What are you reading for eLearning insight?
Integrated Learnings
MAY 23, 2012
These, and several of the books I read for my coursework, were very informative yet did not have that traditional textbook feel. What are your clients reading?
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Let Learners Sleep on It
Integrated Learnings
APRIL 25, 2012
Another example, published in Nature in 2004, suggests that sleep can enhance performance in creative problem solving. in Germany trained subjects how to solve a math problem using a tedious method. Subjects practiced solving problems during the initial training session and again in another session 12 hours later.
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Discovering Adobe InDesign for eLearning
Integrated Learnings
AUGUST 30, 2012
One problem that I did run into with InDesign was using Flash (SWF) files imbedded into the document. This makes it easy to include interactive menu items, copyright information that needs to be on each page, or other elements that would be the same throughout a series of pages. For some PCs, the Flash elements worked fine.
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Draft a Branching Scenario in 6 Steps
Integrated Learnings
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Designing eLearning around problems that learners encounter on the job can help avoid this pitfall. Scenario-based training prompts learners to solve problems they will encounter on the job, helping to ensure we prepare them to perform their jobs successfully. Branching scenarios can simulate many workplace problems especially well.
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Anatomy of an eLearning Lesson: Merrill’s First Principles
Integrated Learnings
JULY 15, 2010
Principle #1: Problem-Centered Learning – Engage learners in solving real-world problems. Corollary #2: Task Level – Engage learners in a problem, as opposed to isolated steps or actions only. Corollary #3: Problem Progression – Present varied problems/scenarios, working from simple to complex. Image from [link].
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Realizing the Potential of the Tin Can API
Integrated Learnings
DECEMBER 19, 2012
A major problem keeping the idea from taking off is a classic chicken-and-egg dilemma. It’s not an insurmountable problem by any means. Chicken & Egg. Remember when fuel-efficient hydrogen cars were supposed to be the next wave of the future? Fortunately, that may have already has begun through a Tin Can API prototypes page.
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7 Techniques to Capture Attention in eLearning
Integrated Learnings
JULY 27, 2010
1-- Present a problem : Employ a problem-centered approach to instruction by presenting learners with a problem that the training will help them solve (and then prompt them to incrementally solve pieces of the problem, leading up to a learner-built resolution). --2-- inspire them to care about what they’re learning).
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Cues that You Need an Image Instead of Text
Integrated Learnings
JULY 13, 2011
Images of frustrated expressions might go with a description of a customer's initial problem, intrigued expressions might go in the middle as the problem is being explored and moving toward resolution, and joyous expressions might come at the end when the problem is solved. Finding and Creating Images.
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A Formula for Storytelling in eLearning
Integrated Learnings
APRIL 6, 2010
Serve as the foundation for problem-centered or discovery learning. We included her stories to demonstrate key skills, and we used her stories as the foundation for a few problem-centered lessons. The anatomy of a good story is the same, regardless of whether you're writing short stories for entertainment or training purposes.
7 Habits of Highly Effective Instructional Designers
Integrated Learnings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
It's about being the source of solutions, rather than waiting for others to solve problems. To offer creative solutions for the problems that keep them up at night, even if they haven't specifically asked us to solve those problems. Covey characterizes being proactive as the ability to shape your situation through your choices.
ReviewLink: Online Review Tool for Lectora
Integrated Learnings
JANUARY 25, 2012
To address these types of problems, Trivantis has included a web-based review service with Lectora X.6 Solving the course distribution problem alone makes it well worth the upgrade in my opinion. 6 called ReviewLink. In addition, an email is automatically sent to invited reviewers if the course is updated.
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Designing eLearning for Schema Theory
Integrated Learnings
MAY 30, 2012
Our experiences constantly build and revise these mental models, which we use to solve problems and understand the world around us. When learners practice skills with problem-based scenarios, those scenarios are likely to include realistic triggers from a story, a learner’s mental models, and the work environment.
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Brainstorming for eLearning: Rules of Brainstorming
Integrated Learnings
DECEMBER 15, 2010
We know that some of the most effective training follows a problem-centered approach , engages learners , is abundant with practice and coaching, and simulates the work environment as closely as possible. Or perhaps you’re trying to apply a problem-centered design to a lesson that’s currently a bullet point-driven lecture.
Rethink Refresher Training
Integrated Learnings
MARCH 11, 2010
While there are a lot of great researchers and authors who have shed some light on cause analysis, it was the Analyzing Performance Problems book that first cautioned me against assuming that poor performance must be a cry for training (thank you Mager and Pipe). Secondly, I've learned to look for causes of the performance gap. Ask questions.
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A New Year’s Resolution: Remove the Fluff from eLearning
Integrated Learnings
JANUARY 12, 2011
A lesson might begin with a situation or problem that occurs on the job. After working through a basic scenario, we might pose “what if” questions to explore variations of the situation and introduce additional information to aid in problem solving. A simple alternative is to plug in a scenario.
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Sparking Innovation in Your eLearning Design
Integrated Learnings
JUNE 1, 2011
Complex (and relevant) scenarios in a problem-based eLearning lesson may accomplish this. If learners are intrigued by the problem and must really focus to figure it out, they may opt to log out of distractions for the sake of conquering the challenge. Perhaps if we manage to inspire fascination, learners will want to immerse.
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148 Lectora Development Best Practices Part 1 – Optimizing Preferences
Integrated Learnings
MARCH 22, 2012
This series of posts is intended to show how to use Lectora in ways that avoid problems, reduce development time, and make using Lectora easier overall. This pastes copied text without any additional formatting carried over from a program like Microsoft Word, which can cause problems in Lectora. So, I decided to write one.
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eLearning in a Geodesic World
Integrated Learnings
OCTOBER 26, 2011
Have them stop periodically to talk with each other about what they are learning or to answer questions or solve problems provided by the program. Have them ask for some ways to get the most out of the program. Have learners gather in a room and go through the eLearning program together.
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3 Ways to Link in Lectora
Integrated Learnings
JANUARY 18, 2010
As a developer you learn quickly that there are always multiple solutions to a problem. Lectora is a popular tool for creating e-Learning content for exactly this reason--it provides multiple ways to solve problems. This can be frustrating at first but soon you learn the benefits and drawbacks of each individual solution.
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Use Scenarios to Make Quiz Questions Relevant to the Job
Integrated Learnings
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
He has pointed out the example of math, explaining that some students who struggle with simple math problems perform well on story problems, arguing that context makes the difference. The context provided by a scenario helps to care for this.
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140 Turn These Slides into eLearning
Integrated Learnings
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
a problem for learners to solve) offers an immediate reason for learners to pay attention. However, scenarios benefit learning in so many ways, it’s hard to justify spending time picking out Clip Art to decorate slides rather than writing even a few simple scenarios. to the content. Presenting scenarios “shows” learners the relevance.
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What Makes eLearning Boring?
Integrated Learnings
APRIL 20, 2011
Instead of telling learners all they need to know, pull them into an activity, or a problem to solve, early in the lesson. Though it may not be practical to avoid text completely in eLearning, we can minimize it through diagrams, images that communicate, and occasional videos. Think visual design. Discovery learning can help too.
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225 Looking Back on 2010 with ADDIE
Integrated Learnings
DECEMBER 29, 2010
A = Analysis (analyze the problem/opportunity and its causes). So with this in mind, it seems appropriate to take a look at the articles posted to this blog over the past year and organize them according to how they jive with ADDIE. Two of this year’s articles primarily address analysis.
6 Techniques that Stimulate Recall in eLearning
Integrated Learnings
OCTOBER 29, 2010
4-- Prompt learners to start solving a problem, applying existing knowledge. . --3-- Quiz learners on related knowledge they already have. Pose a series of knowledge check questions that quiz learners on related knowledge that the lesson builds on. --4-- 5-- Ask learners to anticipate elements of the upcoming content.
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Emphasizing the “Doing” in the Nine Events of Instruction
Integrated Learnings
JANUARY 26, 2011
For instance, you might present a workplace problem that learners can partially solve with existing knowledge. Though most articles list these as the first and third events, respectfully, I frequently combine them at or toward the beginning of an eLearning lesson.
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How to Create Custom Buttons in Captivate
Integrated Learnings
FEBRUARY 14, 2010
Learners need to be focused on learning the topic, not on finding out how to get to the next page or which button to click next. Buttons are a part of a standard look and feel and they need to be consistent through all of your courses. Create custom versions of your button for each Captivate button state and import them using the Button object.
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Custom Lectora Video Controls
Integrated Learnings
JULY 17, 2011
This way, you won’t run into problems down the road if you need to add multiple actions, and it’s apparent from the button’s expandable [+] icon that there are actions associated with it. It’s perfectly fine to add an action here, although you might want to leave this tab blank and only add actions to buttons in the Title Explorer window.
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167 When Your SME Goes MIA
Integrated Learnings
FEBRUARY 9, 2010
At lunch today, someone was discussing problems that instructional designers frequently face while working with subject matter experts (SMEs). By Jay Lambert. Don't get me wrong; there are many wonderful SMEs out there. But unfortunately there are also enough of the other variety that you see a lot of 'what to do when your SME.'
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132 Practical Storyboarding – Not Just for Developers
Integrated Learnings
JANUARY 4, 2011
Using the storyboard as your visual layout/editor can help you to see possibilities and help you to solve development and design problems before investing hours into development. Try it for yourself! This eLearning blog is brought to you by Integrated Learning Services , specializing in rapid eLearning design and development projects.
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143 Recording Audio with Adobe Presenter
Integrated Learnings
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
I recommend using a headset microphone that plugs into the computer – the audio sounds much clearer and cancels out a lot of the background noise that is a problem with a built-in computer microphone. All you need is a microphone. Presenter integrates into PowerPoint by adding a tab to the menu bar called Adobe Presenter.
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Project Management for eLearning Professionals
Integrated Learnings
MAY 14, 2012
You also can run into problems if you are trying to share your Project file with team members, as they will not be able to view it if they do not have Project on their own computers. You can also change font colors to help you keep track of how tasks are organized. I like to use Microsoft Excel for project plans.
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ADDIE isn't dead; how can it be?
Integrated Learnings
MARCH 20, 2011
But if a learning project starts and stops here, like is tempting for some timelines, then problems are likely to ensue. If it is not built and subsequently rolled out, then no one is going to see it, much less benefit from it. I advocate holding pilots, but often that step is dropped from project plans to enable faster implementation.
eLearning as Part of a Change Management Effort
Integrated Learnings
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
Rather, the focus is on explaining why a change is necessary to solve a problem, seize an opportunity, etc. At this point, it isn’t necessarily critical to actually announce what the forthcoming solution is.
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Conquer These Evil E-Learning Temptations
Integrated Learnings
JANUARY 9, 2013
Here are some things in particular you should test for each project: The Learner's Navigation - If the learner takes a course but can't complete it, you've got a major problem. Resist the temptation to assume if it works for you, it works for everyone else. Test the navigation to make sure the learner can get to where they need to go.
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147 Do Your eLearning Lessons Appeal to a Variety of Learning Styles?
Integrated Learnings
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
Branching, problem-solving exercises, non-linear simulations. Branching (i.e., allow learners to choose their own path through the. eLearning lesson), social media, humor. Concrete Random = intuitive, impulsive, optimistic, innovative. Admittedly, the summary provided here of Gregorc's model is oversimplified.
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102 Six Principles for Sticky Ideas that You Should Know
Integrated Learnings
MAY 24, 2010
The problem usually lies with the communication and/or instructional design: how the idea is presented (or with the environment, but that's another story). Unfortunately, sometimes, no matter how great the idea is, it just never seems to catch on. Why is this? The good news is that it’s rarely the fault of the idea itself.
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An Overview of HTML5
Integrated Learnings
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Apple's lack of support for Flash is already becoming a problem for WBTs built with these tools. Tools like Captivate and Articulate, which are Flash-based, will probably need to adapt or change over to HTML5 in the long run.
Designing eLearning for Cognitive Ease
Integrated Learnings
DECEMBER 12, 2012
The Finding : The book describes a study in which participants were asked to solve a case study problem. For one group, the problem included a company name that was difficult to pronounce, while the other group’s version had an easy-to-pronounce company name. Everything else about the problem was identical.
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Avoiding eLearning that Oversimplifies
Integrated Learnings
DECEMBER 15, 2011
They believe that more advanced skills, such as problem-solving, requires the individualized feedback and debriefing discussions that only a live facilitator can provide. Perhaps the first segment of a conversation or an initial glimpse into a problem. What do you think ? I disagree.
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131 Accomplish Spaced Learning with eLearning
Integrated Learnings
JULY 26, 2012
An initial course (taught by an instructor or via eLearning) might introduce some problem-solving principles, perhaps teach learners how to use available job aids or other performance support tools, and then provide practice opportunities with basic and intermediate scenarios. How might this work?
Lectora Best Practices Part 2 - Variables and Actions
Integrated Learnings
APRIL 18, 2012
This post is Part 2 in a series intended to list some ways to use Lectora that avoid problems, reduce development time, and make development easier overall. While this is perfectly acceptable and functional, it can lead to development problems. By Joseph Suarez. Now , we’ll go over handling variables and actions.
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137 Do Learning Styles Matter?
Integrated Learnings
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
I may prefer to solve a problem on my own, but I am capable of attempting to do it with a group. I still try to create this balance of experiences, but now it’s not so much out of a desire to reach every learner. After all, for most of us, our learning capability isn’t limited to a single quadrant on a typology grid.
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George Orwell's Advice for Writing eLearning Content
Integrated Learnings
MARCH 30, 2011
Though highly interactive , problem-based eLearning can help maintain engagement, completing these activities usually requires learners to read words that we write. By Shelley A. Learners can be fickle, quickly slipping into distraction or boredom if we ask them to read too much.
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215 3 Defining Features of Articulate Storyline
Integrated Learnings
MAY 16, 2012
Storyline solves that problem quite well with the addition of variables and programmable actions known as triggers. Triggers & Variables. Articulate Presenter was always a great product, but it lacked one key feature: variables that can be acted upon by actions. With triggers, you can build simple or complex interactivity.
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