Rob Hubbard

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10 top tips and essential resources for newcomers to elearning

Rob Hubbard

What about AR, VR and all this newer tech – should I be looking at that and oh what a lot of providers there are, how do I know who to choose? If you can piggyback on something that your learners are already familiar with, there will be less resistance (providing they like the tech of course) and it will also be cheaper.

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10 Ways to Encourage Participation in Distance Learning (DL)

Rob Hubbard

If you are a company providing distance learning to a wide and varied audience, be aware that your reputation impacts heavily on the perception of the distance learning you have produced. Also consider whether the learning could lead to a qualification or provide credits – people do still love to collect ‘official’ things for their CVs.

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Together We’re Smarter: Tips for Using Digital Learning to Make the Most of Collective Intelligence

Rob Hubbard

Not only will this provide useful feedback but it also prompts a valuable reflection process in the reviewer. If you use a Twitter-like service internally (Yammer for example) host regular chats that focus on different questions or issues. Allow learners to upload or add links to useful resources, web sites and videos.

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How interactive should your elearning be?

Rob Hubbard

But what if there is a need to just impart information, with compliance issues for example? Well you could create a resources hub or section and provide the detail as documents that learners can access in their own time and at the point of need. Is there a place for click-to-continue elearning?

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A quick guide to behavioural economics and 7 ways to apply it to learning design

Rob Hubbard

Immediate feedback, badges, points and other gamification tools can provide this. We are more likely to remember vivid examples, so learning with impact that tells a good story is more likely to stick. People tend to prefer instant gratification over future benefits. We use mental short-cuts (heuristics) to solve problems.

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How to Harness Informal Learning

Rob Hubbard

I might, for example, seek the answer to a question via a Google or YouTube search, Twitter or by tapping into my online networks. Many of the technologies used in elearning can provide answers as to how to harness informal learning. How can informal learning be harnessed? Support participation in professional networks.

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Why Use Video for Learning?

Rob Hubbard

Providing tips from subject matter experts. Providing strategic messages from senior managers. Showing examples of good and bad behaviour. Here are a few ideas on how video could be used for learning purposes: Guided tours of new products , equipment or facilities. Building branching video scenarios.

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