Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 14, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. The effect may seem small, but it’s in the range of lots of education effects. Daniel Willingham Willingham also suggests that growth mindset research can help educators talk to students about challenges and setbacks. We know there aren’t any silver bullets.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I share these links periodically here on my blog. These aren’t learning or training games, but it’s useful to look at games outside of L&D for ideas on game mechanics, look and feel, choice writing, and other elements of games. Transitioning from education to instructional design. Games built in Twine.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 16, 2022

I share these links periodically here on my blog. Freelancers: Five Steps to Write a Cold Email That Converts New Clients | Observer. These templates assume the writer has a blog and other social media channels to promote content for potential clients. Karl Kapp writes on the importance of failure in branching scenarios.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Blogging is one of the oldest marketing tools on the Internet—and still one of the best. Yes, I am talking about blogging. The blog has been a foundation of Internet culture practically since its inception. However, your blog doesn’t have to be massively popular as a blog to be wildly successful as a marketing tool.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

I share these links periodically here on my blog. A Twitter thread with tips for writing stories with internal and external conflict from narrative design in games. I don’t explicitly think of it this way for writing scenarios for learning, but I do think this concept could be applied to storytelling in training.

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Spark Your Interest

JANUARY 26, 2021

Customer Education is the most underestimated competitive advantage organizations have. And while traditionally it applied to businesses selling widgets or software, customer education now also applies to governments, and non-profits, who have a product or service. The benefits of customer education are many.

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LearnDash

JULY 16, 2020

If you run a blog, include the most recent posts. If you’re struggling, sign up to a couple marketing lists from competitors or other similar educators in your field. The post Email Marketing Best Practices for Online Educators appeared first on LearnDash. The content of your email is the most important thing to get right.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 14, 2020

I share these links periodically here on my blog. The estimate for discussion board questions seems a little low to me (a good discussion question often takes more than 5 minutes to write and refine), but this is a good starting point. These make good backgrounds; I have used similar patterns for blog posts.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Here’s a topic we haven’t touched on much in this blog: your course website. To start, let’s acknowledge that different educators will have different needs for their course website, and one solution won’t fit everyone. Build your SEO with a blog or other long-form content. This is where a blog comes in.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Membership packages are a popular choice for educators because they open up the possibility of regular subscribers who will not only stick around on the promise of future content, but who will become active contributors to your community. Promote your course on your blog and social media. And if you’re writing a blog (ha!)

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 2, 2024

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. Amnesia: Educational Text-Based Game AI-powered branching scenarios for learning. You’ll learn ways for getting “unstuck” while working with SMEs, and why it’s better to interview SMEs rather than have them write scenarios themselves.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These keywords may be phrases like “online pottery course,” “compliance certification,” or “writing support group.” For instance, “writing support group” might have, as variations, terms like “online writing support group,” “writing support group for women,” or “sci-fi and fantasy writing support group.”

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LearnDash

JUNE 6, 2019

We’ve been asked more than once to give marketing advice for online educators, and while we’ve touched on the issue before , I thought I would take the next few posts to answer some of the biggest questions in-depth. First of all, let’s understand the scope of marketing for online education: it will almost always be digital.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 26, 2021

If I had to guess, I would bet that most educators are better and writing good SEO content than otherwise. After all, you got into online education because you have expertise and a passion to share it with others. The biggest problem with this mindset is that a high-quality course is more than a blog post could ever be.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Success in online education begins with thorough and thoughtful planning. As an example, if you were teaching a course on organic gardening, you might write your course to appeal to a student who lives in the suburbs or a rural area with space for a garden and with a spouse and children living at home. Show others how to write poetry.

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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. Education and Outreach Working Group of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Standard or Extended Audio Description: Which Do You Need?

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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. Journal of Educational Psychology, 104, 235-249. I respect her past contributions to the field. Adams, D.M.,

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Clark Quinn

JULY 7, 2021

One of the major things I do is write: book, blog posts, articles, and more. So the first two tools I use are for writing: 1. Of course, that’s how I’m writing here. I also use it for writing for the HPT Treasures blog (I post once a month, third Friday. Still, it’s worth getting out there.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 5, 2021

But it doesn’t follow that they’re educational experts. One of the best things you can do, if you feel you are in this category, is to read more about educational techniques. Marketing seems to be a “love it or hate it” task for many online educators. Add a new element to your marketing strategy.

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LifterLMS

APRIL 18, 2025

Get Popup Maker Now In this episode of LMSCast , Chris Badgett reunites with longtime collaborator Kurt von Ahnen to dissect the core patterns that determine who wins and who fails in the online education space. And and you’ve been a educator and a leader. I’m joined, or I should say rejoined by a special guest.

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LearnDash

JULY 17, 2018

You’ve heard you should write a blog for your course. But what should you write about? What are they supposed to write about on their blog (or talk about in their podcast)? Whenever you’re struggling to come up with a topic, think about who you’re writing for. Don’t write yourself into a corner.

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CourseArc

MAY 7, 2025

Making Smarter Design Easier: Introducing CourseArcs AI Features Educators, instructional designers, and content creators alike are navigating tight timelines, growing content demands, and the constant push to create high-quality, accessible learning experiences. Check out our resource site to see how we can help your team.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 17, 2021

If you’ve been paying attention, you will have seen that a number of my blog posts take down a variety of articles that are rife with malarkey. The other is advice to you who are consumers of education & technology products. Get someone to write your articles who knows what they’re talking about. Caveat Malarkey!

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LearnDash

JUNE 10, 2020

When I first started writing essays for school, the rule we were given was “no online sources allowed.” Of course, as an educator, the duty to help your learners find good sources now falls on you. Imagine trying to write a guide for citing online sources in 1997, the year before Google was founded?

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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. When she switched gears to talking about education, I admit I mostly tuned her out. At least she was talking about bigger skills like problem solving and not just trying to make education direct workforce training.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 7, 2016

One way I stay connected with the community and what’s happening in the field is by reading blogs by instructional designers, elearning professionals, and educators. If you don’t want to subscribe to all these blogs individually, check out eLearning Learning. This is my favorite blog aggregator in the field.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 22, 2017

Some time ago, a colleague of mine wrote a blog called Learning Myths: Debunked , in which he stated that learning styles is a myth. Having obtained a degree in Elementary Education, I was shocked and still skeptical that learning styles was indeed a myth. But how did educators around the world come to accept faulty information?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 24, 2020

I normally plan out the topics for my blog a month or two ahead of time. As I write this, it’s Thursday, 3/19/20. She also does educational apps (Dreambox, Raz Kids, PBS Kids, and Letterland). According to my plan, this week should be an update of one of my old posts. How people work is changing. Social distancing.

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LearnDash

JUNE 13, 2019

Offer a newsletter for your blog content. For instance, if you blog once or twice a week, describe your newsletter as a weekly blog roundup that includes some actionable tips for learners interested in your course matter. Most blogs aren’t of equal value. But these are the basics that should get you started.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 22, 2014

I had read a few blog posts by Dave Cormier (the godfather of the philosophy) and I follow the intrepid Soozie Bea (a card-carrying disciple), but unfortunately I missed Dave’s #rhizo14 mooc earlier in the year. Since I’ve been blogging about the semantics of education lately, I thought it high time to dig a little deeper.

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LearnDash

JULY 11, 2019

Well, you wouldn’t be the first to feel intimidated by the prospect of summing up all your educational efforts in a few paragraphs—if that. And yet, what you write in your course description is one of the most important factors in convincing learners to sign up. Be bold and inspiring (but not sales-y or fake).

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Appsembler

JUNE 23, 2022

In a webinar co-hosted by Appsembler and ContentLab titled Developer Education on the Frontlines , we make the case that developer education — especially in the form of developer learning courses — is a crucial way of cutting through the noise and providing value to developer audiences. You Can Start Small with One Developer Course.

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Fly Plugins

JULY 8, 2024

In the evolving landscape of education, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer, especially in the realm of online learning. By leveraging AI, educators and institutions can design more personalized, engaging, and effective educational experiences.

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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. Will’s recommendations from his research are also summarized on his blog. The protagonist should be someone your learners identify with.

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LearnDash

MARCH 15, 2018

Tips to help online educators plan their first course. With online education a growing force on the market, more enterprising individuals than ever before are finding themselves inspired to launch an online course of their own. However, for many of these potential educators, the first hurdle is learning how to teach a course.

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LearnDash

MAY 5, 2020

From the earliest days of the Internet, online learners and educators have looked for ways to use it as a resource for teaching and learning languages. These are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It’s also the case that two are passive skills (listening and reading), while two are active skills (speaking and writing).

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 8, 2019

We’ve talked before about how online education needs to adopt a broad mindset when it comes to creating and distributing content. That said, even educators who have course material on their LMS aren’t always using it to its fullest capabilities. Create blog content for ongoing learning. Are you using them all fully?

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