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JANUARY 23, 2013

In it, she’s shared a heap of useful information about the backchannel to help everyone get the most out of it – including some blog and website links you might need beforehand and a heads-up about the right people to follow on Twitter to make sure you don’t miss out.

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In user-focused terms, it needs to make them care, show them it matters and help them live it. Here are my three tips for making them care: Create a fresh, surprising, eye-catching design or concept to make users sit up and take notice; use the visual design to help overcome any compliance preconceptions they might have.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

OpenLanguage has a similar aim: to help busy adults learn a new language by making use of the technology they already rely on. I’ve also always enjoyed learning new languages, which helps a lot. Given that my other half is fluent in Greek, I could have bought a few textbooks and worked through them with his help.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Yes, this perhaps provides a structured framework through which I can articulate that knowledge, but I’m not sure that a list of recognisable archetypes will really help me develop my understanding of myself. I think I have two concerns about this.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

This beginners’ guide provides some basic building blocks to help training managers or subject matter experts wear their new instructional design hats with confidence! ← The bad reputation and rehabilitation of compliance training Help me write a Wordle → Like Be the first to like this post. Bookmark the permalink.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

In it, she’s shared a heap of useful information about the backchannel to help everyone get the most out of it – including some blog and website links you might need beforehand and a heads-up about the right people to follow on Twitter to make sure you don’t miss out.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

This last point is vitally important, whether you or someone else will be making the changes – it’ll help speed up the turnaround of the next iteration without misinterpretation or error, and it also provides you with a detailed audit trail of changes requested. My final two tips would be practise and spread the word!

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JANUARY 16, 2012

I’m sure this more streamlined approach, as well as having inspiration and reference material in the same place I draft my blogs, will really help me maximise my daily 15 minutes set aside for personal development. If a Tweet included a link to something I wanted to look at later, I emailed it to myself.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Yes, this perhaps provides a structured framework through which I can articulate that knowledge, but I’m not sure that a list of recognisable archetypes will really help me develop my understanding of myself. I think I have two concerns about this.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

This last point is vitally important, whether you or someone else will be making the changes – it’ll help speed up the turnaround of the next iteration without misinterpretation or error, and it also provides you with a detailed audit trail of changes requested. My final two tips would be practise and spread the word!

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AUGUST 15, 2011

I do this because it helps you review the flow of the content, the headline topics, without being distracted by the detail. Are there clear and helpful introductions and recaps around topics? The way I do this is to run through the course and make a list of all the topics covered. (By

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Use poster or email campaigns, takeaways, viral videos or any other media you can think of to help people remember what you need them to remember. Keep the WIIFM agenda at the front of your mind and design e-learning that will work for users in a range of contexts and situations. Repeat the key messages – but always with a twist.

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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. Both attending the awards ceremony and the increased profile as a result of winning represent great opportunities to build a quality network.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

So there you go – 15 quick tips to help you breathe a little life into your e-learning! Glad I could help – if you think of any other useful tips or lessons as you prepare and run your course, do come back and share! Image: ?????Salvatore Thanks so much! stephaniededhar | November 2, 2010 at 11:41 am | Reply Hi Andy.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

If you don’t have this information already on record, ask yourself whether you really need it, whether you’ll actually read it and how it will help you make your decison, before asking for it. Finally, avoid being too prescriptive about the format. There are some things you just can’t get from emails and text documents!

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Imagine that one of your learners happened to guess the right answer – what they need is feedback that explains why that’s the case and will help it stick. If so, think about how you can expand on it to provide some additional learning and explain why something is the right answer. It’s only fair to explain to them why they’re wrong.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Sometimes this is all that’s needed to help things click into place and spark a little creativity in my own mind. When I attend a conference or webinar or read a blog, I don’t expect revolutionary ideas every time. Instead, I look forward to a slightly new take on an old idea, or indeed the same idea just put a different way.

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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. Imagine you receive a phone call from someone, asking you to do something. They tell you this goal should be achieved by the end of the month.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

The two most useful activities that helped (and continue to help) me develop my understanding of the e-learning industry in general and of instructional design in particular were reviewing courses (designed by as many different people for as many different audiences and purposes as possible) and reading blogs.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Both films share a vision of information and education becoming portable, scalable and shareable with the help of their future products. Everywhere, immersive, immediate. Sadly, though, the changes and developments are somewhat superficial.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

So if schools need to teach children how to use technology, they also need to help them develop the ‘moral and ethical strength needed to resist abusing’ that power. Monke notes that teenagers with access to the internet have a huge amount of power and the potential to do a lot of damage.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Both films share a vision of information and education becoming portable, scalable and shareable with the help of their future products. Everywhere, immersive, immediate. Sadly, though, the changes and developments are somewhat superficial.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

I’m hoping the slightly more structured Find 15 approach can help me become more efficient in my personal development – and my intention is to report back on what I’ve done in and gained from my Find 15 slots at the end of each week.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

This way, I’d be helping the learner to understand why as well as how. With this in mind, I might take the interaction a step further and ask the learner about the consequences of certain things (like not knowing the job title of the person you are meeting, or failing to provide an out-of-office contact).

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JANUARY 16, 2013

So here are some ideas for during the event iself to help you increase the likelihood of calm, collected and really valuable tweeting. Avoiding that feeling of not-quite-keeping-up as you tweet from the conference will be much more achievable if you’ve done the preparation! But while preparation is key, it’s not everything.

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AUGUST 19, 2011

I would include questions such as: to what extent did the interactions help you learn, how enjoyable was the learning experience, how user-friendly was the structure of the course, and were there any points at which the content did not flow smoothly for you?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

They’ll see the training as something designed for them, to help them do their jobs, rather than as something the business has to roll out in order to get a tick in the right box. It’s also about making sure people know what those resources are and where to find them.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I pointed out to him that it’s not so dissimilar to what I do – finding enjoyable, interactive ways to help people learn about things that might at first seem difficult, irrelevant or boring. Every so often Harry would pipe up that ‘this place is so weird!’ – not at all what he expected from the Science Museum!

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

My first reflection, I think, was that this film conveys the ability of technology to help us forge new relationships. I think it reflects back reality in such a way that most viewers would recognise aspects of themselves or their experiences in it. For me, this is one of the biggest plus points of something like Twitter.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

My first reflection, I think, was that this film conveys the ability of technology to help us forge new relationships. I think it reflects back reality in such a way that most viewers would recognise aspects of themselves or their experiences in it. For me, this is one of the biggest plus points of something like Twitter.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Most industry conferences that I attend have agendas filled with people sharing the secrets of their success, demonstrating their award-winning projects, doling out pearls of wisdom to help others reach the same great heights. The thing is, we all know that we’re usually only getting half the story.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

What if you’ve got an existing e-learning course which you know could (and should) be better, but only your own fair hands to improve it: no budget to spend on external development support, no graphic designers or technical wizards to help out, and (inevitably) not much time?

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Reading aloud will also help you identify any sentences that are too long and convoluted. Even this low-tech approach will help add character. You don’t necessarily need to add a contraction in every single case; I’d suggest reading the text aloud to yourself, as this is the best way to discover where it sounds forced or unnatural.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

The day after the dinner with Crystal, several people thanked me for helping them see Twitter in a different light. Live-tweeting absolutely does not diminish my engagement; if anything it improves my focus and attention. And I enjoy it; it enhances the conference experience for me.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Including the speaker’s name helps to make the stream from your session coherent and clear. Don’t forget that, at larger events, you might be contributing to a backchannel that’s recording three or four different sessions simultaneously.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

I wasn’t personally involved in any real-time sessions (which I explained in an earlier post ), but many of my 30 Under Thirty colleagues helped facilitate these or other, scheduled sessions throughout the conference.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

A ‘real-time hub’ was set up in the main networking area of the conference suite, with a large white board for people to suggest topics and a dedicated team to help turn those suggestions into sessions. In theory, I really like this idea.

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