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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

I’ve been learning foreign languages since primary school. What’s perhaps unusual these days is that all my language learning has been done through traditional methods. OpenLanguage has a similar aim: to help busy adults learn a new language by making use of the technology they already rely on. Review activities.

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APRIL 11, 2011

One of these is the enduring question of how to use text and audio within e-learning, which prompted some debate and some interesting experiment results. We also had to identify the other element that it is most compatible with (simultaneously, as opposed to sequentially throughout an e-learning course).

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← What characterises good e-learning? For me, there are three headline characteristics that I keep in mind and try to achieve every time I design a piece of learning content. Bookmark the permalink.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

In addition to those eight rules, here are my own top tips (in no particular order) for energising your e-learning: Write the way you talk. An e-learning course is not an academic paper, a business report, a legal document or an instruction manual. Yes, an e-learning course should be free of typos and grammatical errors.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

2 Responses to Five tips for e-learning they’ll fall in love with Lisa McGonigle | February 14, 2011 at 10:34 am | Reply Hi Stephanie Love this little blog – just tweeted about it. Bookmark the permalink. Thanks Lisa Cheryl McNeil | February 17, 2011 at 5:30 pm | Reply Love the tip on sense of humor.

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MARCH 30, 2011

That’s where eLearningLearning comes in; it’s a community run by Tony Karrer and designed to collect and organise current and relevant content about e-learning. It’s a goldmine of content on all things e-learning, and well worth a look.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Whether you’re attending Learning Technologies next week or following what’s going on from afar, make sure you take a few minutes to read this invaluable blog post from Kate Graham.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Whether you’re attending Learning Technologies next week or following what’s going on from afar, make sure you take a few minutes to read this invaluable blog post from Kate Graham.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Before the tweetchat we were pointed towards a document summarising four learning scenarios of the future. These scenarios were the outcome of a challenge given to delegates at Business Educa in December, when they were asked to consider what workplace learning will look like 10 years from now.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

In-house DIY e-learning and rapid development mean that training managers and subject matter experts (among others) have to put on an e-learning design hat from time to time. Great e-learning isn’t about eye-catching graphics and technical wizardry. And that hinges on excellent instructional design.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

When I attended Learning 2012 last month, I was lucky enough to be there as part of 30 Under Thirty : a group of 30 ‘future leaders’ in learning and development. This lunch-and-learn approach really became the model for our extra conference experiences. See more official photos from the conference at [link].

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

James illustrated 10 examples of incremental innovation (or ‘butterfly moments’) in e-learning, which I think are well worth sharing. There’s no shame in emulating success and learning from the masters – if someone has a idea which has worked well, use that as a starting point. Re-invent the e-learning screen.

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MARCH 7, 2011

With the January launch of the E-Learning Awards , the IT Training Awards at the start of February, and the eLearning Network showcasing recent winners, award-winning e-learning is the order of the day. If you’ve not yet decided whether or not to enter this year, there are at least three good reasons why you should. Image: ?????

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AUGUST 16, 2011

Today we’re going to take a look at the interactions in your e-learning course. Map interactions against the key learning points. For me, it’s about making sure that your interactions are mapped against your key learning points. I’m not sure this is a good question for this learning point. Take a big picture view.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In preparation for my session, I asked Good To Great readers, the Twitter community and eLN event attendees to sum up their last compliance e-learning experience in three words. I then asked people to describe the compliance e-learning they want to see more of.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Learning 2012, held in late October in Florida, was my first experience of a non-UK conference (in fact my first trip to the USA!), The interview format kept the pace up and ensured that each conversation was brought back to learning before wrapping up. and it was quite an experience. What worked.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← Have you done your good deed for the day? Click on the image above to link to the Breathing Earth website I love the idea of having a similar counter in an e-learning course to really make an impact.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

James set out 10 ways to improve the learner experience in e-learning, which I’ll recap in another post, but what really tickled me was James’ description of ‘butterfly moments’ Everyone has a slightly different understanding of what innovation is.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

As a community, we cite Twitter as our number one learning tool and we’re vocal in our appreciation of our personal learning networks (PLNs). So, what can we do to improve our use of Twitter at conferences and share really valuable learning and insight with fellow L&D folk?

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Learning 2012, held in late October in Florida, was my first experience of a non-UK conference (in fact my first trip to the USA!), The interview format kept the pace up and ensured that each conversation was brought back to learning before wrapping up. and it was quite an experience. What worked.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

I’ve worked on both sides of the fence: for an e-learning development company and now (admittedly for far less time) in an in-house capacity. If you really do need the e-learning proposal equivalent of War and Peace , provide a realistic deadline; it’s in your own interest.

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JUNE 1, 2011

I’ve also just finished, and hopefully passed, the Institute’s Certified Online Learning Facilitator (COLF) course. Certified Online Learning Facilitator course. Even if you’re not brand new to live online learning, this course is a great opportunity to practise and brush up on your skills. SlideShare.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I’m horrendously behind with E-learning and Digital Cultures – I’ve not yet looked at the fourth week’s material, but I’m still hoping to get my ‘digital artifact’ in by tonight’s submission deadline. His suggestion is that it’s the lack of the ‘human’ in distance learning.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

All this explains why one of the things most of us want our e-learning to be is ‘interactive’ In e-learning, as in life, interactions are more engaging and memorable than lectures. They help to break up content into learner-friendly chunks and they start to turn a passive learning experience into something more active.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

There’s no shortage of information and advice out there about designing fantastic e-learning – and lots of it is very good advice. In preparation for the webinar, I asked my Twitter network to tell me what they’d change if they were in this situation of having to improve or refresh an e-learning course with limited resources.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

When I attended Learning 2012 last month, I was lucky enough to be there as part of 30 Under Thirty : a group of 30 ‘future leaders’ in learning and development. This lunch-and-learn approach really became the model for our extra conference experiences. See more official photos from the conference at [link].

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AUGUST 19, 2011

Having QA-ed more e-learning courses than I care to remember, there are two key lessons that I’ve learnt. The last thing you want is to release your newly improved e-learning course and then have to take it down when word gets back to the SME that you didn’t get their sign off and/or there is content that’s no longer accurate.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

As a community, we cite Twitter as our number one learning tool and we’re vocal in our appreciation of our personal learning networks (PLNs). So, what can we do to improve our use of Twitter at conferences and share really valuable learning and insight with fellow L&D folk?

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

If they’re not taking notice, they’re not really learning. If they’re not learning, they won’t action it back in the workplace. If people don’t take the learning on board and apply it, they’ll continue to make the same mistakes or miss the same opportunities. It needs to be engaging, relevant and effective.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The second week of the E-learning and Digital Cultures course still centres on utopian and dystopian accounts of technology. The prompt questions provided by the course were around visualisations of education, learning and teaching in these films. A Day Made of Glass 2. Productivity Future Vision. Countering popular complaints .

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MARCH 3, 2011

But last night’s episode brilliantly illustrated three important lessons for workplace learning as well as education. They’ll remember the customer service course more favourably if they can learn by doing through simulations and feedback. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Thanks for visiting!

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me What characterises good e-learning? Unlike when I wrote for the Spicy Learning Blog , which was a team effort, this time it’s all down to me. What characterises good e-learning?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

This week I was drawn to a webinar hosted by James McLuckie (of Eden Tree and the Learning and Development Group on LinkedIn) and presented by Patrick Bray (Pad) of Team Me. It was titled ‘transforming personal and professional performance with archetypes’ and this is what Pad does everyday.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

But while I’m all for e-learning scripting to be approached more like a creative writing exercise (within reason), I tend to think that in many – if not most – cases, those plain and simple words we were trained out of as children are just right for the job. Image: sheelamohan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net.

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MARCH 14, 2011

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← A panel podcast on compliance training Two great ideas for your next sustainability course → Have you done your good deed for the day?

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The second week of the E-learning and Digital Cultures course still centres on utopian and dystopian accounts of technology. The prompt questions provided by the course were around visualisations of education, learning and teaching in these films. A Day Made of Glass 2. Productivity Future Vision. Countering popular complaints .

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MARCH 10, 2011

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← How to write an award-winning submission Have you done your good deed for the day? Image: ?????Salvatore Bookmark the permalink.

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