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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 ...

By: Ann Iverson | Jul, 2016
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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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 ...

By: Edmond Manning | Jun, 2016
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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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 ...

By: Edmond Manning | May, 2016
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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E-Learning Measurement: Creating an eCycle of Continuous Improvement

By Guest Blogger, Will Thalheimer, PhD/ @willworklearn When we build e-learning, our goal is to help our learners learn and perform better. But what ...

By: Will Thalheimer | Mar, 2016
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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10 Learning Design Blogs to Draw Inspiration From

When searching on Google for "Learning Design Blogs", a staggering amount of more than 117,000,000 search results appear. With this overwhelming ...

By: Allen Interactions | Jan, 2016
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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3 Key e-Learning Design Steps From Pixar's Design Story

By Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist / @ethanedwards I had the pleasure to spend some time earlier this month in the Cooper Hewitt, ...

By: Ethan Edwards | Jan, 2016
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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Achieving a Bountiful e-Learning Harvest

By Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist / @ethanedwards I don’t know what it means that my random activities so often trigger comparisons to ...

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

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From Responsive Web Design to Responsive e-Learning Design

By Carrie Zens, Director of Marketing / @carriezens Ah, the world of ever-evolving technology. It’s wonderful and completely irritating at the same ...

By: Carrie Zens | Nov, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning, Digital Engineering, Strategic Consulting

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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 ...

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

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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 ...

By: Richard Sites | Sep, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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Hello, Collaboration! Meet The Savvy Start In A SAM Minute

By Richard Sites | Vice President - Training & Marketing | @rhillsites In my first SAM Minutes video, I introduced SAM—an agile, iterative ...

By: Richard Sites | Sep, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting

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Designing Thoughtful Learning Requires BRRRRAAAAAAAAIIIIIIINS

By Mary-Scott Hunter, Studio Executive Edmond said, “Where will the food come from? We don’t have enough to feed the whole community.”In a weary ...

By: Mary-Scott Hunter | Aug, 2015
Categories: Custom Learning, Strategic Consulting