E-LEARNING

As simple as it sounds, there is a ton of nuance behind the design of good e-learning. It is not rocket science, but it is a science. Learn the best principles from this section of the blog.

VIRTUAL DUALITY
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VIRTUAL DUALITY

Something struck me during this year’s Virtual Reality Working Out Loud Week. Billed as an event for “anyone who is working with or experimenting with virtual reality…

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TIPS AND STRATEGIES TO MOTIVATE LEARNERS

In designing learning experiences, we engage in an all-out effort to convince learners of the value of the topic, and therefore our program.

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CONTENT CURATION AND CRAP DETECTION

As we drown in more & more information every day, one skill that’s becoming increasingly important for learning designers is content curation. This post explains how we’re doing it already, and…

YOU DON'T NEED AN SME, YOU NEED AN SME TEAM!
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YOU DON’T NEED AN SME, YOU NEED AN SME TEAM!

We often look for a single SME to provide all the inputs that we need for a learning project. But that may not always be possible, or practical. In this article, we talk about the importance of…

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12 TEMPLATES WE CAN, AND SHOULD, USE WHILE DESIGNING E-LEARNING

When we think of custom eLearning, we tend to believe that everything should be developed from the ground up. It doesn’t have to be. Templates can be incredibly useful in ensuring that key elements don’t get missed out…

DON'T SHUT DOWN THE AMYGDALA, PLEASE
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DON’T SHUT DOWN THE AMYGDALA, PLEASE

There are several mental conditions in which learning thrives. In this post, we talk about one in which learning simply does NOT take place – when the learner perceives a threat to their intellect.

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM OF COURSERA
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CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM OF COURSERA

Well it’s taken me over 3 and a half years, but I’ve finally completed another MOOC… this was on the Coursera platform. Despite my overall satisfaction with the course, however, I experienced yet again a couple of perennial bugbears.

HOW TO FIX OUR SENSELESS COMPLIANCE TRAINING
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HOW TO FIX OUR SENSELESS COMPLIANCE TRAINING

All big organisations have a Learning Management System. It’s used to track and record the training that the employees do. In practice, it tends to be used to administer compliance training, though it can be much broader than that.

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