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Behind the Scenes with Maestro: Our Innovative and Effective eLearning Development Process

Maestro

After 15 years in the L&D game, our approach to developing effective and inspired L&D programs is tried and true. Our incredible internal teams are pros at collaborating, brainstorming creatively in real-time, and finding learning solutions for even the toughest material. We present our transparent and organized process.

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I’m Writing a Second Edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook!

Tim Slade

Initially, I had planned on leaving the current version of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook as-is, and pen a totally separate book, focused on instructional design for eLearning. And in this post, I wanted to give you a quick behind-the-scenes peek at what you can expect in my new book. So let’s do it!

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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

The game has an open platform that allows new details to be constantly added, reflecting lessons learned from a recent mission, for example. In a world as ever-changing as today’s, it is frankly the height of hubris to assume that all problems can be solved by a few heads, but that is effectively what many organizations persist in doing.

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The Best Blended Learning Companies Have These 7 Characteristics

Maestro

The best blended learning companies may approach each project from their own unique angle, use their own special blend of innovative tools, and arrive at solutions in their own strategic way, but there’s one thing all blended learning companies have in common. Well, seven things actually. What does this look like?

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Instructional Storytelling: How to Use it In Your Corporate Training

eLearningMind

Instead, you can adopt the key steps from the hero’s journey and blend them with well-known training models to create a story that is as engaging as it is effective. Storytelling is so effective because it “tricks” the brain into absorbing new information by decreasing its cognitive load and increasing retention. Influence Behavior.

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Critical Criteria for Choosing Great Learning Partners

Maestro

Start with the most critical piece of the learning-partner puzzle: value. According to a recent Brandon Hall Group study , the biggest challenge companies face in ensuring effective learning programs is that the “organization does not have the people, time, and financial resources to support future skills development needs.”

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10 free social learning platforms

Ed App

Concepts such as the community of practice espouse that learning occurs as individuals in any endeavor participate in their task with peers and a competent teacher. Why social learning is important. One issue, though, is that while the school version is free, using the business version isn’t. 6) G Suite for Education.