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Writing Process from Brain Dump to Storyboard

Experiencing eLearning

Specifically, she wanted to know how I get from content like a SME “brain dump” to a finalized storyboard that’s ready for elearning development. Sometimes, a SME writes some sort of “brain dump” of what they know and think is important. Last week, an ID asked me about my writing process.

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ID and eLearning Links 9/24/19

Experiencing eLearning

How to Become an Instructional Designer: The Definitive Guide – Devlin Peck – Performance Consultant for Corporate Training Teams This 10,000-word guide starts at the very beginning, explaining what instructional designers are and what they do for different types of organizations. Becoming an Instructional Designer.

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Learning, Extended Brain and Topic Hubs

Tony Karrer

There's a bit of a back story, but I think it helps to paint the picture of a learning pattern that I'm finding myself using and the resulting topics hub and how they act as an extended brain. But I've never thought of that part of my work in the same way that I think about consulting or CTO-for-Hire.

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The Expert’s Brain

The eLearning Coach

Remember those Your Brain On Drugs commercials? That same analogy works well to represent the brain of an expert. The expert’s brain is like a hard-boiled egg. If we want experts to respect and learn from the online courses we create, should know how their brain’s function. Post from: The eLearning Coach.

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DEEPER ELEARNING DESIGN: PART 2 – PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Learnnovators

This is the second post in a series of six that covers Deeper eLearning. It is particularly focused on eLearning, but almost all of what is mentioned also applies to face-to-face or virtual instruction. What makes learning stick is spacing out the practice so that there is time for the brain to rest and then get reactivated.

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Enhance Corporate Technical Training with The Power of Scenario Based Learning

IT Training Department Blog

With some lively writing for eLearning and weaving some scenarios into training, scenario-based learning can work wonders. Instead of sitting through hours of lectures or completing monotonous eLearning modules, employees can partake in realistic scenarios where they can apply their knowledge and skills in a hands-on manner.

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MARGIE MEACHAM – CRYSTAL BALLING WITH LEARNNOVATORS

Learnnovators

ABOUT MARGIE MEACHAM: Author and Learning Consultant Margie Meacham first became interested in helping people learn when she was a little girl struggling with first grade. Margie has been a featured speaker at several ATD events and facilitates the ATD online course Essentials of Brain-Based Learning.