Tag: conversations
Model # 5 Interactive Stories for eLearning – Leadership
Model # 4 Interactive Stories for eLearning – The Apartment Manager
Model #3 Interactive Stories for eLearning – Gina’s Case
Model # 2 Interactive Stories for eLearning – The Angry Project Manager
Model # 1 Interactive Stories for eLearning – Mercedes-Benz
“SMACK THE LEARNER ON THE FACE” – Learning from failures – best learning ever
Synthesis Allowing learners to fail or realize the possibility of failures enable them to earnestly pursue learning as they analyze, think through or contemplate on the circumstance and discover learning points that help them arrive at solutions and/or behavioral changes.…
“Why Exaggeration Works in Learning”
Synthesis Exaggeration is a potent method of bringing attention to an important or critical message. It’s humor and sarcasm underlies the objective of helping the learners discover the embedded learning content in the midst of a lighthearted approach. ______________________________________________________________ More…
Are Trainers Still Needed?
Synthesis Learners are taking control of what they learn and how they learn. And trainers face the challenge of rethinking their roles, create innovative learning environments and discovering and experiencing new tools to help learners learn better. ______________________________________________________________ Informal learning,…
“Learners Don’t Know What They Don’t Know”
Synthesis: Leaders/trainers tend to assume that learners lack knowledge and therefore it is imperative that they must be taught everything. To the surprise of non-believers, learners are able to discover learning on their own if they are allowed to. __________________________________________________________________________ …
Embedding Learning in Stories –“Lost Package” Vignette Featured
Synthesis: Learners learn by connecting old stories from their experiences to new stories that help them to learn and discover. __________________________________________________________________________ Learning professionals who have had the opportunity to view examples of micro-scenarios, scenarios or what are also called vignettes…
Boring Technical eLearning Can be Engaging
Synthesis The challenge in designing technical learning content is how to make it more engaging. Technical information can come alive with the right approach that grabs learners’ attention and keep them focused while learning its value and impacts on their…
Sparks Learning Design – Igniting Learners to Think; Washing Hands Vignettes
Roger Schank , author of “Tell Me a Story” says People’s brain have incomplete stories and the brain wants to complete stories, hence, it is always story searching, making, sorting, creating, matching, adding, etc. Jürgen Schmidhuber also essays a similar…
eLearning Micro-Scenario – What to Do When Employees Pump Up Resumes
Here’s another dose of our weekly vignette, free, as always, for you to use. These vignettes are short, real- life depictions that learners can readily relate to. Vignettes are proven effective and worthy additions to your learning programs. They not…
Surgical Insertion of Micro-Scenarios that Beautify and Fire Up Your eLearning
Synthesis: The points of insertion of micro-scenarios in your eLearning program will boost learning effectiveness. The insertion points are important since it is best to use micro-scenarios sparingly and at the appropriate areas. When properly done, you can save on…