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Crafting eLearning Narratives That Keep Your Learners Hooked

Wizcabin

However, with attention spans shrinking and learners becoming more demanding, it is essential to create eLearning courses that are engaging, informative and captivating. Narratives are an effective tool that can be used to create engaging eLearning experiences that keep learners hooked. Another technique is the use of suspense.

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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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Learner Empathy Can Save Your Course Design

Allen Interactions

Maybe you turn to Google to get the latest information about the training topic? Information-sharing is not training. Since all learning is designed in some way to change learner behavior, it makes sense to think about the expected change from the start of the design process. If this is your approach, you may want to refocus.

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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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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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Learner Analytics for Informed Teaching Strategies

Magic EdTech

But on a smaller scale, this data can be used to solve a very pressing challenge that educators today face – developing informed teaching strategies. Learners are the biggest beneficiaries of data analysis as it can help them understand their progress. Today, many tools help you visualize learner progress on a dashboard.

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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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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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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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Experience the Benefit of Fully Trainable AI-Powered Learning Companions

Beyond mere chatbots, Knowledge Avatars are companions, interactive tutors ready to educate the urgent information your team needs to excel in their roles. They can deliver your images and videos and indicate what your learners need to learn. Knowledge Avatars are versatile and adaptable personal coaches!

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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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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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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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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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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.