eLearningMind

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

When learning experiences are optional and initiated by the learner, learners are obviously more motivated to learn. 1 Give learners realistic examples that relate to them. For learners to retain the key message of the training, it’s important to tie it directly to the learner’s work experience.

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Eat Learn Repeat

MARCH 27, 2018

Stock Images? While GoAnimate itself is a cheaper alternative to complex Flash-based character animations, it’s funny that we try to get it a lot cheaper using stock images. So, don’t we use stock images at all? Stock image sites are like Google search engine with even lesser intelligence.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 21, 2014

Most learners attend an eLearning software training course and feel overwhelmed when they return to the office,” said Josh Cavalier, CEO of Lodestone. Now eLearning Brothers and Lodestone have created an immersive experience that combines the software training with the efficiency and speed of professionally designed template files.”.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 8, 2021

Add Value to Motivate Learners. Friction comes from things like lack of clear direction, unmeasurable objectives, poor instructions, novel interactions that don’t add value, and poor course design like mediocre-looking content or overbuilt animations and transitions. Motivate Learners with a Reward.

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ProProfs

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Starts at $1/learner/month. ADDIE Development Model. At times, you may feel like you’ve run out of fresh ideas and come to a roadblock for delivering engaging eLearning experiences to your learners. These solutions are user-friendly and you can use them to create, design, manage, share, and track eLearning programs.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 31, 2023

Most of those courses have what appears to be valuable content, but for the learner, the course is a lot of “need to know” but very little “need to do.” Give the learners who know the content the opportunity to prove it upfront. Quiz Tip #1: Provide a Pre-Test Don’t fight skipping to the quiz.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

However, these objectives may not always be in alignment with the needs of the learner. In an ideal world, the course would be designed with their needs in mind, and be tailored to their individual needs and how the course is relevant to them. And for the person consuming the course, it’s important that their learning needs are met.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2016

This instructional design tip focuses on how to simplify and chunk content in complex training courses. Essentially, instructional design is about crafting a viable learning experience. Often we have to teach content that’s too complicated for new learners. Instructional Design Tip: Identify the Discomfort.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 6, 2011

While we may like to believe that directing and guiding our learners to new understanding is the most effective way to educate, the traditional Instructor-Led Training (ILT) model fails to recognize that our learners have changed. So how do we best provide our learners of today with the best possible support and encouragement?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 1, 2017

The animation can be engaging to “hook” learners at the beginning, but it may become distracting once you’re delivering content. In the intro and closing (plus a few transitions between sections), the characters were the focus of the image. This was created in PowerPoint; no rapid development tools were needed.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 7, 2022

As a younger instructional designer, I learned that the instructor does the telling and showing and the learner does the doing. If the end goal is for the learner to do something specific (and measurable) then the training needs to integrate the activity and decision-making required to do what’s learned.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 9, 2022

The reason for this is that people want to make sure learners see everything in the course. Think of it this way; there are two parts to every course: the information the learners need and assessing their ability to process it (which can happen through various means). I often see community members asking how to lock down a course.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 14, 2022

“Tell, Show, Do” is a common instructional design model. The model is a simple reminder that steers the course design away from the common content dump and focuses on the action in the learning, mainly the doing part. It rhymes and is another easy thing to remember about course design. Do the task.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 18, 2022

I think we can make e-learning more valuable for learners by making a few simple changes. Learners need a reason to take the course. If we can make these changes, I think we can make e-learning more valuable for learners. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs.

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Spark Your Interest

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It enables instructional designers to create custom interactive courses. And you can create very engaging experiences for your learners. Many instructional designers are familiar with Articulate Storyline. Extensive design capabilities. It’s a cloud-based e-learning authoring tool. These include.

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eLearning Brothers

MARCH 23, 2015

Jennifer is an Instructional Designer with five years of experience. Adding an image to your course increases the value to learners if done right. Often, most eLearning images we find aren’t perfect, and a little editing may be necessary. Add an Image. In order to add an image, you have three options.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

When I first learned to build e-learning courses, the general instruction for building e-learning content was to craft some learning objectives, organize and present the content, and then assess the learners using some sort of simple quiz. Don’t overbuild them and get the learners in and out and back to something more productive.

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Making Change

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

If still you end up designing training, it will probably be shorter and more targeted. In elearning we’re tempted to make up for the lack of human contact with an avalanche of irrelevant stock photos, narration, and flying bullet points. Even better, the right image can eliminate the need for text.

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eLearning Brothers

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I’ve written various blogs about why gratuitous eLearning images are bad. Our images should be relevant and be used as a teaching aid. It has always been interesting to me how many “bad images&# are used in eLearning. Especially since many of us are primarily visual learners.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

AUGUST 29, 2022

So, in addition to considering how to best structure and present the content for learners, I’m always thinking, “How can I make sure everyone is included and no one is left out?” The first inclusive design consideration I want to mention is making sure learners feel represented and valued in the learning experience.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 18, 2023

Focus on the learner. Check out the weekly training webinars to learn more about Rise , Storyline , and instructional design. Face the facts. Sometimes you can’t get past this type of training. It’s what the client wants. In that case, build the best and quickest course possible. What will they learn?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2023

By framing it in a way that’s relevant to the learners, we can make it way more engaging and meaningful. Check out the weekly training webinars to learn more about Rise , Storyline , and instructional design. Imagine taking those boring courses and making them interesting just by giving them the right context.

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Association eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2017

It’s better to have your own assets saved somewhere for consistent reuse than having everyone run off to keep buying stock photos or copy-pasting from Google image search every time they make a presentation or course. Your learners will notice, and not in a good way. If not, your courses will terrorize your learners.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 28, 2022

This is fine for some courses, but effective online training requires that the content is wrapped around some performance expectations and corresponding activity where the learner can practice and demonstrate competency. Even if you don’t use it as a formal assessment, it helps the learner see where they’re at.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 5, 2023

In the example below, the mouseover interaction allows the learner to explore human anatomy. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Events Check out the weekly training webinars to learn more about Rise , Storyline , and instructional design. Getting Started?

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 20, 2017

” “Stories are a waste of learners’ time.” “Stories are a waste of learners’ time.” ” In a LinkedIn group discussion, someone (we’ll call him “T”) argued, “Learners aren’t there to be entertained. Stories can be a waste of learners’ time.

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HexaLearn

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This capability to generate text, images, audio, or video has opened up many possibilities. It is natural that the eLearning industry, which thrives on innovation and creativity involving text, image, audio, and video will be revolutionized by such AI tools. AI tools can be a great alternative to expensive media libraries.

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TalentLMS

JANUARY 11, 2016

Most instructional designers take the safer route – PowerPoint or a tool that produces the “PowerPoint effect”. Learners get tired, and so do instructional designers, by looking at the same monotonous slideshow. Do you know what top instructional designers are doing to hold the attention of their learners?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 16, 2022

Or, learners will skip past everything to get in and out of the course as fast as they can. Suppose you have a course where the learner gets a list and needs to buy some items. The learners, armed with the list and instructions, do their shopping. Instead create a way to assess the learner’s level of understanding.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 24, 2021

The captions worked well, surprisingly well, as you can see in the image below. If you have learners who need captions and you can’t provide them in time, you at least have the option to recommend Chrome 89. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Getting Started?

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 25, 2011

To our learners, this is their reality. I realized it wasn’t all about me and my understanding of the information, it was about leading my learners to a new understanding within themselves. My job was not to tell; my job was stimulate thinking, encourage exploration, make associations, and help guide my learners.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

That’s because there’s a lot of demand to put content online and force feed it to the learners and call it training. Most learners take those courses begrudgingly and hope to get in and out and certified as fast as possible. Here’s what the learner wants to know. Let’s be honest, a lot of training is useless.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 13, 2021

How do learners know the course is available? Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Where is the course housed? How does it get there? Who manages the distribution of the course? Getting Started?

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 6, 2017

This posting discusses the use of Captivate 9 stock assets to assist with reducing cognitive load in learning events by chunking information. The content is rather dense and in many cases multi-pronged, requiring that different delivery methods be implemented in order to assist with learning retention and learner engagement.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

And make the learning experience and efficient use of the learner’s time. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Courses should be effective, as noted above, but they should also be efficient.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2020

There’s a lot to learn about instructional design with all the theories and models. One of the challenges to this is that many courses have little to do with the learner or their needs. Put the learners in the place where they need to know and use the course content. And the goal is an end-of-year completion report.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 15, 2022

The focus is awareness and certifying that the learner understands and accepts those expectations. However, if the compliance training focused on how the organization’s expectations play out in a real-world environment, the course designer could use decision-making scenarios that mimic the real-world. Getting Started?

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