Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Scenario-Based Learning in Higher Ed Training with Branching Scenarios Speaking for your organization If you’d like to invite me to speak with your organization with a customized webinar like this or a hands-on workshop, contact me.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 3, 2023

This post includes links on inclusive and accessible learning, free images, font pairing, scenarios, and tools to improve organization and productivity. Tools to get organized and improve productivity. TeuxDeux: the to-do list app for organizing everything. Inclusive and accessible learning. Sign the Inclusive Learning Pledge.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 19, 2020

This is especially true for organizations who don’t currently have an LMS and are starting completely from scratch. I often see organizations struggle to even identify what questions they should be asking. They “don’t know what they don’t know.” A WordPress plugin may be sufficient. Usability Testing.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 28, 2022

While there was plenty of grumbling about remote training, multiple people chimed in about the positives in their organizations. Remote workers also feel more connected to their coworkers and organizations than they had in the past. For example, now it’s easier for every training to have a translation and/or live transcript.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 19, 2024

It’s more about how information is revealed and how the action is organized in the story. Note that Hadiya isn’t talking about the “hero’s journey” or some other overarching classic structure here (which I often find more problematic than helpful for scenario-based learning, especially branching scenarios).

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2024

Garvin, Edmondson, & Gino wrote about learning organization dimensions , and one of the four aspects of a supportive learning environment was “appreciation of differences”. – Learnlets Clark Quinn reflects on why DEI is important, including some review of research supporting DEI work.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2022

Most for-profit organizations cannot accept volunteer, unpaid labor without running afoul of the FLSA. This is true even if the intern offers his or her services for free just to get started with the organization. You’re not doing them a favor. Scenarios and games.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 8, 2023

” This would be worth reviewing if you had a specific use case in an organization, but the tool is too expensive for freelancers and consultants. The founder says, “You can think of it as a collaborative choose your own adventure – or Twine meets Kahoot :-).”

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

.” A good fit means doing work you find satisfying, in an organization or with clients that value your contributions. This is pretty common in instructional design and elearning roles, especially in smaller organizations. You have to look for those larger teams, or at least organizations who regularly outsource development work.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 3, 2022

Which organizations should I look into joining or learning more about? Which trends do you see affecting instructional design? What are some of your favorite software applications? What conferences/webinars can I attend that are free/relatively inexpensive? Thanks to everyone who attended and asked questions!

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Some organizations have specific requirements for fonts and spacing. If your organization has standard practices, follow those guidelines; they probably work fine and are what people are accustomed to working with. As is a good idea for any written communication, use a clear, readable font in decent size.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 26, 2024

Some organizations tend to prioritize one factor over the others, but it’s always a balance. This project management balance isn’t a question of being right or wrong. If someone has a strict limit on their budget, the best option may be to reduce the scope to match the available resources.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Example with pronunciation help : For each $1 [voice over: dollar] spent on this method, organizations save $4.30 [voice over: four dollars and thirty cents]. Example written out directly in script: For each dollar spent on this method, organizations save four dollars and thirty cents. Decimals and fractions.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 11, 2018

40+ Instructional Design and eLearning Books Design for How People Learn Write and Organize for Deeper Learning Practice and Feedback for Deeper Learning Training Design Basics Performance-Focused Smile Sheets Visual Design Solutions How to Become an eLearning Freelancer The Gamification of Learning and Instruction.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 30, 2019

This is Tactic #28 in Patti Shank’s Write and Organize for Deeper Learning : Move Less-Essential Content to Non-Prime Space. ” Patti Shank, Write and Organize for Deeper Learning , p. However, this can become an easy crutch to rely on. Don’t use this tactic as an excuse to add non-valuable content.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 21, 2020

These are organizations who are used to having instructors work virtually, so they have the infrastructure in place already. On the corporate side, companies that specialize in creating elearning for other organizations frequently hire remote instructional designers and elearning developers. Higher education. eLearning companies.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

For those organizations that buy learning from third-party vendors these prices may seem quite low, and they are. How much should you pay for a learning solution? Why does one vendor quote $5,000 and another $20,000? At its core, the price of a learning solution is a very simple equation – Rate x Effort = Price.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 11, 2023

I’ve used this basic process (especially the “discount usability testing version”), or some adapted version of it, in several organizations. Usability testing Usability Testing 101 Introduction to usability testing. Mostly, I have used this with testing LMSs, but it works well for testing elearning too.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While organizations also bear responsibility for closing the gender pay gap, we as individuals can make a difference by knowing what we’re worth. In this session, I reviewed data from multiple sources on pay in the learning and development field, for employees and freelancers.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ultimately, adult learners and their organizations expect learning experiences to establish behaviors that make their lives or work more efficient and effective. Andre Plaut. 360 and VR resources. 360 photos. Free stock photos related to 360 panoramic.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 10, 2021

This isn’t tagging per se, but a way to connect ideas and keep a large amount of notes organized over time. This was originally designed as a method for taking paper-based notes but with effectively a hyperlink between ideas. 85+ Most Useful Time Saving WordPress Keyboard Shortcuts.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 6, 2019

Unscrupulous organizations have been known to outsource work to a bunch of different people to save money. A short paid project doesn’t commit either you or the organization to anything long term. Doing free work sends the signal that you’re not worth paying. It’s also risky for you to agree to work with someone new.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 16, 2018

We have recently begun a process of organizing the training tasks for the whole church in a way we can efficiently deliver it across time and distance, in hopes we can bring our knowledge base up to meet the challenges of continuing to grow and launch new churches. Organize: Organize the content in terms of tasks rather than functions.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 11, 2018

40+ Instructional Design and eLearning Books Design for How People Learn Write and Organize for Deeper Learning Practice and Feedback for Deeper Learning Training Design Basics Performance-Focused Smile Sheets Visual Design Solutions How to Become an eLearning Freelancer The Gamification of Learning and Instruction.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Apps require permissions though, so they may not work in every organization. Zoom App Marketplace : Zoom’s marketplace of apps offers more options for collaborating and presenting in Zoom. Check out tools like Mural integrated with Zoom for an improved collaborative whiteboard or Mentimeter for better polls.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 3, 2021

Being able to drag and drop the passages to organize particular parts of the branching makes it much easier to see what’s happening. If the branching is significant, or the scenario is long, I can build the initial prototype in maybe half the time it would take in Storyline.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 11, 2021

It’s important to prioritize your ends and what makes sense in your organization. It looked at improving adaptability at the enterprise level. Adaptive learning is a means to an end. There are numerous ends and goals possible. Also, adaptive learning isn’t just about technology. This requires change management.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 13, 2015

The organization has experienced some resistance to implementing a new LMS, so one of my goals was to shift their attitudes. Anna, the hero of the story, has problems similar to those faced by the IDs in this organization. That’s one reason I used a storytelling approach for my presentation.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2020

But in scenario-based e-learning a series of simulated work challenges can be organized from simple to complex, thus assuring a smoother learning curve. Ruth Clark in Scenario-Based e-Learning , pp. Increased motivation. Chapter 10 of Clark’s book asks, “Does scenario-based elearning work?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 4, 2014

Every organization also has its own lingo. ” Like any big organization, Cisco uses hundreds of acronyms, and the same acronym in one group can have a different meaning in another team. .”

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 25, 2014

Not sure if employers would actually care about this or recognize the organization, but it’s an interesting idea for peer-reviewed credentials. The Institute for Performance Improvement – IDBadges. Badges for instructional designers in various areas. tags: instructionaldesign badges certificate. Posted from Diigo.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Example with pronunciation help : For each $1 [voice over: dollar] spent on this method, organizations save $4.30 [voice over: four dollars and thirty cents]. Example written out directly in script: For each dollar spent on this method, organizations save four dollars and thirty cents. 2010 is NOT “two thousand AND ten.”

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 14, 2015

This is especially true for organizations who don’t currently have an LMS and are starting completely from scratch. In those circumstances, I often see organizations struggle to even identify what questions they should be asking. They “don’t know what they don’t know.” A WordPress plugin may be sufficient.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 6, 2023

Even if the tool is great, I think that’s would be a hard sell for most organizations. The pricing is $4/user/month–which seems really high to me, considering that’s more than some full-blown LMSs that can host hundreds of courses. They have a minimum of 50 users, which means the minimum cost is $200/month.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2023

Thanks to Patti Bryant for doing an amazing job organizing ONILP, which continues to be a valuable group for freelancers and consultants. That’s a structured course on the business side of freelancing. It’s designed for people who have the instructional design skills already but need to learn how to grow a business.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 11, 2011

If you can find a nonprofit organization with a cause you care about it would be a win-win for everyone. Do you know of any organizations looking for volunteers? That’s general advice that would apply to pretty much any field, but it’s especially helpful if you’re looking for an authentic project to create.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 2, 2019

See how others have organized their samples and what they include. I suggest reading the terms very carefully and being sure you understand what is and isn’t included. Portfolio Examples. It helps to see other portfolios as inspiration for your own work. The Articulate community also has a collection of portfolios.

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