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Chunking Information to Design eLearning

B Online Learning

Chunking refers to the strategy of breaking down information into bite-sized pieces so that human brain can easily digest the new information. Miller first coined the term ‘chunking’ in his 1956 paper, The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on our Capacity for Processing Information.

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Information to Miniscenarios

Clark Quinn

What I haven’t really done is talk about how how you map information to miniscenarios. The wrong answers come from some other information we need from SMEs: misconceptions. It may be that supervisors of the performers have more insight here than content experts. I evangelize this, regularly.

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MANAGING INFORMATION OVERLOAD

Learnnovators

The common wisdom amongst instructional designers is to avoid creating an information overload. I don’t think every job and every piece of content can be made easy. It’s far worse when we turn that folksy wisdom on ourselves and cap our professional development by avoiding information overloads ourselves! Make it easy.

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Balancing Quality and Speed in Rapid eLearning Content Development

Thinkdom

The demand for effective e-learning content has never been higher. In this blog post, we explore the intricate balance between quality and speed in rapid e-learning content creation. Understanding Rapid eLearning Content Development It is crucial to first grasp the essence of rapid eLearning content creation.

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5 Things Your eLearning Strategy Needs (Beyond a Bigger Course Library)

Managing an eLearning program includes more than just expanding content libraries. Simply adding content doesn’t address the needs of all learners in the organization. In many cases, more isn’t always better.

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OpenSesame announces partnership with Real Projects to expand business skills and information security course library

OpenSesame

Global 2000 can now leverage critical training to improve business skills and information security in their organizations. Enterprise companies leverage the OpenSesame Plus subscription with over 7,500 curated courses—now including Real Projects’ learner-focused courses— to develop employee’s professional and information security skills.

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Learning Over Time Vs Information Dumping in the Workplace

Capytech

Learning Over Time Vs Information Dumping in the Workplace When a new worker joins your organisation, there is a lot of information and skills they need to learn. Does learning over time or doing an information dump get the best results? Which is the best approach? Learners are more motivated and engaged.

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LIVE DEMO: Using PowerPoint to Create Compelling Presentations for Virtual Training

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Compelling content is paramount, but trying to do so with the same tools you've always used is complicated, right? Have you ever caught an employee sleeping during training? Powerpoint has excellent features that, with a bit of creativity, can help you improve your presentations and keep your people engaged without going over budget.

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Why Most eLearning Fails: How to Create eLearning that Gets Results

Speaker: Tim Slade, Speaker, Author, and Creator of The eLearning Designer's Academy

The sad reality is that most eLearning courses require learners to sit through a disappointing experience, where information is poorly organized, the content isn’t relevant, and the interactions seem contrived and without purpose. Let’s admit it: most eLearning just plain sucks!

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Agile Microlearning Explained

Learner engagement and retention doesn’t have to be a mystery. Cognitive science theories already supply the answers. Learn how OttoLearn packages them into a single platform you can use to deliver microlearning based reinforcement training, and go beyond completions to focus on outcomes.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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Developing a Results Driven Curriculum

A well-designed learning curriculum develops and nurtures skills needed to achieve organizational and business goals with the most effective and engaging set of experiences. This ebook outlines 5 critical steps to develop learning solutions that will help you achieve the most ambitious objectives.