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How to get everyone to write like Ernest Hemingway

Making Change

Use strong verbs instead of wimpy “is.” People worry about offending their audience by writing “below” their educational level. “Seventh grade” means different things in different cultures, while the reading ease score isn’t tied to the US educational system. Why not use grade level?

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The Case for eLearning in the Workplace

TOPYX LMS

Compared to traditional learning, microlearning may seem a little wimpy. A study in the Journal of Educational Computing Research is one source that concludes this.). In those situations, students may read huge amounts of textbook pages in one sitting. In reality, though, it is powerful.

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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. A study noted in the Journal of Educational Computing Research is one source that concludes this.). In reality, though, it is powerful.

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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Justin Lombardo

CLO Magazine

I started in higher education for a liberal arts college. 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. CLO: How did you become interested in L&D? And I began to look at and study curriculum models. It feeds that artistic side.

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