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Understanding Cognitive Load Theory Is Essential for Effective Corporate IT Training

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But we’re not here to talk about content overload in eLearning or any other type of training. That’s false because I personally have never seen a goldfish watch a three-hour movie. If you’re building an eLearning course , keep the navigation consistent and boring. Boring is good when it comes to training.

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How Long Should A Self-Paced Course Be?

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What Is A Self-Paced Course You may know it as a self-paced course, digital course, eLearning, or something else entirely. Then there are things like software simulation courses that allow you to learn a new system at your own pace and may have additional information about that software.

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Top 70 eLearning Articles - Hot Topics: iPad Adobe Captivate - July 2010

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Best of eLearning Learning. Instructional Design and E-Learning Blogs - Experiencing eLearning , July 6, 2010 Back when I wrote my instructional design careers series in 2007, I was only aware of a few blogs by instructional designers. Subscribe to the Best of eLearning Learning for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.

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PowerPoint Tips, Tricks, and Hacks from 29 Experts

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Think also about your favorite movies and TV shows. Here’s a quick and easy one I share in my PowerPoint for eLearning 101 classes: Want to move something just a smidge using the arrow keys? He also blogs frequently about eLearning, PowerPoint, and presentations. Think about some of the best presentations you’ve ever seen.