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Instructional Techniques – Quick Takes – 1

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On their time, before the next session they were to write a synopsis of the book, detailing the plot, a description of the characters and of course, the lesson or truth learned — in a paragraph or two. At which point did the story pivot and turn towards the ‘lesson.’

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Instructional Techniques – Quick Takes – 2

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Of course, this one change is quite profound – the tale, the moral, the lesson of the story now changes, too. Because of the vagaries of the weather will the moral or lesson change – or be shaped differently. The gorilla takes on some of the characteristics of King Kong. Now tell us the story as if Stephen King had written it.

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The $125,000 Teacher – And Corporate Counterpart

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The Charter School – TEP, The Equity Project – makes the case that paying teachers a substantial salary, somewhat on par with (my words here) what a high level Instructional Designer or Learning & Development leader earns, will improve student test results. Or what we would call improved performance and employee effectiveness.

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TITHING FOR TEACHERS: FOR A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE, A LIFETIME OF TANGIBLE THANKS

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Diminishing the overplayed hand of the unions to level the playing field where mediocre and superlative instructors are paid equally based on years of service and graduate credit hours for courses having no bearing on instructional quality.

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10.2 Strategic Ways to Ensure Learning Begets Performance Improvement

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Further, the more likely instruction can be well designed to achieve the intended outcomes. Here endeth the lesson,’ said at the close of C of E services no doubt Gaule led or worshipped. _. This is a simple system really – inputs and outputs built along a continuum. When interconnected a more complex system was revealed.

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The Learner, 70:20:10 and Customer Experience

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As learning people, we might take a lesson from touchpoints in Cx. Learning designers can think in touchpoints when they build instruction or training. Change Customer Experience Development Disruptive Learning ELearning Instructional Design Learning Development customer experience learning design touchpoints'

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