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SMEs Shouldn’t Write Branching Scenarios (And What To Do Instead)

Experiencing eLearning

Instructional designers and training managers sometimes ask me, “How do I train SMEs to write better branching scenarios?” I believe SMEs shouldn’t write branching scenarios. Instead, I think we as instructional designers and LXDs should interview the SMEs as part of our analysis, and then we should write it.

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Caveat Malarkey

Clark Quinn

If you’ve been paying attention, you will have seen that a number of my blog posts take down a variety of articles that are rife with malarkey. A lot of them come from connections or pointers on LinkedIn. (If These are things like the attention span of a goldfish, learning styles, generations/digital natives, etc.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange of Information by Paul on March 14, 2011 in social learning Most of us in the adult learning industry have already found and incorporated Twitter into our everyday lives.

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Top 10 Learning Tools for 2022

Clark Quinn

However, a couple of tools have become more prevalent, and one’s slipped back, so… I’ll rearrange my list for this year, given that I’m not writing a book right now, with an expectation that it may swing back. Writing is a primary way for me to think through things, and that’s not changing.

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Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional by Jim on April 24, 2011 in Project Management/Project Delivery When we think of the concept of “success,” it often seems relatively straightforward.

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Organizational Change Management Cited – Again – as Key.

Dashe & Thomson

In another post, Krigsman writes: Communications in [the context of ERP implementation] means explaining the business impact of technology decisions to a non-technical audience. In order to succeed, however, it is imperative that managers pay attention to this critical element of ERP project success. Properly d.

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How to Promote Your First Online Course

LearnDash

These should be concise and action-oriented to convey the goal of the course, yet grab the visitor’s attention and lead them to a desired action. Write good emails Unfortunately, there’s no secret formula to the perfect email. Practice style and writing consistency. You can even embed them on your website, blog, or landing page.

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