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Traits of Adult Learners

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When preparing course materials for adults, remember that they will want to be able use the skills soon, on the job. As mentioned, adult learners know what skills they want to acquire and will look to you to help them understand how best to achieve their goal. Check out our resource site to see how we can help your team.

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How Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction Can Make Your Online Courses Better

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This famed nine-step process can be adapted to help instructional designers and trainers in all fields create highly-effective courses in any topic. By beginning new lessons with interesting questions, data, or case studies, you can help hook your students’ attention up front and give them a payoff to look forward to.

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How to Maximize Collaboration in Instructional Design

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Designing online courses is a multifaceted endeavor — and all those different facets are often the job of the same person: you. While you may feel confident in some of those areas, chances are you may need help in others — or you may be overlooking some tasks entirely. How Can CourseArc Help? Knowing What It Takes.

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How to Plan a New Online Course, Part 1: Establishing the Basics

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preparing learners for a follow-up course, ensuring learners are job-ready, etc.). Do any optional topics help support, contrast, or otherwise clarify the critical takeaways? At the end of this step, you should have a clear idea of the chapters, modules, and sections that will form the structure of your course.

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How Reusable Learning Objects Can Help You Design Online Courses Faster

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Exploratory learning modules. Job support tools. Help systems. Get help: A large collection of RLOs can quickly become unmanageable and overwhelming. Therefore, eLearning professionals should work with Content Management Systems (CMSs) that can help create, organize and track their component inventory.

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Q&A: Madison Area Technical

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The Center for International Education at Madison College helps students from over 60 countries to enroll in courses at the College and provides support during the application process and adaptation to campus life. Returning adults, many displaced from their current jobs, find a path to success in retraining programs offered by the college.

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6 Tips to Make Mandatory Compliance Training a Better Learning Experience

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By following some simple steps to make mandatory training in the workplace fun and enjoyable, training designers can help change students’ attitudes and reduce their reluctance. Keep your training modules short (especially online) to help your learners stay focused. But there is an upside. Make Learning Enjoyable – Again!