Association eLearning

JULY 16, 2015

A ten screen course may sound inviting, but if each screen has five minutes of audio narration and extensive on-screen text with images you may be looking at fifty screens of content crammed into ten. Everything a learner sees, hears, or interacts with adds to the density. That’s like trying to swim through the pool wall.

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Association eLearning

JANUARY 20, 2015

Sound off in the comments section. Examples help learners understand why something is important and allow them to form clear mental images that aid memory. What kind of creative examples have you seen or used? Share this on Facebook. Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn. Share this on Google+. Pin this to Pinterest. Stumble upon something good?

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Association eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2017

Here are some tips for finding a winning match: Don’t choose an analogy strictly because it sounds cute or clever. On paper, that sounds a bit daunting. If your learners don’t understand the comparison or it doesn’t match the learning content well it can do more harm than good. If it’s “fun” but not “functional” it’s useless.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Is not : Cheerful background music and flashy animations with sound effects and lots of pictures. Is : Learners want to go through it more than once on their own, because they enjoy it. This will help them practice.

Compliance Training 100

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Association eLearning

JULY 9, 2015

It sounds simple, but it works. A good way to do this is to make up someone you write your content to. Be specific, and only write to that one person. Keep the tone conversational, friendly, and direct. And finally…. Formatting and Organization is Your Friend.

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Association eLearning

APRIL 27, 2017

All the recent buzz around virtual and augmented reality, machine learning, wearable technology, and the like made me realize that this stuff would sound like science fiction to someone from back then. No time like the present,” I replied as I pulled out a pen and notepad, hoping I sounded cheerful. That didn’t sound good.

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Firewalls Augmented Reality Confidentiality PENS 183

Association eLearning

JULY 2, 2015

If all of this sounds great but daunting, fear not! It’s also an opportunity to develop talent within training teams by cultivating skills with eLearning platforms and other technologies, at a reasonable pace. Where to Begin? Start with baby steps. Integrating small changes into traditional ILT makes the process a lot easier.

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Association eLearning

APRIL 19, 2017

I don’t want to sound like a traitor to my industry, but learning and development, training, learning management, whatever you want to call it, is so complicated! Seriously, everyday a new platform comes out that promises the moon and the stars. This LMS makes coffee and kisses your kids goodnight. That’s great!

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Association eLearning

APRIL 9, 2014

Start with strong subject matter, invest in sound instructional design and opt for professional photography, graphic design, and audio narration whenever possible. While it sounds simple, take the time to ensure title and body text placement is standardized across the course.

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Association eLearning

AUGUST 30, 2017

Are buttons supposed to have hover states or sound effects? “Click Next to continue.” vs “Select the NEXT button to continue.”. Interaction guidelines – Should questions’ answer options be shuffled? Question writing guidelines.

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Association eLearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Which doesn’t sound very useful. That’s how you make a learner’s name appear in a course after they’ve typed it in. How Do Variables Work? On their own, all they do is hold the information that’s put into them. They really shine when they’re used by other features.

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Diversity Training Instructional Design eLearning Tools Sound 216

Association eLearning

JANUARY 3, 2018

I could pick which badge I wanted to work on and choose the activities that sounded best to me. Each badge required me to do something different to earn it. Looking back, that book offered a lot of choices. Then I remembered that many organizations don’t offer their learners that choice. And those learners are adults.

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Association eLearning

DECEMBER 21, 2016

So it’s easy to make a pledge that sounds good, but doesn’t have a lot of investment behind it. This may sound weird, but if you’re just trying to make one change it could be harder than a major overhaul. They get treated as mandatory , like compliance training. No motivation = no success. It’s also asking a lot.

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Association eLearning

AUGUST 2, 2017

If you’re more interested in mobile or screen-based games you can check out your app store and find a free offering that sounds promising. Game shops are a great place to find unusual games “in the real world.” For those who prefer PC gaming, there are a number of gaming services that often have some free-to-play games as well.

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Association eLearning

MAY 30, 2014

Do any of these sound familiar? Ask us how.). 4) Your staff registers members in online and live events by hand; there is no automated system for course registration.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Well hold the phone because if it sounds too good to be true, it’s because open source isn’t all it claims to be. Yes, it sounds like a good idea, but if you own a business or run an association, you might want to think twice about open source. You’re shopping for an LMS and behold FREE OPEN SOURCE LMS pops up. you say excitedly.

Open Source 100

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Association eLearning

JULY 8, 2016

If the subject sounds like spam, it probably won’t be opened. Experiment with send times to determine if this is the cause of lower open rates and if those rates can be improved with optimized send times. Subject lines are also a potential issue if the open rates are low. I like to use the CURVE method.

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Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

As such, it isn’t very instructionally sound. Each of the items has a pricing sticker or piece of paper on it with a number or letter…. And so on until they either escape or run out of time. Please note that the above example is made up off the top of my head. I didn’t have any learning objectives or real content to work with, after all.

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Learning Objects Masie Conference Exercise 178

Association eLearning

JANUARY 18, 2017

When covering a completely new topic it’s nice to build in little moments of, “That sounds familiar.” Even if they don’t fully understand the terms at the beginning, it gives them something familiar to latch onto. They serve as mini confidence boosts and can help the learner start seeing connections between related terms and concepts.

Learner 100

Learner Instructional Design Summary Games 100

Association eLearning

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

The entire learning experience is like playing a language game, using sound, typing and quizzes. To see an example of a mobile learning app, try downloading Duolingo , a free app for learning foreign languages.

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Association Learning Management System Education Online Module 235

Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Activities and classes are often selected based on ease and convenience to complete, not because they sound interesting or appeal to his learning style. But like a lot of professionals whose job requires them to earn CEs, he often sees these activities as simply “checking the box.”

Association Learning Management System 145

Association Learning Management System Learner Simulations Social Networks 145

Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

No, online courses don’t have the four walls of a traditional classroom or the physical presence of an instructor or peers, but these facts do not diminish the effectiveness of a well-designed, instructionally sound online course. Now the question has become, “Is your organization ready to get online?”.

Virtual Classroom 100

Virtual Classroom Online Skype Adobe Connect 100

Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

No, online courses don’t have the four walls of a traditional classroom or the physical presence of an instructor or peers, but these facts do not diminish the effectiveness of a well-designed, instructionally sound online course. Now the question has become, “Is your organization ready to get online?”.

Virtual Classroom 100

Virtual Classroom Online Skype Adobe Connect 100

Association eLearning

JUNE 22, 2016

Sound familiar? For those who aren’t familiar with them, Pokémon are fictional creatures. The people who catch, tame, and teach them to do battle are called trainers. The successful ones win badges. The different types of Pokémon even have different traits, like learners do in real life. From here onward let’s think like Pokémon trainers.

Cognitive 167

Cognitive Gamification Simulations Learning 167

Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

When Subject Matter Experts and Instructional Designers come together for the common good of creating sound, member-centered objectives and experiences, it is possible for the stars to align as stellar learning outcomes. We aren’t the center of the universe? Build the relationship.

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Expert Instructional Design Learning Objects Social Networks 188

Association eLearning

MARCH 2, 2016

So why does this story sound so familiar? That’s why Hsieh offers to pay new hires $2,000 to leave the company! As a business owner, I know that I’ve made my share of bad hiring decisions (present employees excluded, of course). eHarmony has an impressive track record for creating long-term relationships.

Scanning 100

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Association eLearning

JULY 16, 2014

This may sound like plenty of time, but after introductions and time reserved for questions, it doesn’t leave much time for discussion. To help you make the most of your time, and land at the best solution for your association, here are the “Do’s and Don’ts” for LMS demos: Do. Make the most of your time.

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Association Learning Management System Association LMS LMS vendor 183

Association eLearning

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

McGrath: Yeah, so it sounds like the take away is there’s a lot of generational change going on, not just with the demographic but also with how associations see themselves. I mean the whole freemium movement where you have a certain number of people that “join and free” and then another group that upgrade to premium price.

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Association eLearning

JULY 24, 2013

JD: I can make a kazoo sound with just my mouth. JD: T he cheetah. SL: Diet-breaker? JD: C heesecake. SL: What’s your comfort object? JD: B ouncy ball. SL: Personal vice? JD: Ruzzle. SL: Useless talent? SL: Unreasonable paranoia?

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Conference Social Media Association Social Networks 256

Association eLearning

MARCH 19, 2015

McGrath: Right, it sounds again like planning is big, big, big. Very important. In your tenure as the membership information and database management manager at the Association of Florida Colleges I’d imagine you’ve seen a lot of changes take place within academia, I know we share that, together.

Expert 100

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Association eLearning

DECEMBER 14, 2016

She had an excellent point and looking back at it now as an instructional designer it’s a sound method. She reminded me that part of the experience of being abroad was seeing how other cultures do things. This was how teaching was done in Italy. There’s minimal discovery, problem solving, or learning from mistakes involved in this method.

Instructional Design 40

Instructional Design Methods Pattern Learning 40

Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Well, it sounds like it’s going back to that idea of flux. Whether they create tags and keywords on your site and then they come on and then they see a personalized choice of different things. It’s a little pie-in-the-sky right now, but I think that will be our reality, maybe even in five years. McGrath: Yeah. Reid: It’s exciting!

Expert 100

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Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

McGrath: So it sounds like the takeaway is, stay true to your core, stay true to your core members and what they need, and then also stay true to providing the value that’s needed in the industry. And that’s not always what the leadership says adds value.

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Association eLearning

MAY 7, 2015

One-size-fits-all eLearning may sound like a good thing, but that isn’t always the case. They don’t consciously think about the pieces, their minds jump straight to the connections. They want to see how new information fits with, or changes, their existing knowledge.

Beginner 100

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Association eLearning

AUGUST 3, 2012

While you’re reviewing the proposals, remember that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Instead, plan to send your RFP to no more than 5 LMS companies — and only those on whom you’ve researched to be sure they offer the type of system you’re looking for. What are the hidden costs?

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Association eLearning

MARCH 29, 2017

Sound tricky? Find a text heavy screen or course and challenge yourself to visually re-design it without altering the content. Rely mostly on visuals, but give yourself a small word allowance for labels and such. But the more practice time you put into it the easier it will get. That way you’ll already be familiar with the content.

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Association eLearning

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

It all sounds the same…. Is your infrastructure sound enough to support a successful program launch? You need to decide what type of certifications you’ll offer. Or will it be a certificate? Wait, maybe it’s a credentialing program you need. Stumped already? What’s the difference? Buy-in/Support: Do your members WANT this?

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