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Cammy and Kirstie set out a great five rule framework for writing ‘engaging, exciting and yawn proof content’, plus three bonus tips. Don’t undermine your content with too many colloquialisms, puns or witticisms. ‘Don’t be tone deaf! Take a look at the slideshow to find out what they are.

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MARCH 30, 2011

That’s where eLearningLearning comes in; it’s a community run by Tony Karrer and designed to collect and organise current and relevant content about e-learning. There’s even more content on the site itself, where you can search based on concepts, tools, companies and so on.

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MARCH 7, 2011

With the January launch of the E-Learning Awards , the IT Training Awards at the start of February, and the eLearning Network showcasing recent winners, award-winning e-learning is the order of the day. ← Lessons from Jamie’s Dream School A panel podcast on compliance training → Like Be the first to like this post.

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MARCH 14, 2011

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← A panel podcast on compliance training Two great ideas for your next sustainability course → Have you done your good deed for the day? Thanks for your support! Bookmark the permalink.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

It will also improve the user experience: rather than being forced to take training with no immediate purpose or benefit, learners are being offered exactly what they need to know, when they need to know it. In particular, Bob Mosher ’s two seminars were well worth the walk. Bookmark the permalink.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

I like QA-ing other people’s work most (because it’s much easier and more effective when you’re objective and not close to the content) but I’m pretty happy QA-ing my own work too, when I need to. There’s definitely an editor inside me.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

So the business ends up paying for the training and the mistake or missed opportunity, making the training a wasted investment. You can see the slides from my session on user-focused design for gold-standard compliance training in my last blog post or on SlideShare.) Image: ????? Bookmark the permalink.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

← 15 tips for energising your e-learning The bad reputation and rehabilitation of compliance training → Like Be the first to like this post. Share this: This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

If suppliers have to not only provide reams of background information (as well as the more valuable solution-specific information) but also manipulate that information to your template, you risk receiving vast quantities of mediocre content. Wouldn’t you rather have smaller quantities of high quality content?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

This is a personal blog, so all thoughts and opinions are my own and dont necessarily represent those of any of my past, present or future employers.

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MARCH 3, 2011

It’s the same with workplace learning: your learners will take more notice of a compliance training course if they’re given a chance to explore the consequences of action they might feasibly make in the workplace. They’ll engage more with Shakespeare if they can perform it, not just read it off the page.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

This is a personal blog, so all thoughts and opinions are my own and dont necessarily represent those of any of my past, present or future employers.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

They help to break up content into learner-friendly chunks and they start to turn a passive learning experience into something more active. For me, there are three situations in which you might decide to use a ‘telling’ interaction: to make content more manageable, to improve focus, and to bring something to life.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← Have you done your good deed for the day? This is a personal blog, so all thoughts and opinions are my own and dont necessarily represent those of any of my past, present or future employers.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Finally, I initially designed this content for a webinar for the IITT and a recording is available for members. Day 2: The right interactions at the right time. Day 3: The Goldilocks rule and good feedback. Day 4: Tone of voice, style and character. Day 5: Sanity check!

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← Getting started Good e-learning: engaging, relevant and effective → What characterises good e-learning? I am starting to use web-based learning with my high school physics students.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

Instead, look at the templates available to you already and find the one most suited to the content on the screen you need to tweak. Perhaps there are some topics which the learner will have some knowledge of already – from previous training, or general work or life experience. Do you need to make any changes?

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AUGUST 19, 2011

The last thing you want is to release your newly improved e-learning course and then have to take it down when word gets back to the SME that you didn’t get their sign off and/or there is content that’s no longer accurate. Having said that, I would also advise being very firm about the scope of their involvement and review.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← Escape to the sun Can e-learning emulate an engaging classroom experience? I decided to do this because I realized a lot of training and education is going more technical. Bookmark the permalink.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me What characterises good e-learning? This is a personal blog, so all thoughts and opinions are my own and dont necessarily represent those of any of my past, present or future employers.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Likewise, most of us have experienced disappointing presentations or classroom training sessions: being in the same room as colleagues and the trainer doesn’t guarantee a good experience. The other resources.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

At the moment, I tend to send individual thank you tweets to anyone who I really conversed with online or who regularly retweeted my content. There are lots of ways to do this, and I’m still working out what’s best.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Likewise, if you’re focusing on trying to break interactions and check functionality, you’ll struggle to pay attention to the flow of content and the sense of the narrative. You can’t pay full attention to the spelling and grammar if you’re also trying to review the visual details.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

At the moment, I tend to send individual thank you tweets to anyone who I really conversed with online or who regularly retweeted my content. There are lots of ways to do this, and I’m still working out what’s best.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Likewise, if you’re focusing on trying to break interactions and check functionality, you’ll struggle to pay attention to the flow of content and the sense of the narrative. You can’t pay full attention to the spelling and grammar if you’re also trying to review the visual details.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

In addition to the two ad films depicting visions of technology in the future, last week’s E-learning and Digital Cultures content (I’m a bit behind!) We soon realise how all-encompassing the technology is, as the contents of his apartment are revealed to be entirely computer-generated.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

In addition to the two ad films depicting visions of technology in the future, last week’s E-learning and Digital Cultures content (I’m a bit behind!) We soon realise how all-encompassing the technology is, as the contents of his apartment are revealed to be entirely computer-generated.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Lessons recorded as podcasts (often by Jenny herself – a native speaker of Mandarin) are accessible via mobile phone as well as online, offering total flexibility for learners to choose the appropriate difficulty level and route through the content depending on their personal interests or needs.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

But I’d also recommend you get someone who doesn’t know the topic at all and doesn’t have the context of the surrounding content to take a look at your interactions. If they get all the answers right, that’s a pretty good sign that the options aren’t all equally plausible.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Lessons recorded as podcasts (often by Jenny herself – a native speaker of Mandarin) are accessible via mobile phone as well as online, offering total flexibility for learners to choose the appropriate difficulty level and route through the content depending on their personal interests or needs.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

But for the time being I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt and exploring the content to see what I can take from it. There’s been a lot of debate on Twitter and elsewhere about the merits of this course – the organisation, the language used, the subjects up for discussion.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

But for the time being I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt and exploring the content to see what I can take from it. There’s been a lot of debate on Twitter and elsewhere about the merits of this course – the organisation, the language used, the subjects up for discussion.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

By contrast, I was absolutely more engaged with Crystal’s content than I would have been had I not had my phone there. I think there is equal value in tweet-reporting (as it were) the content of a session as it happens, and then adding my own thoughtful context later in whatever format or medium is appropriate.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

I try to reference the speaker in every tweet that’s a quote or point from their session, and ideally also in any tweets that are my own opinions on or additions to their content. Review and research the session content. Do you know of any useful infographics or videos that might illustrate or enhance the session content?

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JANUARY 23, 2013

By contrast, I was absolutely more engaged with Crystal’s content than I would have been had I not had my phone there. I think there is equal value in tweet-reporting (as it were) the content of a session as it happens, and then adding my own thoughtful context later in whatever format or medium is appropriate.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Then that label can appear in your table of contents automatically so you don’t have to build a new table. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Thanks for visiting! Hopefully youll find lots of good, thought-provoking stuff on here - please drop me a line to let me know what you think.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

The sheer scale of Learning 2012 – 1600 people, attending 200 sessions, over four days – was very different from conferences I’ve attended in the UK, and just being there was a learning opportunity in itself, even before considering the content of the sessions. Even better if…?

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