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Storyline Accessibility and Mayer’s Principles

Scissortail's Learning Nest

If you’re not familiar with Mayer’s Principles, this blog post from Digital Learning Institute explains them in a nutshell. I generally create this in a two-column table format, with image descriptions in one column and the narration script associated with each image in the other.

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What are you reading for eLearning insight?

Integrated Learnings

Bookstores from other relevant professional associations likely have some good reads, too, such as the Society for Human Resource Management or the American Evaluation Association. And those of us who write training content may pick up some helpful nuggets from literary and other writing -related magazines.

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Placeholder Images: Do They Help or Hurt in an eLearning Storyboard?

Association eLearning

So, here are some ideas for how to make the best of placeholders and minimize possible problems. put a placeholder shape where an image is supposed to go and write a short description on the shape like, “Stethoscope image”. If you’d like to read more about instructional design best practices, check out the rest of this author’s blogs.

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2024 Trends We’d Like to See

Upside Learning

I was asked to write a book in 2018 addressing the persistent training myths hindering our industry. What people ideally would do is to start from an indicated problem, and identify the root cause. The reality is that these platforms have impressive new capabilities, but also with some known, and likely yet unknown, problems.

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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.

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2024 Learning and Development Trends We’d Like to See

Upside Learning

I was asked to write a book in 2018 addressing the persistent training myths hindering our industry. What people ideally would do is to start from an indicated problem, and identify the root cause. The reality is that these platforms have impressive new capabilities, but also with some known, and likely yet unknown, problems.

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How you can Write Initial Software Review articles

Skillquore

The simplest way to write a highly effective review should be to relate the experiences within a straightforward and transparent approach, which can help readers see how the software could solve the problems. Many writers write for fun, whilst others make money by simply completing affiliate assessments.