Experiencing eLearning

JULY 6, 2010

Back when I wrote my instructional design careers series in 2007, I was only aware of a few blogs by instructional designers. Since then, I’ve discovered a wealth of blogs by instructional designers, e-learning developers, and workplace learning specialists. Instructional Designers.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 16, 2011

If you’re trying to plan or create a portfolio, check out April Hayman’s very thorough series on creating an instructional design portfolio: Decide what skills you want to showcase. Filed under: Careers & Work , Instructional Design. Portfolio by cirox. Gather artifacts. Choose a CMS.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 2, 2024

Essential Design Elements: Learn about the key components of effective scenario design, including audience analysis, alignment of learning objectives, and meticulous attention to detail. Navigating Pitfalls: Gain insights into common pitfalls to avoid in scenario-based learning design and strategies for mitigating these challenges.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A 5-part story structure for elearning based on DnD campaigns, with an example of a conflict management scenario. Here is the 5 steps DnD story framework I use to design stories for my e-learning modules : 1. Randomness was never part of his compositional strategy. “My Transitioning from education to instructional design.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 16, 2013

Last month, a reader named Jackie asked me a number of thoughtful questions about transitioning from teaching K-12 public school to instructional design. Q: To what degree of accountability are designers held regarding whether students learn and perform better? How are efficacy and performance measured for a designer?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 22, 2022

Most of my speaking engagements are related to scenarios for learning, but I also have events on workflow learning and instructional design careers scheduled. This is a full-day workshop on April 19 where participants will design and develop a branching scenario practice activity in one day. Thursday April 21, 7:30-8:15 AM EDT.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 8, 2022

This post includes links on insights for L&D, Twine, game design, graphic design, and quality assurance for elearning. This list is heavy on evidence-informed design. Two Questions That Should Be Influencing Every L&D Team’s Strategy. Graphic design. Insights for L&D professionals.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This post includes links on scenario-based learning (SBL) research, working with Twine, learning experience design (LXD), 360 images, VR resources, and elearning development time calculators. This issue summarizes a study comparing in-class scenario-based learning to scenario-based elearning. Learning Experience Design.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2011

I’ve gotten some great tips from others working as independent consultants or freelance instructional designers in comments on my Getting Started as a Freelance Instructional Designer and Tips for Starting to Freelance posts. Networking. A great book for me was Flying Solo ( [link] ).

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 18, 2008

So my question is, are there instructional design companies that will let you work remotely to some degree or do most require you to be in office to interact with SME’s or other office staff? A Google search for “‘instructional designer’ telecommute&# returns over 18,000 hits, so there are things out there.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Saul Carliner’s second edition of Training Design Basics is written for people who are brand new to the field and are creating their first training program. People switching careers into training or instructional design from another field would also find a wealth of information. Choosing an Instructional Strategy.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 28, 2022

I didn’t catch the name of the person who said it, but I wrote down this great quote: I can’t enable a strategy you can’t articulate. Of course, sometimes, we need to be the ones coming up with the strategy. Her strategies are deliberately simple so people can do something no matter what role they’re in.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

What’s your strategy for gathering content for scenarios from SMEs and stakeholders? Planning and designing branching scenarios. Do you have/recommend a certain scenario template you use when designing your scenarios? The post Scenario-Based Learning Q&A with Devlin Peck appeared first on Experiencing eLearning.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Engaging Learners with Video: Passive and Active Engagement Strategies by Matthew Pierce. It’s always a pleasure to hear from Matt Pierce, who shared a long list of strategies for getting and keeping engagement during videos. She showed examples of each trend, but then showed how she adapted one specific example of each for elearning.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 21, 2020

Instead of being so boring that employees just want to click through as quickly as possible, this strategy gives learners a reason to actively seek out and understand policies. A typical elearning compliance course on reasonable accommodations would start with a history of the ADA, ADAAA, Civil Rights Act, etc. Image credits.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

You could ask a fairly typical comprehension question like this: What is the best strategy for encouraging long-term behavior change in your employees? It’s easy to combine mini-scenarios with other instructional approaches. The post Mini-Scenarios for Assessment appeared first on Experiencing eLearning.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In elearning, we often focus on clicks and interaction. Different researchers have identified different behaviors as showing engagement, but this one seems relevant for workplace elearning. The version in Baker et al (2010) refers to a specific educational software program for students; I made this more general to elearning.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 22, 2016

Instead of being so boring that employees just want to click through a course as quickly as possible, this strategy gives learners a reason to actively seek out policy information and better understand it. 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

JUNE 22, 2021

What are some strategies for managing the complexity of branching scenarios? Streamlining Branching Scenario Planning and Design How Long Should We Let Learners Go Down the Wrong Path? The post Managing the Complexity of Branching Scenarios appeared first on Experiencing eLearning. Originally published 7/18/2017.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 26, 2021

One strategy you can use for many types of training is the worst case scenario. Compliance training can be the bane of an instructional designer’s existence. The post Scenarios for Boring Training Topics appeared first on Experiencing eLearning. Worst case scenario. Compliance training: the boring way.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 4, 2014

As an instructional designer, it’s my job to be able to work with experts in lots of different subjects. Learning those acronyms and becoming familiar with the vocabulary of your organization and field is part of the job of an instructional designer. It’s not essential; it’s not always even beneficial.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

At the TLDC online event “From Instructional Design to Dungeons and Dragons: The Chronicles of Educaria,” we connected the game and role-playing aspects of D&D with instructional design and training. You can zoom in to view the design on their website. That’s not an affiliate link.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 1, 2018

Should we provide consequences (intrinsic feedback) or coaching (instructional feedback)? Intrinsic and Instructional Feedback. In Scenario-based e-Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Online Workforce Learning , Ruth Clark recommends combining intrinsic and instructional feedback. What works for novices versus experts?

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

With practice, feedback, and the right strategies, you can improve your story writing skills. Even if you don’t have the budget for something at this level, you can use this worst case scenario strategy. The post Objections to Stories for Learning appeared first on Experiencing eLearning. Tell me in the comments.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 20, 2017

With practice, feedback, and the right strategies, you can improve your story writing skills. Even if you don’t have the budget for something at this level, you can use this worst case scenario strategy. Image: Graphic Stock Filed under: e-Learning , Instructional Design , Storytelling & Scenarios.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

2/5/20: ID Certificates and Master’s Degrees 2/20/20: Go Beyond Boring: Creating Scenario-Based Learning that Engages Participants 3/31/20: Streamlining Branching Scenario Planning and Design Early April (Dates TBA): Freelancing Lessons Learned. Using scenarios can make your elearning more engaging and relevant.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Branching scenarios can be challenging to design and time consuming to build. These alternatives use some elements of branching scenarios but are simpler to design and develop. You’ll also review the eight “learning domains” identified by Ruth Clark as good candidates for scenario-based eLearning.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 8, 2015

You could ask a fairly typical comprehension question like this: What is the best strategy for encouraging long-term behavior change in your employees? Image Credit: Graphic Stock Filed under: e-Learning , Instructional Design , Storytelling & Scenarios. Threaten punishment for anyone not changing their behavior.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

If you’re not active in L&D Twitter, you might have missed the big debate recently about whether and how research is relevant to the work of instructional designers and corporate training professionals. Essentially, any time you do instructional writing (scripts, online text, instructions, etc.), Visual design.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 4, 2023

Set the Stage: Make Elearning Relevant and Authentic with Scenarios Set the Stage: Make Elearning Relevant and Authentic with Scenarios (Free webinar through the Learning Guild) In this session, you’ll learn how to create relevant and authentic scenarios to enhance your eLearning and improve performance.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Use strategies like test-then-tell, scenarios or problem-based learning to create an immediate use for the learning content. The post Make Learning Immediately Relevant with Scenarios appeared first on Experiencing eLearning. One of her tips to promote learner engagement is about making learning immediately relevant. Julie Dirksen.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 6, 2008

Includes cognitive, behavioral, and self-regulation strategies. Even though this is geared towards learners, instructional designers can also benefit from thinking about how to teach and model these strategies. Advice for online learners to get the most out of their courses.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Official description: Thomson Reuters meets the challenge of supporting the learning and development of its employees across the world through the innovative use of technology and a strategy based on the 70:20:10 model. GPS provides incremental instruction. Not a lot of instructional design, just getting people to share content.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Should we provide consequences (intrinsic feedback) or coaching (instructional feedback)? The most effective approach usually involves a combination of feedback strategies, but different audiences may need a different balance of types of feedback. Novices may need more instructional feedback than experts.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Even when learning styles are shown to have a significant effect, that effect size isn’t as large as some other strategies. But is that really enough for me to use it in my own instructional design now? In terms of instructional design, learning styles are not the most important thing for me to think about.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 3, 2016

Some of my most popular posts have been my series, like Instructional Design Careers and Voice Over Scripts. Email, eLearning Heroes, LinkedIn groups? Blogging is not a quick marketing strategy where you’ll write a few posts and have lots of new clients next week. What strategies are working for you?

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 5, 2021

What is conversation-driven elearning? One strategy for creating a story for learning is delivering content with two narrators having a conversation. As you may already know, a conversational tone is better for elearning. You’re still doing some instruction, after all, just in a different format. Updated 1/5/2021.

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