Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 13, 2023

One of the biggest challenges of creating branching scenarios is managing the complexity and keeping it from growing out of control. If you narrow your focus for branching scenarios, you can alleviate that issue. “Customer service” could mean way too many different things in different organizations. .

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

When someone mentions scenario-based learning, do you automatically think of complex branching scenarios? While that’s one way to implement scenarios (and a very effective one!), Do you know how to add chapter numbers and how to exclude the first page from the count?). Mini-Scenarios.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 7, 2020

When you create branching scenarios, each decision point provides learners with multiple choices. How many options do you need to provide in a branching scenario? I sometimes see branching scenarios where the instructional designer has created 4 choices for each decision. Drawbacks of 4 options.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 19, 2019

Branching scenarios are great. Branching scenarios are perfect when you want to show a series of decisions, where the consequences of each decision determine what choices are available next. What you say changes how the other person responds, and what they say changes how you’ll answer.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 22, 2021

What are some strategies for managing the complexity of branching scenarios? One of the issues with branching scenarios is that you can get exponential growth. This post was originally prompted by a discussion on reddit about tips for creating branching scenarios without letting them grow out of control.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 29, 2023

In a previous blog post, I explained how to start writing branching scenarios with AI tools like ChatGPT and Bard. In this post, I’ll continue with that same scenario, focusing on how to draft choices and alternate paths with ChatGPT. As with my previous post, I want to set expectations.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Currently, you can use the free plan for short samples as long as you provide attribution. Games and branching scenarios Play GO VIRAL! Joe Pereira – Academia.edu This paper examines how interactive fiction (branching scenarios) can be used for teaching languages.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2022

This post includes workshop pricing, useful tools and resources for L&D professionals, volunteering and internship guidelines, scenarios, games, and diverse stock images. My tips on how to formulate a price for your workshop. One person’s breakdown of how much time is required to deliver a 6-hour workshop.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 18, 2014

One skill I’m constantly trying to improve is estimating how long it will take to complete a project. I find it helpful to refer clients to these sources, especially if they think training development should take barely any time. Because I work for myself, I have to create good estimates.

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ProProfs

DECEMBER 6, 2017

While I kept wondering how the sales mavericks hone their skills, I was told that even naturally adept salespeople need to undergo ‘training’. In such a scenario, how do you give them the skill-building resources they require to meet their sales target? Why Online Training is Beneficial for Sales Personnel.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In branching scenarios, we can use a combination of immediate and delayed consequences and feedback. ” Learners have to perceive and understand the cues in the scenario. Therefore, it may be more important to provide immediate feedback after each decisions in a branching scenario if your audience is new to the topic.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

A long portion of this keynote was about a one-star Amazon toaster review. A long portion of this keynote was about a one-star Amazon toaster review. I had a great time at the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions Conference in Orlando. Meeting and Reconnecting. Jac introduced me to Josh Risser and several other people.

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Infopro Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

How To Repurpose eLearning Content. And how can you use your current eLearning tools to transform it into something else? This can save you time and money in the long run. Convert eLearning Content Into Simulations, Branching Scenarios And Podcasts. Recycling may be good for the environment.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In my last post on creating layouts for a branching scenario , I identified a need to build some long phone conversations. When I created the layouts, I had two options for the long phone conversations: one with the two characters side-by-side and one with a comic book style layout. ” What should Sophie ask next? [[How

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

How to Write Natural Dialogue in 11 Steps, With Examples! Tips for writing better dialogue like “every line of dialogue should serve a purpose.” ” While this is aimed at general fiction writing and not learning, most of this applies to writing scenarios for learning too. Writing dialogue.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 18, 2017

On reddit, someone asked how to manage the complexity of branching scenarios and keep them from growing out of control. One of the issues with branching scenarios is that you can get exponential growth. So how do you manage this complexity? Cathy Moore has an example of a scenario she built in Twine.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Writing a branching scenario can be intimidating or overwhelming. In my last post, I explained how I create an outline of the steps in the scenario. One of them is a half day course; the others range from one day to four days long. What should Sophie do? What should Sophie do? Regards, Robert.

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Making Change

MAY 8, 2018

Looking for inspiration for your training scenarios ? Branching scenarios often represent decisions that take place in a complex world. For example, let’s say your scenario describes a manager, Sarah, who has to decide what to do about a long-term employee whose performance is suddenly slipping.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2024

More thoughts to come on this, but for now, I think there are a few questions we should be asking: Does this person have the knowledge and expertise to judge this output? Tips from Rory Flynn on how to use Midjourney to create consistent characters. It would be interesting to experiment with as inspiration for training scenarios.

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Making Change

JULY 7, 2013

A mini-scenario. When should you go to the trouble of designing a branching scenario? First, you might not need a branching scenario. Most of the time, a one- or two-scene mini-scenario does the job fine. For that, consider using a branching scenario. Let’s look at some examples.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 11, 2024

You can also remix a song to adjust the lyrics or how much variance you want. While I should have the ability to download a video, I got errors every time I tried. I had planned on writing a different blog post today, but I ended up spending a lot of time playing with AI music generation. You start with a single prompt, as with Suno.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 9, 2024

Should We List the Learning Objectives? Should we start elearning with a list of formal learning objectives? Specifically, it was at the intersection of AI and scenarios. How To Use AI to Write Scenarios How can you use AI to write scenarios for learning? Read more about using AI to write scenarios.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

When I completed building this branching scenario in Storyline, I ran into a couple of issues. Here’s how I built the scenario and solved those problems. Check out the completed scenario yourself. In my previous post, I explained how I built a single “ideal path” in my branching scenario.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In branching scenarios, we can use a combination of immediate and delayed consequences and feedback. ” Learners have to perceive and understand the cues in the scenario. Therefore, it may be more important to provide immediate feedback after each decision in a branching scenario if your audience is new to the topic.

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Infopro Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Here are the top 8 mobile learning development hurdles you should consider before starting your mobile learning project. Designing mobile learning courses is as simple as uploading your existing eLearning content to a responsive LMS, right? The truth is that creating mobile learning involves a multitude of modern challenges. IT Distractions.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When we provide feedback in branching scenarios, we have several questions to consider. Should we provide consequences (intrinsic feedback) or coaching (instructional feedback)? Should we provide immediate feedback or delayed feedback? Learners should be able to figure that out from the intrinsic feedback.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 21, 2019

One common question is “how long will it take to create this elearning?” I find it helpful to refer clients to these sources, especially if they think training development should take barely any time. That’s partly due to how tasks are classified, but I can’t completely reconcile the numbers.

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Making Change

MAY 5, 2014

You’ve decided a branching scenario will be part of your project. But how long should it be? To see an example, try the AutoLoon Ethics Training scenario, which simulates the discussion between an instructional designer and a client who wants an information dump. What about bad decisions?

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LearnDash

AUGUST 12, 2021

This research has helped us better understand what flow is and how to achieve it. This research has helped us better understand what flow is and how to achieve it. With all that in mind, it seems obvious that educators should want to create a learning environment that makes it easier for learners to be in a state of flow.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2023

ScenariNos In addition to what we should do to leverage the power of scenario-based learning, there are also steps we should avoid. The ‘nos’ are things that commonly are seen in ineffective scenarios, or that can hinder successful implementation. One more thing that can go wrong is developing scenarios as just practice.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 20, 2017

Here’s how I would respond to each of these objections. How did you feel? Stories for learning are often short, maybe even only a few sentences long. We should use stories when they help us meet our objectives. “Not everyone can be a storyteller.” ” Have you heard any of these objections?

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Making Change

JULY 12, 2011

Branching scenarios can be a pain to design. Happily, you can use a simple tool called Twine to easily draft the scenario and produce it. In this post we’ll look at a scenario that I wrote to demonstrate Twine’s basic features and to make a point about teaching through stories. Link scenes using simple text.

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Making Change

JULY 12, 2011

Branching scenarios can be a pain to design. Happily, you can use a simple tool called Twine to easily draft the scenario and produce it. In this post we’ll look at a scenario that I wrote to demonstrate Twine’s basic features and to make a point about teaching through stories. Link scenes using simple text.

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LearnDash

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The long-term gains you make in productivity will more than compensate for the short-term hassle of changing platforms. It’s missing key functions every LMS should have. For online educators, few decisions are as consequential as which Learning Management System (LMS) they choose to be the platform for their online course. You hate it.

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Making Change

APRIL 24, 2018

You want people to practice making decisions in a situation that has grey areas — that’s perfect territory for a scenario. But what type of scenario do you need? Will a one-scene mini-scenario be enough, or do you need to invest the (considerable!) time in creating a branching scenario?

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 1, 2018

When we provide feedback in branching scenarios, we have several questions to consider. Should we provide consequences (intrinsic feedback) or coaching (instructional feedback)? Should we provide immediate feedback or delayed feedback? Learners should be able to figure that out from the intrinsic feedback.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Since the beginning of online education, many courses have been plagued by a misconception about how to successfully deliver an online course that has kept them from achieving the success they’re looking for—namely, that video is the only thing needed to run an effective course. Want to know how to take your course to the next level?

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