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4 Tips to Writing eLearning Scripts That Sing

Association eLearning

Wouldn’t you like to write a script with that kind of impact? According to Bean, the first tip to writing a great eLearning script is to write like a human. According to Bean, the first tip to writing a great eLearning script is to write like a human. Make it human” — Bean. ” Yuck. Lighten up.

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How To Maintain Momentum in Blogging

Experiencing eLearning

Someone asked me in last week’s eLearning Freelancer Bootcamp Q&A about how I maintain my blogging momentum. I’ve been blogging since late 2006, and I’m still publishing every week. That’s a lot of writing. Many people start blogging but struggle to get past the first handful of posts.

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How Research Informs My Work

Experiencing eLearning

Much of my work as an instructional designer involves writing–and we have a lot of research to guide us on how to write to support learning. Essentially, any time you do instructional writing (scripts, online text, instructions, etc.), Conversational tone. Using contractions is also part of conversational language.

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Visuals and Visual Thinking

Association eLearning

Have you ever sketched something out on the back of a napkin or drawn a mindmap to keep track of ideas during a brainstorming session? At its most basic, visual thinking is the use of visuals (often with some text) to help organize thoughts and/or express ideas. Here are a few ideas: Road signs. Ok, so what does that look like?

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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Draft Choices and Alternate Paths with ChatGPT

Experiencing eLearning

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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My Top 10 Tools for Learning 2021

Experiencing eLearning

After struggling to write them and make them work in linear tools, it’s amazing how much faster I can develop multiple connected paths in Twine. WordPress has been my tool of choice for blogging for nearly 15 years. Frequently, I don’t know what I really think about a topic until I write about it. Self-development.

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