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ELC 065: Pro Tips For Working With Subject Matter Experts

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She also writes on learning topics and is the author of the "Last Word" column for Training Magazine. Diane is the co-author of the popular E-Learning Uncovered book series and is a regular contributor to the ATD Learning Technologies Blog. They offer insightful strategies and techniques for successfully managing issues with SMEs.

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ELC 060: How to Practice Evidence-informed Learning Design

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. * 3-Star Learning Experiences : (blog) Articles written by Mirjam Neelen and Paul A. Get the latest articles, resources and freebies once a month plus my free eBook, Writing for Instructional Design. Kirschner. * ELC 045: The Art and Science of Practice and Feedback with Patti Shank. Measured Approach or Magical Elixir?

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Blog Book Tour: Visual Design Solutions

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I was inspired to write this book when I realized there were no visual design books specifically for people in the learning industry, even though we create in highly visual mediums.I My new book, Visual Design Solutions, has been published.

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Writing Microcopy: Tips and Pointers

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Did you ever spend an hour writing a four or five word phrase or short instruction? Now that there’s a term for this type of writing and recognition of how important it is, we can all feel a little more normal. This assures potential users that their information will be safe and was definitely worth the 16 hours it took to write.

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10 Social Media Tools For Learning

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Category: Blogs. Blogging to teach others is common in the public domain, but not so within an organization. This software provides a way to centralize and manage blogs within an institution by hosting them all on one domain. Internal experts could blog about their areas of proficiency. Edublogs Campus.

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10 Ways To Learn In 2010

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Your collage might show a book from Amazon, a YouTube video and a page from a blog or web site. You can also use word clouds as the basis for writing a poem, for studying another language and for comparing two pages of information. You drag the results to navigate the page and then click the graphic to view the media.

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Motivating The Instructional Designer

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Perhaps it hits you when you’re writing a storyboard to teach a poorly designed and uninspiring software program. If you get inspired by visual design, consider collecting a few graphic design books and browse them when you’re feeling unmotivated or visit a bookstore or check out some design blogs.