Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2021

Those connections are part of a network where we all support each other. I’ve been supported by too many people to mention over the course of my career, and I try to share that with others as well. I enjoy helping others in the field, either through formal coaching or training or by answering questions in informal conversations.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 29, 2018

This post continues that discussion with the question of whether we should create courses or whether informal learning and performance support are sufficient. Another argument is that while people do need to learn, they can do it all on the job with performance support and coaching. Use Both Courses and Performance Support.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 15, 2018

The other, related idea is that everything can be learned on the job with performance support, without formal training. At a minimum, we should be creating training plus job aids, or training that helps people learn how to use performance support. Think of a task or topic where you might create training or performance support.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 7, 2021

My long term plan is to run this 2-3 times per year, with all participants joining an ongoing community for support. For this first time teaching it, I expect some things will be a little rough. Therefore, enrollment will be half price this first time. Sign up for the wait list.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

However, we can also support the cognitive and affective dimensions of engagement. Behavioral engagement is the actions and behaviors people take during learning, which may support or hinder learning. Affordances of using mobile technology to support experience-sampling method in examining college students engagement.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 28, 2022

But Wendy Gates Corbett provided a list of very concrete, achievable actions to support belonging. Shannon Tipton shared a worksheet and process for planning “drip-feed learning,” or a scheduled delivery of chunked content to support spaced learning. Drips, Bots, and Blogs: A Non-Traditional Approach to Learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 12, 2020

Remote workers who feel disconnected from their professional environment may need extra support to engage with training. Scenarios can be especially helpful in improving cognitive and emotional engagement. Hear me talk about estimating development time and cost.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

That doesn’t mean some other skills wouldn’t benefit from high-fidelity simulations, but it does support the idea that the lower cost simulations can still provide positive results. This meta analysis didn’t find a significant advantage, at least in training for clinical and patient care skills.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 2, 2024

The modality principle In Clark and Mayer’s eLearning and the Science of Instruction , they say that the research generally supports using narration with on-screen visuals. In that original discussion, Judith Reymond asked about the research on when or whether audio narration is helpful to adult learners.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 8, 2022

… We must be able to see the gaps in our instructional design, which learning science helps to support. Does learning science play a role in our work, and, just how much of an impact does it have on our profession? It also gives us a basis to infer how to use new technologies.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 24, 2023

While research supports using a conversational tone (including using second person), everything I’ve seen in the research on writing for elearning is related to a narrator style, rather than scenarios. This third person perspective might be a less immersive though. How much does it matter?

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If a story doesn’t support the objectives (or distracts from the objectives), we shouldn’t use it. What other objections do you hear or have to using stories to support learning? However, I think it’s fair to say that in a workplace, learners primarily want to accomplish a goal or solve a problem. Image: Storyblocks.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This article is about a method for both clearly identifying your projects and tasks as well as organizing the resources to support them. We also frequently have multiple projects happening simultaneously (and if you do freelance or consulting work, those projects are on different systems).

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Open a Mac app from an unidentified developer – Apple Support. Scenario-based learning. 2-page PDF overview of scenario-based learning with citations of research for further reading. Working with Twine. Installing Twine on Mac. When installing Twine on a Mac, you may get a warning about it being an “unidentified developer.”

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 30, 2020

Instead, it’s a book for practitioners who will be building simulations, or managers who want to know how to support a team. This isn’t a book filled with tons of theoretical or academic background. I see a lot of overlap in the Short Sims approach to what I’ve already been doing.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 10, 2021

The research supports giving learners specific “focusing objectives” to help them recognize what’s important. Learning objectives. Learning Objectives: GOAL!?! – 3-Star learning experiences Summary of research on the value of telling learners the objectives at the beginning of training.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 30, 2023

It began in 2020 as a way to support L&D professionals, especially around sharing and applying research and learning science. The trade off of emails that can be quickly deleted or easily filtered is worth it for the amount of useful webinars.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Anything that doesn’t directly support the performance measures doesn’t belong in the course. If a SME really, really insists that certain information be included even though it doesn’t support an objective, create a section of additional resources and reading. What if the SME insists on including it? Planning Blended Learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 16, 2021

It keeps the momentum of the scenario moving forward but still provides support to learners to help them improve. They might be able to make two or three bad choices in a row before they hit a dead end in the scenario, so the instructional feedback is delayed. More on scenario feedback. Read more about feedback for scenario-based learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 17, 2021

Plus, it’s free and open source, with an active developer community working to extend its functionality and user communities for support. After struggling to write them and make them work in linear tools, it’s amazing how much faster I can develop multiple connected paths in Twine. Affinity Designer.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 29, 2018

Read all my posts on Storytelling and Scenarios , including several on using feedback to support learning. Watch for my next post where I’ll share some of the things I learned at the conference. Interested in more on this topic?

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 23, 2020

Creating job aids or supporting informal learning could be a core task for instructional designers too. I would argue that anyone who isn’t creating learning experiences isn’t an instructional designer; they’re working in a related role. That doesn’t necessarily mean only designing formal learning and courses.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Subtitle Edit is a free and open source software that lets you create, edit, sync, and translate subtitles for your videos, and supports various formats and features. Whisper is an AI subtitle generator that advertises a high degree of accuracy, plus the ability to generate automatic translations.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 17, 2020

He has spent hours preparing, and has tons of documents ready to support all the decisions he’s already made. He’s got a great vision for exactly how everything should go, and he’s confident the players are going to have a lot of fun following this journey he has precisely mapped out for them. He’s sure it’s going to be perfect!

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2022

Plus, it’s free and open source, with an active developer community working to extend its functionality and user communities for support. After struggling to write them and make them work in linear tools, it’s amazing how much faster I can develop multiple connected paths in Twine. I find Vyond to be a fun tool to work with and be creative.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 1, 2012

When I started digging into the research though, I realized that the research support for learning styles is pretty flimsy. That’s all based on the Kodály method , which does have research support (at least as far as I know; I haven’t dug into it since I rarely teach music anymore).

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 9, 2014

Tanya Lau’s detailed explanation of her presentation on “Flipping the conversation” to performance and performance support rather than focusing only on formal training content. The ALL NEW Adobe Captivate 8 Blends Authoring Ease with Game-Changing Mobile Support « Rapid eLearning | Adobe Captivate Blog.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 30, 2018

As we move to more mobile learning, shorter learning and performance support will be more prevalent. Microlearning will continue to be a buzzword for 2018, although I predict we’ll still be hammering out what we actually mean by the term. Science-based learning (#8 on the overall list).

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Interleaving: How Mixed Practice Can Boost Your Learning – Effectiviology A non-technical explanation of interleaving, with an overview of the research and theory supporting it and ideas on how to implement it to improve learning. Interleaving practice.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 20, 2017

If a story doesn’t support the objectives (or distracts from the objectives), we shouldn’t use it. What other objections do you hear or have to using stories to support learning? However, I think it’s fair to say that learners primarily want to accomplish a goal or solve a problem. Other Objections?

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 6, 2023

The article notes some types of interaction that may support cognitive engagement: scenario-based learning, simulations, discussions, and social interaction. Engagement: Going beyond meaningless clicks Jahan Kay clarifies the differences between interactivity and engagement, especially cognitive and emotional engagement.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 31, 2011

The categories or “levels” of Bloom’s taxonomy (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) are not supported by any research on learning. Criticism of Bloom’s Taxonomy, with two alternatives for classifying objectives. tags: learningobjectives bloom learning instructionaldesign.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 13, 2010

The bigger question is how do we support that lifelong learning, providing people with the tools and coaching to be self-directed learners? The research Pink shares in his book reinforces the idea of lifelong learning. We keep learning even when we aren’t being paid because learning itself is intrinsically motivating.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 7, 2020

This could be used for performance support, reminders for feedback surveys, etc. In this post, I share links on spaced learning, marketing, networking, free tools and images, and L&D skills. Spaced Learning and Practice. Sparks Tool for creating automated spaced learning with options for nudges in multiple platforms.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 26, 2021

One of my past projects involved training advisors on how to support international students. While we should try to rephrase regulations into plain language where possible, what if the job itself requires reading and applying different regulations? In that case, you need to practice that skill. Regulations example.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 8, 2016

A book and resource list for learning about going beyond the superficial and supporting “deeper learning” tags: learning book research. I wonder if this could be used for collecting feedback on elearning, both during formal review cycles and to collect ongoing feedback after courses have launched. tags: tools webdesign.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 1, 2012

When I started digging into the research though, I realized that the research support for learning styles is pretty flimsy. That’s all based on the Kodály method , which does have research support (at least as far as I know; I haven’t dug into it since I rarely teach music anymore).

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