I don’t know about you, but I’ve been intimated with the thought of the programming involved to create a rewards system for an online course. I love the concept of gamification and enjoy taking gamified courses, but I thought...
– This post is by Therese Longo, my right and left hand (and sometimes my brain). My first generation iPad mini was about to die, so I recently decided to retire it and buy myself the new iPad mini...
How can you get your learners to actually learn? Do you want to empower them to choose the learning method and amount of content that is best for them? How can you develop one training program to meet the needs of...
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Action mapping can be a very helpful tool when developing training. It helps to streamline training by delivering the information that is needed to get the results desired. The resulting training is scenario-rich, and project sponsors can see how...
Check out this great article from eLeaning Brothers on making the most out of the first minute you have in a course to capture your audience’s attention. How to Get Your eLearning Audience Hooked From the First Slide
You’ve spent weeks developing an amazing course and now it is time to create the assessments. Nothing kills an award-winning course like a poorly developed assessment. There is more to creating a good assessment than pulling the main points...
It doesn’t matter what kind of writer you are, keeping your grammar skills sharp is important. To that end, let’s review the conjunction “as.” Conjunctions are simple words with a big role. They provide clarity and link ideas. However,...
Know your audience! This is drilled into our heads whether you are an instructional designer, technical writer, or content writer. However, we often forget about what our audience wants and needs because we get caught up in our...
We all have those little things that drive use crazy … pet peeves. Have you ever considered that you can learn good practices by paying attention to someone’s pet peeves? Changes are that if it bothers one person it...
The Association for Talent Development (ATD) conducted research into the skills, challenges, and trends in instructional design. As they state, the primary purpose was to focus on instructional design competencies and the designer’s role in talent development. ATD conducted...