The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Read book reviews on writing multiple choice questions, performance improvement methodology, voice user interface, a career in ID, a playbook for the future and the social organization.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Mirjam is a coauthor of Evidence-Informed Learning Design: Creating training to improve performance. In this episode, I speak with Mirjam Neelen about the conclusions that learning researchers agree on, how to identify learning myths and how to incorporate evidence-informed learning strategies into your work.

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

She has degrees in curriculum studies and in writing and is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance. You may know Hadiya for her work in storytelling and as the author of the book StoryTraining. She worked in corporate learning before founding her firm, Duets Learning.

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The eLearning Coach

MAY 16, 2018

We must find the most effective ways to meet the needs of a target audience, to improve workplace performance and to measure outcomes in terms of business metrics. Like all designers these days, learning experience designers are under pressure. That's a tall order.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

She is the creator of Action Mapping, a model of training design that focuses on improving workplace performance. If you are frustrated with the limited models available for instructional design, then you’ll be interested in this conversation with Cathy Moore.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 30, 2019

How can chatbots be used to support performance in the work flow? * What platforms can chatbots work with? * Can many of the platforms enable chatbots to learn (or be predictive) from audience responses? * What can a chatbot bring to different phases of the learning journey?

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

She has degrees in curriculum studies and in writing and is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance. You may know Hadiya for her work in storytelling and as the author of the book StoryTraining. She worked in corporate learning before founding her firm, Duets Learning.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 7, 2016

He has spent years exploring the best ways to conduct course evaluations and has compiled his findings in an excellent book, Performance-focused Smile Sheets: A Radical Rethinking of a Dangerous Art Form. Will has worked in the learning-and-performance field for 30 years—as a trainer, instructional designer, […]

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 14, 2016

If we want to facilitate behavior, performance and attitude changes, than we need to spend more time and effort thinking about the psychology of the audience members we are designing for. In this session, I speak with Victor Yocco, PhD, about some of the psychological principles that impact design.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Mobile learning might be just the solution that your organization needs to solve a workforce performance problem. Actually, mobile learning can be in the form of: performance support […] Post from: The eLearning Coach Mobile Learning 101. But if you haven’t been introduced to mobile learning, you might not even know it.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Learning experience designers handle all types of content for a wide variety of uses, from formal courses to performance support aids. Organizing this information for learning and/or quick access is crucial. Organizing this information for learning and/or quick access is crucial.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 22, 2016

Hidden in this deceptively simple format is a type of performance support that has saved lives in the air and on the operating room table. One of the most brilliant cognitive aids devised by some very smart humans is the checklist. Forward thinking hospitals use checklists to stop the spread of hospital-based infections.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

It is the primary reason for formal learning interventions—like courses, as well as informal interventions—explaining how to perform a task at a meeting. Learning transfer refers to the degree to which an individual applies previously learned knowledge and skills to new situations. Near and Far Transfer All types of transfer are not equal.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 26, 2011

Learn and use this model to decide between instructional or performance support. Post from: The eLearning Coach Working With The Five Moments Of Need.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 29, 2015

Are you hesitant to get into mobile learning and mobile performance support? Would it be easier if you had a way to think through how users will move through your program and how you will structure it? That’s where design patterns come in.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 3, 2011

Short of performing a science fiction mind-meld, how can you efficiently transfer content from the brain of a subject matter expert (SME) into a form you can use? You may have to politely ask, “Does a person really need to know that in order to perform the task?&#.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 21, 2015

If you are looking for ways to improve performance and efficiency in the workplace, this podcast is a must-listen! He is also the author of two books about mobile learning: Mastering Mobile Learning (co-authored with Gary Woodill) and Learning Everywhere.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Describe the day-to-day tasks that your warehouse employees perform. Allow a test to evolve by monitoring learner performance. Describe the communication barriers that can occur between executives and employees in the hierarchical workplace. Determine the factors that keep executives isolated from staff. What tips can you share?

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 21, 2011

Performance Support. COACH: What are some common mistakes instructional designers make when creating their first mobile learning/performance support applications? Leveraging mobile is an ideal way to remind learners of what they have been previously taught by providing follow-up materials as reinforcement.

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The eLearning Coach

JUNE 30, 2009

You can write a test question or watch someone perform a measurable learning objective. Just perform a Google search for “Bloom’s Taxonomy&# and as you browse through those 180,000 hits and find just the right action verb for your measurable behavior, you’ll want to thank me. They are quantifiable.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 6, 2010

Instead, I’d like to list the Instructional Design competencies identified by the IBSPI (International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction). The tasks that an eLearning designer conducts are so varied that it would be difficult to list them all. Professional Foundations.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 1, 2010

These have the potential to facilitate learning and performance. It also indicates that positive emotions can be generated by the instructional design that may be able to affect learners’ experience and performance. This is the third article in the series on emotions and learning.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 11, 2011

I’m happy to announce that Instructional Design Guru , my new reference and performance support app for instructional designers, is now available for the iPhone.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 18, 2011

Topics have included: Future Workplace, Mobile Performance Support, Future of the LMS, Visual Learning and Open Education. Dawn interviews “today’s top industry analysts, consultants and practitioners in the field of learning.&# Dawn’s voice is a pleasure to listen to and her understanding of the industry runs deep.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 10, 2009

Learning in the workplace is created to improve and enhance job performance. We have reality tv and virtual reality, so why not reality eLearning? I don’t mean in the visual sense, but in terms of cognition. As far as I can tell, reality is fluid.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 10, 2009

Learning in the workplace is created to improve and enhance job performance. We have reality tv and virtual reality, so why not reality eLearning? I don’t mean in the visual sense, but in terms of cognition. As far as I can tell, reality is fluid.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Jane: “Learning” per se shouldn’t be measured in an organizational context, it is the new “performance” that it brings about. We are all social beings, so social learning is a more natural way of learning. eLearning Coach: Do you think the knowledge and skills acquired through social media and technologies should be measured?

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 27, 2010

Make sure your narrator can perform well in the mood and style your content requires. Some narrators are best for motivational and upbeat treatments and can’t seem to sound serious. Yet some topics require a solemn voice. Other narrators just can’t sound light and playful when it’s needed.

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The eLearning Coach

JUNE 26, 2009

From this, the designer performs an instructional analysis to determine the content and skills the learner requires to reach this goal. The Notorious Three-part Learning Objective. In classical instructional design, the instructional designer starts with a clear overall instructional goal.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

Related to the strategy above, try to concentrate on workplace (or real life) performance, rather than on extraneous facts and theories. It’s a great incentive when training is immediately valuable and helpful to one’s work or personal life. Focus on practical knowledge and skills. Provide options.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

Related to the strategy above, try to concentrate on workplace (or real life) performance, rather than on extraneous facts and theories. It’s a great incentive when training is immediately valuable and helpful to one’s work or personal life. Focus on practical knowledge and skills. Provide options.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

In addition to researching and developing content for courses, you may find yourself creating training manuals for webinars or the classroom, writing web copy, making reference materials, and developing Electronic Performance Support Systems, Help documentation, presentations and so on.

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