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Four Instructional Design Lessons Inspired by the Lord of the Rings
By Kody Jackson, MA, Instructional Writer Intern Instructional design is a lot like The Lord of the Rings. This isn’t the most obvious of ...
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Erase Boring e-Learning: Show What You Know
By Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist / @ethanaedwards I love finding inspiration for better instructional design in unlikely sources. My ...
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Pokémon Go: 3 Lessons for Instructional Designers
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist Surely you’ve heard the news stories. Pokémon Go players lured to robberies or stepping blindly ...
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The Magic of Starting from Scratch: Five Ways to Optimize Learning Design ...
By Ann Iverson, Instructional Designer Have you baked a cake lately? If so—and be honest—did you use the box, or did you make it from scratch? It’s ...
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Gameful Design
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist I want you to read every line of this blog post, so here’s what I’m going to do. I will give you ...
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Piloting your e-Learning Course – A Beginner’s Guide
By Hannah Hunter, Instructional Writer Did you know that the pilot episode of Star Trek included only one member of the Enterprise crew: Mr. Spock? ...
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7 Tips to Make Your Compliance Online Training Courses Mobile
By Guest Blogger Christopher Pappas / @cpappas Your employees probably aren't thrilled about your upcoming compliance online training course. But ...
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Using an Iterative Process to Bake Successful e-Learning Results
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist "I don't have a spring-form pan. Can I use a regular cake pan for this raspberry truffle ...
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Q&A: 10 Practical Principles for Creating Impactful e-Learning
By Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist / @ethanaedwards I recently conducted a webinar sponsored by eLearning Industry on 10 Practical ...
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Microlearning: The Resources You Need to Plan and Execute Future Learning ...
With the realization of a new-age learning style, microlearning has been a huge trend in the realm of learning development and e-learning. If you ...
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Once, When I was at Band Camp…
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist We remember stories. Stories provide an organizing structure that makes the subject matter more ...