Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Last Week’s Most Clicked Learning Styles Are More Toxic Than We Thought News & Notes BrightSlide: Supercharge Your PowerPoint Design Productivity Ever feel like working in PowerPoint takes forever to do what you want? BrightSlide is a free add-in that makes it super fast to design, fix up, and change your presentations. No problem!

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 8, 2024

We’ll be diving into how the L&D world can borrow a fantastic idea from marketing: using a rock-solid content strategy. Last Week’s Most Clicked Instructional design 4.0 Podcast This is the conversation that caught my ear this week. Check out previous episodes in the Friday Finds podcast playlist. Where’s Mike?

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Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Design for Cognitive Bias: Using Mental Shortcuts for Good Instead of Evil. He’ll also talk about some content strategy and design choices we can use in our designs to redirect or eliminate the impact of those biases. Bonus : You can catch the author Arthur Brooks on the Daily Stoic podcast. Even helpful.

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Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It emphasizes that the belief in learning styles can lead educators to limit their teaching strategies and students to confine their learning potential, thereby hindering the educational process. Podcast This is the conversation that caught my ear this week. Check out previous episodes in the Friday Finds podcast playlist.

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Mike Taylor

APRIL 7, 2023

Learn more → Why Less is More in Learning Design In this post, Connie Malamed discusses the importance of cognitive load in learning. She recommends several strategies for reducing cognitive load to create learning experiences that are more effective and enjoyable for learners. These strategies can help us learn more effectively.

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Looking to kick off 2019, I’m *SUPER* excited to team up with speakers and facilitators from the UK and around the world at the Learning Technologies conference in February. In the meantime, here are the best things of the week from the learning, design, and technology world. On Conference Proposal Rejections. Conference News.

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Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

” Take away : AI is transforming work by enhancing human skills, sparking a reevaluation of our tech integration strategies in the workplace. www.guidde.com Recraft AI Image Generator The first generative AI design tool that lets users create and edit digital illustrations, vector art, icons, and 3D graphics in a uniform brand style.

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 27, 2019

How to take an evidence-informed approach to learning design: Driving impact informed by science. Yet, we often make decisions based on beliefs, preferences, and opinions when we design learning interventions. Learn from Mirjam Neelen ( @mirjamn ) how to take an evidence-informed approach to learning design. What is yours?

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Mike Taylor

JULY 19, 2019

I´m looking forward to a mostly unscheduled weekend and some time to start working on the L&D Strategies from the Marketing Playbook DevLearn pre-conference workshop that Bianca Baumann and I are doing again this year. The Ethics of Designing Training. Learning, Design & Technology Miscellany. Design Resources.

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Mike Taylor

APRIL 21, 2023

Take away : This article provides valuable insights and actionable strategies for those who want to become more versatile and adaptable in their personal and professional lives. Subscribe For Free Podcasts These are the podcasts that caught my ear this week. link] play.ht Automatic prompt engineering done right!

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Mike Taylor

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Designing for accessibility is not that hard. Skill Stacking: A Practical Strategy To Achieve Career Success. Inclusive Design For Accessible Presentations. Learning, Design & Technology Miscellany. Conference News. HR Tech Conference – open until December 28th. Design Resources.

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Arlo Training & Events Software

MARCH 22, 2023

80 years later, it’s the largest conference of its kind – drawing in 9,500 professionals from 80+ countries. This year’s world-class keynote speakers include organizational psychologist and best-selling author Adam Grant, TEDx speaker and NY Times Podcast host Priya Parker, and Tony & Grammy Award-Winning Artist Leslie Odom Jr.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 11, 2018

The Top eLearning Conferences to Attend. With so many great conference options to choose from it is nice to get an informed opinion from Learn Upon ( @LearnUpon ) You can check out my big list of L&D-related conferences if you’d like to see more options beyond this list. Conference News. Design Resources.

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 7, 2009

It’s always fun at this time of the year to look back at what’s happened in the world of eLearning. This also contributed to the Hot Topics and eLearning Trends for 2009. You can see more detail of how this works here in Curator Editor Research Opportunities on eLearning Learning (and see how you can be involved).

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KnowledgeAnywhere

MARCH 3, 2024

This article is designed as a guide for those who understand the value of a robust LMS but are seeking ways to elevate its impact. Too often, companies think of training as sitting in a conference chair or playing a video. Industry Conferences and Webinars : Attend eLearning conferences, seminars, and webinars.

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eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

Best of eLearning Learning. Presentation: Twitter is Dead (really?) - Dont Waste Your Time , April 8, 2010 I was not privileged enough to be able to attend this years eLearning Conference at the University of Plymouth, but have been following some of the conversations and sessions on Twitter thanks to the #pelc10 hashtag.

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 1, 2024

Last Week’s Most Clicked BrightSlide: Supercharge your PowerPoint design productivity masterclass News & Notes This week’s featured article is sponsored by Wynter What L&D gets wrong about marketing tactics and how to do the things that work Ross Stevenson emphasizes the importance of adopting marketing strategies in L&D).

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Mike Taylor

JANUARY 26, 2024

For L&D, this translates to designing learning materials that are easy to understand and remember, enhancing learner engagement and retention. The guide also discusses linguistic strategies like using active voice, framing sentences to foster continuity, and selecting words that align semantically with their meaning. www.notion.so/product/calendar

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Mike Taylor

MAY 7, 2021

“The way organizations are designed and managed, the way people’s jobs are defined, create fundamental learning disabilities.” Let’s Get To Work With Productive Learning Strategies: Drawing. This post is one of a series that takes a look at one of Mayer & Fiorella‘s eight generative learning strategies – Drawing.

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eLearningArt

DECEMBER 15, 2016

As an instructional designer, I’m always trying to make my eLearning courses more interesting, effective, and engaging. That’s why I decided to ask the leading eLearning industry experts to share their single best tip for creating engaging learning. Their responses are awesome. Check out the tips below. Bryan Jones.

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Mike Taylor

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Here are a few far-out things here on earth for you from the world of learning, design, and technology. He shares some evidence-based learning strategies explains why you should focus on getting knowledge out of your brain instead of into it (and what, exactly, that means). Learning, Design & Technology Miscellany.

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eLearningArt

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

What does the future of eLearning hold? I think a good place is by asking 49 of the world’s leading eLearning experts the top 3 trends they predict for 2017. Here are the two most interesting takeaways from surveying 49 eLearning experts: Trend of Trends: 9 trends were picked by 10% or more of the experts. Allen Partridge.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 6, 2022

Effective Learning Strategies: The Science of Learning in Practice. Flipped curation means learning designers can: Eliminate SME bottlenecks More time adding business context Less time developing content Build learning experiences faster. While we can’t get any more or it, we can help learners use what they have more effectively.

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