How important is the Design Phase in producing a high quality online training (eLearning, wbt, cbt) program? The Design Phase is critical. . The Design Phase is both the instructional and technical foundation of the finished product. If you get the Design Phase completed properly, you have a detailed road map to drive the Development and Deployment phases. How do you know if you have completed the Design Phase properly? MORE

Also, if you hear about other offers that learning professionals would appreciate, please let us know. Founder Arun Pradhan shares detailed access instructions in this LinkedIn post. Don is a leading authority on instructional design and delivery. MORE

Learning designers are now learning experience designers. . In the Learning Pool white paper, Powering the Modern Learner Experience: Next-Generation Learning Tools Come of Age, these changes are grouped into four main areas: Work. Further to the above, businesses now deploy whole cohorts of contingent workers to meet skills gaps and achieve particular strategic goals. Instructional design orthodoxies fail. MORE

But because short term priorities always seem to take precedence, it is typically something we plan to do better in the next course, or maybe next month, or even next year. Reactions to a learning event are important and the happy sheets do serve a purpose, but will they really provide enough hard data for informed decision making when greater investment in training is needed, budgets are cut, competition for resources is fierce, and times get tough? MORE

mLevel provides numerous pre-developed learning activity and game templates that the learning designer can configure with the learning content and assessment questions upon which the mission is based – all without any game development or coding knowledge. All learning activity is tracked by mLevel and accessible via a series of real-time dashboards that track program completion, learner engagement, knowledge acquisition, knowledge and skills gaps, and question performance. MORE

Two years ago, we projected growth for HTML5 in mobile learning and responsive template design and more MOOC development from universities and traditional institutions of higher learning. Manual data entry stifles the true potential of this model, however, When it comes to identifying knowledge gaps or potential performance improvement recommendations, automation is the stepping stone to broader application. DIY eLearning will Reveal the Value of Professional Course Design. MORE

This is hopefully helpful if you are attending, but if you do not go to Orlando there are many ways to tap into the rich conference resources. Juliette Lamontagne – Design Thinking to enhance learning. A keynote about design thinking, learning innovation and solving real world problems. I do not know any of them. But Learning Solutions has a great track record for great keynotes, so I do hope that they will surprise and inspire me. MORE

This single individual outperformed many Fortune 500 sales training staffs that I know of! mLevel provides numerous pre-developed learning activity and game templates that the learning designer can configure with the learning content and assessment questions upon which the mission is based – all without any game development or coding knowledge. What do you feel sets you apart as a learning solution? They are in training so they can learn to do their job better! MORE

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Personally, I dont like to hide things from learners and play guessing games, so I am an advocate of letting the learner know, up front, what they will be expected to do at the conclusion of the course, lesson, or whatever. throw out the crutches we’ve used in the past, like starting every unit with objectives that make sense to designers. MORE

Thursday, March 1, 2018, 9AM – 10AM PT: Open-Source vs. Closed-Source LMS: Why the Technology Your LMS Uses Matters When looking for a new Learning Management System, there are a multitude of questions that must be asked, starting with: What do I need my LMS to be able to do to allow us to reach our eLearning goals? Thursday, March 1, 2018, 10AM – 11AM PT: Making of a Mindful Leader (Free for ATD members) Did you know that 68.5 Design your programs to deliver results. MORE

A white paper based on the trend session is available to download. He does know the landscape well. Instructional designers like this because it gives you control. This was a great presentation about filling the gap between the real world and our instructional design world. It talked about enabling users to create content instead of doing it all yourself. I attended the DevLearn conference last week. MORE

People learn their jobs by doing their jobs. We learn on the job to do the job. Workers need to know what one another are doing. In the old days, work was mechanical; workers learned the skills and knowledge to do their jobs from training sessions and then performed their job function. Twenty-first century employees do complex, unpredictable work. It’s up to them to figure out what to do. The message is that in business, we learn most by doing. MORE

A quick reminder, most of you probably know who Dr. Will Thalheimer is, he’s kind of a learning research legend. Can you tell everybody what what you were thinking and what you were trying to do when you created LTEM? So clearly, we’re not doing as well as we might be doing. MORE