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3 e-Learning Design Steps to Avoid a Technical vs. Soft Skills Showdown
By Nicole Mellas, Instructional Designer A few months ago I conducted a webinar on getting more out of Subject Matter Expert interviews. Afterwards, ...

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How to Use Context to Create Meaning in Learning Games
By Ellen Burns-Johnson, Instructional Designer / @ellenBjohnson I find the mobile game BADLAND really engaging. I've beaten more than 80 of the ...

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Eight e-Learning Issues to Avoid During QA
By Michelle Kenoyer, Quality Assurance Specialist What makes e-learning quality assurance (QA) different from standard-issue software or website QA? ...

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The Legendary Bad e-Learning at Sleepy Hollow, Inc.
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist Not far from this village, perhaps two miles, there is a little valley among high hills, which is ...

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5 Strategies for Leveraging the Best of ILT for Designing Engaging ...
By Linda Rening, PhD, Instructional Designer At a conference recently, someone said, “We’ve taken the worst part of instructor-led training, put it ...

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5 Powerful Ways to Improve Instructional Feedback in Your e-Learning Designs
By Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist / @ethanedwards The feedback in your interactions might be the most critical element contributing to ...

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You Asked. We Listened: Your Top e-Learning Design & Development Challenges
By Richard Sites, Vice President - Training & Marketing | @rhillsites A few months ago, I posted a blog asking all of you to share the critical ...

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Turn Left at That Former Gas Station
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist When driving, I happen to get lost a lot, and I absolutely hate asking people for directions. I ...

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Four Best Practices of e-Learning Course Review Feedback
By Laura Bluem, Associate Producer One of my life mantras is a proverb spoken often by my mother: “A stich in time saves nine.” She usually meant it ...

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3 Tips to Get More from E-Learning Course Reviews
By Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist / @ethanedwards Recently I was speaking in New Orleans and had a little bit of time to kill before ...

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Iterative Design in Action—Implementing the Savvy Start
By Richard Sites | @rhillsites In my second SAM Minutes Video, I introduced the unique kick-off event for an e-learning project—the Savvy Start. Now ...