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12 Helpful Resources for Instructional Design

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and “How do you get their attention?”. Guide to e-Learning: Building Interactive, Fun, and Effective Learning Programs for Any Company (by Michael Allen) . The book highlights interactivity in design and guides the reader through lessons to help avoid common design challenges. Want to learn more about CourseArc?

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Top Five Tips to Create Accessible Content

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Color gets attention or establishes a mood, setting up how a viewer may react. See our tool in action and then check back to our blog and social media feeds for additional resources and case studies on how our clients are using CourseArc to move their professional development and training programs online.

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Is it a Classroom or a Prison? Some Common Sense on Measuring Training Effectiveness

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It’s not that I’m afraid that my program will be proved to be a disaster. I think we will find a better way to measure programs, and I can’t wait. Until then, there are some very practical ways to test if your program is doing well. But we know that when we produce truly great programs, we don’t chase students down.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning Visions

Learning Visions

Most of that time, Ive worked for eLearning vendors: companies that design and develop eLearning programs for a wide variety of corporate clients. Ive served as instructional designer and project manager on programs for banks, airlines, department stores, consulting firms, construction companies, training companies, and more.

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Can Doodling Actually Enhance Training? Apparently, Yes

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Besides helping workers more easily retain big chunks of information, the method encourages employees to turn their attention away from their computers and smartphones — something many companies struggle with during meetings. Image used under Creative Commons by INPIVIC.

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How Well Does Your Company Know its World?

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I used to teach an introductory-level course for an online MBA program. This program introduced MBA students to the role of accounting, basic financial statements, monetary policy, and macro- and microeconomics. What is popular, effective, and attention-getting? Where are they moving to, or from? How do people buy?

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On-Demand is the Future of Online Learning

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People no longer have to watch a program at the exact time it’s aired, since it’s so easy to record it and watch whenever you have the time. People stopped watching TV programs at the scheduled time. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user D.Reichardt. Two things happened: 1. They will be on demand.

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