Scissortail's Learning Nest

MAY 23, 2023

For me, the biggest draw for using videogame mechanics is that there is something immediately engaging that draws your focus and your attention. Kevin Thorn’s session focused on visual literacy and how we can better communicate with more pictures and fewer words. How do we use the power of it to focus the mind where we want it to go?”

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Games Gamification Blended Learning Learning Objects 52

Ed App

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The former was supposed to transfer customary knowledge through oral traditions, such as songs, legends, or myths, while the latter focused on capturing it through art and in writing. This way, visuals help to divide new information into categories and smaller elements that build up the bigger picture.

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Statistics microlearning Brain Learning 52

Philip's Learning

MARCH 31, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore the role of an instructional designer and what they do to facilitate learning. This includes writing, editing, and creating graphics, audio, and video content that support the learning objectives. They also use authoring tools to create interactive activities and quizzes.

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Authoring Tools Instructional Design Portfolio Design 52

Spark Your Interest

AUGUST 1, 2019

Now we turn our attention to how you assess their qualities and skills to hire the best instructional designer. Some may say they have it, but you want to see it documented in writing. What course authoring tool should we use and why do you recommend it? Did they understand the bigger picture? Do we need an LMS?

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Companies 113

Trivantis

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Unless you’re actually writing a comic. more interesting way to think of them, courtesy of Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab, is to picture serifs as feet. more interesting way to think of them, courtesy of Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab, is to picture serifs as feet. Just kidding! Image source ).

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Authoring Tools Lectora Write Blog Guidelines 89

Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 19, 2008

Principles for assessing online discussions and other conversations (blogs, chat, etc.) Writing for asynchronous discussion isn’t the same as writing an essay, and the author argues that students who simply post essays to the discussion board should receive good grades. tags: web2.0 , blog , tools.

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Social Bookmarking OCW Wiki Portfolio 170

LifterLMS

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Here he will talk about one of his groundbreaking products Multicollab which is a Google docs style commenting and collaboration tool. A Multicollab is a WordPress tool that allows providing Google-style editorial comments and suggestions inside your WordPress site. He’s also got a sweet new tool called Multicollab.

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Google Docs Doc Google Collaboration 93

eFront

JANUARY 23, 2018

It’s easier than ever in that modern LMS platforms offer many tools to make deploying and managing your own eLearning portal and editing training content a piece of cake. LMS tools like Skill gap Tests and Reports can help you get to know your learners’ capabilities and to gather feedback from them. Boring content.

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Enterprise Training Train Corporate eLearning 65

BrightCarbon

JANUARY 29, 2021

In these four posts we’ll cover a lot of ground, taking you on a journey through the theory behind effective eLearning assessments and practical tips for building assessments it in three different authoring tools: Microsoft PowerPoint, Articulate Rise, and Articulate Storyline. How do you write effective feedback? True/false.

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Assessment Learning Objects Authoring Tools Effectiveness 52

ProProfs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Generally speaking, content that requires action instead of attention goes a lot better with new-age customers. Quizzes might seem challenging to create, but you can easily find a quiz tool to help you create one without going through too much trouble. So, it is important to target your business quizzes to specific buyer personas.

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Quiz Market Business Create 61

E-learning Uncovered

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

We all agreed to take on a design challenge about six weeks before the conference, and show up ready to talk through 1) a design concept that we could present to a client and 2) our process and tools behind the concept. HTML5 Authoring Tool Review.

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DevLearn Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Toolbook 58

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 My Online Visual Identity When Michele Martin changed her profile picture the other day, I realized I was a bit disoriented. And I saw how one dimensional our images of our online contacts (and digital friends) can be -- typically based on the same profile picture thats used in countless places.

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TalentLMS

APRIL 19, 2017

Design starts by grabbing the attention of learners and then motivates them to stay engaged. For instance, a picture just for the visual stimulation is useless — it will only distract learners away from the message. For instance, if you are designing eLearning courses to teach software, you could add simulations. Click To Tweet.

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LifterLMS

DECEMBER 28, 2019

David shares his story of how he got into the world of content writing and marketing, and how what he has learned can help online course creators build successful SEO marketing campaigns. David’s story of how he got into content writing is quite interesting. Enjoy the show.

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Website Expert LMS Authoring Tools 66

The Learning Dispatch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

He frequently shares about accessible elearning development through our Learning Dispatch blog and newsletter. A Note on Rapid Authoring Tools. Training content developed using rapid authoring tools, such as Articulate Storyline, Trivantis Lectora, and Adobe Captivate, and (often) provided as a click-though, packaged course.

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Compliance Training Sexual Harassment Training Diversity Training Harassment Training 81

Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Pages and pictures and some sound and we turned the pages and took a test. Instructional designers can take the tools and create a good learning experience or not. Incremental: Some forms of online training support current ways of doing things Virtual classrooms, presentation software, authoring tools, assessment tools, LMS.

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Emergent Brandon Hall CD-ROM Authoring Tools 176

Kapp Notes

MAY 23, 2007

So today I am all ready to write a blog entry based on an article," Why is Work Looking More Like a Video Game?" in the online version of the NY Times but then a link over on the side catches my attention. Half of the students reimagined the humiliation in the first person, and the other half pictured it in the third person.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

Hope to continue blogging and learning from you!! As the tool available to employees/learners/students grows and theres more information out there, the role of the ID will change. Some of us will be thinking more big picture and creating what Jay Cross calls "LearnScapes". Jay Cross is at Internet Time Blog.

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

I stumbled across this on a writers blog today: "Officially, I’m now an Instructional Designer. A fancy term for writing training material." Blog link not provided to protect the innocent]. If all we do is write training material, then perhaps yes. I write and design self-paced eLearning for the corporate market.

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

One real problem is corporate fear of social networking tools. Update: Also be sure to check out this Facebook post over at the Read/Write Web that follows this same "study." sure to check out the Read/Write Web article that I posted a link to in this original post (as an update). Can I, um, have your attention, please?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 10, 2007

Friday, August 10, 2007 31 Days: 8, 9 & 10 Day 8: Run an Advertising Audit on Your Blog. Obviously, thats not my focus so I took Micheles advice and tried to do something from Darens Get Your Blogging Groove Back series. I attempted to write a linking post. My house might be a mess, but Id rather my blog were neat and tidy.

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Second Life Write Blog Moodle Instructional Design 100

The Learning Dispatch

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

A Note on Rapid Authoring Tools. Training content developed using rapid authoring tools, such as Articulate Storyline, Trivantis Lectora, and Adobe Captivate, and (often) provided as a click-though, packaged course. Many who are blind use a screen reader, which is software that reads the screen out loud.

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Compliance Training Sexual Harassment Training Diversity Training Harassment Training 67

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

Being a part of the Building a Better Blog community has given me that same thrill. But we have pictures, so were not so invisible. Posted by Cammy Bean at 9:39 AM Labels: bb31days , Blogging , community 3comments: Cathy Moore said. Can I, um, have your attention, please? But they had become a part of it. Thank you.

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Community Moodle eLearning Guild Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

I know of companies who only hire instructional designers and buy Rapid elearning tools and expect the ID to do it all themselves to reduce the cost and over head of hiring graphic designers as well. Here IDs sometimes work as technical writers and TW sometimes write courses to optimize the cost. The answer will be revealed.or

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Market Corporate eLearning eLearning Consultant eLearning Strategy 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2007

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environmental World Tony Karrer asked in the comments on my PLE post yesterday , Im curious if you distinguish your learning environment (tools, skills, etc.) from your work environment (tools, skills) in any significant way (especially in the context of tacit work)?

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LifterLMS

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Devin really enjoyed fishing, and during his free time overseas he went back to his room and learned a lot about WordPress websites and explored online his passions around fishing, eventually writing a simple WordPress blog and getting some traffic via SEO and building his personal brand. Devin Denman: Just text and picture.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 31 Days: Day 25 (Go Shopping) Day 25: Go Shopping For day 25 of the Blogging Challenge, the task at hand was to go shopping. If you think about blogs and websites in general, we come to expect similar layouts and experiences from blog to blog. A link to learn more about the blogs author.

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IM IMS Moodle Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

Christy.this does help round out the picture of what you do. 11:35 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Cammy Bean Greater Boston, MA, United States View my complete profile About This Blog Subscribe in a reader Subscribe via email Are you an Instructional Designer? 1:24 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Market 100

LifterLMS

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Cate has emerged as an evolutionary thought leader, global tribe builder and author in the field of re-wilding humans, orienting towards meaning and purpose, and getting deeply invested in life. And so he was a software, he was like in the early days, like hardware, then software development. What is Ayurveda? That’s cool.

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Coaching Course Authoring Tools Teach 83

LifterLMS

MAY 8, 2019

Through teaching people how to work with sled dogs and later managing a company that trained new team members every year, Chris built out and engaged with his teaching skills by conveying information and coaching people on how to do all these things with equipment, procedures, and tools. I’m your guide, Chris Badgett. Enjoy the show.

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Offline Conversation Education Authoring Tools 87

eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Understanding the Tools of the Social Learning Landscape - Free as in Freedom , November 2, 2010I am with Mark Oelhert this morning in his all day workshop about the tools of the Social Learning Landscape. Mark’s focus is to look at social media tools, their impact on an organisation’s culture. Discovery Driven.

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eLearning Strategy Simulations Corporate eLearning eLearning Consultant 85

LifterLMS

MAY 28, 2023

Also visit the creators of the LMScast podcast over at LifterLMS , the world’s leading most customizable learning management system software for WordPress. I’ve got my preferred set of tools. So how do we get attention or how do we drive traffic? And you had this series, it was like 62 tips or 87 tips or something.

Business 85

Business Coaching Authoring Tools Podcasts 85

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 3, 2018

59% of decision-makers would rather watch a video than read a blog or article.  Whiteboard videos have proven to be especially attention-getting as they allow a story to unfold in front of your eyes on a blank canvas. On top of that, with today’s software, anybody can learn how to make a professional-looking scribe.

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Attention Online Cognitive eLearning 127

LifterLMS

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Being an influencer means capturing people’s attention with interesting content, while social selling entails using different platforms to connect with potential clients. They aim to capture their audience’s attention and draw them into conversations about the products or services they are promoting.

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Authoring Tools Course Google Search 126

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 3, 2018

59% of decision-makers would rather watch a video than read a blog or article.  Whiteboard videos have proven to be especially attention-getting as they allow a story to unfold in front of your eyes on a blank canvas. On top of that, with today’s software, anybody can learn how to make a professional-looking scribe.

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Attention Online Cognitive Examples 100

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 3, 2018

59% of decision-makers would rather watch a video than read a blog or article.  Whiteboard videos have proven to be especially attention-getting as they allow a story to unfold in front of your eyes on a blank canvas. On top of that, with today’s software, anybody can learn how to make a professional-looking scribe.

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Attention Online Cognitive Examples 100

Disprz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

You would write “Paris” on the back side. In this era of reduced human attention spans, flashcards work great for memory retention. And now, they can also be used as a micro-learning tool for the distributed frontline learner (learn more about frontline employees here). But the days of paper are over! Just to Summarize.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Tools Blended Learning 60