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4 Tips to Writing eLearning Scripts That Sing

Association eLearning

Wouldn’t you like to write a script with that kind of impact? According to Bean, the first tip to writing a great eLearning script is to write like a human. According to Bean, the first tip to writing a great eLearning script is to write like a human. Also, remember that “a picture is worth a thousand words.”

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Who are Instructional Designers? The existential dilemma.

ID Reflections

Similar post in this blog: In Response: Accidental Instructional Designers #dl09--Part I 5. Comments on other blog(s) regarding qualities of an ID: Perfect Behaviour 6. Blog posts have waxed eloquent about the roles and functions of an ID. The belief that writing skill is tantamount to an ID’s skill still abides.

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Visuals and Visual Thinking

Association eLearning

A picture is supposedly worth a thousand words. Let’s get the obvious one out of the way, pictures are pretty. Seriously though, you can think of it as using an infographic, chart, or quick sketch to record information or figure out how things are connected, rather than writing everything out. Sound tricky? Visual Appeal.

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Storyline Accessibility and Mayer’s Principles

Scissortail's Learning Nest

If you’re not familiar with Mayer’s Principles, this blog post from Digital Learning Institute explains them in a nutshell. The Multimedia and Redundancy Principles Mayer’s research has found that people learn better through words and pictures than through words alone or pictures alone.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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Cognitive Load vs. Load Time

eLearning Weekly

But I write that with a sigh because it never worked. In the LMS, we heard strange sound reverberation, and load times were unbearable. To develop multimedia elearning that succeeds, juggle image, sound and text without creating long load times. In creative writing courses I’ve taught, we call it sculpting. The lesson?

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How to Write an Irresistible Course Description

LearnDash

And yet, what you write in your course description is one of the most important factors in convincing learners to sign up. But if you’re also writing a longer course page—which I would recommend—it may help to start with the detailed version and then edit down to something in the neighborhood of 150 words. Not a problem, right?

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