Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 9, 2024

Courses I co-taught the Elearning Portfolio course for UC-Irvine again last year, and that course starts again in a few weeks. I enjoy teaching that course and helping IDs get their portfolios built. Sometimes, you just need the structure of a formal course and the accountability of due dates to get something done.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 23, 2024

This is a 5-week online course to help instructional designers build portfolio websites that hiring managers will notice. While this course is offered through UC-Irvine, you don’t have to have completed their certificate program or taken any other courses through the university to take this portfolio course.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 2, 2021

Examples and online courses – Business Insider. An RSS Reader allows me to control what is coming to me but also is flexible enough for me to add to or delete feeds as my interests change. Helen Blunden. Instructional design overview. What is instructional design? Basic overview of ID for those interested in the field.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 16, 2008

She does course redesigns–has done over 80 of them. Goal is to make courses easier to look at and navigate. Syllabus, calendar, course map, policies. Conversational–course evaluations are better for courses with a conversational tone. Zip files for Blackboard course available on blog. Her choice?

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Enrollment is now open for my Build Your Branching Scenario course. Over the course of this 8-week course, you will create a branching scenario from start to finish. When is the course? The course officially starts on 2/22/22 and runs for 8 weeks. The course officially starts on 2/22/22 and runs for 8 weeks.

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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. If the podcast isn’t embedded above, you can listen to it directly on Anchor.fm , Spotify , or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Lots of text here–need to think about what needs to be included and how Looks like lots of changing to plain language Make a list of all terms used: need to create a glossary for terms and acronyms Note picture of [something from the course]. Sometimes, the solution is going to be an elearning course regardless of any needs assessment.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 17, 2008

Making Distance Learning Courses Accessible to Students with Disabilities. Online course with asynchronous (LMS) & synchronous (Web conferencing). Caption videos that you create for the course. Course design–good use of white space, good design principles. Background. Legal Mandates. Four Scenarios. Conclusion.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 16, 2024

I categorized these areas in three big building blocks: Instructional design and learning science Development and technology Business and communication Those categories aren’t perfect, of course, and we could quibble about what goes where. I’m mostly trying to provide a framework for planning your self-development.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 11, 2021

Pixar in a Box : Free course from Khan Academy about how Pixar makes films Amazon Lex : Chatbot tool where you can quickly build a chatbot using templates and parameters Marker.io : Review websites, add comments, and draw on the screenshots to mark the exact problem. Arist is a platform for creating text message courses.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 30, 2021

I need some help finishing up an elearning course. I asked, “Is this a face-to-face course that you want to convert to online?” I don’t know what your budget is, but I think this course could benefit from some actual analysis and instructional design.” “Hi, Christy, it’s Lynn.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 13, 2021

Pricing courses. How to Price Your Online Course (Complete Guide to Course Pricing). Lengthy guide about considerations for pricing online courses from Thinkific. Sarah Gibbons and Kelley Gordon. Additional resources.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For example: > break it up into smaller courses? > Any particular tool of choice to develop branching courses? Is there a checklist that you follow for creating and implementing a scenario-based learning course from beginning to end? put it into a process flow document? Tools and resources. Branching scenario tips.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

AI image and video tools and tips Here’s a Quick Course on Creating & Editing AI Illustrated Characters Tom Kuhlmann has been posting tips and what he’s learning while creating illustrated characters with Midjourney. He built a quick course in Rise with tips on how he generates the images plus how he edits them afterwards.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 27, 2022

(On a separate note, if you’re looking for a structured process to create your portfolio and personalized guidance, I co-teach a elearning portfolio course. It’s a 5-week, non-credit course through UC-Irvine. Enrollment is still open for the session starting February 6, 2023.).

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

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). I agree with this list of red flags: non-compete clauses, no payment terms, intellectual property, indemnity clauses, and rights.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 9, 2020

One of my favorite courses was an online graduate course on cultural competence for K-12 teachers. The evaluation for that course asked if it was a “transformative” experience for students. It was a challenging course, and it really pushed people out of their comfort zones. Least Successful. Your worst?

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2022

Tiiny Host – The Easiest Way To Host Your E-Learning Course. Need a quick way to share an elearning course? This might work as an option for students in my branching scenario course to host their scenarios. This looks like a very simple way to do so, much simpler than setting up an Amazon S3 account.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Unlike a linear course, it’s not as easy to know where to start writing. Building on the example from my previous post, a course on screening potential consulting clients, I have a process with 4 steps. Hello Sophie, My company has 4 classroom training courses we’d like to convert to online. Write the First Decision.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2008

Developed a course on social networking for business. This is another liveblogged post from the TCC 2008 conference, presented by Robert Fulkerth, Ageno School of Business, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA. Will teach with blogs and a wiki. Using the tools to teach the content–mostly avoiding the LMS.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 24, 2021

Have you ever thought that adding scenarios might improve your courses, but you weren’t sure where to start? As a general overview of scenario-based learning, it has become one of my more popular presentations. Description. Are you looking for ways to make your training more relevant and engaging? Why scenarios?

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

One technique for creating a story-based course is using two characters who explain the content via a conversation. I set up the story with a short video at the beginning of the course. After the introduction video, the rest of the course was built in Storyline with photos and voice over by the actors in the video.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 21, 2020

Setting the course up with a scenario helps learners understand why the policies matter. In this post, I’ll explain a technique for keeping learners engaged throughout the course. A typical elearning compliance course on reasonable accommodations would start with a history of the ADA, ADAAA, Civil Rights Act, etc.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2023

You don’t need to have lots of full courses on your portfolio. Most clients won’t have time to review long courses. That’s a structured course on the business side of freelancing. Your portfolio is a way to tell your story about the work you do and the work you want to do in the future.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For example, we have used poof in my Build Your Branching Scenario course. That’s doable within a branching scenario course, but not really a viable solution for SME and stakeholder reviews. I have tried some proofing formats in Twine. Poof can track changes and export comments, so it definitely streamlines the process.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 27, 2019

It’s a course on pregnancy discrimination. If we can do it online, we can cut those travel costs, and our trainers don’t have to spend so much time on this one course.” ” “That sounds like a great motivation for moving this course online. Tell me about the course itself. ” “Great.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 2, 2019

Courses on portfolio building. Kristin Anthony offers a free course on building a job-winning portfolio. Ashley Chiasson has a free course on building elearning portfolios. The IDOL Courses Academy is focused on helping people find their first instructional design job. Let me know.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 16, 2020

If you’re potentially interested in taking a course with me, let me know what would be most valuable or helpful to you. If there’s something you’d like to see me write about in a future post, now is the time to ask. I’m also considering offering some paid online training related to scenarios. Thank you!

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Video is especially helpful for courses where non-verbal communication is critical to understanding. With good actors and production quality, this gives your course the feel of a TV show intro. My Story-Based Coaching and Mentoring Course used this technique with a video introduction.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Imagine you’re creating a course for managers about motivation and using rewards effectively. This is a way they can “dip their toe in the water” without having to do a completely scenario-based course. Mini-scenarios are fast and easy to build. Typical multiple choice question.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 3, 2022

Also, I co-teach the optional portfolio course in that program. The UC-Irvine Division of Continuing Education hosted the webinar. I’m on the advisory committee for the UCI Elearning Instructional Design certificate program. The recording of the webinar is now available.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2022

I used it to create the presentations for my Build Your Branching Scenario course. I use Zoom for live delivery of coaching and training, including the live sessions for Build Your Branching Scenario , the eLearning Freelancer Bootcamp , and the UC-Irvine elearning portfolio course. Work and self-development.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2024

There’re caveats, of course, particularly that all have to share a commitment to finding an answer.) I want to emphasize it’s not ‘tolerating diversity’, it’s valuing it! In exploring that space of solutions, the more diversity in the group, the more likely we are to cover a big range. Homogeneity is the enemy here!

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 14, 2020

She has designed and developed many courses in the past, but this is the first time she has used a nonlinear format. Mark would be a good choice for protagonist if this course were for employees to learn how to request reasonable accommodation. Example protagonist selection. To start, let’s review an example.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 23, 2020

That doesn’t necessarily mean only designing formal learning and courses. However, I have enough development skills to create courses from start to finish. I would argue that anyone who isn’t creating learning experiences isn’t an instructional designer; they’re working in a related role. What about you?

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Articulate Rise Mighty | Maestro Mighty is a paid Chrome extension for adding additional functionality when building Rise courses. , but if we drive the outcomes from a branching or simulation basis, this can lead to new decisions (they travel in packs!)

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Timing might not be the best form of feedback for this particular course. Depending on your audience, adding timers may prevent some learners from being successful in your elearning courses, even if they could do the real task (like having a conversation) without problem. That’s a great idea! I’m not sure.

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