Some scenarios are glorified memorization tests or branching multiple choice tests. Memorization branching exercises should not be confused with story-based scenarios which are specifically driven by motivational events to help learners discover learning experiences. How do story-based scenarios help learners…
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Hangover Joe – Chainsaw Safety eLearning – Tip #9
Tip: Parody is a good method to use in content where it is both a reminder and refresher course. For example, we ask employees to go through annual compliance courses like safety, ethics and employment law. The parody might look like…
Show Proof that Stories Impact Learning – Tip #8
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…
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…
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…
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…
Making Technical & Compliance Learning Engaging & Fun
Synthesis:Develop fun and engaging technical and compliance elearning programs through approaches such as unbundling content adapted to the learner’s perspective, finding instant context and weaving context and facts through real-life stories. Identify “must learn” from “learn on need” content and…
Creating Great Stories for eLearning
Synthesis: Create great stories for learning by exploring sources and methods like business artifacts, business practices or memes, personal tips, workarounds, how-to’s, self-help solutions and even people’s backgrounds. Systematically collected stories can become a reference library for elearning programs. …
Learning Facts and Foundational Knowledge with Stories
Synthesis: Facts – whether foundational or advance – can be related to real-life occurrences to engage learners and help them find context while gaining required knowledge. ______________________________________________________________ Does story-based learning only apply to experienced learners? What is common among these…