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Storyline Accessibility and Mayer’s Principles

Scissortail's Learning Nest

If you’re not familiar with Mayer’s Principles, this blog post from Digital Learning Institute explains them in a nutshell. However, for many course designs, this can lead to a poor experience for users who would prefer the media to play automatically and don’t want to select Play on every slide. Surely there’s a happy medium, right?

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Plain Language for Course Creators: Enhancing Clarity and Engagement

CourseArc

Best Practice Before After Avoid Complex/Jargon Filled Language The institution leverages a comprehensive cognitive training model with an emphasis on advanced problem-solving techniques, optimizing individual learning trajectories while fostering robust cognitive restructuring. Use an active voice, with a clear “actor “in your writing.

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7 Problems Faced By Self-Publishers And How to Avoid Them

Kitaboo

Some Common Problems Faced by Self-publishers and How To Avoid Them - 1. Research And Analysis The first problem that any self-published author faces is to find the right audience for their book. Or better still, do this research before actually writing your manuscript. No book is ever meant for everyone.

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10 Best Online Course Social Media: Paid & Free

Think Orion

As social media continues to impact consumer shopping behavior, marketers vividly leverage these networks’ drawing power for promotion. percent of the world’s population, are social media users. For this reason, the demand for social media professionals is increasing. But what exactly is social media marketing?

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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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Bit by the Instructional Design Bug: A Conversation with Connie Malamed

TalentLMS

And our work is incredibly varied—analyzing content, interviewing audience members, designing user interfaces, developing eLearning, writing video scripts, and more. Or you could be writing a video script and going to a shoot.” For example, education, psychology, writing, graphic design. And so on.” “In

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Why Videos and Images Rule for Social Media with Jessie O’Donnell

TechSmith Camtasia

When it comes to using social media to help your customers, it’s often better to show, rather than tell. It’s no secret that videos and images win on social media channels. If you’re using social media to engage with customers, images and videos are a fantastic way to communicate. Then you can modify it to accomplish the goal.”.