Synthesis Using eLearning stories with varied elements of tension is an effective way of helping learners focus their attention on learning what they need to learn. Events that stimulate certain tension levels are more likely to imprint in the minds…
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Guarding Against Primitive eLearning Programs
[Please share your comments below.] [Please share with your friends.] SynthesisAre we too focused on the use of technologies in elearning that we overlook the opportunity to reflect and contemplate? In our love of everything instant, we tend to develop…
Transforming Minds – Using Metaphors in eLearning
SynthesisUsing metaphors in eLearning makes learners more receptive to ideas and information that are otherwise complex to figure out. These metaphors in presentation mode or self-contemplative mode make learners easily grasp needed knowledge and immediately adapt concepts thereby prompting a…
Engaging Technical eLearning – Tips on Design and Delivery
[Please add your comments below] Engineer’s and Technical Writer’s View Oftentimes, my development team works to help clients convert technical training into eLearning. An example is the Oracle HRIS and hardware training. The initial challenge is, “How do we make…
Instant Learning: How it works and how to make it happen?
Synthesis: The brain has the ability to replicate or imagine real life experiences. This allows us to share instant learning experiences in our eLearning programs. The Instant Experience Loop occurs at the moment learners share and connect stories with the…
eLearning Design for Short Attention Span and Overloaded Learners
Synthesis:With the barrage of distractions thrown at these already-overloaded learners, we are faced with the challenge to help them focus on what is necessary, must-learn, what is of immediate relevance and content that is rapidly applicable to their jobs and…
Are you an Agnostic or Principled Learning Professional?
Synthesis:As learning professionals, have we analyzed how our approaches affect our learners and their specific learning and performance environments? Why does one choose to adhere to his/her present method? Are you an AGNOSTIC or PRINCIPLED Learning Professional? A deeper understanding…
Is it spoon-feeding or discovery scenario learning?
Synthesis:Scenario- based learning should take learners through a journey of discovery ; involving them in the events that take place at various points in your scenarios. It propels learners to think about the choices presented and not merely determining the…
“Brain Freeze: Does your eLearning System Cause Learning Paralysis?”
Synthesis: The advent of technology options can be exciting. However, the influx of information to an individual’s brain may prove to be debilitating to one’s decision making process or may result to learning paralysis for learners. Considering the limitations of…
How to add the human touch in your eLearning design
Synthesis: eLearning programs are faced with the dilemma of creating effective online learning without losing the human element. What can be done to achieve this ? In your design, help keep the emotional connection to your learners. Help them experience…
How to instantly grab e-learners attention!
To instantly grab e-Learners, remember embedding content into stories. Embedding Steps Relate Interpret Apply Which statement grabs you instantly? Life is full of trials and tribulations or I started work at 3:00 am and finished at 11:00 pm, exhausted. The…
Proof of Direct Link between Learning and Performance
(To protect the interest of our clients, we are using fictitious names. However, the data presented here are close to real and living cases.) Last week, I had a conversation with a VP for Sales Training. He asked what is…
TEDx Caltech Insights Jan. 14, 2011
Highlights from my day at TEDxCaltech.com. Follow #TEDXCALTECH in Twitter.com It was a wow, belly blowing, mind-bending, brain cell twitching, eye-popping and heartfelt joy and amazing insight. Must see – This is a must see and listen event. The imagery…
My Encounter with the Galactic Minds: Feynman TEDX Caltech and Stephen Hawkings
This week is very exciting for me. I will be attending Caltech’s TEDx event on January 14, 2011 “Feynman’s Vision: The Next 50 Years”. I am also attending a Caltech lecture by Stephen Hawking. TEDx CALTECH This will be a…
New Territories and Innovations in Learning Solutions
Happy New Year! May 2011 bring you and your loved ones peace, good health and more wealth. Thank you for all your support in 2010. My 2010 was a year of discovery and innovation. My team had an abundance of…