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My Top 10 Posts for 2020

Experiencing eLearning

I have written over 1100 blog posts since I started this blog in 2006. Here’s my definition, plus examples of common tasks. This was the top post on my blog for many years, and still ranks highest of my instructional design careers series. One of the recurring themes on this blog is instructional design careers.

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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.), Every single time I write a voice over script, I aim for that conversational tone.

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SMEs Shouldn’t Write Branching Scenarios (And What To Do Instead)

Experiencing eLearning

Instructional designers and training managers sometimes ask me, “How do I train SMEs to write better branching scenarios?” I believe SMEs shouldn’t write branching scenarios. Instead, I think we as instructional designers and LXDs should interview the SMEs as part of our analysis, and then we should write it.

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Microlearning: Short and Sweet

Experiencing eLearning

Over the next few weeks, there will be over 20 stops with blog posts, interviews, and more. David Kelly has noted that, “There are no definitions of microlearning. There are lots of opinions, some of which are labeled as definitions.” Defining Microlearning.

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Research, AI, Portfolios: ID Links 9/10/24

Experiencing eLearning

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. AI is welcomed by those with dyslexia, and other learning issues, helping to mitigate some of the challenges associated with reading, writing, and processing information. These videos definitely hit the uncanny valley and are clearly AI.

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How Do You Spell “e” Learning? (and other “e” words)

Infopro Learning

Traditionally, the term “e-mail” should have a hyphen, but today most people write “email”. According to Catherine Soanes on the Oxford Dictionary Blog , that’s exactly what happens! To conclude the hyphen debate, the grammatically correct way to write “e-learning” is with a hyphen. E-Learning Wins the Day!

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Ed-Tech Cheat Sheet [INFOGRAPHIC]

LearnDash

Heck, even on LearnDash’s Learning & Collaboration blog , we write about many of the ed-tech trends… gamification, blended learning, flipped classrooms, instructional technology, learning management systems… the list goes on and on.

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