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Tools for Instructional Investigation: Finding the Root Cause of Waste and ...
By Christopher Allen, MA, PMI-ACP, Product Manager “There’s no better learning technique than preparing to teach others.” Valid? Yes. Implications? ...
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Talented performers often do that extra special something. Do you know what ...
Do others try to emulate them? Even try? By Christopher Allen, MA, PMI-ACP, Product Manager These obvious questions so often go unanswered. So much ...
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Microlearning: Overcoming 4 Assumptions
By Ellen Burns-Johnson, Instructional Designer / @EllenBJohnson If we’re not focused on the right problems, we can’t be sure that microlearning is ...
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How Toyota Leveraged Six Technology and Process Keys to Improve Call Center ...
Guest Blogger, Chris Johnson, Senior Curriculum Developer & Designer, Toyota Financial Services It was decided Toyota Financial Services was ...
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5 Instructional Design Insights from The Marshmallow Test: Part 2
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist Welcome back! In my last blog, I introduced the 2014 book, The Marshmallow Test by researcher ...
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5 Instructional Design Insights from The Marshmallow Test: Part I
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist My favorite analysis question to ask clients is: “What if your target audience already understands ...
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Three Essential Design Elements for Effective eLearning Gamification
By Carrie Zens, Director of Marketing / @carriezens I am continually mesmerized by the crazy, fast-paced evolution of technology. There are oodles of ...
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Slides & Webcast: Six Simple eLearning Success Strategies
As instructional designers, we know the difference between presenting information and providing learning experiences. But we must often get the ...
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Why is Good eLearning So Rare?
By Michael Allen, Chairman & CEO, Allen Interactions One might ask a broader question, just for perspective: Why is good training so rare? ...
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The Ethics of Instructional Design
With so many fascinating topics in our world of learning design (mobile learning! MOOCs! Gamification!) we forget to discuss the sticky, ambiguous ...
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Three Guidelines for Meaningful Microlearning
By Ellen Burns-Johnson, Instructional Designer / @ellenbjohnson Last week, my Studio Executive and I visited a client in California. The meeting went ...
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What’s Your Training Worth? Demonstrate ROI by Tracking KPIs
By Hannah Hunter, Instructional Writer Let’s say you’ve created a training program to teach restaurant employees about proper handwashing techniques. ...