Association eLearning

APRIL 9, 2015

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Association eLearning

AUGUST 27, 2015

So, it’s up to you and your association to think about the UX when you’re developing eLearning. They don’t have to be restricted to eLearning, feel free to include things like the mislabeled card reader I ran into. Giving your learners a streamlined UX is important, regardless of the content you’re teaching.

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Association eLearning

JANUARY 20, 2015

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

It is important to keep these stages in mind when developing eLearning because different learners will be at different stages. In the end, the learner will be able to use the knowledge or skill without having to think about what they’re doing. 1) Unconscious Incompetence.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 12, 2015

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Association eLearning

MARCH 19, 2015

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

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JANUARY 12, 2015

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APRIL 2, 2015

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

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Association eLearning

OCTOBER 9, 2012

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Association eLearning

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Every year around this time, we discuss the eLearning trends for the next year. These are the eLearning trends for 2018. What’s hot? What’s not? What are we all going to be talking about next year? While VR and AR have been talked about in recent years, we think the excitement will grow.

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Association eLearning

JULY 26, 2017

eLearning is no exception. It’s a pain when something breaks right when you need it. If you’re lucky, whatever it is will start working again when you try to show the problem to someone else. You know, just so it can spite you and make it you look like you’re crazy). But it’s a bit more complicated than a broken vacuum cleaner.

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Association eLearning

MAY 10, 2017

Recently, an instructional designer friend of mine asked me, “Should Marketing review eLearning courses and approve them before they are released?” I responded with a, “Yes, but…” There are legitimate reasons Marketing needs to see the course before it goes out. However, content isn’t one of them. That’s right, I said it.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

It’s time for eLearning Trivia! What does “eLearning” stand for? Let’s try something a bit different today, for a change of pace. I usually write a blog post, you skim or read it, maybe share it, and we move on. How about something a bit more engaging? Something that will literally make you think. a)Effective learning.

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Association eLearning

MAY 31, 2017

Even though eLearning is not a new concept, those who favor ILT are not convinced that online training is effective at producing the desired outcomes. So, here are several reasons why eLearning really does work for learners.

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Association eLearning

JUNE 14, 2017

In a prior post, we asked, “ what comes first, the LMS or the content ?Today Today we ask, “which is better, off the shelf vs custom content ?”” Determining the best option for your organization is not an easy task. Certainly, there are pros and cons to both choices. Questions of budget and staff weigh into this decision heavily.

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Association eLearning

MAY 24, 2017

This can be a real double edged sword, particularly in eLearning. Would you notice if the sun didn’t come up tomorrow? Of course you would, because the sun comes up every day. You’re used to it. If it didn’t come up that would be breaking the pattern you’ve become accustomed to.

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Association eLearning

APRIL 5, 2017

How often do you feel like you understand something until someone asks you to tell them more about it? When teachers and learners want to convey information quickly there’s always a temptation to rely on definitions and a sampling of big picture ideas to help the learner hit the ground running.

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Association eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Last time we looked at New Year’s Resolutions from an instructional design perspective. Then I realized that a supplementary how-to was in order. How do you make a personal progress tracker that’s specific but flexible? Here’s one idea.

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Association eLearning

JUNE 30, 2016

Not so long ago, in a nearby place, someone spent a lot of time leaving notes about the photos in an eLearning storyboard. It turned out that they were just placeholders. The final course was going to use a different set of stock photos.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 17, 2016

I was able to talk with many training and development representatives from a wide variety of organizations about their LMS needs. I recently attended the Training 2016 Conference and Expo as an exhibitor. During these discussions I asked, “what aspects or features are you looking for in an LMS? What excites you?”

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Association eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Every day there are new eLearning trends that absolutely must be implemented immediately. Stop drowning in information, consider this your surf board, to ride the waves of eLearning trends. Paddling, Popping up, Carving, and Wave Riding: Four Important eLearning Trends. What about the Millennials? What about the mobile learner?

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Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

One of you car’s headlights is out. It’s supposed to be pretty easy to replace, so you buy a new one and decide to give it a try. Where do you go for instructions? I’m guessing you’d probably try one or more of the following: Go to YouTube, or a similar site, and watch a video. Run a Google search. Ask someone at your local auto store.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Part 2 discussed five outdated Learning and Development (L&D) practices and why they don’t work. Here are five updated practices that will help improve your Learning and Development for everyone, not just millennials. This final installment is going to visit the other side of the coin.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Dear Associations, I am trying to get into a skilled labor position at company X. I have some experience but there are new rules and regulations and I just can’t keep up. I could go back to school, but it’d be a huge burden to my family.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

I’m not a “numbers person.” I never have been. Some people aren’t “words people.” And that’s okay. In college, I cringed on behalf of my science major friends when they told me about their multi-hour labs and the reports that went along with them. They told me they were fine with that. They’d take it over my research papers any day.

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Association eLearning

AUGUST 17, 2016

In our final installment, we’ll look at more advanced techniques that will help your eLearning perform smoothly. Chapter 3: Advanced QA Testing. So far we’ve talked about the basic and intermediate techniques of quality assurance testing (QA). Advanced Testing. •

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Association eLearning

AUGUST 10, 2016

Developing new eLearning is a big undertaking. While it may be tempting to dive right in and start designing, it’s important to answer several critical questions first. With that in mind, here are some general questions, and some specific ones, you should ask before you begin.

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Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Many courses rely upon voiceover to help connect with their learners. This is a solid approach and, when used well, can make for great learning experiences. But what I have found is that the narrated portion of courses is often written like something you would find in a textbook.

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Association eLearning

JULY 21, 2016

It was a dark and lengthy car ride. I had two and a half hours of nighttime driving ahead of me and I’d had a long day. I needed to stay alert, but my usual staples (cranking up the A/C and putting on high energy music) weren’t enough. I needed something more. So I came up with a game and started playing it right then and there in my car.

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Association eLearning

JUNE 9, 2016

Previously we dug into the alphabet soup of eLearning terms and acronyms. ADDIE- The ADDIE model is a process used by instructional designers and training developers offering guidelines for creating effective training. This model is broken up into 5 phases: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.

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Association eLearning

MAY 11, 2016

If you’re new to eLearning or online training, it can seem like you’re wading through alphabet soup with all the various anagrams and terminology used in this industry. Grab a spoon, and let’s dig in to the soup, with this eLearning glossary. SCORM, LMS, AMS, LCMS, API, JITT, what does it all mean?!

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Association eLearning

APRIL 13, 2016

Competency-Based Learning: How to Bridge the Skills-Gap was originally published in the IACET blog as a guest post by Digitec President Jack McGrath. The skills-gap issue is growing more critical in the U.S., especially within those industries that are supported by professional associations.

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Association eLearning

APRIL 1, 2016

Baby Boomers instilled the tradition of keeping one’s head down, staying with “the Company” for 20+ years, and collecting a gold watch at the end of their career. But Millennials anticipate collecting many watches much, much earlier.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 30, 2016

Quality assurance, or QA as it is better known, is a vastly important yet surprisingly underappreciated aspect of eLearning. Chapter 1: The Basics. Most course creators and teams do a fine job of working out the errors, called “bugs,” prior to delivery.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 23, 2016

“Can someone explain this question to me? I don’t know what it’s asking.”. How am I supposed to know the answer to this? It wasn’t in the lesson.”. Your association can have the best course in the world, but if the assessments or knowledge checks aren’t written well they can make the whole thing fall apart.

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