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AUGUST 17, 2011

I’m sure you can come up with many more examples of common mistakes that render a potentially good interaction next to useless. I really hope your course doesn’t include examples of this, but these things do happen so let’s get them out of the way right at the beginning. Here’s what they came up with.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Obviously the subject matter expert will need to check this too, but you should pick up any contradictions or any statistics that don’t add up, for example. But it also covers accuracy – are all the facts and figures correct? This is particularly important if more than one person has been involved in storyboarding.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

Take another look at your topic list from this morning: are there any units that contain five or six topics that might be better structured as two shorter units, for example? Are there any elements that might be better placed on the intranet or produced as a job aid, for example?

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JANUARY 17, 2013

You might have made other promises, too: to connect two people you think would be useful to one another, for example, or to arrange a meeting with a new acquaintance. David Kelly is the king of this and has numerous examples and tips on his blog. Don’t abandon the backchannel.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Sometimes this is based on experience, sometimes it’s prescribed (if it’s a training course, for example), and sometimes it’s just a best guess. For example, at the start of a project spanning several months, I plot everything from the project plan into my Outlook calendar. There’s some flexibility required.

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JUNE 10, 2011

It might be a client putting in a request for work or a friend asking you to help organise a surprise birthday party, for example. I’ve used the goal/mission example because it’s cropped up a couple of times recently. The example used throughout the (light-hearted) course is that of the moon landing mission.

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APRIL 26, 2011

I can also see this working really effectively for something like sustainability or customer service, where there are multiple issues at stake (environmental factors or customer satisfaction balanced against company financial concerns, for example).

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JANUARY 12, 2012

Words like ‘purchase’, ‘obtain’ and ‘receive’ are replaced by ‘buy’ or ‘get’ in speech, for example. There’s no second list of the words most commonly used in spoken business situations, for example.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

This film reminds me a lot of the young adult dystopian fiction that I’ve read over the past year or so (see a sample on my other blog ). Charlie 13. Watch the film here.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

If the pace is fast, you may only be able to retweet someone else’s commentary – for example, if they’ve captured a point you didn’t quite get or if they’ve linked to a related website. If you have a bit more breathing room, you might respond to questions from non-attendees in the backchannel.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

I expand on these tips and give some examples in an article I wrote last year called ‘Writing for the reader’ and Cathy Moore’s also big on this. Don’t undermine your content with too many colloquialisms, puns or witticisms. So there you go – 15 quick tips to help you breathe a little life into your e-learning!

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

This film reminds me a lot of the young adult dystopian fiction that I’ve read over the past year or so (see a sample on my other blog ). Charlie 13. Watch the film here.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The original article includes examples of each type of error along with details of how frequently they occur. List or bullet punctuation. Table or figure labels. Punctuation in tables. Capitalisation in tables. Hyphenation of compound modifiers.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We’ve been given four short films to watch and think about, and some early examples of writing on e-learning. Being towards the introverted end of the spectrum, I find it much easier to start chatting to people via tweets than I would at a party, for example.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Responses ranged from the pragmatic (professional or relocation reasons) to the personal (ancestry or in-laws, for example), as well as lifelong interest in some cases. Hank began by asking those of us in the room why we’ve chosen to learn second langauges. In other cases, materials might be at the wrong level or even just plain boring.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

We’ve all heard that ‘opposites attract’ and this applies to archetypes too – opposite archetypes often have common connections, for example in what drives them or their perception of time: The Sovereign works well with the Mystic, because both are driven by power and both tend to look ahead. ’ about it all.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We’ve been given four short films to watch and think about, and some early examples of writing on e-learning. Being towards the introverted end of the spectrum, I find it much easier to start chatting to people via tweets than I would at a party, for example.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

It posits technology as a prime driver of changes in the primitive society depicted: the move from individualised characters to homogeneous groups, for example, is shown to have strong causal links to the arrival of new technology. Technological determinism appears prevalent in Bendito Machine III in a few ways.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

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APRIL 11, 2011

For example, you might have three sentences of text, highlighting the three key points from that screen, with an audio narrative that elaborates on those points. Text and audio can be used together, as long as they present the same information verbatim. I also don’t respond so well to audio alone.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

It posits technology as a prime driver of changes in the primitive society depicted: the move from individualised characters to homogeneous groups, for example, is shown to have strong causal links to the arrival of new technology. Technological determinism appears prevalent in Bendito Machine III in a few ways.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

We’ve all heard that ‘opposites attract’ and this applies to archetypes too – opposite archetypes often have common connections, for example in what drives them or their perception of time: The Sovereign works well with the Mystic, because both are driven by power and both tend to look ahead. ’ about it all.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

My absolute top recommendation for anyone specialising in instructional design is Cathy Moore’s Making Change , where there are some real gems and lots of practical tips and examples for engaging, effective e-learning.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Imagine being able to slide between an image of the rainforests 20 years ago and an image of what they’ll look like in another 20 years, for example. I can see this working incredibly well in a sustainability course. There’s a similar site showing satellite images of Japan before and after the quake and tsunami.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

Now those shoeboxes are replaced with my own albums and scrapbooks dedicated to particular things – the year I spent living in France, or my time at university, for example. This isn’t difficult, really, if you think about how many minutes you spend chatting while making cups of tea, for example.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Responses ranged from the pragmatic (professional or relocation reasons) to the personal (ancestry or in-laws, for example), as well as lifelong interest in some cases. Hank began by asking those of us in the room why we’ve chosen to learn second langauges. In other cases, materials might be at the wrong level or even just plain boring.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The original article includes examples of each type of error along with details of how frequently they occur. List or bullet punctuation. Table or figure labels. Punctuation in tables. Capitalisation in tables. Hyphenation of compound modifiers.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

For example, I’ve gained a mentor who can help me build on my success and make the most of the opportunities available to me. And of course the increased profile leads to new opportunities – whether that’s job opportunities, invitations to write or speak, or anything else. Quality network.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

By letting the e-learning and compliance communities determine the content of the session, and then offering practical tips and examples, I hope that I delivered something that was itself engaging, relevant and effective!

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JANUARY 24, 2012

In my experience, high standards are infectious – if one or two members of the team set the right example and pick up even the littlest things, these good habits will spread and you’ll develop a true QA culture.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

For example: I remember a lecturer telling us about a paper she wrote and a subsequent review which declared that her paper had inserted ‘a sliver of originality’ into the area of study. This means that innovation isn’t always about coming up with something brand-new and ground-breaking.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

(You can see the slides from my session on user-focused design for gold-standard compliance training in my last blog post or on SlideShare.) Image: ????? This is a personal blog, so all thoughts and opinions are my own and dont necessarily represent those of any of my past, present or future employers.

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MARCH 7, 2011

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

This is a personal blog, so all thoughts and opinions are my own and dont necessarily represent those of any of my past, present or future employers.

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MARCH 14, 2011

This is a personal blog, so all thoughts and opinions are my own and dont necessarily represent those of any of my past, present or future employers.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

For example, we have an opportunity to really position learning as part of the workflow (rather than as an interruption to it), and to be (and be seen as) the people who improve workplace performance. The last question prompted some really interesting responses.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

This is a personal blog, so all thoughts and opinions are my own and dont necessarily represent those of any of my past, present or future employers.

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