Category: Program design
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Do students love technology?
I haven’t seen any conclusive evidence that students do like to use technology for learning purposes or that they believe it enhances the process. Have you. It would be good to hear from anyone who has any evidence from wither side of the debate. This info graphic provides some information but I am not sure…
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E-learning Resources
I am not sure how many people have actually seen this but I thought I would include it in today’s blog. The Australian Flexible Learning Framework provides some very good resources at times but they appear as if by magic and I honestly don’t know how the average trainer would know that the new resources…
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What does it cost to create elearning?
How much will it cost? The most asked question in elearning and probably for any type of learning. Good question, very difficult to answer. Recent tenders I have been involved in have indicated to me that it varys greatly and really comes down to understanding what you want and how much the contractor wants to…
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Instructional design
I am running a instructional design session tomorrow with some Diploma participants which meant that I started looking around on the internet for any useful resources (a must for any session planner). I have always thought that instructional design was pretty straight forward but I have been doing it for a long time and I…
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Elearning Tips
There are a truckload of tips and hints on how to design and deliver elearning. Most of it is useless and a waste of time, much of it is just an attempt to sell you something. Here is a quick little slideshare resource which I think is great for people getting into elearning and it…
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Gaming, education and training
Here is a good article about gaming and education. It’s not new. It’s not telling us anything that hasn’t been told to us for quite a few years but it does get straight to the point. Why hasn’t gaming, education and training come together. It must be a perfect match? Well isn’t it? I think…
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Wow learning activities!
One of the most time consuming areas of good training design and session planning is coming up with appropriate learning activities that link to the knowledge, skill or behaviours being taught, are appropriate for the learner group and are fun, interesting and stimulating. Tough ask for anyone. Hours can be spent flicking through books, racking…
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Quality training is not complicated
Please read the linked news report here regarding quality training at Jiffy Lube. Jiffy lube is a pretty big organisation with over 20,000 employees across America who have developed and implemented an impressive training and development system that would be the envy of most medium to large organisations. The have all of the right components…
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Great training is easy!
The 14th episode of Ask Logical has just been released and covers the three simple concepts that ensure great, effective training. It can be viewed at all of the usual locations or by watching below. This carries on from a bit of a theme that has developed in my recent posts of keeping things simple…
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The big trick, the big conversion!
This weeks Training Tips 56 video looks at how easy it is to convert learning objectives, outcomes and competencies into one of the other formats. This is commonly misunderstood. They aren’t different they are all the same. It is just the format that they are written in that is different. If you have trouble writing…