Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Well you could create a resources hub or section and provide the detail as documents that learners can access in their own time and at the point of need. But what about the nitty gritty that you won’t have time to cover? We often find it useful to think in terms of a suite of interventions with varying levels of interactivity.

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Interactive Compliance Training eLearning Lecture 40

Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 22, 2013

These resources truly can be Rapid eLearning and this is what people learn on our ReD course. Here are some ideas for the sorts of resources you can develop cheaply and quickly: Screencasts – short videos that capture what you are doing onscreen along with your voice.

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Wiki Flash to HTML5 Conversion Technology Low Cost 56

Rob Hubbard

MAY 8, 2014

For example, have your high impact ‘arm-waving’ scenario-based learning but combine it with the ‘hushed voice’ of resources. It also has the added benefit of making them feel that their opinions are valued and that they have something worthwhile to contribute. Mix up the learning. Include the WOW factor.

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Digital Wiki Lesson Performance Support 83

Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 27, 2017

In fact the report found that 82% of learners know what learning they need and 91% are resourceful and capable of searching for information to help them do their jobs better. 62% of organisations report that staff lack the skills to manage their own learning. Perhaps it’s time to give your people more credit for managing their own learning.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 8, 2013

With some careful searching and curation you can assemble a course using pre-existing resources. With the prevalence of freely available learning material there has never been a better time to create a distance learning course. Don’t just make it all about knowledge though, remember that participants want to learn new skills too.

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Distance Learning Social Networks Design Course 56

Rob Hubbard

MARCH 8, 2012

It includes a mini 360-degree training needs analysis tool so users can identify their areas for development and track their progress, a library of resources which are user rated, real-world activities for people to complete, and supporting material delivered as text, images and video.

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Blended Learning Library Performance Support Blended 56

Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 3, 2012

You then need to identify the knowledge that people would need to complete the practice activities and include this in the goal, you could do this as text, a video, a link to an existing piece of elearning or links to other relevant resources – but keep it short. Don’t overburden learners with un-necessary content.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Exercise Social Network 74

Rob Hubbard

JUNE 21, 2012

Interactive whiteboards were broadly lambasted as waste of resources that are underused in schools. Last month I attended the Ufi Charitable Trust launch event where there was a lot of talk about innovative ways to use technology for teaching purposes.

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Simulations PowerPoint Trust Teach 55

Rob Hubbard

MARCH 31, 2016

Resources can be tagged and organised into learning tracks which allow the learner to gradually build up skills. In terms of longer-term behaviour change, microlearning can have a role to play. Just because the learning is organised into small chunks doesn’t mean that they cannot serve a larger learning objective.

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microlearning Learning Objects Pinnacle Performance Support 40

Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

A well-organised wiki, which is collaboratively edited and improved by employees, can be an invaluable resource for a new starter, providing just-in-time information as it is needed.

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Blended Learning Blended Wiki Information Overload 58

Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Instructional design can make the difference between a rapid elearning course meeting the training need for which it was designed or being an enormous waste of time and resources. What difference can instructional design make? So, what do you need to know about instructional design to build adequate elearning content?

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Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools Compliance Training Instructional Design 40

Rob Hubbard

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Work in small batches so that if something doesn’t work you haven’t wasted a lot of resources. Prototype early and often and get lots of user feedback. Don’t be afraid to radically change your designs if you need to. Build as late as you possibly can and leave plenty of budget for changes.

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Innovation Ideas Research Design 53

Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Build a world larger than your characters – allow for further learning from other media, resources and people. Make it personal – connect to peoples’ emotions, let them tailor their personal learning journey. Mike Monello talks about his work on the True Blood HBO series. What eLearning Can Teach Transmedia.

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Case Study Instructional Design Guidelines Courseware 49

Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

Besides the informal learning in the social network, further material can be presented as either rapid elearning content or informal media (video clips, podcasts, narrated presentations, short documents or links to external resources for example YouTube videos, websites and so on).

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Social Networks Social Network Rapid eLearning Brain 49

Rob Hubbard

MAY 19, 2011

This could be as simple as allowing free navigation in a course, providing additional further reading or resources, and allowing learners to go through material multiple times. In elearning we can allow learners to shape or customise their learning to suit them. Rule 4: We don’t pay attention to boring things.

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