Obsidian Learning

DECEMBER 9, 2019

In a recent blog article, How to Adapt Your Microcontent to Your Employees’ Social Needs , we discussed the importance of addressing social needs at work, and how you can use your microcontent to both educate and to engage/build community. Why use learning videos? This was a clear case of the wrong kind of social learning!

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Vignettes Learning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

M icro-Learning will only work if we break adherence to the 10 Training Rules. If we slot in or force Micro-Learning within the confines of these training rules, it will fail. Micro-Learning advocates that immediate application of small ideas at work or in practice is good learning.

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Learnnovators

MARCH 22, 2015

“ Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. ” – Albert Bandura (Originator of Social Learning Theory). “ ” – Albert Bandura (Originator of Social Learning Theory). “ THE JOURNEY.

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Vignettes Learning

MARCH 12, 2018

These courses are the typical “click-and-read” eLearning, lengthy classroom programs and long references. This tip and guide presents the key steps in Microlearning Lesson conversion and three example storyboards of Micro-Lessons. What Are the Parts of a Micro-Lesson? The main goal is to bring learning closer to work.

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LearnDash

JUNE 30, 2020

How Mobile Training Innovates the Learning Process. Not every learner has access to a computer at work or during convenient learning times. Use Microtraining to Make Learning More Efficient. Video micro lessons make it faster and cheaper to develop and update course materials than offline or longer digital content.

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Vignettes Learning

MARCH 14, 2017

Disruptions in Learning Disruption—as it applies to learning—has taken on a new meaning. In other words, disruptive innovation, or new technology disrupting the status quo in learning and development. I talk more about these in my Micro-Learning workshops. I talk more about these in my Micro-Learning workshops.

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Vignettes Learning

APRIL 3, 2018

However, rather than worrying, I advise workers and training professionals to focus instead on the opportunity to re-train and acquire skills that machines can’t handle, e.g., jobs that require creativity, social skills, and physical dexterity and mobility. This kind of “social reflection” becomes crucial to ever-evolving work situations.

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Vignettes Learning

APRIL 6, 2017

Social Media and the Leader Results of a survey showed that 75% of employees perceived that social media presence improves the ability to lead. Tu and McIsaac defined social presence as “the degree of feeling, perception, and reaction to being connected by CMC (Computer Mediated Communication) to another person through text.”

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Vignettes Learning

JANUARY 31, 2018

A MediaPost article states: In learning and development, we face the same problem with a different name. Stimulating the Growth of Empathy in Online Learning How then can we leverage storytelling and technology to elicit an empathic response from elearners? Here are some tips: Weave a story around facts. References Empathy Gap.

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Association eLearning

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Earlier this year, Associations Now wrote an article asking whether “binge learning” will become the new “binge watching.” This references the growing trend among Netflix subscribers who use the on-demand television and movie steaming service to watch entire television series in one sitting. The piece brought up a good point.

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Vignettes Learning

JANUARY 2, 2018

Here are Ray’s top blog-tips to jumpstart your 2018 Microlearning goals and forward steps. Expertise: Why the Odds are Stacked Against Novices - Tip #93 We all have some level of expertise knowledge. The goal of leaders, managers, and learning professionals is to help workers achieve optimal "at the moment performance."

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Vignettes Learning

JULY 10, 2017

Also, why is there an increasing need for us to search for good training opportunities and push learning? There’s a new corporate learning landscape called “digital learning,” where the emergence of digital content and tools are reinventing professional development for digital access. Click here for the enlarged view.

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Vignettes Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2016

People from all over the world learned about each other. Boyle proved that stories can drive social learning. The challenge then becomes: How do we leverage social sharing behavior and formal learning content and instructions? Tip 1: Use language that encourages experience sharing. What are the frustrations?

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Vignettes Learning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Then I wondered if we really have gone too far with this whole “micro” concept thing as my thoughts wandered to the movie “1984” with its portrayal of big brother watching. Microlearning is about micro-actions Microlearning is more than a way to arrive at the corner of Knowledge Lane and Expertise Drive.

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QuoDeck

JANUARY 14, 2018

Classroom teaching has been debunked for newer forms of learning and engagement across organizations. Interestingly, startups seem to be the ones driving companies towards such learning. The Use Of Informal Learning For Startups. Working in any organization involves learning, and at different levels.

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Vignettes Learning

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Impacts of Task Analysis and Needs Analysis in Micro-Learning What is Task Analysis? Task Analysis evolved as part of training and learning science because of the need to identify the activities that learners needed to be trained on. Consider These Reflections “Learners must learn the step by step process.”

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Learningtogo

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Cognitive Load Theory was introduced by John Sweller to explain why people have so much more difficulty learning complex content. The theory states that there are three types of loads; they all add up in the brain and contribute to the total amount of effort required for learning to take place.

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Vignettes Learning

MARCH 27, 2018

The ‘Secret Sauce’ of Successful Teams It really boils down to two things: “conversational turn taking” and “social sensitivity.” Tip: Catch learners attention with story arguments and encourage them to express their sentiments with story questions. References WorkplaceTrends.com. So, what mattered? in human groups.

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Vignettes Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Leapfrogging means vaulting from traditional, basic brick-and-mortar (classroom) learning into the rapid and instant Microlearning approach. From classical instructional learning to largely self-driven, micro-actions, on-the-job learning. No learning curve is needed. Is this irresponsible and reckless?

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Vignettes Learning

JANUARY 31, 2017

Here are some helpful tips. Here are a couple of examples I actually used in my lessons: In “ Hangover Joe ,” I stirred learners’ interest by posing the following questions at the beginning of the lesson: In " Laptop Horror Story ," I asked learners: Related tip: Tip #43 - How to Use Questions to Immerse Learners in Your Lesson 2.

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Vignettes Learning

JANUARY 11, 2018

With the "Recreated World" model, it’s easy for many learning professionals to think of Microlearning simply as “small content” and “chunked content,” delivered in spurts. These types of comments tell us that a person has compared Microlearning with traditional design standards: “How do you know they are learning?”

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EI Design

AUGUST 5, 2020

In this article, I share 24 best practices as you shift from classroom training to a remote learning mode. With travel restrictions and social distancing in play, Virtual Training is the most sought-after solution today for remote learning. Fully Self-paced/Online (eLearning/Mobile Learning) mode. Background.

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Vignettes Learning

MAY 15, 2018

In contrast, the second type of virtual training—the Interactive Virtual Training approach—makes use of microlearning concepts such as “must-learn” and “learn-on-need.” The separation of content into must-learn and learn-on-need avoids content dump as well as boring and irrelevant virtual training presentations.

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Vignettes Learning

MAY 10, 2018

1 killer or hindrance to learning? 1 Barrier to Learning According to research , there are 3 barriers to lifelong learning: 1) situational or physical and material barriers, 2) institutional or structural barriers, and 3) dispositional or attitudinal barriers. References Laal, Marjan. Barriers to lifelong learning.

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Vignettes Learning

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Have you ever experienced having mastered a web-based learning tool and then be informed that the tool was discontinued? I follow Jane Hart's Top 100 Tools website which is a good reference. When I saw the image and article from Style Motivation.com "When Old Becomes New" , it reminded me of learning architecture.

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Vignettes Learning

AUGUST 14, 2018

In my past blogs, tips, videos, and workshops, I have always mentioned about the challenge of traditional training as being far from the realities of work. Learners find the most value in “short, visual, flexible and social” content and training. They also prefer learning to be “continuous” and “self-selected and self-organized.”

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Vignettes Learning

JUNE 2, 2017

What’s more, the concept of distracted learners assumes they have to complete testing to show they’ve learned the content. Or could it be possible that they’re just learning differently? Focusing on the Wrong Thing Formal learning design and delivery has its own place. References Diana Graber. Shane O’Mara.

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Vignettes Learning

MAY 2, 2019

Storytelling has been a very effective learning tool since time immemorial. But even with the changing learning landscape, big shifts in work environments and tech disruption, why do stories in eLearning designs still work? Modern learners’ behavior, attitude and motivation towards learning have evolved over the years.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

70:20:10 has shone a spotlight on the limits of formal learning. In contrast, social and experiential learning continue to be veritable goldmines of productivity, placing learners at the centre of their story and demanding a major shift from Learning & Development professionals. social networks (yammer, chatter).

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Vignettes Learning

OCTOBER 1, 2018

L&D That Matches the Evolution of Employees Because millennials make up the majority of workers now and in the coming years, it’s important to account for their learning preferences in our L&D programs. Here are 5 ways to match the learning needs of new learners: 1. References Jacob Morgan.

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Vignettes Learning

APRIL 16, 2019

It was a couple of years ago when I was in Santa Monica when I learned of the BIRD scooters. This illustration relates back to our training and learning industry. This way, learning is faster, more focused on their needs, personalized. From this lesson page, they can again have access to more in-depth information to learn more.

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Vignettes Learning

AUGUST 27, 2018

Activities are performed in interaction, sharing a cognitive load of work, rather than based on reductionist organizing principles or social isolation. May’s definition of freedom suggests that people need to have the ability to pause and reflect on how to interpret, learn, and act upon different stimuli that comes our way.

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Vignettes Learning

JUNE 22, 2017

I got to visit the Monastery where Gurus Live There are many ways to learn, but it is best is to seek out Gurus. We too have learning gurus within the learning industry. I am referring to these gurus: Thiagi, Jane Bozarth and Lou Russell. Learn more about story and experience-based eLearning. Gurus are inspiring.

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Vignettes Learning

MAY 7, 2018

learning) I call this process, the Conversation Loop. It opens the mind to relevant experiences that facilitate learning. Goal This is what you want learners to learn. It is the learning objective and what you want learners to take away from the lesson or story. Learn more about story and experience-based eLearning.

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Kitaboo

MAY 26, 2020

Regulatory compliance refers to the goals that organizations aim to achieve in their efforts to ensure that they are aware and well-equipped to meet the relevant laws, regulations, policies and protocols of the countries with which they are conducting their business activities. Integrate Social Media Elements.

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Vignettes Learning

JANUARY 22, 2018

A New York University piece about storytelling in teaching and learning argues that stories give meaning to disparate information--something I’ve been talking about in the blog over and over for so long. Learn more about story and experience-based eLearning.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Every learner learns differently. And in today’s classroom — both virtual and real-time — we are seeing the many ways we facilitate those differences through interactive modules, gamification, 3D training, micro-lessons and more. Essentially, getting together helps us to learn. Hands-on and hands-up for immediate learning.

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