Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

There are now a number of ‘rapid’ elearning authoring tools that enable ‘anyone’ to author elearning content. In an ideal world these tools allow your subject matter experts (SMEs) to create elearning content in a matter of days. Authoring elearning takes time and thought. And yes, this is true. It is a creative process.

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Great elearning design takes skill and a certain amount of experience, much like learning to play the violin. There are many excellent books and instructional design courses out there to give you the design foundations that you need to produce great elearning. Don’t try to run before you can walk. Think about your training need.

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 8, 2014

This month we bid a fond farewell to our much cherished and long-running Rapid eLearning Development (ReD) course. Screen Shot from the MID Network which hosted the ReD Course. Plus I wanted to develop another open course (or two) in a goal-based learning format. It consumed me and I loved it. So why did we retire ReD?

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Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 22, 2013

As well as our free online Rapid eLearning Development (ReD) course we also deliver a one-day workshop covering some of the same material. Quite regularly people ask us which elearning author tool they should buy, the assumption being, you must have an elearning author tool in order to create elearning.

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 12, 2016

For many, electronic learning = the SCORM elearning course – this is their only answer to any learning or performance problem. To have the courage and determination to think beyond the paradigm of the SCORM elearning course to find a real solution to a real problem.

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Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

I believe that what happens after a learning intervention (be it workshop, webinar, elearning course or whatever) is even more important than what happens during the intervention. So how might you achieve this when designing your workshop / webinar / elearning course? We need help in putting new skills into practice.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

For many years now I’ve been dissatisfied with how training is delivered and in particular the concepts of ‘classroom’ and ‘elearning’. Since then I’ve been trialling this learning model in our Rapid eLearning Development course. For many people, ‘elearning’ means electronic courses delivered over the web.

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 24, 2013

The traditional elearning course is just not enough to address these issues, although it may provide part of the answer. Collaboration elearning' So what’s the role of learning technologies in all of this?

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 8, 2013

For example; this could be in the form of a course guide that is emailed out in advance. Designing in elements of collaboration, peer review and tutor interaction, assignments and deadlines can help draw learners in and keep the pace of the course going. Collaboration Distance Learning elearning Learning approaches'

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 21, 2012

But with something like elearning that’s been around for 20 years; that fact that ‘courses’ are still the norm in the industry is just plain lazy. The issue is that, too often, old paradigms are applied thoughtlessly to new technology. So what are these new paradigms? It should be measurable.

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Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

We were thrilled this month to win Silver at the 2013 eLearning Awards in the ‘Best eLearning Project (Private Sector) for a project that we did with bookseller, Waterstones. Many retailers wanting to provide product training would opt for face-to-face training, or elearning courseware plus an LMS.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Technology also, of course, allows the appraiser to monitor progress via reports. This also, of course, relieves some of the pressure on L&D managers to reduce the cost of compliance as it transfers at least some of the learning to on-the-job. Pull’ learning. This can be shown to assessors as part of an accreditation.

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The classic method, of course, is by the roll of a dice. Our office is next to a golf course and when he’s storyboarding or needs to think of a creative way around a problem, he likes to go for a walk around the course. Introduce chance elements. This can help to introduce new thoughts and ideas to a creative process.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

Everyone is familiar with the scenario of going to a great training course, coming away all fired up and full of plans for what we’ll implement, then putting the folder up in the shelf and forgetting about it. In practice these can take the form of Word or PDF documents and a course tutor who can be emailed or telephoned.

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Rob Hubbard

MARCH 8, 2012

We might read an article, watch some YouTube videos, ask someone’s advice or attend a course online or in person. We can take short-cuts to improving our performance by learning what we can before attempting the task. We can be coached as we undertake the task and talk to someone afterwards who can help us to reflect.

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Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 30, 2013

This, of course, is a recipe for learning any new skill. These were fairly ambitious goals for someone who last skied when they were 17 and who had never skied on real snow, however, I achieved them all by: Having clear goals. Seeking support from experts and peers. Practicing and learning from my mistakes.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Learners don’t have to wait until the next training course to find out new things that can help them with their job role or personal development. Information can be easily updated. Resources can be updated as they change, increasing accuracy and again improving the ability of the business to respond to challenges as they arise.

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Rob Hubbard

AUGUST 11, 2011

In this posting I’ll share three tips for making the most of the time you have, so you can maximise the success of your elearning projects. This got me thinking about time and its importance in elearning projects and projects in general. We squander it on the wrong things, complain when it goes too slowly and when it goes too fast.

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Rob Hubbard

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

This is rather like, in course development, adding far too much content – the user can’t see what is important. Getting their heads around your workshop, course, app or system is something they will expect to be easy. This helps you to focus in on the key functionality that the app / system / course / whatever must have.

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Rob Hubbard

APRIL 3, 2014

Giving feedback – giving learners a sense of progression and achievement and, of course, the opportunity to learn from failure. Ben Betts in the Really Useful eLearning Instruction Manual identifies 5 types of games for learning: Drill and Practice. elearning Gamification Gaming Learning approaches'

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 19, 2011

Applying these theories to a 20-minute elearning module delivered solely by computer can be somewhat nonsensical. The book ‘Brain Rules’ by John Medina was brought to my attention over a year ago when luminaries from the elearning industry, including Donald Clark and Clive Shepherd, began blogging about it. Minimise interruptions.

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