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Why and how to use plain language in training

TalentLMS

Signed into law on October 13, 2010, America’s Plain Writing Act defines plain language as: “Writing that is clear, concise, well-organized, and follows other best practices appropriate to the subject or field and intended audience.” Content is easier to scan and user journeys easier to navigate. It’s also easier to scan.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Best of eLearning Learning in September 2010. Examples and Samples of Game Design Documents - Kapp Notes , September 15, 2010 Here is a collection of several game design documents and information about game design documents. As always, great stuff found in the eLearning world in September. These samples will give you some ideas.

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Steve Rosenbaum – Curation Nation - #devlearn keynote

Learning Visions

July 2010 – the US time spent online – when it changed to open architecture where everyone is a publisher – that’s where Facebook usage starting far outstripping all the other sites. Information is knowledge and learning. Need to make information digestible for people when and where they need it. This just happened. Iran is #5.

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February Informal Learning Hotlist

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Best of Informal Learning Flow. February 1, 2010 to February 27, 2010. Rethinking Open Data - OReilly Radar , February 1, 2010. 10 Ways to Build Social Media Expertise Using Personal Web Projects - HarvardBusiness.org , February 2, 2010. Google Buzz re-invents Gmail - OReilly Radar , February 9, 2010.

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Shepherd accused of sensationalist claptrap

Clive on Learning

In 2010 I took this analogy a step further, when I posted why we're all headline writers now : ". If not, it will be scanned in a microsecond and quickly cast aside." My crime, by the way, was to suggest that you beware who's selling informal learning. we’re all becoming skilled headline writers, or at least we should be.

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Creating Conversational Narration for Your E-Learning Courses

E-learning Uncovered

With that said, click here information on passive verses active voice and tips on how to use active voice in your writing from Grammar Girl. You can check the level of your writing in Microsoft Word by enabling the readability statistics and then running a scan. Allow prepositions at the end of sentences.

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Iron Mountain Sentinels: Certified Peer Coaches

CLO Magazine

Since the mid-1990s the Boston-based storage and information management firm has acquired more than 250 competitors, and is still buying companies. The stakes for misplacing or losing customer documents containing sensitive personal customer information rose substantially as more states enacted data breach disclosure laws.