Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

That means I start with the objectives, then plan assessments, practice activities, and content. Practice Activities. Identify practice activities to prepare people for the assessments. Again, the practice activities should be realistic. Practice activities often break down part of a skill. Content and Information.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 2, 2024

“Use onscreen text without narration to present information that needs to be referenced over time, such as directions to complete a practice exercise.” I usually don’t provide audio feedback on practice activities to give people a break. Keywords: Keywords highlighting steps in a process or technical terms.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 24, 2022

360 images can be accessible in Articulate Storyline, according to the documentation (but I’d want to test this with a screen reader to make sure everything was clear in the flow of the activity). Using Twine for building branching scenario activities – Learning and Teaching: Teach HQ. Branching scenarios and Twine.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 30, 2023

ATD is more focused more broadly on training and development, but they have plenty of valuable information for instructional designers. If your local chapter of ATD is active, that can be very valuable for networking and local live events, even if you don’t also join the main organization.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 30, 2019

But is that really a critical piece of information? SMEs Love All the Information. They love ALL the information. The problem comes when the SMEs insist on including every bit of that information in a course. If that extra information is interesting, you might think there’s no harm in including it.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 23, 2024

In the feedback at the end of a branching scenario, or in a reflection activity after the branching scenario, you might connect those specific actions to general principles. That information can help users connect what they learned with the choices they made.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 21, 2020

Instead of being so boring that employees just want to click through as quickly as possible, this strategy gives learners a reason to actively seek out and understand policies. The trick is that you have to give them a reason to need the information. Give learners a reason to seek out and immediately apply the information.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Engaging Learners with Video: Passive and Active Engagement Strategies by Matthew Pierce. These collected videos were some of the “worst of the worst” training, and a fun activity at the end of the day. More information on that model is available on The Behavior Change Wheel. Watch the worst videos part 1.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 30, 2018

People naturally pay more attention to information they can use right away than information they “might need someday.” If a 20 minute walk drops your blood sugar from 150 to 120, it’s easy to see the value in that activity. One way to engage learners is to make content immediately relevant.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 1, 2019

You could set up a story about an adventure on a remote island, where you explore different areas of the island to find information about your company. We also know that if a simulation provides the same cognitive activities as the real-life situation, the skills are transferable to the actual in-the-field situation.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 7, 2020

So how often should information be boostered? An integrative booster again prompts the learner to retrieve the information, but this question specifically asks them to provide concrete examples of how they have made use of this information in their job. We recommend that you send boosters out in three phases.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Most often, conversations work to resolve or create tension, establish context, or reveal new information that moves the story forward. You can add multiple choice questions or link to other resources and activities. Before writing a conversation, take the time to ask yourself what key purpose(s) the conversation will serve.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 16, 2018

I’m active in the instructional design subreddit (/r/instructionaldesign). Practice Activities: How can you have people practice those tasks, maybe in multiple ways? Information: Now that you have a plan for practice exercises, figure out what information they need to be able to do those practice activities.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2021

I picked her up in the afternoon, and then we spent many afternoons at parks or doing other activities together. I enjoy helping others in the field, either through formal coaching or training or by answering questions in informal conversations. When my daughter was in preschool, I continued to work only about 25-30 hours per week.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 15, 2018

The practice activities are questions like “look up in Table 1 what you need for this safety precaution” and “use this self-assessment to determine what components of the standard you’re currently meeting or not.” ” Finding Information Isn’t Learning. Information != Knowledge !=

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 27, 2019

Is it mostly lecture, or do you have some activities or role plays or anything?” Rather than pushing the policy information to them all at once, learners can look up the specific information they need depending on where they are in the scenario. Tell me about the course itself. ” “That sounds interesting.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Our brains are active for language processing but nothing else. Give sensory information. Activate prior knowledge. Stories help us activate prior knowledge, minimize cognitive load so more brain power focused on learning transfer. We need to make the material come alive by adding context through teachable stories.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 22, 2016

Instead of being so boring that employees just want to click through a course as quickly as possible, this strategy gives learners a reason to actively seek out policy information and better understand it. The trick is that you have to give them a reason to need the information.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 30, 2018

People naturally pay more attention to information they can use right away than information they “might need someday.” If a 20 minute walk drops your blood sugar from 150 to 120, it’s easy to see the value in that activity. One way to engage learners is to make content immediately relevant.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 23, 2021

I’m linking to blog posts about the presentations rather than directly to the recordings because I often include links to resources or further information in my posts. I don’t do very much to actively seek out clients; most of my clients find me. All of these recordings are freely available with no registration.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 7, 2011

Review of Bloom’s Taxonomy, including problems and the revised version, with information about the differences between factual, conceptual, procedural, and metacognitive knowledge. Intel Education: Designing Effective Projects: Thinking Frameworks. tags: bloom learning education.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 15, 2018

The practice activities are questions like “look up in Table 1 what you need for this safety precaution” and “use this self-assessment to determine what components of the standard you’re currently meeting or not.” ” Finding Information Isn’t Learning. Information != Knowledge !=

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 4, 2010

Very practical tips for dealing with SMEs who want to dump lots of information and preserve their text-heavy PowerPoint slides. Ask them to help brainstorm activities and limit information. How could you tell by watching me do my job that I know that bit of information? tags : e-learning , sme , instructionaldesign.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Learning is active. Learners must actively construct meaning. Learning process must be initiated actively. Active involvement in meaningful tasks (task-oriented, not content oriented). “Achievable challenges with appropriate risks” Withhold information until learner asks for it. What we want.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 1, 2015

I will politely, but actively, provide feedback to those who transmit misinformation. However, the information above, though it may appear to have scientific support, has been exhaustively researched and found to have no basis in science. The misleading information was first reported in 1914, with no research backing.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Example of a branching scenario activity with a coach and a meter showing progress on every screen, built in ZebraZapps. Whereas correcting errors is a feature of some types of FI messages, most types of FI messages do not contain such information and therefore should not improve learning—a claim consistent with CAI research.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2015

“Use onscreen text without narration to present information that needs to be referenced over time, such as directions to complete a practice exercise.” I usually don’t provide audio feedback on practice activities to give people a break. Key Words: Key words highlighting steps in a process or technical terms.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 30, 2009

When I’m actively working on new ideas, this is where I collect my thoughts. Wikipedia is the first place I check for basic, “good enough&# information on many topics. If I want to learn more about something when I have little or no background information, the reference lists for each are often a good place to start.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Is it mostly lecture, or do you have some activities or role plays or anything?” Rather than pushing the policy information to them all at once, learners can look up the specific information they need depending on where they are in the scenario. Tell me about the course itself. ” “That sounds interesting.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

In a previous job, I was given the task of figuring out how to make text-based versions of interactive Flash practice activities. At a conference this week, Natalie Kilkenny had a very valuable experience with informal learning about accessibility. Posted in accessibility, e-Learning, Informal Learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 3, 2011

One technique I experimented with during this training was a scavenger hunt, which worked really well for getting everyone actively learning. This technique worked effectively because I was teaching a skill focused on finding information. Informative Events vs. Information Dumps. The Questions.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 30, 2015

This gives us a broad license to empower people with the tools and information they need to do their jobs, regardless of the chosen format. do is make sure that students have opportunities to actively practice what they are learning. This isn’t an entirely new idea. Back in 2007, I wrote What Does An Instructional Designer Do?

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Without additional active, effortful learning, we quite simply forget. Learning improves when there are “ visual rests ” and memory is enhanced when ” people have a chance to stop and think about the information presented “ We need to stop and think about that a little. Donald Clark.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 6, 2010

Karl Kapp writes Kapp Notes , a great source for information on virtual worlds, learning through games, and many other e-learning subjects. I have realized that even though I’m not a huge fan of Twitter (and haven’t been active in quite a while), Twitter has been an excellent way for me to find new bloggers.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 1, 2012

In a physical classroom, you didn’t have the option of individualizing everything, so you tended to look for ways to hit the visual and auditory at the same time or for multiple activities to reinforce the same content. As a music teacher, that might mean something like teaching rhythms through multiple channels.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 1, 2010

Placeholder slides for polls, activities, etc. Balance Online Activities. Use information to connect learner & content. Show something on the screen at all times. Animations when possible (in Elluminate, must do a slide for each change). Point or annotate. with instructions. Sandwich demos with learner participation.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Michele Martin adds more information on diversity of clients : One other thing I’d say about having a diversity of clients is to try to draw from different industries, areas of the country, etc. This isn’t the most active group, but it’s a good place for asking questions specific to freelance instructional design work.

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