Reducing Cognitive Load In eLearning Instructional Designers devote a significant amount of their professional development effort to researching, learning, and creating new instructional strategies to reduce cognitive load. Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), who commonly...
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Conducting A Needs Analysis: The Case Of The Disappearing Learners
Engaging Learners By Conducting A Needs Analysis Meet Sadie, an Instructional Design Manager for a large cell phone retailer with 15,000 salespeople. In her annual review, she noticed that learners are not consuming as much training content as she would like. To...
Reaching out to the Community with Trials for Hope
Trials for Hope is a Cleveland organization that provides needed food and hygiene items for unhoused locals and elderly shut-ins in need. Our team spent the morning unpacking, sorting and storing donations from local grocery stores and charitable organizations. Find...
Video Production For eLearning
How To Create A Video Like A True Professional Simply put, video production is when you begin to create the assets to bring your script to life. Depending on your creative brief/learning strategy, production may include raw video, photographs, voice-over narration,...
How Do I Increase My Learners’ Motivation With Gamification?
Have you struggled to motivate your learners and considered adding game mechanics? Before you jump into creating themes and designing leaderboards, there are simple best practices you need to know and follow.
Secrets Of Pre-Production
Pre-production is one of the most complicated stages of making a training video. It requires a variety of skills, patience, insight and perfect timing.
Designing A Creative Brief/Learning Strategy
Creating a training video is essential for all modern training programs. But, before this is feasible, you need to start at square one: creative brief/learning strategy.
Choosing The Right Modalities For Your Blended Learning Strategy
Are you trying to decide which modalities or delivery methods to use in your blended learning strategy? This article will help you choose the ones that work together seamlessly to meet your learning objectives and engage every learner.
Stop! Before You Convert ILT To eLearning Do These 6 Things
Creating quick and effective online training from your classroom content has lots of pitfalls. Classroom and eLearning are not “one and the same.” So follow these 6 steps for a smooth conversion process.
Day One Readiness: How To Prepare Employees For Real Productivity On Day One
Onboarding is a critical first step in a new employee’s career with your company. Ensure their success by aligning your program objectives with business goals, focusing on employee needs, and prioritizing your content for Day One Readiness.