CourseArc

APRIL 12, 2017

Every course or training initiative has at least one of two goals: to bridge knowledge gaps , and/or to transform the learner’s behavior. Instructional designers aim to provide the necessary content to accomplish these goals, but sometimes the delivery of a course or training isn’t very effective. LEVEL 1: Reaction.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Today I am excited to share with you the story of LearnDash customer Neil Martin and his training program: Elite Sport Performance: Psychological Perspectives. These photos are all open licensed Creative Commons images. In fact I’ve used Creative Commons images, videos and audio throughout the course.

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LearnDash

MAY 26, 2013

Creative Commons: The never ending search for stock photography – may as well start at the source! elearning training tools' Trello: Working on development projects is tricky, and sometimes requires a lot of coordination. Trello helps you with this, for free! Fences can do just that. Stock Exchange: See a theme yet?

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CourseArc

APRIL 19, 2017

Let’s look at the process of designing good learning objectives, so you can build the various elements of your course or training in service of a clear purpose with measurable outcomes. Image: “ Bullseye ” by Emilio Kuffer, via Flickr Creative Commons License. Building Achievable Learning Objectives.

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CourseArc

APRIL 13, 2016

At CourseArc we have created hundreds of engaging online modules for our clients and in this process we have found that many K-12 organizations, universities, and corporate training departments have few to no resources with formal training in instructional design. In this module we will. explain copyright laws.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

iPad (and iPhone) are Much More Useful Than I Expected I didn’t actually think that I would care about the iPad except as a tool for training and performance support in environments like retail and restaurants where it’s always been an issue having access to machines. Marketplace LMS solutions don’t quite fit. for more on this.

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Mindflash

APRIL 30, 2012

Not only that, it turns out that keeping your hands busy during a presentation (like a speech, a conference call, or *hint, hint* a training seminar) actually helps people retain information. For training designers, it’s worth considering whether they’re taking advantage of all that doodling has to offer.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 21, 2018

From my experience working in all sectors of education and training, I claimed that the most likely sector to innovate with new learning technologies would be primary education. by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Mindflash

APRIL 12, 2012

If your employees already have strong skill sets in key areas of job performance, shouldn’t training programs focus on developing new skills or correcting weaknesses? The new research contradicts what seems like common sense, finding that training to your preexisting skills makes good sense. Yes, Haralalka and Tung say.

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Mindflash

MAY 2, 2012

Too often, organizations settle for one-size-fits-all training. But the consequence is that they always seem to have a few people in each training session who really don’t need to be there. However, it certainly doesn’t mean that everyone needs this training … only that it’s something most people need.

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Mindflash

JANUARY 10, 2012

We’ve been training employees on several new procedures and approaches recently in my workplace. This question sent me back to Chip and Dan Heath’s book, Made To Stick , to see if we were missing something in our training approach. An implementation plan — specific information on how employees are to implement the training.

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Mindflash

JANUARY 23, 2012

And while most of the conversation has focused on Apple’s potential to overhaul the textbook-publishing landscape and maybe even re-make the public education model , it’s fair to wonder what Apple’s newest bid will mean for professional workforce training. Meghan Bender contributed to this report.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 27, 2013

This week, ahead of my speech at the Learning Technologies Conference I recorded a 10 minute podcast interview for the Training Zone. The TrainingZone podcast - January by Trainingzone on Mixcloud Game changers in the Training Zone by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Mindflash

MAY 25, 2012

In high-stakes training, one powerful technique to make training stick is to simulate the consequences as much as possible. The idea comes from anesthesiology training: In simulated surgical environments operating on a test dummy, the patient dies. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user Army Medicine.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 10, 2018

Some images will be labeled Creative Commons Zero. Coast Guard and in private industry, Kevin has spent decades as a technical communicator, classroom and online trainer, public speaker, and has written hundreds of computer training books for adult learners. But, not so fast! Be sure to put in the legwork.

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

President Obama proposed a new Community College to Career Fund Monday, which intends to provide some 2 million people with job-related training — a project that people in the e-Learning and training fields will certainly want to keep an eye on. ” Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user BlatantWorld.com.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 26, 2019

He was born in Austria and trained as a linguist in Australia before eventually taking up citizenship in the United Kingdom. Literacy in the New Media Age by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Kress, 2003, p. 16) Reference Kress, G.

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Mindflash

MARCH 28, 2012

Today, just about any training magazine, website, or conference probably devotes significant time to talking about informal learning. I’ve read many posts that talk about informal learning as “the better way” for employees to learn, rather than through formal training programs. However, it’s all beside the point.

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Mindflash

JUNE 12, 2012

Connect bottom-line impact to specific skills and ensure the organization’s training focuses on these skills. Not so long ago, as the recession first hit, many education and training departments were the first ones on the chopping block. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user Mr Wabu.

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CommLab India

JULY 14, 2016

Are you looking for first-rate, attention-grabbing images for your online training modules? Related Posts 8 Compelling Reasons to Adopt E-learning for Product Sales Training 6 Trends in E-learning 3 Elements to Vitalize Your Online Safety Training Courses. It is often hard to find images suitable for a e-module.

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Almost all of us have been stuck in a training class at some point with a bad trainer. So, to help spare the world from these mind-meltingly lame training sessions, I’ve compiled a list of the seven worst habits bad trainers exhibit — many of which were suggested over Twitter — and offered simple and practical remedies.

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

When a company is getting ready to release a new product or service, it will need to train its workers on how to use, handle, and sell it. But apparently a few too many companies are forgetting an important training step: Securing it. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user Robert Scoble.

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CourseArc

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Since instructional designers develop so many types of resources—like eLearning courses, instructors’ manuals for classroom use, learning games, training courses for use in workplaces—there are always new skills to pick up. Map It: The Hands-on Guide to Strategic Training Design (by Cathy Moore) . Training & Development.

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Mindflash

MARCH 30, 2012

Retail companies have typically responded to the economic recession by cutting staffing and training departments in order to keep prices low. But in an interesting new piece in the New Yorker , James Surowiecki argues that having more and better-trained workers is a smarter strategy for retailers.

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

M-learning — mobile learning — is a hot new topic among training professionals, but what, exactly, is it? We know the idea is to tap into the immense power and popularity of smartphones and tablets and to deliver training on-the-go. The Daily Mindflash: Why make your online training program mobile? And who uses it?

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 27, 2019

Notwithstanding the issues around nomenclature, Felicity has done a great job teasing out from me some of the issues and challenges that face education and training at this time and packaging them up as an interview. Take a look. It should only take a few minutes to read. Here's the link. Emergent thinker? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 15, 2012

I don't have the time or the inclination to calculate how many miles I have travelled in the last week, but it involved three car journeys, 11 train rides, numerous taxi trips and one flight. I was challenged by delegates at Solstice to elaborate on the legal and ethical issues of Creative Commons and other Copyleft approaches.

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Mindflash

MAY 30, 2012

If trainers don’t truly understand how a business works, what it expects out of its training department, or what it ultimately wants its employees to be able to do, they simply can’t be effective. ” It’s the same with training. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user wwarby.

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Mindflash

APRIL 6, 2012

With the Encyclopedia Britannica abandoning its 244-year-old printed version in response to the dominance of Wikipedia, and Britain’s education minister calling for a “wiki approach” to designing the curriculum for schools, wikis deserve a role in employee training and learning. But where, and how to start?

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Mindflash

MAY 7, 2012

If they were set up to succeed, and are failing, there is a bigger issue than training. On the other hand, if the right percentage of under-trained employees are hitting my desk, that’s generally a good thing. What’s harder is having a constant trained eye on what … didn’t … work. 4) Look for the failures, not the successes.

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

And that poses a three-pronged challenge to workers, employers, and training professionals: How should these they handle the reality that stable, decades-long jobs are a thing of the past? While it may be tempting to slash training and insist on only hiring job-ready candidates, Casnocha advocates for the opposite.

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Learning with e's

JULY 18, 2019

Often vaunted as the 'next big thing' in training and education, critics suggest that VR has proven to be expensive, difficult to deploy and may present health issues. However, the concept behind VR - simulation - is a sound and successfully used method of training in many fields of work. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 12, 2019

We discussed a range of topics around my new book Digital Learning in Organisations, and focused on new technologies in education and training. Hamr time Steve Wheeler was written in Liberec, Czech Republic and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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CourseArc

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Example: If your objective is to train users to troubleshoot problems in a specific program or operating system, your content must go beyond delivering theories or serving as a reference (with anecdotes, diagrams, etc.) and incorporate practical how-to components (like simulating common problems by using a hands-on tutorial).

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Mindflash

MAY 10, 2012

When I speak with a colleague in the learning field, I can use terms like training , learning, performance, design, e-learning , and many others, and expect that my colleague will understand the subtle difference between those words. More : Why the Right Vocabulary Is Key to Effective Training. Language depends on context.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 1, 2018

Initially, the most common large screen display, known as the interactive whiteboard (IWB) - was viewed with great promise, but over time, due to misuse, lack of training or knowledge (and in some cases, neglect), interactive whiteboards appear to have been sidelined in some schools. Cinderella technology? Unported License.

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CourseArc

MARCH 15, 2017

For example, a grad student or teacher’s aide in the field should have no real trouble passing a test for undergrads, nor should a senior manager in a department that’s receiving employee training in a specific topic. Image: “ Quiz ” by Animated Heaven, via Flickr Creative Commons License.

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