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I’m Writing a Second Edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook!

Tim Slade

It was nearly five years ago when I started thinking about writing a book to share everything I knew about designing and developing eLearning. At the time, the mear thought of writing my own book seemed like an enormous task, and it was! Why Write a Second Edition? In fact, it wasn’t my first time working on a book.

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SMEs Shouldn’t Write Branching Scenarios (And What To Do Instead)

Experiencing eLearning

Instructional designers and training managers sometimes ask me, “How do I train SMEs to write better branching scenarios?” I believe SMEs shouldn’t write branching scenarios. Instead, I think we as instructional designers and LXDs should interview the SMEs as part of our analysis, and then we should write it.

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Writing Process from Brain Dump to Storyboard

Experiencing eLearning

Last week, an ID asked me about my writing process. Most sources she found sort of jump from “you meet with the SME and gather information” to “you write the storyboard” without explaining the thought process. Order Out of Chaos: Patterns of Organization for Writing on the Job by Richard Rabil, Jr.

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Writing Learning Objectives In 3 Simple Steps

Fly Plugins

Writing learning objectives is critical to creating an online course that produces results…and sales. Writing Learning Objectives Summary Article Resources * Download this guide as a PDF “ Begin with the end in mind. But you shouldn’t, be patient so you can nail down writing learning objectives from the get-go.

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Drips, Bots, and Blogs: A Non-Traditional Approach to Learning Reinforcement

Speaker: Shannon Tipton, Chief Learning Officer, Learning Rebels LLC

Begin to write conversational content that addresses learning outcomes, avoiding content bloat and cognitive overload. After attending this exclusive webinar with Shannon Tipton, you'll be able to: Apply the concept of conversational drip delivery to your current curriculum. Apply drip feeds in your organization to enhance outcomes.

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Two Tips for Writing Dialogue (With Examples!)

Experiencing eLearning

Dialogue can be tricky to write. When I teach people how to write branching scenarios, writing dialogue is one of the places people get stuck. If you’re used to writing in a more formal style, writing dialogue can feel very unfamiliar. Tip #1: Use more contractions When you write dialogue, use contractions.

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Writing books

Clark Quinn

As another colleague who just published posted some thoughts on what they learned, I realize it may be appropriate to toss out some thoughts on writing books. As another colleague who just published posted some thoughts on what they learned, I realize it may be appropriate to toss out some thoughts on writing books. Same with writing.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.