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Should SMEs Create eLearning Courses?

Upside Learning

Experts suffer from what’s known as the ‘curse of knowledge (aka ‘curse of expertise’) – Wikipedia Link Learning Designers, in contrast, are (or should be) skilled to unpack the models SMEs hold and present the same more appropriately to novice learners. References: [link] [link] [link] The post Should SMEs Create eLearning Courses?

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Surprising Benefits And Pitfalls Of Using Artificial Intelligence In Training Courses

Spark Your Interest

Wikipedia defines as Generative AI as “artificial intelligence capable of generating text, images, videos, or other data using generative models, often in response to prompts” and is the most readily applicable AI in training. Creating Course Outlines – Traditionally, it might take 2-3 hours to create an outline for a course.

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From Courses to Micro-Learning

ID Reflections

Wikipedia describes micro-learning thus: Micro-learning can also be understood as a process of subsequent, "short" learning activities, i.e. learning through interaction with micro-content objects in small timeframes. Training and courses as we knew it when the world of work was certain are about to leave center stage.

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Modeling mental models

Clark Quinn

Wikipedia defines them as “an internal representation of external reality” Really, it’s an explanation of how a small part of the world works. If they have a basis for determining the outcome of different courses of action, they can choose the best one. To start with, what are mental models?

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Four Wishes for LMS Buyers

Association eLearning

If they would do this, the first item that comes up is this link to a Wikipedia article. Notice that course development is generally not one of the functions of an LMS. Sometimes LMSs offer some basic course development tools, but it’s not a core LMS function. This is a waste of precious resources.

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Soft landing

E-Learning Provocateur

Wikipedia describes soft skills as “psychosocial”, and I feel this hits the mark closer than most. Unfortunately Wikipedia goes on to declare that hard skills are specific to individual professions, which is demonstrably false. For example, is a hard skill such as data analysis not also a business skill or a power skill?

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eLearning Glossary Part 2: More Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

The development phase is where the course is actually created from the storyboards and media assembled in the design phase. During this phase the course is tested and debugged if necessary, the course is reviewed, and revisions are made. Module- A module is a section of a course, similar to a chapter in a textbook.