Allen Interactions

article thumbnail

eLearning Design: Assess? When? How?

Allen Interactions

By Michael Allen , Chairman & CEO, Allen Interactions. eLearning can’t do everything. It can’t detect frustration by observing facial expressions and body language (yet). It doesn’t know if a learner is just throwing out any answer to see what feedback happens or if a learner is sincerely thinking the answer is correct.

article thumbnail

Hitting the High Notes Part 2: Making it Right

Allen Interactions

Too many times learners gain all the knowledge provided, ace the assessments, and then find the job is much more complex and stressful than the training environment.  When this happens, the motivation to try is completely lost. 

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Pillar 1 for Transformative e-Learning Instructional Design: Context

Allen Interactions

The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. Pillar 1 for Transformative e-Learning Instructional Design: Context. Such a simple word.

article thumbnail

Five Steps to Seeing the Big Picture of Microlearning

Allen Interactions

It doesn’t matter what assessment I do, because a common theme always emerges. By Linda Rening, PhD, Senior Instructional Designer. On the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) personality inventory, I scored very highly in “N” (Intuition), which means that I see the big picture first and then the details.

Picture 152
article thumbnail

Three Solid Instructional Design Principles in The Big Short

Allen Interactions

Steve Carell, who co-starred in the film, offered this assessment : It’s nominated for several awards in the upcoming Oscars, and has garnered significant attention for its success in communicating tricky financial concepts to a general audience.