Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 12, 2021

That’s harder to estimate, but you can at least generally think about the kind of complexity needed when you scope a project. The bottlenecks simplified the revisions because the decisions were generally independent. In general, it takes me 20-30 minutes to build one slide in Storyline for these sorts of branching projects.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 30, 2024

For this set of images, I’m using “2D illustration” as the general style prompt. 2D illustration, a meeting in a modern office conference room, --sref [link] This is a little more stylized than the original reference, but it maintained the color scheme and general style. 2D illustration) in the prompt.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 9, 2022

This interview was more generally about how I transitioned from teaching to ID and gained recognition in the field, rather than specifically about freelancing, but will be helpful to those new to the field. This was 4 years ago, so some things have changed. That interview was part of a series of episodes on freelancing.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I’m often booked several months in advance, so I generally can’t work with clients who need someone to start immediately. I have a qualifying process to screen out projects that aren’t a good fit, and it’s generally working. As an aside, most of those leads didn’t turn into paying projects. Not really.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 21, 2022

Mandatory training focused on increasing awareness generally doesn’t have much impact. In the Learning Guild research report What Works–and What Doesn’t–in Diversity Training , Jane Bozarth summarizes the problems. In fact, sometimes DEI training actually creates backlash that makes issues worse.

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Infopro Learning

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Implementing self-assessment tests and aligning training efforts with your strategic business goals helps your employees to figure out what kind of critical skills and general skills they need to improve. Such training programs will also help equip employees with general, critical, and enhanced skills. Analysis of skill adjacencies.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

While that’s not generally how I use storytelling in my own work, some of the issues here are relevant to elearning and interactive storytelling too. The version of storytelling apparently assumed as the basis of this article is when a trainer shares an anecdote or story with a moral during live training.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Competitive Analysis Table To see how GyrusAim LMS stacks up, here’s a quick comparison: Feature GyrusAim eLeap SkyPrep Dokeos Paradise Audit Trails Extensive, FDA-aligned Limited Limited Comprehensive Comprehensive Electronic Signatures Fully 21 CFR Part 11 compliant Not available Basic Yes Yes Data Integrity (..)

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2022

You can volunteer for a non-profit, but you generally can’t volunteer for a for-profit business. There are no general regulations that permit volunteering of services to an employer in the private sector. These sources are specific to US labor laws (FLSA), but most countries have similar regulations. – HR Daily Advisor.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 27, 2024

I could use ChatGPT for all of the above, but I generally prefer Claude. If I’m stuck on something and need help figuring out how to solve a problem or negotiate with a client, I generally use the Slack chat for the Online Network of Independent Learning Professionals (ONILP). I use Midjourney to create images.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 25, 2020

General Principles for Reducing Bias APA Style guide principles for reducing bias in writing. It’s focused on instructional designers and elearning developers, rather than being a general freelancer site like UpWork. When those decisions are made with discretion, they are likely to result in unintended disparities.

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LearnDash

JULY 13, 2021

That said, if you’ve ever considered developing a professional certification program, you might have noticed that the field includes a mish-mash of general, organizational, and branded courses. General Professional. Given the differences between these certification types, what approach should you take in developing your course?

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 13, 2021

Short, simple sentences with common language are generally best for everyone. This isn’t about instructional design, but it seems relevant to our field where there’s a wide range of skills under the general umbrella. The before and after writing example shows what a significant difference it can make. Kayleen Holt.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

I generally read and review everything possible prior to a kickoff call. General to specific, familiar to new Chronological Spatial Comparison-contrast Cause-effect Order of importance Group related material Parallel structure for parallel sections Example content-based organization In my example, I grouped related topics together.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

By necessity, a time cave is generally limited to a maximum of 3 decisions in each path. In the example above, players make 3 total decisions, but it’s already 40 screens (1+3+9+27). The number of screens in a time cave increases exponentially. To add a fourth decision in the path, you need to add 81 more screens.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

SMEs will often start with general ideas like “provide quality customer service” or “improve communication.” What isn’t happening currently that you want to happen? Details on the desired behavior. Keep drilling down to get more details on that desired behavior.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 24, 2021

As a general overview of scenario-based learning, it has become one of my more popular presentations. Several years ago, I gave a presentation on the why and how of scenario-based learning. I have given this presentation to several other groups since then, including two ATD chapters. I tweak it a little every time. Description.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 11, 2020

And, I suggest, these are valuable ways to think about using technology in general to support us. Given that it was still early in this new world, I didn’t really push the thought of how this is a more general tactic. Social: tapping into the power of social and informal learning. Contextual: mobile’s unique opportunity.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As in past years, many of my older posts continue to generate significant traffic–even more than my newer posts. These posts relate to elearning and instructional design more generally, rather than branching scenarios or Twine. In fact, all of these posts have been viewed over 5,000 times this year.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

As a more general construct, a capability is not so readily measured in a binary fashion. For instance, the question is unlikely to be whether you can analyse data, but the degree to which you can do so.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 11, 2024

“The most useful part is the general ability to be able to create content once and share it across a bunch of courses. As soon as you set the shared course steps, you can just go in and mark that lesson to be shared across other courses that you have on your LearnDash website. It is really straightforward with no confusing UI.”

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Infopro Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The microlearning format generally breaks topics down into learning modules that usually last between 3-7 minutes and focus on a single topic at a time increasing knowledge retention. Accelerates the Training Process.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The version in Baker et al (2010) refers to a specific educational software program for students; I made this more general to elearning. In general, positive emotions are correlated with higher achievement and self-regulation (Xie, Heddy, & Greene, 2019). That would be “on-task” behavior.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I generally use Twine as a prototype for review and testing purposes. This scenario is moderately complex, with a total of 17 pages (or passages in Twine terminology) and 8 different endings. The ideal path has 5 decisions to reach the best conclusion. Prototyping in Twine.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 21, 2019

This estimate says that Captivate and Storyline development generally take 2 hours per finished minute to produce, or a ratio of 120:1. Generally a full review of a course takes me 2-3 times the length of the course, plus testing interactions throughout the process. That’s not including writing a script or recording audio.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 5, 2021

Unless your audience is overwhelmingly male or female, generally one character should be male and one female. Figure out who would explain this information if it happened as part of on-the-job training. That’s the role for your mentor character. Gender and Diversity.

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Infopro Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

There is a general improvement in staff morale. So far, the success of training remote personnel has shown that employees perform better in more comfortable surroundings. Feeling safe in a familiar environment helped their overall mood and thus increased their motivation. Another benefit is the overall progress of company performance.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 20, 2024

More flexible branching structures are generally more useful for creating realistic decision-making practice for complex skills. Use a time cave structure rarely By necessity, a time cave is generally limited to a maximum of 3 decisions in each path. Different structures fit different situations better.

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Avilar

OCTOBER 24, 2024

There’s general agreement that most skills have a “half-life” (the time required for a skill to reduce to half of its initial value) of about five years. Though the more complex skills take longer to master than simpler ones, learning any skill will generally be faster than mastering a competency.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 18, 2019

For portfolio samples, you don’t generally need to create a full-blown, 60 minute course. The mechanics of the interaction are the same, but the graphics and content are brand new. Use Short Samples. For many people, the best solution is creating new content from scratch. Five minutes or less is usually enough.

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