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Chunking Information to Design eLearning

B Online Learning

Chunking refers to the strategy of breaking down information into bite-sized pieces so that human brain can easily digest the new information. Miller first coined the term ‘chunking’ in his 1956 paper, The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on our Capacity for Processing Information.

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Information to Miniscenarios

Clark Quinn

What I haven’t really done is talk about how how you map information to miniscenarios. Not random or silly ones, but ones that represent ways in which learners reliably go wrong. Then, we have the decisions the learners need to be able to make. I evangelize this, regularly. So it’s time to remedy that.

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MANAGING INFORMATION OVERLOAD

Learnnovators

The common wisdom amongst instructional designers is to avoid creating an information overload. Don’t overburden the learner. It’s far worse when we turn that folksy wisdom on ourselves and cap our professional development by avoiding information overloads ourselves! Just keep things simple. Make it easy.

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Learning Over Time Vs Information Dumping in the Workplace

Capytech

Learning Over Time Vs Information Dumping in the Workplace When a new worker joins your organisation, there is a lot of information and skills they need to learn. Does learning over time or doing an information dump get the best results? Learners are more motivated and engaged. Which is the best approach?

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Digital Learning Tips and Tricks from Neuroscience

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Chief Freedom Officer, Learningtogo

Does digital media work differently in the brain than information coming in from "the real world?" How can you capture and keep learner attention in a world of alerts, pop-ups, and "clickbait?" Tune in to learn: How the brain responds to digital media (and how you can use this response to increase learner attention).

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OpenSesame announces partnership with Real Projects to expand business skills and information security course library

OpenSesame

Global 2000 can now leverage critical training to improve business skills and information security in their organizations. Enterprise companies leverage the OpenSesame Plus subscription with over 7,500 curated courses—now including Real Projects’ learner-focused courses— to develop employee’s professional and information security skills.

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[Podcast] Virtual Learning: The Numbing Effects of the Information Age

InSync Training

In this episode, we turn our attention to the numbing effects that the information age can have on virtual classrooms and learner experiences. Are you bored yet?

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5 Things Your eLearning Strategy Needs (Beyond a Bigger Course Library)

Simultaneously, programs are often more engaging when personalized to the learner. Simply adding content doesn’t address the needs of all learners in the organization. Striking a balance between these demands can be a challenge. Managing an eLearning program includes more than just expanding content libraries.

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Blended Learning: Deliver Employee Trainings That Pack a Punch

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Founder and Chief Freedom Officer at LearningToGo | Hartmut Hahn, CEO & Co-Founder at Userlane

While there are many options for training your employees, people learn and retain information differently, so what works well for one group may be ineffective for another. According to research, 82% of learners prefer a blended learning approach. Thus increasing ROI, employee retention, and improving workplace culture.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Keeps the consumer of information at the forefront of the UX.

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Agile Microlearning Explained

Learner engagement and retention doesn’t have to be a mystery. Cognitive science theories already supply the answers. Learn how OttoLearn packages them into a single platform you can use to deliver microlearning based reinforcement training, and go beyond completions to focus on outcomes.

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Why Most eLearning Fails: How to Create eLearning that Gets Results

Speaker: Tim Slade, Speaker, Author, and Creator of The eLearning Designer's Academy

The sad reality is that most eLearning courses require learners to sit through a disappointing experience, where information is poorly organized, the content isn’t relevant, and the interactions seem contrived and without purpose. Let’s admit it: most eLearning just plain sucks!

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The Triple Bottom Line of Learning

Speaker: Jerry Zandstra, Co-Founder, Inno-Versity, and Miriam Taylor, Chief Learning Strategist, Inno-Versity

In this webinar, Inno-Versity suggests that there are 3 distinct groups involved in the learning process: C-Suite stakeholders, L&D teams, and the learners themselves. How to combine C-Suite, L&D, and Learner outcomes into a comprehensive bottom line. You will learn: The three groups in your company with a real stake in eLearning.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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Developing a Results Driven Curriculum

A well-designed learning curriculum develops and nurtures skills needed to achieve organizational and business goals with the most effective and engaging set of experiences. This ebook outlines 5 critical steps to develop learning solutions that will help you achieve the most ambitious objectives.