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5 Essential Qualifications to Look for in an Instructional Designer

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When trying to find the perfect instructional designer for your project, be it contract work or a full-time employee, there are certain qualifications that you should ensure are on their resume (or at least implied given their previous work). So let’s assume that you have a project that needs an instructional designer.

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FOOL-PROOF Formula For Successful Instructional Design

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flash animation), and then finally let them try it for themselves. I personally try to adhere to a TST model (not sure if that is an actual model, just made it up now): TELL, SHOW, TRY. Tell the participants what they are learning, show them via process steps, images, interactive components (i.e.

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Use Your E-Learning Course to Change Behavior

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A learner can turn practicing French flash cards into a habit, but their brain needs to be put in a position where they are conversing with a French speaker to begin actually using the language. Reinforce behaviors through practice. Finally, for new behaviors to become second nature, your learners need opportunities to practice in real time.

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WAR: Articulate Storyline Losing Battle to Adobe Captivate

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At first glance, I have to say that e-Learning Studio provides more bang for the buck (this package comes with Captivate, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign). Too often instructional designers are stuck trying to make stock photography make sense in multiple situations.

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BEST Feature in Adobe eLearning Suite 6 To Date

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Flash Professional. Personally, I believe most eLearning pros get the most use out of Captivate, Photoshop, and Flash Professional. For the uninitiated, Adobe eLearning suite is actually a package of different programs all geared towards enhancing eLearning creation. In the past edition, this package has included: Captivate.

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8 Productivity Tips for Online Course Creators

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Don’t let these flashes of inspiration get away! Many online course creators have their best ideas when trying to get to sleep at night, while commuting to their day job, or while doing mundane tasks like cleaning dishes. You need to have a system in place that allows you to capture good ideas no matter when or where they come to you.

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3 Ways To Instantly Kill e-Learning Effectiveness

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As Instructional Designers, we all want to make the best e-Learning modules possible, so we better get these three things right or our courses' effectiveness will spiral down the drain. If you do use these, ensure that there is some form of animation and strategic infusion of flash elements. Making Transition Assumptions.