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I’m Writing a Second Edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook!

Tim Slade

It was nearly five years ago when I started thinking about writing a book to share everything I knew about designing and developing eLearning. At the time, the mear thought of writing my own book seemed like an enormous task, and it was! In fact, it wasn’t my first time working on a book. So let’s do it!

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All About Andragogy: Adult Learning Theory

Trivantis

When you’re designing e-Learning for adults, you want to make the whole learning experience fit their needs. The Adult Learning Theory—also known as andragogy—is perfect for this. Malcolm Knowles popularized the concept of andragogy in his book The Modern Practice of Adult Education: From Pedagogy to Andragogy.

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Top 5 books every elearning designer should read

Elucidat

We’ve pulled together the top five books every elearning designer should read, with help from our Elucidat community. These five books cover all the bases, from how people learn, to what makes learning and habits stick, and how to design with these elements in mind. All these books are pacy, practical, and actionable.

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Benefits of Scenario-Based Learning

Experiencing eLearning

What are the benefits of scenario-based learning? Here’s a selection of quotes on why scenarios are effective. Ruth Clark’s book Scenario-Based e-Learning: Evidence Based Guidelines for Online Workforce Learning explains how scenario-based elearning helps people learn new skills faster.

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8 Must-Read Neurolearning™ Books

eLearningMind

Instead, Neurolearning is a combination of learning theory and neuroscience; a complicated study of how the brain (and the nervous system) works and reacts to stimuli and situations. For our purposes, Neurolearning helps us understand the way individuals learn and how to turn material into memories for later retention.

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Everything you need to know about the spacing effect – in five minutes

Learning Pool

There is a huge and teeming literature of learning theory which, let’s be honest, most of us don’t have the time to read. All you need to know about the spacing effect in five minutes. It can be plotted on a curve, giving us a guide to how we can counteract its effects through spaced practice. Thank me later.

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How To Design eLearning That Delivers Results With Tim Slade

TechSmith Camtasia

Tim Slade is a speaker, award-winning freelance eLearning designer and the author of the book, ‘ The eLearning Designer’s Handbook.’ I mean, he wrote the book on it! How to know if you have effective learning content. Have you created something that people can actually learn from? Why Tim updated his book.

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