Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Blogging, presenting, and other forms of sharing expertise I spend a lot of time writing and speaking about scenario-based learning, instructional design, and other topics. Last year, I spent about 10 hours each month on my blog. 75% of those found me via my blog; the rest found me on LinkedIn.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

APRIL 22, 2024

Reading Time: 7 minutes Introduction Who deserves access to your eLearning courses? I’ll share a few techniques I use for creating Storyline courses so they’re more accessible to users with disabilities. If you’re not familiar with Mayer’s Principles, this blog post from Digital Learning Institute explains them in a nutshell.

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Fly Plugins

APRIL 2, 2024

Your online course landing page needs to capture attention, quickly convey the value it offers, build trust in you as an authority, and turn visitors into paying students. In our last survey, we asked… If you could learn more about any aspect of the course creation process that you struggle with, what would it be?

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Trying to grow the audience for your course the natural way? Many course creators start their programs on a shoestring budget , and when they think about marketing, their first impulse is to turn toward paid media. Paid advertising on platforms like Google, Facebook, or Instagram can, of course, achieve excellent results.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Many content creators are selling online courses to share their passion and grow their income. They use their expertise, skills, and content they already have to build engaging and profitable courses. Promotion is the key to selling online courses – especially as a new course creator. Course description.

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Paradiso Solutions

JUNE 8, 2021

Let’s dive deep into this topic and discuss more on instructional design essentials in this blog. Learning products such as eLearning courses, simulation training, instructional manuals, video tutorials, and more. Design eLearning courses and innovate curriculum with Paradiso’s subject matter and experienced instructional designer.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 23, 2024

Questions about writing branching scenarios? Do you have questions about writing branching scenarios, including writing questions and options like these? Many of my blog posts are based on questions I get from readers. I may answer it in a future blog post. Enroll by 1/24 to be sure you have a spot in the course.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In our recent post on building SEO strength , we talked about the basic best practices you can follow to help grow organic traffic to your course website. If I had to guess, I would bet that most educators are better and writing good SEO content than otherwise. But to gain followers and readers, your blog needs to have value.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 5, 2021

Ready to take your course to the next level in 2021? While New Year’s Resolutions are notoriously difficult to keep, when it comes to your online course, setting just one or two major goals for the year on top of what you’re already accomplishing can get you a long way. Here are some ideas for how to improve.

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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

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Coming Soon: Build Your Branching Scenario online course. I’m currently building an 8-week online course to teach my entire process for building branching scenarios from start to finish. 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.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2014

I missed my anniversary by a few days, but I’ve now been blogging for 8 years. My first post on 12/26/06 explained that I was creating a graduate course on social media for teachers and felt I should “practice what I preach.” Voice Over Scripts: Writing Style Tips. Story-Based Coaching and Mentoring Course.

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LearnDash

JUNE 29, 2022

Organizing and selling your online course with email marketing is easier than you think. Do you want to learn how to build and promote your new online course? To master your email marketing strategy, you must know how to write high-performing emails. 3 tips for organizing your online course with email marketing.

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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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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The fastest way online courses run into trouble is when they’re launched with insufficient planning. Without planning your course, you can easily create a series of lessons that miss their target audience, fail to meet learner needs, or don’t establish a strong course objective. Research your audience.

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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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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. Most ID and elearning work is work-for-hire, but sometimes you create something you should license so you can also reuse it (like non-confidential portions of a course for your portfolio). As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2022

After struggling to write them and make them work in linear tools, it’s amazing how much faster I can develop multiple connected paths in Twine. I used it to create the presentations for my Build Your Branching Scenario course. WordPress has been my tool of choice for blogging for over 15 years. Work and self-development.

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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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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 13, 2021

I share these links periodically here on my blog. In this post, I share links on instructional writing, identifying strengths, project management tools, design principles, and more. Instructional writing. The before and after writing example shows what a significant difference it can make. Writing robotic speech.

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learnWorlds

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Are you on the lookout for some great online course ideas? We’ve done the research to find the most profitable and on high demand online courses. Whether you’re looking for a side hustle or want to create a successful online course business for a specific target audience , you’ll find what you need right here.

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Coursera

APRIL 26, 2024

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer , Coursera Today, Google is launching a new AI Essentials course on Coursera to help workers develop essential AI skills to boost productivity and grow their careers. The course is taught by AI experts at Google who are working to make the technology helpful for everyone.

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LearnDash

APRIL 13, 2021

When considering ways to address the problem of trust in marketing, your first instinct might be to start talking about how trustworthy you are and what a great course you have to offer. When someone completes your course, prompt them to leave a review at the end. Be prepared to write it quickly and send it to them for approval.

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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. Blogging to Build Your Business.

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LearnDash

JULY 11, 2019

You’ve spent hours building an online course which you hope will instruct learners and help them take the next step forward in their career, learn a new hobby, or expand their horizons. All that’s left is the course description: your first (and maybe last) opportunity to inspire learners to sign up. Not a problem, right?

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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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LearnDash

APRIL 13, 2023

YouTube is one of the best places on the internet to promote and sell your online course. As a course creator, more subscribers means more leads and a boost in the passive income generated through your elearning platform. With that in mind, here are the seven steps to start a YouTube channel to complement your online courses.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 29, 2022

I have a number of blogs I’m subscribed to. It may lead me to diagramming , or writing up something, frequently both (as here ). Writing is about creating a narrative around it. This can be in a design, or in writing something up. This is different than just writing, for me. It’s evolving, of course.

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LearnDash

APRIL 18, 2018

How to build a market for your online course from an audience of 0. The biggest challenge in launching your first online course lies in finding your audience. You probably have a group of personal contacts who might be willing to share a post or two about your course on social media, but that will only get you so far.

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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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LearnDash

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Your first course is a learning experience for you, too, so know what you want to learn from it. For many of those starting off in online education, the biggest challenge is creating their first course. Otherwise, these tips are here to help you gain traction with launching your first online course. Start small. Start small.

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Clark Quinn

APRIL 22, 2020

I of course offered some suggestions, and he opined that I could (and should) be helping others too. Which, of course, I agree with, because that’s what I do. So, here, is a brief summary of my experience taking courses online. For the latter, I led the learning design effort to get an innovative course online.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 7, 2021

One of the major things I do is write: book, blog posts, articles, and more. So the first two tools I use are for writing: 1. Of course, that’s how I’m writing here. Of course, that’s how I’m writing here. Then, of course, there’s searching for answers.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 5, 2013

So in line with that mission, we’d like to recommend 5 great blogs about serious games and gamification (besides our own of course). We’ll start with the blog that will keep you in the know. His credentials alone land him on this list of recommended blogs, but the content is great too. Gamification Co.

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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. If you want to learn more about Elementor, check out Pete’s course. Pete McPherson: Well, thank you.

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eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Listen to unique ideas (sometimes) or interesting approaches, write it all down, get enthralled about the idea, say to yourself, I am going to implement this, and then return back and do nothing. There are pre-assumptions in play if you attend a workshop or seminar on instructional design or course building. What to Ignore ADDIE.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 22, 2020

They’re also popular course options for learners, who often aren’t just looking for instruction and guidance, but peer support as well. Whereas learners may shop around for one-off course options—and even try what various educators have to offer—few want to join multiple membership communities. Make a clear value statement.

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