Scissortail's Learning Nest

APRIL 22, 2024

If you’re not familiar with Mayer’s Principles, this blog post from Digital Learning Institute explains them in a nutshell. We can use sound instructional design techniques, including Mayer’s Principles, and make our courses accessible at the same time. Many Deaf people have some hearing, and many blind people have some vision.)

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 14, 2021

I share these links periodically here on my blog. 6 Things Video Games Can Teach You About Writing Engaging Scenarios – E-Learning Heroes. 6 Things Video Games Can Teach You About Writing Engaging Scenarios – E-Learning Heroes. Tips for writing engaging scenarios, plus examples from specific games.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. The voices in the short samples sound very realistic; this could work for at least short narration. The topics include writing proposals, pricing, automating processes, email and phone scripts, positioning, and more. I’m pleased to be included in the list.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

My blog posts are written manually by me unless I post something like this; everything above is my own writing. ” Subly is on my personal list of tools to try out, since that sounds like a good fit for my somewhat irregular needs. It allows you to create a new line after punctuation through these settings too.

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Making Change

AUGUST 20, 2019

Need to write a scenario question? Get ideas from these three classic blog posts that you might have missed. 7 ways to make dialog sound natural. You’ll get hands-on practice writing scenarios and get my personal feedback on your work. The same question three ways. See tip #2 for the solution.). Learn more.

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LearnDash

MARCH 12, 2015

If you have a blog, then you know how much work is required to continually write useful articles. It takes a great degree of dedication to run a blog properly, which is why many people avoid it altogether. Sure, the biggest ‘push’ for any article you write is going to be in the first few days of posting.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 15, 2017

Writing a blog post is often time consuming and a lot of effort goes into research, writing, and editing. Since you’re already writing the post –why not also make a blog video? A vlog is a blog that is primarily delivered in video format. Step 1: Write a simple script. They can read, watch, or both.

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LearnDash

JUNE 29, 2022

To master your email marketing strategy, you must know how to write high-performing emails. To end your email, try to sound friendly and professional. Instead, offer them another type of content like blog articles, online courses or monthly newsletters. Learn how to write better emails. Email marketing stats in 2022.

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Fly Plugins

APRIL 2, 2024

This sounds pretty simple, right? However, every time he sits down with a creative idea in mind, he wastes precious time fumbling around with Scrivener’s functionality as opposed to writing. Just reach out to your students who have completed your course and ask them to write a sentence or two about how the course has helped them.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 31, 2024

Prepare the script: Firstly, you need to write the manuscript for the audiobook. Research and select a topic to write on. While writing, ensure that the paragraphs are clear, free from ambiguity, and sound natural. Once done writing, edit and proofread to remove errors. Let’s go over them one by one.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 31, 2010

Day Eleven: Randy Hinrichs at his 2b3D's blog. Had an entry titled Welcome to 2b3d 3D Learning Blog Time where he talked about the fact that "3D virtual learning is about the experience" and not about the technology. Take a few moments to view the video at A Blog Book Tour, Thinking Outside the Box. Here is the re-cap.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

The first week of the blog book tour has ended and it has been a fantastic week with informative blog posts, information and opinions about gamification and even a bit of controversy. We can shape the gamification discussion about the sales training to be more instructionally sound than if we were not involved or left out.

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LifterLMS

JULY 21, 2021

Learn how to create profitable online courses and membership sites even after failures along the way with Pete McPherson from Do You Even Blog in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett from LifterLMS. I’m joined by a special guest, Pete McPherson, from Do You Even Blog. Enjoy the show. Thanks for having me.

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Making Change

AUGUST 20, 2019

By Cathy Moore Need to write a scenario question? Get ideas from these three classic blog posts that you might have missed. 7 ways to make scenario dialog sound natural These tips will make your scenario characters believable, relatable, and concise. The most common mistake I see is too much small talk.

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LearnDash

JULY 11, 2019

And yet, what you write in your course description is one of the most important factors in convincing learners to sign up. But if you’re also writing a longer course page—which I would recommend—it may help to start with the detailed version and then edit down to something in the neighborhood of 150 words. Not a problem, right?

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

JANUARY 9, 2023

Our chat focused on writing accessible copy. How writing skills fit in with accessibility Three considerations for writing accessible copy Plain language (and zombies!) Here are some resources mentioned in the interview and a few others to help with writing accessible copy. You can watch the video on YouTube below.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 29, 2019

Are you looking for a way to market your online course business but don’t want to write article after article? If this sounds interesting then continue reading! Read and comment on their blogs using an authentic voice and tone. Read the most recent posts on their blog and check out a few books on their area of expertise.

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Axonify

MARCH 24, 2017

Can you write a good multiple choice question? Unfortunately, it sounds a lot easier than it is. Many L&D pros just don’t realize how difficult it is to write a good question. Our March curated insights explore what it takes to write effective questions and how they can be used as part of a modern learning experience.

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Learningtogo

MARCH 10, 2023

When ATD asked me to write a post on this subject, I struggled to find the value I could add to the exploding conversation. It’s not as complicated as it may sound. Write Content If you ask the bot to write a paragraph introducing a subject, it comes back almost instantly with plausible, grammatically correct text.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Ingrid O'Sullivan has a new blog and is the first person to take me up on my post 100 Conversation Topics which asks people to start a conversation with me and get aggregated into 100 conversations. Ingrid's post tells a bit of a story that is likely familiar to other authors of a relatively new blog. I'm pretty new to blogging [.]

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Well, it isn't very glamorous or creative sounding. But I suppose this is an appropriate description of my blog's personality? Check out your own blog's writing style at Typealyzer. And please, don't leave my blog alone. ISTJ - The Duty Fulfillers The responsible and hardworking type. It likes company.

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LearnDash

MAY 5, 2020

These are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It’s also the case that two are passive skills (listening and reading), while two are active skills (speaking and writing). Resources that help train a learner to make the right sounds and hear the difference between similar sounds can help them be understood.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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. Many videos rely on sounds, music, and voiceovers. This allows you to deliver more targeted messages that increase conversions.

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LearnDash

JUNE 10, 2020

When I first started writing essays for school, the rule we were given was “no online sources allowed.” Imagine trying to write a guide for citing online sources in 1997, the year before Google was founded? If I am writing a paper, I can say that Russia is the largest country in the world without having to provide a source.

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Making Change

JULY 31, 2017

When we talk about writing style, we can get bogged down in personal preferences that are hard to communicate. Many plain-English advocates suggest aiming for a score in the 60s, and that’s my preference, too (this blog post gets a 63). Quick ways to increase your score and sound like a human being. Quantify, quantify.

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Making Change

JANUARY 18, 2018

To see what that might look like in activity design, we looked at a simple compliance activity and these two branching scenarios: Learning Zeko prototype: try the activity and then read the blog post describing what I was trying to do. You’re just plunged into each activity, as described in this blog post. Let people take risks.

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Coursera

MARCH 19, 2024

Hiring managers may not feel strongly about your experience writing lesson plans, but they will be impressed by your analytical approach to test prep by assessing five years of student performance in order to optimize your areas of focus. For step-by-step resume guidance , try SUNY Online’s five-hour course, How to Write a Resume.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 5, 2012

If you are considering taking up blogging this year, and wondering what it might involve, I would be happy to offer you a few tips from my own experience. I have been blogging for just over 5 years and during that time have learnt a few things. Firstly, blogging can be time consuming. But don't let that put you off - join in.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 1, 2019

For instance, if you’re asking your learners to write a weekly blog post about what they’ve learned in your course, you may have a good reason for asking their course mates to each leave a comment—but you don’t then need to require them to respond to other comments on the post. This may sound a little counterintuitive at first.

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LearnDash

MAY 23, 2018

Have you ever considered writing an article about your e-learning course to a content distribution platform like Medium? If you’re wondering whether you should publish your latest article to a content distribution platform or on your own blog, here’s a few factors to consider. Put your own blog first. If so, you’re not alone.

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Ninja Tropic

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

It’s not enough to simply write a script. You want to write a high-quality script that helps your learners. Use this best practices checklist to write video scripts that succeed. . It’s easy to get off-topic when writing a script. At the end of every section you write, remember to refer back to your learning objective.

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Ninja Tropic

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

It’s not enough to simply write a script. You want to write a high-quality script that helps your learners. Use this best practices checklist to write video scripts that succeed. ?. It’s easy to get off-topic when writing a script. At the end of every section you write, remember to refer back to your learning objective.

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 4, 2016

While some screenwriters can wax eloquent in their work, most screenplays end up sounding more like this: REVERSE SHOT ON THE BACKS OF GERALD AND SCARLETT. Diagrams can also help when outlining (see previous blog for more information about outlining). What have you found useful in writing scripts? Looking at the land.

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Association eLearning

AUGUST 30, 2017

Nomenclature and writing guidelines are frequently absent, or perhaps they’re a separate document. Are buttons supposed to have hover states or sound effects? Question writing guidelines. If you’d like to read more about training, learning, and instructional design check out the rest of this author’s blogs.

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Mitch Moldofsky

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The link he provides on this mention, however, goes to another blog post on his site, the sub-head of which promises, "This article explains how you, as a Subject Matter Expert, can create an instructional sound course within a day. By the way, guys, it's "instructionally" sound. Just like instructional designers"--HA!

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Real-aloud eBooks are equipped with sounds far more advanced than in the past. Increases Literacy Skills You can gradually advance your literacy, comprehension, and writing abilities by using text-to-speech technology. This is because it creates a comprehensible link between the text and its sound, making decoding easier.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 26, 2024

The focus should be to stimulate the different sensory channels like sight and sound. Also, the audio or video content included in the modules should be checked for proper sound and image quality. For more information, write to us at kitaboo@hurix.com. This is an important step towards delivering valuable content.

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