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Thoughts on digital learning design

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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development shot this movie at the Learning and Development Show in London in April. It previews a digital learning design workshop that I will be running in October and throughout 2015.'

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Production values: do they really matter?

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They expect Hollywood movies and big, expensive games to be awesome. Remember they are quite happy skipping from rock promos to home-made YouTube movies. They may even be suspicious of content that is too glossy – what is it you’re trying to sell them? And when it comes to user-generated content, then frankly anything goes.

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Why e-learning should be in perpetual beta

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A right first time approach works if you are building skyscrapers or making Hollywood movies. But in an era in which software apps and web content are updated almost constantly and usually painlessly, there is simply no argument for treating e-learning content as if we were making $100m movies or printing books.

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There's no need to aspire to Hollywood content

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In particular they are concerned that learners might regard their content as low quality in comparison with commercial video games, movies and other mass media, and therefore not worthy of their attention. They expect Hollywood movies and big, expensive games to be awesome. They know what ‘good enough’ means.

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Presentations in the cloud

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A video with media alongside (typically slides, but could also be Flash movies, Twitter feeds, web pages, etc.). The system allows you to deliver the presentation in three formats: A video of the presentation alone. The media with accompanying audio.

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Three tiers in the content pyramid

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The form may be a simple interactive tutorial, a short video, a podcast, a screen capture movie, a PowerPoint or a PDF. Rapid development The lower tier would be 'good enough' digital content, designed to communicate simple information or provide basic knowledge without fuss.

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Stacey - learner of today

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Their new childcare course, currently being piloted, is composed of an interesting blend of formal and informal approaches: each student has a personalised home page featuring news, bookmarked content, details of friends, 'my discussions', 'my questions' and rss feeds; e-learning materials, developed by Kineo ; formal assessment for a National Vocational (..)