for my own learning if I pull one or two key points out of those notes to help me remember the sessions. Learning Trends to Know, Adopt, and Grow Your Skills. While this is meant for bug tracking, it would be useful for elearning reviews too. It looked at improving adaptability at the enterprise level.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 21, 2019

One common question is “how long will it take to create this elearning?” My own data matches IconLogic’s data more closely. I also track my own time for every project I create so I can compare my actual numbers to the benchmarks. I know from my own personal data that I tend to write faster than this benchmark.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 9, 2019

We construct our understanding in context, building and elaborating schema over time. Patterns, Examples, and Tips for eLearning Scenarios. You can ask for help from the virtual coach or undo your last action. You can easily get the same icons in different styles, and you can pick your own two colors.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 16, 2024

But what about taking time to invest in yourself and your own learning? Many people, especially women, don’t prioritize their own continuous learning. In my presentation, I shared resources for improving your skills as an L&D professional as well as strategies for making time to invest in yourself.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Tools for Drafting and Building Branching Scenarios. Tools for Drafting and Building Branching Scenarios Podcast. We spent most of our time talking about tools for drafting and building branching scenarios: Twine, Google Forms, Miro, BranchTrack, ChatMapper. Other topics: Engaging learners, elearning development costs.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 7, 2023

Free webinar: Livestream Branching Scenario Build Ever wished you could peek over my shoulder while I create a branching scenario? This is your chance! I’m going to do a free, 1-hour livestream where I build a branching scenario and talk through my thought process. A few additional events are in the planning stages right now.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 8, 2023

AI image editing tools and tips 11 AI Image Editing Tricks to Elevate Your Visuals Suggestions on how to use AI image editing tools plus links to resources and tools for each tip. Right now, I agree with Tom about the challenges in time spent and lack of consistency; that’s what I’m finding in my own experiments.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 1, 2022

iSpring isn’t as common of an elearning development tool as Storyline or Captivate, especially in the US. However, you can upload your own backgrounds if you want something more customized. Even with those limitations, iSpring is a solid choice for building branching scenarios quickly, especially conversation simulations.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Many instructional designers, elearning developers, and LXDs manage multiple projects simultaneously. Build slack into the timeline. I find it helpful to build some slack into the timeline. You can adjust this for your projects and workflow. This lets me know quickly if I’m slipping behind so I can adjust.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 12, 2019

One tip for job seekers: Check the job listings in your local area. Let that guide your decision on which tool to learn first. Try to storyboard or plan a sample to develop before downloading the trial so you can get the most out of your free trial time. I own several editions of the E-Learning Uncovered Captivate books.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 18, 2019

What if you can’t use any samples of your existing work due to confidentiality or security requirements? For example, the Instructional Designer or eLearning Developer demo in my portfolio is based on an activity I originally created for a health care client. Focus on Your Intended Audience. Target your desired audience.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This post includes links on games for learning, video captions, and how to handle “pick your brain” requests. While this is about making more complex games in Twine, much of this could apply to building more complex branching scenarios and simulations too. Now, this isn’t to say your scenario’s aesthetics are meaningless.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 19, 2024

Tristia Hennessey is testing out a branching scenario builder prompt based on a prompt for writing Choose Your Own Adventure stories. Character images 40+ DIY Vector Kits to Create Your Own Character in Adobe Illustrator A collection of vector illustrations for character sets. Wednesday, March 20, 12:00 PM EDT.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 20, 2024

I use templates for a lot of instructional design and elearning work, including design documents, storyboards, Storyline layouts and interactions. This branching structure where each choice leads to more choices is known as a “time cave” (after The Cave of Time , the first Choose Your Own Adventure book).

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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. Include a few sentences explaining your projects and the problems you solved with them. You can also use grids and blocks for your portfolio.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 26, 2022

Fast Tracking Your Branching Scenario. This was effectively “build a branching scenario in 1 day,” a compressed version of my larger branching scenario course. How to Use TikTok Videos as Part of Your Learning Culture. Create Your First Learning Game in 60 Minutes. Is Your Topic Like Watching Paint Dry?

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 27, 2024

You can vote for your top 10 tools for learning until August 30, 2024. Instead, I have grouped them based on whether I use them to create learning for others or as a tool for my own personal development. Affinity Designer I use Affinity Designer nearly every week to edit images for elearning and my blog.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 21, 2022

In the pilot of my Build Your Branching Scenario course, several participants picked DEI topics as the focus for their branching scenarios. So, let’s start with the assumption that training can be part of the solution, but it isn’t likely to be enough on its own. Kellye Whitney. DEI training is often ineffective.

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Infopro Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Is your staff growing weary of online training? In this article, I’ll share 8 tips to prevent corporate eLearning burnout and keep employees fully engaged. How to Prevent Corporate eLearning Burnout. Here are 8 top tips to prevent corporate eLearning burnout and boost employee involvement.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We all shared our journeys into freelancing, what we wished we knew when we started, and our advice to others who wish to start or grow their own freelancing business. Blogging to Build Your Business Blogging to Build Your Business In this presentation, I shared what I have learned about blogging to build a reputation as a consultant.

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Infopro Learning

JUNE 27, 2017

In addition, if you don’t develop them, they will leave, so develop your leaders. Strong learning orientation – a true thirst for acquiring knowledge and skills on one’s own, seeking out mentors and opportunities on the job at different levels and functions to tackle new assignments. DDI 2014 Global Leadership Forecast.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 27, 2023

When you build branching scenarios in Storyline, one of the decisions you need to make is when to create new slides and when to create layers. For everything else, I build new slides for the consequences of each choice. Typically, this second example is how I build branching scenarios in Storyline. Your approach?

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 14, 2020

Rance follows his own advice by starting every chapter with an example story. Build the Story. Rance discusses the pros and cons of different multimedia treatments, but the book doesn’t rely on any particular elearning tool. After you design and write your story, you can develop it in whatever tool you have available.

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