I’m presenting at the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions Conference again this year on “Better Feedback for Scenario-Based eLearning.” You can watch a two-minute trailer for my session (if the video isn’t embedded below, watch it on YouTube). When you create a scenario, you work hard to make it realistic and relevant for your learners. Unfortunately,
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Last month, I earned my badge for Instructional Design: Goal- or Problem-Based Scenarios [ID(GPS+)] from The Institute for Performance Improvement (TIfPI). The “plus” and gold color signify that this is an outstanding level badge, meaning I received an outstanding rating on at least 7 of the 9 standards. How It Works TIfPI uses 9 standards
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When I attend webinars or participate in online courses and conferences, I usually live blog my notes. That helps me remember what I attended and what I learned, and it lets me share that knowledge with others. In a recent discussion about how I have learned about instructional design without getting a master’s degree, someone
Often when we talk about storytelling in learning, it’s related to e-learning. However, storytelling can be used in live presentations too. It’s much more interesting than a bunch of bullet points. I recently gave a short presentation for a client in the early stages of selecting their first LMS. They currently do very little e-learning,
These are my live blogged notes from the InSync Training Byte session “Once Upon a Time, Storytelling WAS Learning” by Tom Campbell and Karin Rex. My side comments and thoughts in italics. Any errors, typos, or awkward phrasing are mine, not Tom and Karin’s. You can watch the recording here. Tom started with a story
Have you ever been tasked with developing e-learning that needed to jolt people out entrenched viewpoints? It’s a challenge, and one I certainly haven’t always succeeded in meeting myself. What if you were charged with creating learning to tackle a big problem like poverty or homelessness? The Urban Ministries of Durham, North Carolina worked with
Liveblogged notes from the TCC online conference. My notes in italics. Presenters: Lyndon Godsall, Kaplan University School of Criminal Justice Amy Hilbelink, Kaplan University School of Nursing Summary: “This forum will demonstrate and discuss two examples of scenario-based learning (SBL) in an online environment…SBL can be adapted to any subject and is a natural fit
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I just watched the slides from Laura Kratochvil’s DevLearn08 presentation The Making of a Blockbuster: Using Cinematic Techniques in eLearning (PDF also available). I need to spend some more time thinking about how I can incorporate these ideas into what I do, but I really like the idea of focusing on emotional impact for online