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Generational Learning Design: 3 Ways to Overcome the Need to be "Cool"

By Hannah Hunter, Instructional Writer I love designing elearning courses for teens and young adults. I get to be creative and young learners are the ...

By: Hannah Hunter | Jun, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning

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5 Ways to Tap into Metaphors for Better E-learning Courses

By Ann Iverson, Instructional Designer You’ve been asked to design an e-learning course on the topic of risk management. You want to include an ...

By: Ann Iverson | Jun, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning

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mLearning Guidelines to Custom Interfacing and Touch-Based Interactions

By Christopher Allen, Product Manager Last week I had the pleasure of presenting a few thoughts about custom touch interface design at the eLearning ...

By: Christopher Allen | Jun, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning

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Three MUST Ask Questions During Learner Analysis

By Steve Lee, Strategic Relationship Manager There are lots of questions asked during learner analysis, but do you ask these three? 1. Will they ...

By: Steve Lee | Jun, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning

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Does Your E-Learning Create Learner Indifference? Try These Five Ideas

By Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist One of my greatest frustrations as an e-learning designer is how impervious the field seems to be to ...

By: Ethan Edwards | Jun, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning

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What If We Reviewed e-Learning Courses Like We Reviewed Movies?

by Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist What if there were e-learning critics just like movie critics? What if learners decided whether to ...

By: Edmond Manning | Jun, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning

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A Commencement Address for e-Learning

By Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist It’s that time of year when our children and grandchildren and nieces and nephews are wrapping up ...

By: Ethan Edwards | May, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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To LMS or Not to LMS...Is That The Question?

By Steve Lee, Co-founder AICC, SCORM, xAPI, TinCan, LMS, LCMS, LRS, wow so many acronyms, so much confusion, so much promise and yet so much ...

By: Steve Lee | May, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning, Digital Engineering

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10 Blogs for Working With SMEs To Create Performance-Changing e-Learning

by Nicole Mellas, Instructional Designer On Wednesday, June 24th, I’ll be presenting a complimentary 30-minute webinar on 3 Strategies For IDs to Get ...

By: Nicole Mellas | May, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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Context in e-Learning Design: From Routine To Remarkable

By Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist On Sunday I had the privilege of being in the audience at the final performance of The Chicago Lyric ...

By: Ethan Edwards | May, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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The World of e-Learning Design Through a Child

by Angel Green, senior instructional strategist | @LearnerAdvocate Last week, in the US, we celebrated the annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work ...

By: Angel Green | May, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning

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The Drawing Board: Using Paper Prototypes to Proof e-Learning Design

by Hannah Hunter, instructional writer There are some things that words just can’t describe. Articulating a highly complex, branching e-learning ...

By: Hannah Hunter | Apr, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning