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Common E-Learning Mistakes (E-Learning Challenge)

This e-learning challenge was first posted on the E-Learning Heroes blog on April 25, 2014. Challenge Link The challenge for this week is to list some of the more common e-learning mistakes we come across in this business, and then design an e-learning mockup using these errors in an exaggerated form.  

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Serious elearning Manifesto

elearning Manifesto Recently I signed the new E-learning Manifesto that will hopefully help to transform our industry and courses into truly effective, performance driven solutions. Since these are principles that I subscribe to and practice everyday in my own business, I whole-heartedly endorse this manifesto. This manifesto was initiated by Michael Allen, Julie Dirkson, Clark

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2 Tools to Help you Explain Course Ideas

Is it Challenging To Explain Your Course Ideas To Your Clients? Do your clients want to “see” what the course will look like before you are ready to move to development? Part of our process here at TLS Learning is to create prototypes for clients. Sometimes this is just a sketch or drawing that shows them the

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Are You Getting Results for Your Business?

Create Engaging Courses In anticipation of our enrollment to the next session of the E-learning Design Boot Camp, we are launching a free training video series. This video series introduces the five step design framework that will help you launch engaging and effective e-learning courses. You will also learn the secret ingredient that is essential

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Build Effective Engagement

Engage by Jeanine O’Neill-Blackwell is a great resource for new instructional designers, subject matter experts or anyone looking for the “formula” for course design. As many of you know, I am always interested in books that help teach the essentials of ISD. This is a great book that allows you to not only have the

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The #1 Question to Ask

Have Limited Time for the Discover Phase? The Discover Phase is the first phase of the e-learning design process at TLS Learning. This step is critical to determine the overall big picture of the project and the results that are needed to ensure that the training will be successful. Here at TLS Learning, we conduct

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7 Tips to Stimulate the Recall of Prior Learning

In the last blog posting on Getting Back to Basics, we discussed Gagne’s ISD model and focused on the second event, Informing the Learner of the Learning Objectives. This blog will focus on the third event, Stimulating Recall of Prior Learning.

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We are presenting a course at SolutionFest 2014

Are you going to the Learning Solutions conference in March? Come visit us at SolutionFest 2014 — Thursday from 4:45-6:45. We will be presenting a branched scenario course that we created with a client to teach their staff how to have a coaching conversation. This highly engaging course will show you how you can create

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Will Your Courses Win the GOLD?

  I don’t know about you but I love watching the Olympics. What a fantastic tribute to the core belief that anything is possible when you have passion, purpose (discipline) and talent. All the athletes are performing at the top of their game, they train hard and are focused on being the best in the

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Quick Tips to Inform Learners of Objectives without Bullets

As you recall in the last blog posting on Getting Back to Basics, we discussed Gagne’s ISD model and focused on the first event, Gaining the Learner’s Attention. There are some concrete examples in that posting of how you can begin your courses in this way. Now, let’s focus on the second event, Informing the

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