Embrace risk to energize your content. Are you eager to try a new instructional technology? Have you researched a fresh strategy to apply to your design? Is there a new approach you’re excited to explore to better engage learners?...
Studies have long shown that adult learners retain approximately 26 percent of what they learn in a workshop if the content isn’t reinforced or deployed within a few weeks of the program. That means roughly 74 percent of the...
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Haunting us from English classes past is the phrase “use active voice.” We hear the warning chains rattling in the halls of our memories, and a disembodied voice demands “no passive sentences.” Here’s where zombies come in handy. Zombies,...
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According to Mark Pensky, a writer and speaker on learning and education, “Digital natives are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.” What is a digital native? Wikipedia explains these are young people born during...
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Some might assume eLearning and mLearning are synonymous – after all, they involve computerized learning that takes place beyond the classroom. Yet there are important differences to keep in mind. Both eLearning and mLearning have their place in the...
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Webinars are a useful way to convey information and training in the eLearning realm. They offer two-way interaction, document-sharing between instructor and audience, plus materials can be uploaded in advance. Participants are more inclined to ask questions via keyboard...
Divergent thinking: creative, open-ended, spontaneous, unexpected, out of the box. With these unstructured descriptions of divergent thinking, how could this lend itself to eLearning instructional design? In his article titled “Divergent Thinking in eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know,”...
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Infographics are visual images that help break down complicated information. They offer strong visual hooks to translate complex data into easily digestible chunks. A quick scan of Pinterest will reveal dozens of colorful, eye-catching infographics. Why are they important?...
Online or in the classroom, instructional designers have long struggled with how to improve learning retention beyond the training environment. Take, for instance, the study conducted at a top university that gave summa cum laude graduates their same final...
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In eLearning and virtual training environments, there are times when a sense of disconnect occurs between the trainer and learner, and vice versa. Inserting polls or rating scales into your instructional design can reestablish the connection, helping trainers and...
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