Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

put it into a process flow document? Some situations we teach about are inherently quite complex. What would you do in a situation where the material is very complex? For example: > break it up into smaller courses? > Tools and resources. Do you have/recommend a certain scenario template you use when designing your scenarios?

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

My design document includes this summary, so the client and SME approve it before I start writing. I find it helpful to include both the outline and list of mistakes in the design document if possible. My planning includes three components: A scenario concept and summary An outline A list of mistakes. Scenario Concept and Summary.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 10, 2022

The Trialogue documentation now includes notes on how to change the UI colors and add images for each speaker. So far, I am finding this version more stable (version 0.0.6 sometimes timed out without loading). This updated version includes an internal undo button in the top menu bar and a new format for informational passages.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

– Interactive Story: $15,000 Includes needs analysis, scripting for one 7 question interactive story, custom graphics and feedback documentation. In practice, project-based pricing can be great…or it can be awful if you didn’t get the scope right. For quick turnaround projects.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 24, 2022

360 images can be accessible in Articulate Storyline, according to the documentation (but I’d want to test this with a screen reader to make sure everything was clear in the flow of the activity). Longer guide to writing alt text, paying attention to the differences in the context for the image. Branching scenarios and Twine.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 23, 2011

Microsoft Word isn’t exactly the most glamorous tool here, but it is a tool I use regularly for design documents, storyboards, and other projects for clients. I’m so thankful for the active Moodle community and the wealth of knowledge available in the forums, community documentation, and other sources. Course Development.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 5, 2020

The documentation implies it should render the image right in the proofing format window, but that isn’t working for me. I’m hoping over time that I’ll be able to streamline it a little bit. This is more steps than I’d like, especially for actually getting the image at the end. However, I like the overall output.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 11, 2021

A few resources I noted: Descript : Automatically transcribe audio and edit audio like a document. Nick Floro talked about a number of trends in this session (more than 6, honestly), but he also shared a bunch of resources. You can see the resources at [link]. This site also has Overdub, which allows you to correct VO recordings with AI.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 17, 2020

He has spent hours preparing, and has tons of documents ready to support all the decisions he’s already made. He’s got a great vision for exactly how everything should go, and he’s confident the players are going to have a lot of fun following this journey he has precisely mapped out for them. He’s sure it’s going to be perfect!

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2020

This document from Massey University in New Zealand explains some theory behind why scenario-based learning works and how to decide if scenario-based learning (SBL) is the right strategy. , question builds quick and fun repetition into the training programme, helping transfer from short term memory to long term memory. Situated learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

I’ve used a Word document in the past, and as you know, it gets very hard to keep up with when you’re dealing with complex branching–and it’s hard for SMEs to review. What process do you use for making updates to the scenario after you’ve built the scenario in Storyline but then the client requests additional changes in subsequent reviews?

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 27, 2009

Our team uses a wiki to document our design and development processes, something I wrote about in a short column for the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions magazine. I kept this conversation pretty generic; I think these reasons apply to documentation for any kind of group, not just instructional designers or e-learning developers.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 30, 2021

People read faster than they can listen to voice over, so they can consume the same amount of content in less time by reading the document rather than watching and listening to the same thing online.” Reading the handbook and taking a quiz wouldn’t only be cheaper to develop; it would be faster for employees to complete.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Those tasks are ones where your focus should be on providing documentation and checklists to help them remember. That’s initially time consuming, but in the long run it will be more efficient because you can reuse your documentation over and over. Those are the ones where you should focus on training.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 14, 2020

Characters by eLearning Art Document by useiconic.com from the Noun Project Conference room and woman at computer by Storyblocks. Have you ever seen an attempt at scenario-based learning that was unsuccessful because the learners couldn’t identify with the main character? Image credits. Originally published 4/19/2016.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 26, 2014

Microsoft Word isn’t exactly the most glamorous tool here, but it is a tool I use regularly for design documents, storyboards, and other projects for clients. My business website and portfolio were also built with WordPress. Course Design/Development.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 16, 2014

HelloFax lets you fax documents (HelloSign lets you sign them). The Best Add-Ons for Google Drive. Lifehacker’s list of add ons for Google Docs and Sheets. UberConference adds an audio conference call to a Google Doc so you can talk while collaborating. There’s also an option to track changes like in Word. tags: google.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2020

Example 2 (Replacement) One of your employees, Miranda, brought documentation from her ophthalmologist about her vision and how it affects her driving. They’re easy to write, but they don’t assess anything meaningful. Replacing it with a scenario-based question would give you a more accurate assessment.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

I can write the branching in a linear document without much trouble (I once drafted one longhand in a notebook), but it makes my SMEs brains explode to try to follow them. This is something I’ve struggled with–a good method for storyboarding branching scenarios.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 21, 2020

Characters by eLearning Art Document by useiconic.com from the Noun Project Conference room by Storyblocks. Have you ever used this technique in your training? Do you see possibilities for improving your compliance training? Tell me about your experiences in the comments. Image credits. This post contains affiliate links.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 24, 2017

This is included in the design document and signed off by the client and SME before I start writing. I find it helpful to include both the outline and list of mistakes in the design document if possible. My planning includes three components: A scenario concept and summary. An outline. A list of mistakes. Scenario Concept and Summary.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

While I could have simply provided a PDF document with the steps to troubleshoot (and I did provide that as a job aid), I also created an interactive simulation. For example, I once created a software tutorial on how to troubleshoot a particularly problematic task in an LMS.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Educate the Mobile Generation: Convert WORD documents to ePub and MOBI. Questioning social media. mLearning Best Practices: How Much Content is Too Much for Mobile Learning? iPad Applications In Bloom’s Taxonomy . ID in the Wild: Instructional Video — and More — with Rouxbe. Thanks to Tony Karrer for managing this great resource.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 9, 2009

They want it to be requirements-driven, but that means they need people to document their use cases and needs. Documentation can be institutional or individual. URLs are not so crazy–like a blog post with normal text. Technical difficulties–Connect/Firefox/Sakai Demo aren’t playing nicely. Participating in Sakai 3.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 12, 2012

I had an outline in the design document, but when I started actually developing it, I realized the structure wasn’t quite right. On one of my recent projects, I had a series of videos to intersperse throughout a course. I was struggling a bit to figure out how to organize the pieces.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

When you review the audio and realize it doesn’t sound the way you want, you have to take time to document the issue and ask for the talent to re-record that line for you. Think about the process though: the voice talent records the sentence without understanding where you want the emphasis to be.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 19, 2016

Document by useiconic.com from the Noun Project. Have you ever seen an attempt at scenario-based learning that was unsuccessful because the learners couldn’t identify with the main character? Image credits. Characters by eLearning Art. Conference room and woman at computer by GraphicStock.com (83% off with this link).

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 12, 2012

I had an outline in the design document, but when I started actually developing it, I realized the structure wasn’t quite right. On one of my recent projects, I had a series of videos to intersperse throughout a course. I was struggling a bit to figure out how to organize the pieces.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 22, 2016

Document by useiconic.com from the Noun Project. Have you ever used this technique in your training? Do you see possibilities for improving your compliance training? Tell me about your experiences in the comments. Image credits. Characters by eLearning Art. Conference room by GraphicStock.com.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 17, 2015

This Fair Use Evaluator helps walk you through all the factors and gives you a time stamped PDF to document your analysis. Most people couldn’t tell you the four factors for determining fair use. Did I Plagiarize? is a great resource for explaining the types and severity of plagiarism.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2008

Documentation on Sakai’s accessibility–it’s mostly compliant, but there are still some issues. Solving real problems, of importance to others, within existing constraints - is what most work is about. Sakai’s Current Accessibility - WG: Accessibility - Confluence. tags: sakai , accessibility , lms.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Tech writing, software training, and procedure documentation jobs won’t disappear completely, but AI can perform really well in these areas. A large percentage of technical documentation and software training will be initially captured with tools like Scribe AI and guidde.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Technical requirements/compliance documents, especially at the beginning of e-learning. These can be used even without the full CCAF model. Just say less. Formal objectives (we need objectives, but we don’t need to tell learners the full formal objectives). Put it at the end if it has to be there. Things that matter only to the SME.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 28, 2008

You could have a Windows machine next to an Ubuntu one and you could seamlessly share the keyboard and mouse between the two, according to the documentation. If the documentation there isn’t enough, try these links for more info: Engadget has a how-to article on Synergy for Windows, Mac, or Unix-like systems. Try it Yourself.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Do you have a spreadsheet where you mark whether someone has made a comment or not, or document where they made the comment? In many respects, this would be the same as if students kept a running journal in a Word document. Tracking is going to be a hassle for them, although I think tracking would be a hassle on external blogs too.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 29, 2008

Great visual showing how much simpler collaborating on documents with a wiki is than emailing attachments back and forth. Wikinomics » Blog Archive » Wiki collaboration leads to happiness. tags: collaboration , productivity , wiki.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2017

One of your employees, Miranda, brought documentation from her ophthalmologist about her vision and how it affects her driving. They’re easy to write, but they don’t assess anything meaningful. Replacing it with a scenario-based question would give you a more accurate assessment. Example 2 (Replacement).

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