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Instructional Design vs. Learning Game Design: What’s the Difference?

Knowledge Guru

Continue reading for an in-depth look at instructional design vs. learning game design and how to expand ID skills to create an effective learning game. Instructional design refers to a systematic approach to designing instruction and basing that design on adult learning principles. What is Instructional Design?

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4 types of navigation flows for micro-learning courses

QuoDeck

There are no large chunks of content to process, and it facilitates learning rather than imposing it on the learner. To make these online courses more effective, these can be structured using one of four types of navigation systems – Course, Reference, Social and Game. This is the traditional flow of learning management systems.

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My Favorite E-Learning Resources

E-learning Uncovered

As with most classes we teach, we have some really good discussions, and I usually follow up with links to some of my favorite e-learning resources we talked about. I find myself referring to some of the same resources over and over again because of how helpful and relevant they are. E-Learning Uncovered.

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5 Tips to make sure e-learning is effective

Saffron Interactive

Well, it helps that most of my learners are adults, and they therefore already have a frame of reference in place about what is to come in the e-learning. So, with this basic premise in mind, I can perform five tasks that will more or less make sure the e-learning is effective: Break the content into small chunks of information.

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5 Tips to make sure e-learning is effective

Saffron Interactive

Well, it helps that most of my learners are adults, and they therefore already have a frame of reference in place about what is to come in the e-learning. So, with this basic premise in mind, I can perform five tasks that will more or less make sure the e-learning is effective: 1. How do I do that?

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“Gamification” May be an Overused Buzzword, But Are We Using it Correctly?

Mindflash

Learning is a subset of the full non-game contexts of gamification. And online training is a subset of learning. In game-based learning, learners play a game that encompasses a learning objective(s). When learning is gamified, a game(s) is incorporated within the overall learning agenda. Learner Psychology.

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What is Informal Learning?

LearnUpon

These are all substantial aspects of learning, but in truth, learning isn’t always so by the numbers. Informal learning is a type of learning that happens every day, whether we realize it or not. If you Google it and discover its meaning, you’ve learned something, but it was unplanned.