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40+ Instructional Design and eLearning Books

Experiencing eLearning

It makes research about learning accessible in ways you can apply immediately. Training Design Basics by Saul Carliner is a perfect book for people just getting started in the field. It’s my recommendation for current students or are switching to instructional design or training from another career. eLearning.

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Close the Digital Skills Gap in the Workplace with Technical Training

IT Training Department Blog

It’s also a losing battle trying to train employees based on generations which are typically irrelevant for training. There is a solution that can help bridge this gap and empower both individuals and organizations to thrive in the digital world – technical training. What Is the Digital Skills Gap?

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40+ Instructional Design and eLearning Books

Experiencing eLearning

Design For How People Learn by Julie Dirksen is one of my favorite books in the field. It makes research about learning accessible in ways you can apply immediately. Read my full review about this practical book. eLearning and Blended Learning. Instructional Design. I’ve recommended it many times.

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How to Improve Learning Outcomes With Performance Support

Dashe & Thomson

Given that the goal of instructional designers and training developers is to improve employee performance, it’s surprising that many continue to create blended learning programs with little or no reliance on performance support tools or systems. Build performance support into every blended learning effort.

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MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 5: Skills Learners Need Today

Learnnovators

I have been writing about MOOCs in the context of workplace learning from different perspectives for some time now. The earlier posts… MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 1: Some Points to Consider. MOOCs in Workplace Learning – Part 2: Designing a MOOC. I will just call out a few to set the context.

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Learning Games and Gamification

Scissortail's Learning Nest

Reading Time: 8 minutes Introduction The Training, Learning, and Development Community recently hosted Learning by Doing: Games and Gamification for Instructional Design. It was three days with ten sessions and fourteen speakers that added up to one amazing conference focused on learning games.

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Where is L&D heading?

E-Learning Provocateur

Last week I was invited by David Swaddle to be a panellist at the Sydney eLearning and Instructional Design meetup. When we worry about the status of their credentials or lose sleep over their completion rates, we’re perpetuating an out-dated paradigm of education based on formal learning. I see more scope in pull learning.