Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In my previous post on converting training to online , I provided questions to ask and tips for analysis. In this post, I’ll dig deeper in how to design an online or blended learning program based on an existing classroom training program. Jennifer Hofmann, InSync Training. Instructor-led training (virtual or on ground).

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 2, 2024

While no solution is right for every training situation, we know that providing opportunities for practice with feedback is critical for developing skills. Upcoming events Morning Buzz: Designing and Developing Scenarios. How do you increase learning impact through scenario-based learning? Tuesday, April 23, 7:30-8:15 EDT.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 27, 2022

DEI Training and Branching Scenarios : DEI training is hard to do effectively. Creating branching scenarios for DEI training poses some challenges, but also potential solutions. Time Estimates for eLearning Development : “How long will it take to create this elearning?”

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 26, 2024

For some complex skills, we’re training people to make tradeoffs between different factors. A high quality product with a large scope will cost more and take more time to develop. Do you create training for a skill involving these kinds of tradeoffs? Morning Buzz: Designing and Developing Scenarios.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This post includes links on AI image and video tools and tips, pricing elearning and ILT development, and how to grab the attention of learners. For example, include in the prompt “a sign that says “Elearning Development,” and that exact text will appear in your image. I share these links periodically here on my blog.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2022

We talked about some “horror stories” and scenarios gone wrong, using scenarios to make compliance training not sleep-inducing, and options besides branching scenarios for incorporating storytelling. His audience is primarily teachers, so this interview connects ideas from workplace training and education. Your podcast?

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 30, 2024

Kortney Ross and I in front of the LHRCon sign Morning Buzz: Designing and Developing Scenarios I led a Morning Buzz session on the first day about scenarios. Using Gen AI Multimodal Capabilities for Learning Development Josh Cavalier Josh explained how generative AI work with text, images, audio and video (multimodal).

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 11, 2022

My Build Your Branching Scenario course is still in development, but I can answer some questions about the program now. Specifically, this is best for people who do a little bit of everything in their jobs, from analysis through development. What if I don’t do any development in my work, only planning and writing?

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2022

What to Charge for Your Workshop, Training or Webinar — The Counselor’s Coach. How much to charge for a training workshop – the pricing essentials. This article walks through some of the different factors in determining pricing for a training workshop. Will training help? Workshop pricing.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

I’ll guide you through each step along the way, from planning and designing through writing, developing, and refining your branching scenario. Each week includes a live, virtual training session via Zoom. If you want the discounted rate, sign up now, even if you won’t be able to complete the training until later. More questions?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 23, 2021

Are you looking for ways to make your training more relevant and engaging? Many of these strategies can be used regardless of what development tool you use. In this session, you’ll learn how to evaluate training problems to decide when to use a branching scenario or another approach. Estimating eLearning Development Costs.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 17, 2021

These tools aren’t ranked, but they are categorized based on whether I use them to create learning for others or as a tool for my own personal development. Storyline is fairly easy to develop with, but flexible enough to do plenty with if you’re creative. I use Rise for some development as well, depending on the project.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 6, 2017

“Stories don’t work for all kinds of training.” ” One of the common objections I hear to using storytelling in training is that “stories don’t work for all kinds of training.” However, I think stories can have a place in some (maybe even most ) software training.

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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. This is a great book for those who are just getting started with training. This book is heavy on the practical, day-to-day considerations of creating training.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Time Estimates for eLearning Development. If you want a job creating soft skills training, create customer service samples. If you love software training, create that kind of samples. Rance Greene’s new book, Instructional Story Design: Develop Stories that Train, provides a systematic process for creating stories for training.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 22, 2022

This is a full-day workshop on April 19 where participants will design and develop a branching scenario practice activity in one day. Morning Buzz MB15: Best Practices for Designing and Developing Scenarios. This is a casual conversation where we’ll discuss tips for designing and developing scenarios.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2022

These tools aren’t ranked, but they are categorized based on whether I use them to create learning for others or as a tool for my own personal development. Storyline is fairly easy to develop with, but flexible enough to do plenty with if you’re creative. I use Rise for some development as well, depending on the project.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 7, 2021

It’s a blended course, with a combination of live virtual training, reading, and weekly practice activities. Develop Your Scenario. Multimedia options Pros and cons of different tools Activity: Format your scenario in Twine and add images or start developing in another tool. Enhance Your Scenario.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Strategies for Humanizing Training. I don’t explicitly think of it this way for writing scenarios for learning, but I do think this concept could be applied to storytelling in training. Visual Design Basics for eLearning Development | How-To Workshop – YouTube. I share these links periodically here on my blog.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It can be used for gaming and VR application, but also for training and conversation simulations. Scenarios and simulations Masters’ Q&A – Clark Quinn Clark Quinn answers 5 questions on simulations for training leaders and how they help provide practice opportunities.

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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. Open a Mac app from an unidentified developer – Apple Support. eLearning development calculators. Feedback and reflection in SBL.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 30, 2020

” A lot of the training we do really only provides “awareness”: just sharing information. Developing competence requires practicing a skill. But even when we provide opportunities to practice skills in our training, do we really provide enough practice for people to feel confident? Buy the book.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 8, 2021

Have you developed any curriculum or lesson plans collaboratively, or have you always developed by yourself? This wasn’t a deal-breaker for us, but being able to talk about how you worked with others to develop lessons is a big plus. Developing lessons for someone else to teach is good too.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

L&D salaries An Overview of Learning & Development Salaries by Lavinia Mehedințu This is a small-ish salary survey (700 respondents as of 9/12/23), but enough for the author to start sharing some analysis of trends in the gender pay gap and the effects of seniority and education. I share these links about once a month here on my blog.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 25, 2021

When asked which top three skills the respondents look for when hiring instructional designers, they selected: eLearning development (74.3%) Communication skills (65.3%) Ability to apply ID theory and science (61.4%) Devlin Peck. Engage Brain and Train! Super useful for anyone doing software training or screencasts.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 23, 2020

Do instructional designers and learning experience designers need to know how to use development tools, or should they focus just on analysis and design? What about people who only do development but no design; are they instructional designers? I would classify that as elearning development or media development instead.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2022

These aren’t learning or training games, but it’s useful to look at games outside of L&D for ideas on game mechanics, look and feel, choice writing, and other elements of games. Branching scenario training even gets a brief mention (as “Branching Path Simulations” for training nurses).

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 24, 2021

Are you looking for ways to make your training more relevant and engaging? Why scenario-based learning works A range of options for using scenarios in elearning and classroom training When scenario-based learning is a good choice Tips for writing scenarios with the 4 Cs Examples of mini-scenarios and a two-narrator course. Description.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 11, 2021

While Nick’s team does a lot of custom HTML5 development, I wonder if that would be possible with some of the authoring tools by editing the js file. The What, Why and How of Adaptive Learning in Workforce Development. This would be useful for providing reinforcement after a training. Nick also shared the Remove.bg

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 14, 2023

Growth mindset Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Does Developing a Growth Mindset Help Students Learn? I created some training on growth mindset for one of my clients several years ago. These suggestions for providing constructive feedback apply just as well to workplace training as they do to classroom environments.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

” “Stories don’t work for all kinds of training.” You can develop it with practice and training. “Stories don’t work for all kinds of training.” ” Stories aren’t always appropriate or necessary, but they can work in most kinds of training.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 26, 2020

ibstpi Instructional Designer Competencies The ibstpi instructional designer competencies have been updated several times since their original development in 1986. CDT 9 Standards The Certified Developer of Training certification endorsed by ISPI is based on 9 standards of performance. Check out my complete library of links.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 30, 2019

” They want a long explanation of the history of changes to a regulation, or the biography of the person who developed the theory, or descriptions of a bunch of rare situations that are outside of the scope of the current project. Develop ways to practice skills that require training. Seductive Details.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 10, 2021

3-Star learning experiences Summary of research on the value of telling learners the objectives at the beginning of training. He then sets out ways in which these principles can be systematically used to inform the design and development of learning activities, (both online and in a face-to-face context). Learning objectives.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Time Estimates for eLearning Development : “How long will it take to create this elearning?” If you want a job creating soft skills training, create customer service samples. If you love software training, create that kind of samples. Looking at my stats, I see continued interest in instructional design careers.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 7, 2020

Brain Science: Enable Your Brain to Remember Almost Everything | Learning Solutions Magazine Use memory boosters to reduce how much people forget after training. The LPI Capability Map – Learning and Performance Institute Free self assessment on skills and competencies in learning and development. Kaleigh Moore. L&D skills.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Specifically, she wanted to know how I get from content like a SME “brain dump” to a finalized storyboard that’s ready for elearning development. The example in this post was compliance training related to a legal requirement. She now uses this structure when she delivers this training in person.)

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