Magic EdTech

MARCH 8, 2022

Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism are prominent learning theories that suggest the psychological ideas about human nature and how they learn. These learning theories provide the foundation for the most effective instructional design strategies. Behaviorism in Learning Theory.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

I write about instructional design (ID) all the time but I’ve never stopped to explain what Instructional Designers really do. So, here’s my personal definition instead: Instructional design is the art/science of making things make sense. Basic visual design. Basic visual design. Creativity.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 12, 2010

Academia is teeming with learning theories. It can be quite a challenge for the modern learning professional to identify an appropriate learning theory, draw practical ideas from it, and apply it to their daily work. Which theory do you choose? How does it relate to other theories? Where do you start?

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Association eLearning

MAY 11, 2016

eLearning -Also referred to as internet-based learning, web-based learning, and online learning is any training or education delivered via computer. Digitec, Instructional Designer, Jennifer Ritter wrote a blog about this recently explaining, “I now realize that I was raised with game-based learning.

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Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Instructional designers and eLearning managers can learn something from Cammy Bean’s book. Here’s a question for the eLearning managers out there: How many members of your instructional design team got involved in the field by accident?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2010

Instructional-Design Theories and Models: An Overview of their Current Status, edited by Charles M. Reigeluth, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1983. [I 4) (my emphasis in bold italics) Instructional Design is “a ‘linking science’ between learning theory and educational practice.” (p.4)

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Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Where do you go for instructions? It’s easier for learners to set aside a few minutes for learning each day than it is to set aside a few hours. Instructionally speaking, it helps course designers think in terms of pieces and steps. It has a few lines of text instructions about changing the headlight. Run a Google search.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 23, 2016

Your association can have the best course in the world, but if the assessments or knowledge checks aren’t written well they can make the whole thing fall apart. Provide instructive feedback for each question. If the question is part of a learning activity, however, the feedback can explain why the answer is right or wrong.

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Association eLearning

APRIL 5, 2017

As you can see, there are many ways to help your learners achieve mastery by incorporating the Feynman technique, so don’t be afraid to get creative with your course design if you’d like to give this learning theory a whirl. Want to continue the conversation? Post your questions and comments in the forum.

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Online Learning Online Learning Theory Theory 190

Association eLearning

JUNE 9, 2016

ADDIE- The ADDIE model is a process used by instructional designers and training developers offering guidelines for creating effective training. This model is broken up into 5 phases: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. So, here are some of the additional terms you wanted to defined.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Dear Associations, I am trying to get into a skilled labor position at company X. Dear Associations, Help! Associations, the letters above represent your prospective members, and what they want is a career. I could have joined an association to get better. What would make me join an association today?

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Association eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Last time we looked at New Year’s Resolutions from an instructional design perspective. Instructions: 1. Then I realized that a supplementary how-to was in order. How do you make a personal progress tracker that’s specific but flexible? Here’s one idea. Whiteboard. • Dry erase markers (3 colors recommended).

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

If you’d like to read more about training, learning, and instructional design check out the rest of this author’s blogs. On the other hand, a motivated learner will seek out the information they need if it isn’t provided to them. I hope you enjoyed this little trivia game. How did you do?

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WBT Systems

APRIL 17, 2018

Yet, many associations continue to have staff and volunteer subject matter experts (SMEs) design and develop online learning programs because that’s been the default mode of operation. To provide a more engaging and effective learning experience for your online students, consider outsourcing instructional design.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) may be from Mars, and Instructional Designers may be from Venus … but at the end of the day, your members are the actual center of the universe! Remember that your members not only want to learn, they want to be successful learners! Avoid eclipsing the real goals. Thematic to topic being taught.

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Philip's Learning

MARCH 31, 2023

Design is an integral part of our daily lives. From the clothes we wear to the websites we browse, design influences our perceptions and experiences. However, designing effectively is not always an innate skill. It requires learning and practice, and this is where instructional design comes in.

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Authoring Tools Instructional Design Portfolio Design 52

Dashe & Thomson

MAY 4, 2011

Cammy Bean’s latest blog post provides many ideas as well as real-life examples for Using Social Media for Learning. The slow adoption of social learning is not localized to Minnesota and North Carolina. Karen O’Leonard from Bersin & Associates wrote an article last week entitled Corporate Spending on Social Learning.

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Blended Learning 182

Association eLearning

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Learning something new can be an intimidating process. Learning professionals know that when you design a course for an absolute beginner you have to craft it differently than you would for a more experienced learner. Not just in terms of the information but also in the way it is presented.

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Association eLearning

JANUARY 14, 2016

Maybe your association has some baseline information or compliance requirements that all members are supposed to know. It’s a fascinating realization. The same thing can have different meanings or significance for different people based on their experiences. Jean Piaget called this concept constructivism.

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Association eLearning

JANUARY 14, 2016

Maybe your association has some baseline information or compliance requirements that all members are supposed to know. It’s a fascinating realization. The same thing can have different meanings or significance for different people based on their experiences. Jean Piaget called this concept constructivism.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 25, 2011

Even with the help of the newest technology tools to communicate and educate including social media, wikis, and Google, we still need to transform our ILT classrooms and training sessions into integrated blended learning environments. So how do you keep it real? Move from being a teacher to facilitator. Introduce your information slowly.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Social Learning Blogging 126

Association eLearning

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Since motivation and behavior change are part of instructional design, I thought it would be fun to take a look at where people go wrong and how you can increase your chance of success. This is the Instructional Designer’s Guide to New Year’s Resolutions. How many people stick to their resolutions?

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 30, 2012

In short, the trick is to associate items with familiar visual cues. The more firmly we can integrate newly learned knowledge with our existing mental models, the more likely we are to be able to recall that knowledge later. Has schema theory helped inform the way you design eLearning? Schema theory. Emmott, C., &

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Association eLearning

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Now the LMS is only one piece in the puzzle of platforms designed to give learners and administrators the best experience possible. No, it isn’t, but it is changing. Thus, today organizations are putting together different kinds of systems to meet their learners needs.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

For example, if sales are down at a store and your analysis shows that it’s probably because a lot of associates have been out sick, sales training isn’t going to help. Once you have that information it’s much easier to craft an appropriate solution. Stocking the break room with hand sanitizer and some vitamin C-rich snacks might though.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 25, 2010

Not meaning this to be a sudden spate of reflectiveness, given my last post on my experience with the web, but Cammy Bean has asked when folks became instructional designers, and it occurs to me to capture my rather twisted path with a hope of clarifying the filters I bring in thinking about design.

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

And it’s easy to see where these can get mixed up with the “visual,” “aural/auditory,” and “kinesthetic” classifications that are often associated with learning styles. Forget about learning styles. Start using multi-modal learning instead. And you bet I remember it quite clearly. Do your learners a favor.

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Roundtable Learning

APRIL 8, 2021

This article will explore 8 of Roundtable Learning’s top employee training podcasts for L&D professionals. . Provider : The VR/AR Association. Immersive Learning. Instructional Design. Learning Theory. Ready to start designing your own custom training program? Let’s dive in! .

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Association eLearning

APRIL 21, 2016

This was years before I became an instructional designer, back when I was a kid. The year we got a single computer in the classroom was really exciting (it was only to be used during our designated play/ free time). Instructional Designer Reflects. Kid Meets Computer Games. It was like magic. JumpStart series.

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

Association eLearning

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

2) The eLearning course and/or assessment were poorly designed. What I’d Rather See : Unlocked navigation, pre-tests that let experienced learners skip directly to the assessments (when that’s appropriate for the course), and course design that’s inherently interesting. Lack of Visual Organization and Design. Poor Audio.

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Microphone eLearning Learning Objects Sound 205

Association eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

If it’s not mobile responsive design, it’s going to be an annoying user experience on mobile devices. Microlearning is targeted learning in small bursts rather than a lengthy course on a topic. For example, suppose I want to learn how to enter basic formulas in Excel. No pinch motions are necessary. Microlearning.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 19, 2009 Instructional Design: Whats in a name? I stumbled across this on a writers blog today: "Officially, I’m now an Instructional Designer. Some folks are curriculum designers.

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Learning Pool

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There are few things in learning theory that everyone in learning and development agrees on. Let me rephrase that: there is almost nothing in learning theory that everyone agrees on. This almost failsafe technique isn’t much used in formal instruction. We have a disputatious culture. We like a debate.

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Association eLearning

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In fact, mentoring is largely responsible for how I’ve become the instructional designer I am today. Check professional associations in your field. • If you’d like to read more about learning theory, check out the rest of this author’s blogs. If I have a suggestion or idea my mentor likes, sometimes they adopt it!

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Learning Visions

MAY 24, 2011

From the war, these trainer types went into industry – telecom (ATT) Walter Dick – “ISD is applied educational psychology” Instructional design is all abut theory. Motivation Theory – John Keller, ARCS (Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction) “Adult Learning Theory” – she doesn’t believe in it.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Through an interview with John Congemi, senior manager of retail learning and development, we learn that all training initiatives at Best Buy now center on the three pillars of ROLE: freedom, co-creation and a robust library of learning content. Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.”

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Through an interview with John Congemi, senior manager of retail learning and development, we learn that all training initiatives at Best Buy now center on the three pillars of ROLE: freedom, co-creation and a robust library of learning content. Going forward, our retail associates can learn where, when and how they choose.”

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