Small examples of stories in a lesson demonstrate to leaders, decision makers and bosses how stories impact learning. This is how you can persuade your leaders and bosses to use stories and experiences in eLearning – This is the proof…
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Compliance eLearning from Real-Life Government Penalties – Tip #7
Oftentimes, the stories of non-compliance are right in front of us. Although some may find it unsuitable to their company because of sensitivities and legal constraints, citing court rulings and administrative penalties and judgment demonstrate clearly why compliance elearning is…
Workarounds: Why They Help Learners Learn – Tip #6
Do you know that with an iPhone app you can walk to the Apple store, scan the price in iPhone and pay with your iPhone without having to talk with a cashier? We hate standing in line. We disdain flight…
Listen to the Geniuses Who Created Our Worlds – Tip #5
What would be your world if you have conversations with Carl Sagan (astrophysicist), Seymour Papert (cognitive scientist), Gordon Moore (founder of Intel) or Steve Jobs? It would be a phenomenal experience and absolutely breathtaking. Preview the great minds featured in…
Creating Engaging Technical eLearning – Move: Learners to Tears – Tip #4
A few months ago, there was a movie, “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”. It is a story on how to keep our skills and craft. It is moving and motivational. All those who train people should watch this. Watch the Mercedes…
The wrong way shows the correct way… sometimes – Tip #3
In many instances, trainers and elearning designers forget that people are reminded of the right way by seeing the wrong way. In this case, the wrong way can sometimes show what’s right – at least for learning purposes. Preview this…
Using the ridiculous and exaggerated situations to hone learning ideas – Tip #2
Learners tend to pay attention to extremes – the absurd, ridiculous, incredulous – some form of exaggeration. The entertainment certainly helps. However, what works in our brain is something like this. “The Flirtation“ – a very short story suited for Call…
Use ERRORS in making technical eLearning engaging and embedding objectives in error discovery and resolution – Tip #1
There is an old saying that says “people learn the hard way.” There is a lot of truth to that in eLearning design. Behind errors are skill gaps that can cause worker failure and high costs to the company. Errors…
What matters is the question not the content: “One Idea + One Learning” = “Contexsual Learning”
Synthesis: Contexsual Learning involves experts’, learning facilitators’ and learners’ participation to address technical learning issues. It allows the asking of questions by leaders and the sharing of stories by learners all of which contribute to a comprehensive learning experience. I…
An Exuberant discovery for Lonely and Stressed-out eLearners
Synthesis: Loneliness is inherent in traditional eLearning. The use of the story-based approach allows learners the opportunity to have a stress-free and comfortable learning environment that promotes independent discovery. __________________________________________________________________________ There is a certain degree of “Learner Loneliness” inherent in…
Avoid a Fatal Error: Lack of Specificity in eLearning Interactive Stories
Synthesis: In eLearning design and development, the lack of specificity is fatal. Know the value of adding details to eLearning stories. Details help learners understand and relate to the content’s meaning and lessons. ___________________________________________________________ Sometimes in classroom training sessions we…
Series of questions… Aids in context setting
A Southwest Airline napkin shows how a simple to-do list encourages the reader to interact and connect the topics to his or her own meaning. This I call triggers to instant learning…short thought-provoking moments. Furthermore, this is a way to…
Ruth Clark a super hero.. Technical training design
Who is your hero in learning design? Mine is Ruth Clark and her associate Ann Kwinn. I picked up again Ruth’s book Developing Technical Training and it was like climbing the mountain to visit the monastery of the great philosopher…
Are you guilty of interrupting the learners learning?
Synthesis:Provide learners the ability to interpret and form their own discoveries from the content via self-reflection. A story-based learning material that is free of a designer’s explanations of the events allows learners to learn faster. I just concluded an extensive…
