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Training and e-learning tips, real examples, free resources, and the occasional tip about everything else.
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Four Reasons to Open Up Your Course Navigation
“We have to lock the course or people will just skip to the end.” Sound familiar? Locking navigation is a common default…
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Four Things to Consider Before You Build That E-Learning Course
A training request doesn’t automatically call for an e-learning course. Many of them can be handled faster and cheaper with something else.…
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The Assumptions That Wreck Your Course Design
Every course is built with some idea of who’s going to take it. The problem is that idea is often wrong. Getting…
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Help Your Client See E-Learning from a Different Perspective
When a client asks for an e-learning course, they usually describe what they’ve experienced as a learner. That almost always means click-and-read,…
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How to Make an Online Course Less Boring
Stuck building another content-heavy compliance course? These 7 ideas show you how to add context, drama, and decision-making without a full redesign.
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Designing for Two Bosses Client Goals and Learner Needs
Every course has two sets of stakeholders with different priorities. The organization wants business outcomes, but the learner wants something relevant to…
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Three Ways to Deal with Learners Who Skip Content and Go to the Quiz
Most learners who skip to the quiz aren’t lazy. The course just isn’t relevant enough to hold them. These three approaches give…
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How to Build Practice and Prove-It Activities Into Your E-Learning
If your course has performance expectations, learners need more than content. They need to practice and prove they can apply it. You…
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Build a Simple E-Learning Project Plan
Most project plans look great on day one and get ignored by day three. You don’t need a formal plan to keep…
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How to Move Beyond Information Sharing in E-Learning
Knowing something and being able to use it are different things. If your course needs learners to make better decisions, not just…