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It's no fun when a client finds an error in your eLearning. Or when users report that a button didn't work correctly. For an industry that is steeped in technology, our quality assurance practice is subpar. Now I know some of you may have it together and your organization has quality assurance and quality control procedures. But many of us need help in this area. And that's why in this episode, I speak to Hadiya Nuriddin, who helps organizations institute quality assurance programs.

You may know Hadiya for her work in storytelling and as the author of the book StoryTraining. She has degrees in curriculum studies and in writing and is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance. Hadiya has two decades of experience in learning strategy, instructional design, elearning development, facilitation, storytelling and quality control and assurance. She worked in corporate learning before  founding her firm, Duets Learning. She is also a speaker and teacher for ATD.

WE DISCUSS:

* Difference between quality assurance and quality control
* State of QA in the eLearning industry
* Hadiya's 5-Part QA Process
* Investigating the real need for QA at your organization
* Committing to and establishing a QA process
* Creating and executing your QA plan
* Integrating a QA process into your workflow
* Managing QA on a one-person team
* Need for QA certification
* How to set up a formal QA process should be formalized
* Looking at QA through different lenses

TIME: 33 minutes

TRANSCRIPT: Download the
Set Yourself Up for Quality eLearning Transcript

RESOURCES:

* Hadiya's company: Duets Learning
* Achieve Better Results with Quality Assurance Article by Hadiya
* StoryTraining by Hadiya Nuriddin




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Lisa Cron, author of Wired For Story, is passionate about the power and value of stories for learning. In this conversation (recorded in 2013), Lisa will convince you that it is through stories that humans survive and it is through stories that people learn. She provides lots of relevant advice to learning experience designers who write stories, scenarios and vignettes for instructional purposes. If you are looking for ways to write irresistible stories and scenarios, listen in for advice from a pro who understands how stories bring meaning to our world.

WE DISCUSS:

* Real purpose of stories
* Dopamine and curiosity
* Most important element of a story
* Protagonist's inner world
* How to grab attention from the start
* Pros and cons of story structure
* First person or third person?
* Common mistakes in storytelling

TIME: 30 minutes

TRANSCRIPT: Download the
ELC 066: Transcript for How to Write Compelling Stories.

RESOURCES:

* Wired for Story by Lisa Cron
* Story Genius by Lisa Cron
* Story or Die by Lisa Cron
* Wired for Story website
* The Rules of Story article by Lisa Cron
* Why You Need to Use Storytelling for eLearning




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