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Learning Design isn’t for the wimpy

Clark Quinn

We could do it, but it would be a disaster (in this case, that’s what we’re working from, a too-rote too-knowledge-dump course. We’ve been given some content, and it’s not just about being good little IDs and taking what they give us and designing instruction from it. SMEs don’t know how they do what they do.

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How to get everyone to write like Ernest Hemingway

Making Change

To that end, this course demonstrates the six-step Customer Delightification process which… After. This course will give you … What happened? Use strong verbs instead of wimpy “is.” Scenario design: The October 2017 sessions of the live, online scenario design course are now open for registration.

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Why you want to focus on actions, not learning objectives » Making Change

Making Change

Learning objectives are wimpy. A course ruled by conventional learning objectives like “define pathogen &# will have simple fact checks and Jeopardy games. Which objective are you more likely to fund? Build a home for a displaced family in Sudan. Describe how to build a home for a displaced family in Sudan.

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The Case for eLearning in the Workplace

TOPYX LMS

Compared to traditional learning, microlearning may seem a little wimpy. Such individuals may opt to watch/read/listen to many microlearning units in the course of a few days. This differs from traditional learning situations. In those situations, students may read huge amounts of textbook pages in one sitting.

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The Case for Self-Paced Learning in the Workplace

TOPYX LMS

Compared to a traditional learning situation in which students may read huge amounts of textbook pages in one sitting, microlearning may seem a little wimpy. The best pace for some learners will be fast – those individuals may opt to watch/read/listen to many microlearning units in the course of a few days.

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How to Write the Perfect Learning Objective

OpenSesame

Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post is part of a blog series on creating eLearning courses by Sharlyn Lauby, SPHR, CPLP. And clients don’t want wimpy objectives. Wimpy objectives use what are considered to be weak verbs. Sharlyn is a HR pro turned consultant with more than 20 years of professional human resources experience.

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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Justin Lombardo

CLO Magazine

What I’ve picked up on again is the wimpy substitute of using my own treadmill and some resistance bands, which takes the place of the gym. If you can knock through it without really paying much attention, it’s a wasted course. That’s been a great deal of fun and very rewarding. It feeds that artistic side.

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