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Should You Create Free eLearning Samples?

Experiencing eLearning

Some employers ask prospective hires to create free elearning samples before being hired. However, in some limited circumstances, creating free elearning samples make sense. The problems with free samples. ” I’ve done short paid projects like this as a sample. Portfolio example. Less than 1 hour.

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Performance-Focused Job Aid Design

Upside Learning

Building on that foundation, let’s examine the subsequent essential phase: when the solution is either performance support alone or with training, that job aid design should be done first. This is because any training design that incorporates the job aid should be developed after the job aid is tested and working as appropriate.

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Not our job

E-Learning Provocateur

We’re all on the same team, so why am I denied the visibility of the information I need to do my job? Notwithstanding these ever-present problems, it’s been dawning on me that the biggest blocker to our ability to work with the numbers is the fact that, actually, it’s not our job.

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Two examples of interactive job aids

Making Change

I talk a lot about using Twine for branching scenarios , but it’s also useful for creating interactive job aids. Here are two examples. Be inspired by this fun example created by Krishan Coupland in Twine: A Primer on the Capture and Identification of the Little Folk of Myth and Legend.

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Developing a Results Driven Curriculum

A well-designed learning curriculum develops and nurtures skills needed to achieve organizational and business goals with the most effective and engaging set of experiences. This ebook outlines 5 critical steps to develop learning solutions that will help you achieve the most ambitious objectives.

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Two Tips for Writing Dialogue (With Examples!)

Experiencing eLearning

Before: Example without contractions Read this example aloud. After: Example with contractions Now, read this version aloud. Before: Example of telling In this example, you get a quick description of the characters. “Look, I’m not trying to tell you how to do your job. Oliver shakes his head.

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Remote Instructional Design Jobs

Experiencing eLearning

Instructional design jobs were often done remotely before the pandemic. Prior to that, I had jobs that allowed at least partial remote work. All the excuses that “this job can’t be done remotely” are going to be hard to justify. For example, during one contract, I worked from home 3 days a week.

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Agile Microlearning Explained

Learner engagement and retention doesn’t have to be a mystery. Cognitive science theories already supply the answers. Learn how OttoLearn packages them into a single platform you can use to deliver microlearning based reinforcement training, and go beyond completions to focus on outcomes.