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Learning objectives: Our frenemy

Making Change

“Never design anything without first writing the learning objectives.” It’s a useful rule, but only when the objectives are useful. And there’s the problem — conventional learning objectives can work against us. What do I mean by “conventional learning objectives?”

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Instructional Design: The Brain And Heart Of eLearning

HexaLearn

Continuous learning is the key to being successful in today’s dynamic and ever-changing landscape. Discover how Instructional Design has transformed the eLearning world and find out how to leverage its processes to create exceptional learning experiences. What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning objectives: Our frenemy

Making Change

By Cathy Moore “Never design anything without first writing the learning objectives.” It’s a useful rule, but only when the objectives are useful. And there’s the problem — conventional learning objectives can work against us. “But the other statements are good objectives!”

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Best Practices to Ensure Successful Custom e-Learning Development

Infopro Learning

Accommodate learners with self-paced e-learning. Self-paced learning approach allows the learners to find the learning paths that best fit their learning objectives. Plus, it saves the learners from the overwhelming situation during the learning process. Simply creating an e-learning course isn’t sufficient.

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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

Digitec, Instructional Designer, Jennifer Ritter wrote a blog about this recently explaining, “I now realize that I was raised with game-based learning. That’s where my brain goes when I hear “eLearning,” and I have fond memories of it. In short, Andragogy is another way to say adult education.

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What is Learning Experience Design?

eLearningMind

, expectations for learners, and the best delivery tool for learners (face-to-face, hands-on, blended learning). After the analysis, LxDs get started on the D in LxD: design. This is where they determine learning objectives, create outline after outline, develop scripts, select the user interface and environment (web-based?

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Improving Instructional Design with Images, Illustrations, and Animation

eLearningMind

You’ve probably heard that the human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text. Perhaps you even know that MIT found that the brain could recognize images in as little as 13 milliseconds—literally in the blink of an eye. But do you know why brains love images over other forms of information? Photographs.