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MARCH 23, 2016

After we’ve confirmed that this training should exist (a la Cathy Moore’s Action Mapping), we should remember that learning is not an event, but a journey. What is a Learning Journey? It’s a type of timeline that we can use to align different types of instructional products or solutions to support learning.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Then developing online learning or an e-learning course might be your solution. And how do you know that developing online learning is the right solution for you? Our Dummies Guide to Developing Online Learning starts with what is e-learning. Then it explains the advantages of online learning.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

That is providing your customers with the tools, resources, and knowledge they need to be successful using your product or service. For example, you would not get many customers taking a full day course to learn how to put together an IKEA table. Allowing them to create a large follower-base by sharing industry-specific knowledge.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

One of the quandaries that instructional designers have been struggling with, is their role (if any) in informal or social learning. First of all, what exactly is informal and social learning? Informal – no set objective in terms of learning outcomes and is never intentional from the learner’s standpoint.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

While the benefits of online learning have been clear for years, it’s only recently that online learning has gone mainstream. Let alone creating new online learning. An enterprise learning Management System (LMS) perhaps? Your current online learning options aren’t working well and you don’t know why.

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

There are many studies and statistics that show the effectiveness and efficacy of online learning. So, one of the eLearning trends for 2022 will be an increase in hybrid or blended learning.”. Hybrid learning was one of the strongest eLearning trends in 2022. But without having to use any programming skills or knowledge.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Facilitating Zoom webinars to create successful and engaging learning and education requires specific skills, experiences, and knowledge of the instructor. So in this article, you’ll learn when to use zoom for webinar training and when not to. And these greatly enhance the learning experience of the Zoom webinars.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Articulate Storyline is one of the most popular authoring tools used worldwide to create online learning. And while anyone with enough time, knowledge, and money can make an outstanding online course, can you do it on a budget? Many organizations use a learning management system (LMS) to host their courses. are no exception.

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MARCH 26, 2020

There’s a lot of boring e-learning out there. Start by creating better e-learning activities. In our article, “The Dummies Guide to Developing Online Learning” we listed several e-learning activities. Now, we provide successful online activities for self-paced e-learning. For example, Share learning objectives.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

What is e-learning? Well, there are many types of e-learning that organizations can use to educate or train people. Understanding what is e-learning and the best types of e-learning to use, is critical when creating new training programs. A physical institution no longer confines restrictions to learning.

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JUNE 1, 2019

For example, you need a new training or e-learning course but. You, and/or your organization, are new to e-learning and you aren’t sure where to start. They can bring innovative knowledge, ideas, and best practices to use for your course. That is, how easy is the content learned, remembered and applied? Tech-Savvy.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

No matter what type of course or training event you are conducting, including blended learning methods, can significantly enhance your course. By matching the blended learning design and methods with your subject matter, you can improve participant engagement and the quality of instruction provided. What Is Blended Learning?

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JUNE 3, 2020

Scared to learn how positioning can make your instructional products awesome? At Spark + Co , we help organizations who have knowledge or skills and we turn that into a course for them. It’s not what they are going to learn, it’s what they will do with the knowledge that is important. April Dunford and Obviously Awesome.

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When building your training solutions, it’s really important that you consider how your target audience is going to incorporate this new knowledge or skill into their practice, task or work. Whether it’s online or offline (or both!), think of how you can: Specify and communicate (performance) expectations.

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

Without that knowledge, they might not get the full appreciation of your product. Some good examples: Articulate’s E-Learning Heroes Community – these guys seriously understand how to make you want to use their product and continually provide their users with tons of training, ideas, hacks, tricks and freebies.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

A common question we ask is, “What do we expect learners to be able to do after taking this training?” It should never be just about what knowledge someone learns from the training. We set instructional goals by identifying the behavioral indicators that tell us we’ve made a difference due to the elearning course development.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

With online training becoming the norm recently, the amount of e learning content development required has increased significantly. But writing e learning content is not the same as writing for other forms of media. But e learning content also comes in various formats (e.g., What Is E Learning Content Development?

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JANUARY 1, 2024

That started to take root with AI tools becoming more mainstream, including their learning applications. It will likely also increase consumer tools in online learning as training gets productized. Khan Academy ), then this could lead to a revolution in online learning. SPOILER ALERT – But this was only the start.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Increasing Customer Satisfaction: The satisfaction of your customers increases as they become more knowledgeable, more quickly. But there are also prepared learning paths as well. A really useful feature is the knowledge checks that MS Teams use in their customer training. Helping people learn, and engage in dynamic discussions.

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MARCH 7, 2021

There are over 800 different LMS (Learning Management Systems) currently available. An LMS ( learning management system ) is software for the administration, tracking, reporting, and delivery of courses and training programs. LMS are focused on online learning delivery including both asynchronous and synchronous training.

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OCTOBER 7, 2023

But how do you instill these principles in your workforce via an online learning platform? This flexibility can lead to better engagement and comprehension as learners can choose optimal times for their learning. Many people are still learning and understanding the intricacies and nuances and how to apply them to their daily lives.

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JULY 13, 2021

Thinkific’s mission is to revolutionize the way people learn. Currently, Thinkific supports online learning for over 50,000-course creators in 190 countries and in 20+ languages. You can create quizzes and knowledge checks to assess how well course participants are doing. One that impacts both them and their audience.

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