Learning Rebels

AUGUST 26, 2021

Who is the designated buddy? Contact Learning Rebels to design the “Warm Welcome” new hires deserve! If you are hiring a sales person, everyone in the sales team should have a role in the “warm welcome”. Who is responsible for the initial reach out, or having lunch with them on the first day? And who doesn’t want that?

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 17, 2023

How to apply in L&D: Create mind maps to outline actionable outcomes, design course structures, or facilitate design thinking processes. It can spark creativity in designing learning materials or solving instructional challenges. It can help team members visualize complex concepts, connections and new ideas.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 19, 2020

Create interest in the session via e-mails, through designated training newsletters or through a training department landing page. One who is the designated facilitator and the other who is the producer. To reduce the initial hesitation, strive to create a positive learning environment through proper communication.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 20, 2014

Not only are we not creating learning for learners, we act as if our poor learning design and lack of innovative thought is the learners fault. “I Recently, I was with a group of L&D people, who desperately wanted to blame the learner for their poor design work. “We We have a customer, and the customer is the Learner.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Most notably in content design and facilitation skills. Design activities to achieve a purpose. In short: Participants create a graphic design of key points learned in previous lessons or previous day. Training activities should not only engage the body but the brain. Why did they feel the learning was relevant to them?

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 14, 2021

392 groups supporting Instructional Design. You can send articles to Feedly that would be of value to your instructional design group, then when Alexa reminds you to check LinkedIn you have something to share. Enter your search criteria and hit the “more” drop down to find groups. 814 groups dedicated to Neuroscience.

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Learning Rebels

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Design Thinking: This approach encourages empathy, collaboration, and problem-solving. It’s particularly useful for L&D professionals in designing learner-centric solutions that are both innovative and aligned with business goals.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 2, 2022

We all accept that design simplicity is critical to the exchange of knowledge. The tactics you use to build and preserve your relationship with the SME can mean the difference between elegant content simplicity or your learning initiative crashing into a ball of flames. Our SMEs have a different role.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 3, 2016

Today was the last day of the Designing Learning Certification. Today, as we were driving home the importance of beginning to design your courses with the end in mind, one of the participants had an epiphany. Our jobs as curriculum designers, is to help people connect the dots. What am I supposed to do with this information?

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 4, 2016

Why does safety training get 50 badly designed PowerPoint slides which are then uploaded to an elearning software with a click next button? As with any training, it’s as good or as bad as we design, with only us to blame. We have compliance training for a purpose, design to that purpose. I’ll wait, you go look it up.

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Learning Rebels

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Learn more about how Learning Rebels can help you design the microlearning process to make your training stick! I’d love to know what types of questions make your list? What best practices can you share with the Learning Rebel community? Share in the comment section below.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 17, 2020

The virtual learning issue becomes larger when virtual learning is taken too seriously by the designer and facilitator and they fail to incorporate elements of fun, enjoyment or discovery. Solution : Create collaboratio n and group meeting spaces.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 1, 2016

My plan for the day was to facilitate my instructional design workshop, get some dinner, do some work and post for the challenge. When it comes to content design or developing any learning object one must include a few key items: Beginning with the end in mind. When our designs are allowed to flex, or change, we will be prepared.

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Learning Rebels

JULY 21, 2016

I am facilitating an ATD Design and Training Delivery Boot Camp. One of the requirements of the Boot Camp, is participation in pre-work discussions located in a designated discussion area. It was the perfect aha moment to combine into two days, building excitement – or rather, not being bored with yourself!

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Meg is a Senior Instructional Designer of Clinical and Product Education at Intuitive Surgical , a medical device company which makes the da Vinci Surgical System. I hope through this DevLearn series the importance of not only building but nurturing your own Personal Learning Community will jump to the top of your priority list. .

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Learning Rebels

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We are not using design tools that are within our grasp. Do you fancy yourself a curriculum developer or instructional designer? Are you suggesting different approaches/modalities or innovative points of view to learning design? For that, we only have ourselves to blame. We do not have all the answers. Do it crazy different.

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 31, 2016

I mean shouldn’t I be talking about the “Death of Instructional Design” like everyone else right now? But what I’m stuck on is not great instructional design models or clever content design elements – but the fact that we are worried about good being great. Can’t okay be good enough?

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Learning Rebels

MAY 15, 2018

UMU: One stop shop for your blended designs. This session was great because I design and instruct courses here at the credit union and I’m always looking for new ways to get the class involved and get them off of their feet moving around. Slingcast: Multicamera action without the need for multi cameras.

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Learning Rebels

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Contact Learning Rebels to Start Reimagining Your Training Designs. Businesses guide people and processes daily as part of the business ecosystem, then as such, consciously giving teams the time and energy to be curious, collaborate and create, should be another natural function. In doing so we will see real business results and Carpe Diem !

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Learning Rebels

JULY 29, 2016

I just wrapped up the Design and Delivery Bootcamp, and my biggest take-away? Not to mention they asked really good questions about content design and they genuinely wanted to learn how to do better by their organization. It’s day 17 of our 30 Day Brainstorm Challenge – Trainers Helping Trainers.

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Learning Rebels

JULY 25, 2016

Here I am in Kansas City, Missouri – facilitating a Design and Delivery Bootcamp. . It’s day 14 of our 30 Day Brainstorm Challenge – What’s Your Purpose? My aha moment came as I was discussing the importance of knowing the difference between organizational goals and learning objectives.

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Learning Rebels

JULY 31, 2016

Stuff that makes them not want to participate in your well thought out and designed compliance course. We all have “stuff” and most importantly our participants have their stuff. Good stuff, and stuff that gets in the way of success. Stuff that makes them avoid your emails asking about pre-work assignments.

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Themes: Responsive design, interactive video, gamification and xAPI. Adapt (an open source development tool by Kineo) is looking like a good tool to get your hands on for responsive design. So, it worked, but had a few challenge. These seem like the themes or trends we’ve been dabbling in for the past few years. What got me excited?

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Learning Rebels

APRIL 20, 2016

Not that brilliant sales program you helped to design – but the bad, the boring and the “Kill me now” stuff. Bad training experiences and poorly designed (or non-existent) job resources have become the brand of “Learning and Development” or “Training”. It’s because people remember the bad stuff that has been poorly delivered.

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Learning Rebels

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Mobile (able to move) but technically dead, without a heartbeat or other vital signs : i.e. the bobble-head instructional designer. . Non-communicative (groaning and howling instead of speaking): The instructional designer after endless, non-productive meetings with Subject Matter Experts using War and Peace as resource documents.

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

But there are others who are truly gifted, working magic with reduced budgets, and working fearlessly – injecting tired training with solid “modern designed” applications. True “Modern Workplace Learning” professionals know that it is not about the tools – it is about appropriate application, design and strategy.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The results of a smart and people-first technology design and processes encourage working smarter and better. By eliminating the workplace digital divide, bottom-line results will directly impact better connections, promotion of innovation, and strengthening the community ties.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 26, 2015

She has 15 years of experience designing learning in corporate training, 5 years as a teacher at the primary level, and 5 years writing elearning and teaching in higher education. Beyond that, I attended workshops on design thinking and the science of learning. LetsDoThis. That provided clarity for me and reinforced why I do what I do.

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Learning Rebels

APRIL 19, 2018

For example: You might be a great elearning developer with a flair for design. Perhaps you can take that design skill and build a website? Make a list: What skills and knowledge could you bring with you from your past that could serve you as you really challenge yourself in an entirely different area?

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Learning Rebels

MAY 25, 2015

Now based in Vancouver, she works as a freelance instructional designer and e-learning author for Limestone Learning Inc. Sue strives to enable learners through effective, aligned and conscientious learning design.” In 2014, she was a “One To Watch” winner through ATD’s Young Professionals Recognition Program. ” Enjoy!

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Learning Rebels

MAY 8, 2017

You are supposed to be the experts in training design…act like it. Create solid activities (and please, something more imaginative than role-plays). While we’re at it, stop playing the subject matter expert (SME) excuse card. Please, no more slide decks packed with data and charts. It hurts people's heads. Click To Tweet.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Perhaps the workshop wasn’t well designed and doesn’t keep interest peaked? Yes, we have many options and there are plenty of shiny things capturing people’s attention and distracting them away from your important messages. Telling people to put away their mobile devices isn’t going to help.

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

This leaves us with 11 days to analyze and properly design the program. Therefore if we have three weeks, (and we know we will need to dedicate at least 42 hours to create this training) then we know we will have fire up the Articulate Storyline at least 10 days before delivery. This is also to account for program review.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Between designing workshops, crafting engaging training materials, and nurturing employee development, finding time to breathe, let alone be productive, feels like a pipe dream. Does the idea of being productive make you feel like you are juggling flaming chainsaws while blindfolded on a unicycle?

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

You’ll get great feedback and all sorts of other side benefits, like perhaps someone stumbles upon you in the lunch room while you show off your latest widget design. Someone in your organization was struggling with how to create designs in general – now you’ve connected and helped. Excellent, you saved someone some time!

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 10, 2015

Simple learning design is targeted design. That is the “Beauty of Simplicity” As has been mentioned on this site a hundred times before – Learning design, regardless of scope is all about reaching the hearts and minds of others. ” What problem is it solving? 2) Who EXACTLY is the audience?

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 14, 2018

For this, I created a designated page for all the giveaways hosted in 2017 and will be hosted in 2018. First, thank you to everyone who took the time to enter a Learning Rebels giveaway in 2017. Your support and positive feedback has been tremendous and much appreciated. Some of you have been curious about past giveaways.

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