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Don’t Just Tell, Show: the Value of Examples

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Examples get people’s attention and are also fantastic memory aids. You could just tell them by sending out an e-mail or making an eLearning course full of animated text that lists all of the information. If you reinforce the same key information with examples, it provides context and lets your members see why the content is important.

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Game Based Learning: Is It Appropriate For My Association?

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Learning by example – unlike men, who tend to want to start driving to some destination without asking direction, women tend to be stronger planners and will turn to tutorials and case studies for assistance in solving a problem. Then, do some informal feedback testing from a sample of your own demographic. Tweet This!

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4 Tips to Writing eLearning Scripts That Sing

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If you re-read the first example, doesn’t it feel like you have to plow through it? Now read the revised example. This might be okay depending on your audience, but if your eLearning will be translated or localized, these informal phrases can be misunderstood in other cultures. Share this on Facebook. Edit, edit, edit.

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5 Ways to Bring Contextual Learning to Your Association

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Without context the information is meaningless. Making your association’s learning contextual will not only help your members make sense of information, it will also help them remember it. That introduction should provide all of the essential information and, ideally, grab people’s attention. 2. Use Examples.

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Education Balancing Act: Asynchronous, Synchronous, and Blended Learning

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Live webinars and virtual classrooms are both great examples. Discussion with others (can ask questions, exchange examples, etc.). Can require the use of multiple devices at once (for example, calling in using a phone while being on a computer). Share this on Facebook. Advantages. Disadvantages. Advantages. Tweet This!

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When Misused Buzzwords Attack

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Let them evaluate information, make decisions, and meaningfully influence the outcome. Is not : “Click here for more information.”. Example : A course on conducting audits allows the learner to make choices about how to conduct an audit. With that said, let’s look at some common eLearning buzzwords. Interactive.

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Dense eLearning Isn’t Smart

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For example, water is less dense than concrete. Activities and assessment questions are a good example. Provide directions and/or links to “nice to know” information. Use them to draw attention to key information and “build” visual content a little bit at a time. Share this on Facebook. What is Density?

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