Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 22, 2015

When I talk to people about starting a blog, they often state they don’t have anything to write about. They ask how I come up with ideas, especially when I’ve been blogging so long. As I approach my ninth anniversary of starting this blog, I feel like I have more to write about than I did after one year.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 9, 2024

These are my top blog posts from 2023 plus a review of a few other accomplishments and my goals for 2024. Top new blog posts of 2023 I would never have guessed that a post on learning objectives would be my top post for the year, but this turned out to be a surprisingly controversial topic. Read more about using AI to write scenarios.

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Learning Routes

DECEMBER 24, 2023

But fear not, for this blog is your treasure map to a trove of online resources, ready to transform you into a business ninja (though throwing stars is probably frowned upon). Blogs: Your Daily Dose of Online MBA Learning Business Buzz Blogs are your informal fun readings to discover what is new, exciting and receive the latest updates.

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 12, 2017

You spent a lot of time creating your blog posts, why not leverage that hard work to create your course? One of the best ways to determine if your course idea is worthwhile is to start a blog around that particular subject first. LearnDash started as a simple two-page blog.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 24, 2022

I share these links periodically here on my blog. This post includes links on UX, accessibility, branching scenarios, Twine, instructional design blogs, free/freemium tools, and systems thinking. Guidelines for writing good alt text. How To: Write Good Alt Text | Supercool. A number of these are organizational blogs.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 3, 2016

I recently gave a presentation to the Online Network of Independent Learning Professionals about blogging to build your business. This is specifically about what I have learned about blogging to build your reputation as a learning consultant over my 9+ years of blogging. I’m not specifically writing to an audience of clients.

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Experience API

JANUARY 20, 2021

At Rustici Software, I’m lucky to work with colleagues who enjoy sharing their expertise with others through blog writing. Brian’s blog was inspired by a recent support ticket from a customer venturing far enough into xAPI that they were deciding between creating their own verb versus using one from the public domain.

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Fly Plugins

JUNE 4, 2024

Creating an online course is not an easy task, but once the hard work is done you can leverage your course in multiple ways by repurposing your course content. So why not leverage that investment and utilize the content you’ve created in new ways to drive your business or course further? It takes you. You’re building an email list!

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 19, 2024

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. I’m experimenting with AI image tools to create images for my blog posts. This was created in Playground and edited in Affinity Designer. Do you want to learn how to create interactive simulations? Reinforce complex concepts with probing questions.

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InSync Training

MARCH 10, 2017

So why not create 50 pieces of modern learning content and push them out to the learning universe? InSync training was launching a new community of practice in March – the Blended Learning Hub -- and I wanted to emphasize how InSync Training is a credible expert in all things having to do with blended learning. How hard could it be?

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LearnDash

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I can recall a time when the word “blog” would raise eyebrows and generate looks of suspicion. Its use was often followed by an explanation that “blog” is actually short for “weblog”, and it was a form of online journal. It seems that everyone, at some point, has started a blog. elearning'

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2020

I have written over 1100 blog posts since I started this blog in 2006. How long will it take to create this elearning?” This was the top post on my blog for many years, and still ranks highest of my instructional design careers series. If you need to create samples, use this list to jump start your brainstorming.

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Ed App

JULY 26, 2022

From looking for the best e learning tool to discovering the most effective digital learning strategy, you can always count on elearning blogs to get a good stream of great ideas. Perhaps you’re on the prowl for the best blogs to stay on top of the latest trends in the world of elearning? Then your search ends here! Elearning courses.

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LearnDash

MARCH 12, 2015

If you have a blog, then you know how much work is required to continually write useful articles. It takes a great degree of dedication to run a blog properly, which is why many people avoid it altogether. Sure, the biggest ‘push’ for any article you write is going to be in the first few days of posting.

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eLearning Cyclops

JANUARY 1, 2013

If you have been visiting, I am sure you noticed I have been writing very, very little lately. It has been an very busy at work, which of course limits time to blog but has more directly affected the motivation to blog. So, I am going to be far more diligent in blogging but in a manner that is more informal and just plain fun.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

One of the features of Sakai that our team was looking for in a new LMS is a blogging tool. However, it does give us the option of blogging within the system. We’re still using those tools for some courses, depending on the content and activities, but we’re starting to integrate this internal blog into our activities.

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LearnDash

MAY 20, 2015

What was once meant for blogging has evolved to a content management system, learning management system, forums, social networking, event booking, ecommerce, and so on. Given the ease-of-use of WordPress, there was a time when teachers all over the world would start a class blog. It has been a pretty remarkable transformation.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Betty and I also talked about the process for creating branching scenarios, working with SMEs, and other helpful resources. I’ll post more about this on my blog soon, but if you want to be sure to get an email when enrollment opens, sign up for the waitlist. We discussed the pros and cons and when each tool would make sense.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In the course, I’ll walk you through a step-by-step process to create a branching scenario from start to finish. This will pull together content from my blog and past presentations , as well as new content and activities that will only be available in the course. Write Your Scenario. Branching scenario course outline.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 17, 2021

Some of these are my personal learning tools; others are what I use to create learning for others. These tools aren’t ranked, but they are categorized based on whether I use them to create learning for others or as a tool for my own personal development. Work: Creating learning experiences for others. Self-development.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 31, 2010

As a learning designer my primary responsibility is viewed as creating learning content and systems that meet instructional outcomes. The other is to look at other’s experiences, and there are many who’ve documented their game design experiences in various blogs. more about that here. The author moved on to Play This Thing!

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 26, 2021

I share these links periodically here on my blog. In this post, I share links on creating certificates in Storyline, the benefits of sharing your work, and tools for visuals and videos. For a recent project, I researched ways to create a printable certificate in Storyline with an expiration date 1 year after completing the module.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 23, 2021

While I often share those recordings on my blog as they happen, this is the first time I have compiled a complete list like this. 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.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 4, 2023

Dialogue can be tricky to write. When I teach people how to write branching scenarios, writing dialogue is one of the places people get stuck. If you’re used to writing in a more formal style, writing dialogue can feel very unfamiliar. Tip #1: Use more contractions When you write dialogue, use contractions.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 23, 2024

Unless there’s a follow-up question about an action to take based on the category selected, Example 1 creates a dead end in the branching scenario. Questions about writing branching scenarios? Do you have questions about writing branching scenarios, including writing questions and options like these?

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2022

Some of these are my personal learning tools; others are what I use to create learning for others. These tools aren’t ranked, but they are categorized based on whether I use them to create learning for others or as a tool for my own personal development. Work: Creating learning experiences for others. Work and self-development.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 9, 2024

When I talk to people about starting a blog, newsletter, LinkedIn posts, or other content marketing, they often confess that they’re worried they don’t have anything to write about. They ask how I come up with ideas, especially when I’ve been blogging so long. My ideas for posts come from several sources.

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Fly Plugins

APRIL 2, 2024

They needed help with what happens after course production is finished… How to market and sell more courses We began creating our own courses almost 10 years ago and we’ve learned a thing or two along the way, so our plan over the coming weeks is to publish content designed to help you do just that… sell more courses.

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LifterLMS

JULY 21, 2021

Learn how to create profitable online courses and membership sites even after failures along the way with Pete McPherson from Do You Even Blog in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett from LifterLMS. Pete has his website DoYouEvenBlog.com where you can find out how to create freedom with an online business.

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Challenge to Learn

DECEMBER 22, 2010

A little more than a year ago I wrote my first blog, just to experience what is was like to write one. My first blog (which I called ’my first blog’) didn’t even had a proper subject, I just wrote a blog to see what would happen. For the first post I named my blog Kasper Spiro’s blog.

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Clark Quinn

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A lot, obviously (7 books, numerous articles, this blog, white papers, …). As another colleague who just published posted some thoughts on what they learned, I realize it may be appropriate to toss out some thoughts on writing books. I know some of the barriers to writing a book, for sure. Same with writing.

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Learning with e's

JULY 29, 2019

Photo by Florian Klauer on unsplash I have been privileged over the past few years to have garnered a good audience for my writing. As this blog approaches 8.5 Ostensibly, the post is about a bizarre blog post by an academic who claimed that (ironically) blogging is 'sinful' and hampers research productivity.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Learnnovators, a leading e-learning company, has Karl Kapp writing a series of blog posts for them on gamification. The goal of this series, comprising of five blog posts, is to establish a fundamental understanding about gamification, and to provide pointers on how it can be implemented within an organization. Chennai (India).

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

The first week of the blog book tour has ended and it has been a fantastic week with informative blog posts, information and opinions about gamification and even a bit of controversy. The CEO shakes her head and then goes to the marketing department and says, “Can you create a sales training program around gamification?”

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 15, 2017

Writing a blog post is often time consuming and a lot of effort goes into research, writing, and editing. Since you’re already writing the post –why not also make a blog video? A vlog is a blog that is primarily delivered in video format. Step 1: Write a simple script. Step 2: Create a storyboard.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The blog book tour for The Gamification of Learning and Instruction has come to an end. On the Forbes blog, Jeanne Meister ( Future Workplace ) provides examples of companies using games for learning in her article Gamification: Three Ways To Use Gaming For Recruiting, Training, and Health & Wellness.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 24, 2012

Facebook is already the world's largest photo repository, and with almost 850 million accounts and over 100 billion connections, has to be one of the most influential communications devices ever created to bring people together. My view is that in the social media universe, blogging is potentially the most powerful tool.

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