Scissortail's Learning Nest

APRIL 15, 2024

Read on for information about last month’s Women of Learning and Development Conference, a recent study about how users view slides, and supporting autistic learners. Cognitive Load, Student Attention, and PowerPoint Presentations Do you ever wonder how much of your slides learners are actually reading?

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Cognitive Diversity Training Slides Conference 52

Scissortail's Learning Nest

APRIL 15, 2024

Read on for information about last month’s Women of Learning and Development Conference, a recent study about how users view slides, and supporting autistic learners. Cognitive Load, Student Attention, and PowerPoint Presentations Do you ever wonder how much of your slides learners are actually reading?

Cognitive 52

Cognitive Diversity Training Slides Conference 52

Association eLearning

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Since motivation and behavior change are part of instructional design, I thought it would be fun to take a look at where people go wrong and how you can increase your chance of success. This is the Instructional Designer’s Guide to New Year’s Resolutions. This makes it easy to let things slide. They’re too broad.

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Instructional Instruction Guide Compliance Training 100

Association eLearning

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Elearning can include virtual education, social media, digital collaboration, computer-based curriculum, mobile performance support, and the list goes on. At its worst, however, eLearning can be torturous, with seemingly endless PowerPoints slides, that can make eLearning seem downright ugly. Bio Latest Posts. Share it on StumbleUpon.

Association Learning Management System 113

Association Learning Management System eLearning Distance Learning PowerPoint 113

Instancy

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A robust and intuitive learning module editor is one such eLearning authoring tool that can help instructional designers create high-quality eLearning content efficiently. It comes with a range of features that allow instructional designers to create engaging and interactive eLearning content quickly and easily.

eLearning Tools 52

eLearning Tools Authoring eLearning Strategy Tools 52

Jane Hart

AUGUST 27, 2012

In my recent webinar I shared a slide that showed the 5 stages of workplace learning. So whilst e-business is about automation, social business is about innovation. So whilst e-business is about automation, social business is about innovation. Now, let’s be clear about what a social business is. Social Learning.

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Blended Learning Social Business Performance Support 198

Kapp Notes

JULY 1, 2013

Recently, I had the chance to conduct a fun and engaging workshop called Innovative Learning Techniques: Games, Social Learning and Interactive Stories. We also spent some time creating instructional stories, a big part of learning is storytelling. Here are the slides from the workshop. Storytelling and Instructional Design.

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Resources Social Media Slides Learning Theory 187

Good To Great

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

In-house DIY e-learning and rapid development mean that training managers and subject matter experts (among others) have to put on an e-learning design hat from time to time. And that hinges on excellent instructional design. What tips would you add for instructional design beginners? What do you think?

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Instructional Design Beginner Instructional Instruction 63

Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Some design tidbits: Another colleague, Cliff Atkinson, who wrote Beyond Bullet Points , suggests taking most of your bullets off the slides entirely. Its the instructional design you lay on top of these tools that matters.

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Instructional Design PowerPoint Instructional Instruction 100

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The gamification elements in this type of exercise are points, ranking, social relatedness, immediate feedback and sense of community. For example a designer creates a set of PowerPoint slides that tell a story, loaded with images and a character that appears throughout the slide deck. What ideas have you incorporated.

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Virtual Classroom Gamification Classroom Games 195

LifterLMS

MARCH 3, 2024

In this LMScast episode, Barbara Thomason shares insights about social-emotional learning (SEL) within the niche of preteen education and development. Barbara Thomason is a social-emotional learning (SEL) specialist and the creator of Joy Circles , an initiative that helps preteens build confidence and vital life skills.

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Program Education Create Authoring Tools 97

Spark Your Interest

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We want to help them drive their business or mission forward using our instructional expertise. is a 5-stage process : Engage + Analyze; Instructional + Creative Design; Build, Test + Modify; Launch; Maintain. And during this stage of the kick-off meeting, we’ll identify organizational business goals and instructional goals.

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Course Develop eLearning Examples 249

IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Yes, employees should know what they’re in for as much as what the instructional designer is designing. Use the enterprise social network, if available, to take learning even further with digital skills. An enterprise social network is as much of an online learning platform as anything else.

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Social Networks Simulations Skills Technology 97

Saffron Interactive

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Someone came onto our stand at the Learning Technologies the other week and asked, ‘OK, so you people at Saffron know social learning. What about anti-social learning?’ For all that, e-learning remains a solitary, self-paced, self-study experience and one that perhaps runs the risk of becoming anti-social learning. Bend Knees!

Blended Learning 91

Blended Learning Instructional Instruction Design 91

CourseArc

APRIL 6, 2020

Find someone to fill the following roles: Instructional Designer, Resource Curator, Subject Matter Experts (SME), and Content Reviewer. . Are there slides and other materials that were included that can be used as a starting point? . This is a good time to team up, divide and conquer, and problem solve.

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Teach Online Synchronous Asynchronous 130

Convergence Training

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Many people who wind up having training creation as part of their job roles have never had a full opportunity to learn about the basics of instructional design, how people learn, and how to develop training. One of those, and in fact the most commonly known one, is ADDIE. What Is ADDIE and What Does It Stand For?

Instructional Design 63

Instructional Design ADDIE Instructional Instruction 63

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

WEDNESDAY The Accidental Instructional Designer 3:00-4:00 Join me and have a chance to win a copy of my book, The Accidental Instructional Designer ! Chances are you didn’t dream of becoming of an eLearning designer when you grew up, did you? Let's take a look at some of what we'll be up to.

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DevLearn Teams Totara Open Source 100

Kapp Notes

JULY 24, 2013

Recently, I had the chance to conduct a fun and engaging workshop called Innovative Learning Techniques: Games, Social Learning and Interactive Stories. We also spent some time creating instructional stories, a big part of learning is storytelling. Here are the slides from the workshop. Storytelling and Instructional Design.

Resources 100

Resources Social Media Slides Learning Theory 100

TalentLMS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Authoring tools for instructional designers. If you’re a beginner who might not even know what eLearning software instructional designers use, you want to start small with basic tools that will just get you started. Want to see if instructional design is for you, and don’t want to spend too much.

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Authoring Tools eLearning Tools Software Tools 98

Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 6, 2013

A fill-in-the-blank slide. A really simple approach I’ve seen is to simply end an eLearning lesson with a slide that restates some of the critical information from the training, perhaps with blanks learners must fill in to prompt them to recall (and further process) that knowledge themselves. Social accountability.

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Cognitive Wiki Theory Slides 123

Learning Visions

APRIL 25, 2022

900 or so of us converged in Orlando, Florida for a week of talking, socializing, listening, learning, dining, laughing, commiserating, connecting, and re-connecting. 20 slides automatically timed to advance after 20 seconds. She reminds us that Instructional objectives are for the designers developing the training.

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Summary Conference Solution Compliance Training 189

Scissortail's Learning Nest

MAY 23, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutes Introduction The Training, Learning, and Development Community recently hosted Learning by Doing: Games and Gamification for Instructional Design. Achievement and growth Exploration and discovery Social status as a leader Winning no matter what Our designs should appeal to all these motivations.

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Games Gamification Blended Learning Learning Objects 52

eLearning Brothers

JULY 12, 2018

Today, we have access to a wide range of technologies—mobile, social, virtual, search, gaming, and reliable user-generated content—along with modern instructional techniques aligned with the way today’s workers naturally learn. Elevating eLearning Design. Click next” instruction. Watch webinar. Bullet points.

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Write Blog Customer Service Articulate Director 90

Absorb LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

So far, he has a very impressive slide deck that covers: An introduction to e-learning. Social learning. They can turn to Blogs, Twitter, wikis, social networks, video sites, etc. The aim of the presentation is to provide an overview of workplace learning technology in 2012. Formats (Flash vs HTML 5). I sent along the following.

Association Learning Management System 223

Association Learning Management System LMS Learning Management System Wiki 223

Ed App

JANUARY 30, 2023

Sending PowerPoint slides just doesn’t work anymore. Learning tools like EdApp can turn learning materials like videos, images, PPT slides, and PDFs into microlessons. Or, bite-sized courses that are designed to engage learners and help them retain knowledge. If that’s not enough, EdApp also offers a course creation service.

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Training Train LMS Portal 75

OpenSesame

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

You follow the established instructional design protocol of ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation) and then present your content to the learner and ta-da! For evidence of how people enjoy video, we need look no further than the millions of YouTube views or social media posts online.

Compliance Training 58

Compliance Training Instructional Design Simulations Cognitive 58

OpenSesame

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

You follow the established instructional design protocol of ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation) and then present your content to the learner and ta-da! For evidence of how people enjoy video, we need look no further than the millions of YouTube views or social media posts online.

Instructional Design 52

Instructional Design Compliance Training Simulations Cognitive 52

Absorb LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

So far, he has a very impressive slide deck that covers: An introduction to e-learning. Social learning. They can turn to Blogs, Twitter, wikis, social networks, video sites, etc. The aim of the presentation is to provide an overview of workplace learning technology in 2012. Formats (Flash vs HTML 5). I sent along the following.

Association Learning Management System 208

Association Learning Management System LMS Learning Management System Wiki 208

Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Gamification Strategies for Instructional Designers and Trainers skills seminar I led at the recent ASTD Chicagoland Chapter meeting at the DePaul University School for New Learning on September 18 th. Gain Social Media Muscle – Strive to generate group discussion and create reasons for learners to log in again and again.

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Gamification Simulations Blended Learning Association LMS 239

Brilliant Teams

AUGUST 23, 2023

This comprehensive guide will show you step-by-step instructions and expert insights to create effective eLearning content. Designing Engaging Multimedia Incorporate multimedia elements such as videos, audio clips, and interactive graphics to make the eLearning content visually appealing and immersive.

Convert 52

Convert PowerPoint Diversity Training Blended Learning 52

Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Effective design using PPT as a tool. But will talk about how to make instruction more engaging, interactive and interesting. Creating asynchronous instruction. Info dumps are not instruction! 73 slides of text.

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PPT Compliance Training Authoring Tools Case Study 191

eLearning Brothers

APRIL 24, 2017

Twenty years ago, “eLearning” was introduced as the web became ubiquitous and authoring tools accessible; yet their limits resulted in a plethora of online slide shows. This produces an exciting new generation of modern learning solutions, which equates to more options, more challenges, more unknowns.

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Solution eLearning eBook Customer Service 127

TalentLMS

AUGUST 7, 2017

Because eLearning providers, and tools like the learning management system , have made it even more possible for instructional designers to develop and deliver engaging training programs with speed – and without advanced software skills. But rapid learning is not just great for instructional designers and trainers.

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Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools Guide Tips 95

TalentLMS

JULY 21, 2021

In the hands of your instructional designer, the creative potential that video-based learning has can be exploited to maximum effect. Research indicates that when it comes to instructional learning, people respond better to visual guidance than written information — even if both formats have the same words and sequencing.

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Video Guide Corporate eLearning eLearning 98

ATD Learning Technologies

AUGUST 14, 2017

As learning and development professionals, we need to adapt our design and facilitation approach to accommodate this new global, mobile, social, and always-changing reality. Before we can change our instructional design model, we need to work with a common understanding. It seems like an insurmountable task.

Blended Learning 77

Blended Learning Informal Learning Performance Support Informal 77

Learningtogo

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

While this may seem obvious, his work explained how instructional designers need to break down content into more manageable chunks, allowing the brain to convert short-term memory into long-term memory and application. We make use of his work today whenever we talk about “ chunking ” as part of our design.

Cognitive 191

Cognitive Learning Objects Brain Convert 191

Learningtogo

DECEMBER 2, 2016

In this post we’ll talk about how you can use a mood board to save time on your next instructional design project. Every instructional designer can recall at least once project that looked simple at the start and crept into a massive, tangled mess by the time it was finished. A Mood Board Saves Time. Conclusion.

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Adobe Captivate Brain Instructional Design Site 100