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eLearning Trivia

Association eLearning

This is referred to as multi-modal learning. Despite widespread continuing belief, learning styles don’t exist/work. There’s nothing wrong with teaching a subject or topic in multiple ways to deepen comprehension. But trying to match students to specific preferences doesn’t yield any solid or measurable results.

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Make Learning An Experience. Blend It! | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

5 Tips for Creating Better Blended Experiences Remember “Transition to e-Learning” Development Tools. There is value in books, manuals, and written reference materials included in training activities, but don’t use words to replace examples, images, and experience. And more importantly, what’s not working? Properly d.

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Instructional Design Survival Tips

Association eLearning

A while back, my colleague Mary and I were asked to give some “real world” instructional design survival tips. Mary’s tips incorporate aspects of project management (which often goes hand-in-hand with instructional design), while mine are focused on the design and production side. Mary’s Tips. Refer to the previous statement.

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Tips for Creating Better ELearning

LearnDash

There is a lot of theory out there regarding the best ways to accomplish this, often times making the entire process seem rather complicated. Last, one great tip that I came across early in my career was the importance of relevancy over time. Reference: DigitalChalk. instructional design'

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Why Negative Reinforcement is Actually Quite Positive!

Association eLearning

Positive and negative refer to either the addition or subtraction of stimuli. The idea of “positive” or “negative” referring to how the recipient “feels” is very unscientific. But, by understanding the theory behind the concepts, you can more deliberately put them to work for you. I’m so glad you (probably) asked! Description.

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The Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy (And when to use each one)

Association eLearning

It’s an often repeated tenet of instructional design and it sounds great in theory. If, on the other hand, someone from the sales team mentioned a particularly stressful sale, I would have less frame of reference. “Make your audience care.” Just saying “make your audience care” is not the whole story though.

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How to Write Good Assessment Questions

Association eLearning

Feel free to have learners respond to provided scenarios, storylines, or reference images. You can use these tips to help make your next set of assessment questions as clear and relevant as possible. If the question is part of a learning activity, however, the feedback can explain why the answer is right or wrong.