Is it at all possible to reduce large content into small bites that’s faster, easier and easily usable by learners? The answer is NO, if we think of designing and developing content following the old-fashion linear method of learning design.…
Tag: micro action
Can “Cheating” be Avoided in Rigid eLearning? – Tip #30
It is unfortunate that this happens, but experience shows us that learners try to circumvent or trick the learning process or “cheat” the elearning compliance course. This behavior often happens when the requirements of the compliance course is impossible to…
Trial and Error: Beng, Beng Bingo Learning – Tip #29
Learners learn by trial and error. Which is better – trial and error or scientific learning? Why? Have you experienced learning quickly by committing an error or mistake? View the recording session to shed more insights on learning through trial…
Create Memorable Story-based Test Questions – Tip #28
Are you forcing learners to memorize content with no meaning to them? Are you training them to answer questions blindly and not apply content test to realize situations? Can they relate the test questions with useful and meaningful knowledge? Click…
Do you suck life out of your learners? – Tip #27
Which type of presenter are you? The economics professor from Ferris Bueller or the science professor Richard Feynman? What differentiates their presentations? View Video # 1 – Economics Professor from Ferris Bueller View Video # 2 – Science Professor Richard…
What You Must Know Before You Design Interactivity – Tip #26
Theory ? – definitely needed. Translating this to real-life applications? – absolutely possible. How? This interactive presentation is a prelude to more upcoming tips to help you gain a fuller perspective and understanding of how interactivity impacts your course development…
How to Chunk Content into 3 Minutes – Part 3 – Tip #25
What are the elements that make 3-Minute elearning effective? Please watch the video on Elements for Effective Content Identify which content impacts performance Please click to view Only 5-10-20% of Content Really Impacts Performance How important are application points? Click…
How to Chunk Content into 3 Minutes – Part 2 – Tip #24
How do people learn online? What e-learning behaviors do they exhibit? Please watch the video on Spotting e-Learning Behaviors 3-Minute e-Learning enables faster learning Please click to view Useful Knowledge Now How does 3-Minute e-Learning contrast with other Learnings? Click…
How to Chunk Content into 3 Minutes – Part 1 – Tip #23
Do we really need full competencies to commence work? What do learners need to immediately perform – today and now Working competencies facilitate job performance. Focus on identifying critical learning needs. Divide them into small, rapid learning content. Click here to view Maria’s story…
The Conversationalist – Facilitate Rapid Webinar Discussions – Tip #22
Get Learners to Create Your Content – Quickly, Reliably and Accurately Learners learn through packets of information. Click here to view an excerpt from Tricks of the Lazy Trainer. Click here to download the handout. Key Ideas to help you: …
11 Ways to Making HR Compliance Engaging – Live Demo – Tip #21
How does the traditional and lengthy PowerPoint slideshow lesson compare to the Story-Based eLearning Design shown here? Click here to see the live demo. 11 Ways to Making HR Compliance Engaging – Live Demo 1. Turn learning objectives into story-based…
Weaving Stories and Factual Content for Seamless Lessons – Tip #20
The fear that content is lost while using stories Combining stories and real-life incidents with technical or factual content is an art form and a science. It is easier to present a lesson as a continuous linear and factual presentation…
Incidents of errors as basis for technical learning design – Tip #19
It is common for technical training coverage to include software, process, systems, methods and others that are long screen motion captures done in Camptasia, Captivate, Storyline and others. They are lengthy, huge data dumps – forcing learners to learn features…
Anti-Bullying – How to Combine Story with a Compliance Lesson – Tip #18
How do you seamlessly combine a story with technical and compliance content? Whether you are a technical writer or one who creates stories or even both, you can follow the same basic approaches featured here to elevate your lessons’ engagement…
Converting Obscure eLearning Content into Usefulness – Tip #17
Ruth Clark in her book Building Expertise (1999) wrote about the failure of knowledge transfer from short term learning to on-the-job situations. Clark argued that for knowledge transfer to occur, there is the need for some kind of “hints.” From…