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Is it Curation or Co-Creation of Content? – Tip #85
The focus of most curation methods when applied to learning is in organizing, filtering, distilling, adding value, etc. to content. This is like serving food (content) in an improved way. There may be a risk in this trend. As…
Remove the Sting of Compliance Courses: Make Them Short, Succinct, Easy to Learn – Tip #84
More often than not, compliance courses have received a bad rap and reputation. The main complaint is that compliance courses are just “clicking boxes to meet lawyers’ needs.” As the perception persists, part of the blame is caused by designers,…
How to Implement a Corporate Wide Story-Based Learning – Tip #83
In the workshops that I conducted on Story-based eLearning Design, participants constantly ask: How do we implement Story-Based Learning in our entire company or in various forms of our learning? There is no one sure-fire answer to accomplish this.…
Role of Stories in Learning – A Map – Tip #82
Thanks to Clark Quinn for allowing me to use this chart. It summarizes what Roger Schank presented at the LearnTechAsia, where according to him, “Roger gave his passioned, opinionated, irreverent, and spot-on talk to kick off LearnTechAsia. He covered the…
Adding Magical Powers to Otherwise Boring Videos and Webinar Recordings – Tip #81
Studies have shown that more and more companies are using videos and webinar recordings to support learning. The challenge however, is that most videos can be boring, tedious and limits the learner from following their own interests. Most videos and…
Kill Boring eLearning with Story-Based Lessons – Tip #80
In developing a small story-based lesson, it has to be short, snappy, succinct, easy to follow and effective in engaging learners and imparting knowledge. Please preview this demo and then review the explanations below. This is only a small section…
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Cut the Crap!!! – Tip #79
In my previous tip, I mentioned that learners struggle to focus because there’s just too much stimuli that competes to grab their attention. The solution is to make our content or story snappy, relevant and cholesterol-free. In short, cut the crap!!! Top…
“Chalk and Talk” vs Collaboration – Can We Meet Halfway? – Tip #78
The debate between Direct Instruction vs Discovery Learning is not new. It has been around. However, the amazing part is, it still rages on. Should we let the trainers and designers take control of the learning process or should we…
“Distorting Reality” for Learners – Tip #77
Most content are unnatural. It emanates from a higher plain with an objective source and is written in a perfect world. Hence most content is not understood by people. On the other hand, certain content that people understand may not…
Celebrate Your Expertise – Share and Standout – Tip #76
In the previous tip we talked about sharing your insights. In this fifth installement of the five-part blog series about The All-New TrainingMagNetwork.com Open Learning Environment, we will talk about presenting yourself as an expert and specialist of a specific…