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Lights, Camera, eLearning: What Project Managers and Hollywood Directors Have in Common

Association eLearning

I recently watched a sci-fi movie with tons of special effects. I’m always amazed at how these massive productions begin with someone’s imagination and evolve into the magnificent movies we see on screen. In a movie production, that person would be the director; in an eLearning project, it’s the project manager. Organization.

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Tips for Storytelling in Learning

Experiencing eLearning

Be detail oriented, craft mental movies. A: Full bleed photos are good when you can. Don’t start with the presenter intro. Start with a story. Add a surprising element. Conflict–two strong opposing forces where the outcome isn’t certain. Give sensory information. Show don’t tell. Stay positive.

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25 Random Acts of Kindness for L&D Professionals

Scissortail's Learning Nest

Send a funny meme or cute pet photo to a colleague who’ll appreciate it. Watch your favorite movie—again. Send a thank you card. Take a coworker out to lunch, or have a virtual coffee over Zoom. Cancel a meeting that could have been an email (if you can). Leave a heartfelt note on a coworker’s desk or in their inbox. Read a book.

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The Return Of Video To eLearning

Upside Learning

Also videos have more emotional appeal than animations or still photos. I don’t agree with that; if you recollect a movie you watched that has had a lasting impact on your thinking you know engagement and interaction are different things. Production value is not as important as the correctness of the content.

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#DevLearn retrospective: Start dreaming about the future of eLearning

Challenge to Learn

The stories in movies like Titanic and Avatar were impossible to realize with the techniques available at the time the stories were written. So they created the techniques in order to be able to create the movies. I took this Photo at the TinCan panel session at DevLearn. Our current situation is reverse. Our challengers.

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Scenarios: the good, the bad, and the preachy

Making Change

You’d become like an annoying parent who interrupts a movie to tell the children to never do what the protagonist just did. Obviously, interactions like these could be developed in any number of ways, from photos with dialog bubbles to video. Development. More at Learning Solutions in Orlando.

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Scenarios: the good, the bad, and the preachy

Making Change

You’d become like an annoying parent who interrupts a movie to tell the children to never do what the protagonist just did. Obviously, interactions like these could be developed in any number of ways, from photos with dialog bubbles to video. Development. More at Learning Solutions in Orlando.

Examples 266