Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 3, 2023

A guide to font pairing with examples for different industries and purposes. Fontpair – Free, beautiful fonts and font pairings curated just for you Looking for fonts for an elearning project? This site has free fonts to download and suggestions for pairing. The Ultimate Guide to Font Pairing — Learn. Scenarios and Twine.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Next example: a training on “Cryogenic nitrogen and associated dangers” We started this training with an impactful image: An industry hall, exit door in the back and some materials obstructing the exit. This article cites my blog post on learning objectives.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 10, 2021

How Instructional Design Is Operationalized in Various Industries for job-Seeking Learning Designers: Engaging the Talent Development Capability Model | SpringerLink Research comparing job listings to the ATD capability model. Selected quotes from the summary of Merrill’s First Principles. Instructional design job listings.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 1, 2014

7 Questions You Need To Answer Before Becoming A Full Time eLearning Freelancer – eLearning Industry. Things to consider for those wanting to make the leap to freelance work. tags: e-learning instructionaldesign career freelance. E-Learning Portfolios: Share Your Work – E-Learning Heroes.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Michele Martin adds more information on diversity of clients : One other thing I’d say about having a diversity of clients is to try to draw from different industries, areas of the country, etc. You’d be surprised how many of the same financial and other issues impact companies in the same industry at the same time. Retirement.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I recommend that for anyone in the elearning industry, so you can get access to their resources). It’s all about mistakes we have made and what we learned from them. You can download the ebook here. (A A free Guild membership is required. The post I’m speaking at DevLearn 2020 appeared first on Experiencing eLearning.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 21, 2020

FlexJobs is a paid job search site that covers all industries, but only telecommute or flexible positions. On Articulate’s job board , you can filter for remote roles. As a general site for job searching, Indeed is helpful.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

These are all just benchmarks to use as a starting point, so you need to adjust for your experience, education, skills, industry, whether you’re a full-time employee or freelance consultant, etc. People frequently ask me these questions, and I always refer people to the same resources. Hourly Rate.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Free eLearning Books – The Ultimate List – eLearning Industry. It’s a good way for people to get some experience before their first ID job. tags: newid career instructionaldesign e-learning. 50+ free e-learning ebooks.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 6, 2019

This happens more in fields like graphic design and editing than elearning, but I’ve heard of some sketchy things in our industry. Unscrupulous organizations have been known to outsource work to a bunch of different people to save money. Do short paid projects instead.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

We often overuse the word “innovate,” but Jay truly did innovate and lead the industry forward. An Industry Remembers Jay Cross by David Kelly. Someone asked me recently about what makes a thought leader, and Jay was one of the first people I mentioned as an example. Vale Jay Cross by Clark Quinn.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

I would love to try working in industry (even if it were for free) just to get a feel for what happens outside of academe. Firstly, have you seen many folks with doctorates working in the field? Do you think a PhD/EdD makes you more competitive or does it make you overqualified?

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 30, 2015

Besides the general challenge of rebranding a whole industry (as if that wasn’t enough), we have the added challenge of being quite varied in what we actually do for our work. Although that list includes training and other jobs, many of those could apply to instructional designers/LX designers too.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 16, 2013

In general, more conservative industries like banking and insurance tend to value creativity less, and more innovative industries like technology tend to value creativity more. The eLearning Guild’s salary calculator is a great place to compare baseline numbers across industries. Workplace Climate and Culture.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide – Training Industry Extensive list of podcasts related to learning, training, instructional design, and technology. In this post, I share an extensive list of podcasts, research on using videos for learning, and what one teacher learned in her transition to instructional design. Video research.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 18, 2014

I’d rather have actual personal benchmarks instead of generic industry benchmarks. In the future, this is what I hope to use for all time estimates as I increase my data for different types of projects. Adobe Captivate, TechSmith Camtasia Studio, Articulate Storyline: Production Times by IconLogic.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Emerald | Industrial and Commercial Training | Enhancing coaching skills and emotional intelligence through training Annotated. Recognition memory tests afterward revealed a significant spacing effect: Participants recognized more items learnt under the spaced learning condition than under the massed learning condition.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 13, 2008

And these consideration render many entrenched practices of the entire knowledge industry questionable. Downes’ and Siemens’ discussions shed new light on fundamental concepts, such as rules versus patterns, complicated vs. complex, equivalence vs. similarity, and coping with ambiguity and uncertainty.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

In some industries, an even split isn’t realistic. For most learning scenarios, I aim for a roughly 50/50 split of women and men because that’s what the world population looks like. Your workplace might actually be closer to 60/40, but in general, an even split is a good goal. Firefighters, for example, are overwhelmingly male.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 7, 2019

Use these benchmarks to use as a starting point, but you’ll need to adjust for your experience, education, skills, industry, whether you’re a full-time employee or independent consultant, etc. People frequently ask me these questions, and I always refer people to the same resources.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 5, 2019

– eLearning Industry Summary of findings and limitations of research on video for learning tags: video engagement learning. The links and resources in this post include using video to engage learners, estimating development time, JavaScript, xAPI, free images, storytelling, and learning experience design.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 4, 2022

In some industries, an even split isn’t realistic. For most learning scenarios, I aim for a roughly 50/50 split of women and men because that’s what the world population looks like. Your workplace might actually be closer to 60/40, but in general, an even split is a good goal. Firefighters, for example, are overwhelmingly male.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 14, 2020

I think that our industry as a whole doesn’t focus enough on good writing. My favorite section of this book is Part II: Design. These 3 chapters show the process of writing the story. Develop Relatable Characters 6. Create Action and Conflict 7. Build the Story. It’s not included in most master’s or certification programs.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 1, 2021

Standards might be relevant for some highly regulated industries (e.g., If your current resume mentions specific state or national standards that you are meeting, remove or reduce that, especially for workplace training jobs. finance or pharmacy) or for higher ed jobs where you need to meet accreditation standards.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

My post on Time Estimates for eLearning Development explains how to use industry benchmarks to estimate how long it will take to create elearning. My process overlaps with hers; some of the analysis questions above (e.g., what’s working and what’s not) are based on what I learned from Jane’s process.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2017

In fact, in the Guild report mentioned above, all 13 industry thought leaders agreed that instructional design is changing rather than dying. Instructional design previously evolved from only classroom training to classroom plus online training. Now the field continues to evolve and expand.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 26, 2022

I had the honor to be part of the panel discussion on workflow learning with two legends in our industry, Ray Jimenez and Bob Mosher. I’m looking forward to going through Judy’s resources later to see some more of the tips for designing learning with neurodivergence in mind. Workflow Learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 10, 2008

Problem : Industry has high turnover rate, plus experienced loan officers don’t want to take time to mentor newbies b/c they work on commission only. Security levels of PBwiki are sufficient for the financial industry. A: Security levels are necessary for their industry. A: They did a lot of research.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 21, 2019

However, I still use the industry benchmarks for comparison and sharing with clients. Use these resources to create and compare your own time estimates (or to show stakeholders why you can’t create 5 hours of elearning in 3 weeks!). My time tracking template.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 5, 2015

Although I don’t think a master’s degree should be mandatory, the industry would benefit from a way to differentiate between IDs who are deliberate and reflective in their practice and those who aren’t working to improve.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 27, 2009

Other research questions: What technologies are used in other industries and have a solid user base there that learning institutions should be looking at (2-3 years out)? Also listed: virtual worlds, videoconferencing, voicethreads, geotagging, cell phones, flip cameras, digital storytelling, portfolios, multimedia.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 11, 2008

The industrial model of measuring the minimum quality of every widget doesn’t work. A lot of what we want schools to do can’t be measured the way we’re measuring now. Q: So you mean to focus on assessment, that’s the lever for change in schools? A: Yes, we need to set the goals but say 3 or 4 ways to get there.

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