Follow The eLearning Coach, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/the-elearning-coach Sat, 01 Apr 2023 23:05:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoA81-Y17uFaFXHnycKeoCpf When it comes to learning, less is more. Overloading learners with too much information interferes with the learning process.]]> Sat, 01 Apr 2023 15:00:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoA81-Y17uFaFXHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoDXg_lqJ4fwswO5yOwvVe_2 Use the design principle of scale to provide a focal point in your layout. This shows what is most important in your message.]]> Sun, 12 Mar 2023 19:39:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoDXg_lqJ4fwswO5yOwvVe_2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCjufv4l7dxsWsGk81fO-bN By understanding a learner's mental models, we can improve our user interfaces, instructional interventions and overall learning experiences.]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2023 08:00:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCjufv4l7dxsWsGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoA8Rr4Db2m9SAX50KYzL9tX

There are many paths that help us build learning experiences that are in tune with the audience and the organization. One aspect that too many of us ignore is the rich data set that likely exists about the audience. We may do a post-event evaluation, but what if we used that data at the start, to inform our design? That’s what I’ll be discussing in this episode with Lori Niles-Hofmann.

Lori is a senior learning strategist with over 20 years’ of L&D experience. She specializes in large-scale digital learning transformation at her company NilesNolen. Her eBook, Data-Driven Learning Design (see link below) explains the data-based methodology she developed for understanding an audience’s digital body language.

WE DISCUSS:

* How data-driven design differs from traditional data analytics
* Understanding the cues of digital body language (DBL) in learning design
* Compliance training data that is informative for design
* Why our industry is slow to adopt data-driven design
* Types of data gleaned from an LMS data and data external to the LMS
* Being aware of data protection and privacy
* Three phases of Lori's data-driven learning design process
* Examples of surprising data during the Data-Driven Learning Design process
* What to do to get started in data-driven learning design
* Common mistakes to avoid
* What we can learn from how marketers analyze digital data
* Learning campaigns

TIME: 26 minutes

TRANSCRIPT: Elves are working on it right now! Check back tomorrow.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

* Data Driven Learning Design: How to Decode Learner Digital Body Language (eBook)
* xAPI Learning Cohort
* Mike Taylor: Steal from Marketing
* Bianca Baumann: Creating Learning Experiences Using a Marketing Mix
* Ashley Sinclair: How to Apply Marketing to Your L&D
* HubSpot Free Marketing Courses




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SEND EBOOK NOW]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2023 17:04:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoA8Rr4Db2m9SAX50KYzL9tX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCobC2_MHoFopu9CxXrVx4c It happened when I wasn't looking. It was a slippery slope. One day I realized I was hooked on newsletters. I was getting LOTS of them. Perhaps too many. I couldn't stop myself from subscribing because they were so friendly and so good. Newsletters help me stay in touch with other people, fields, topics and […]]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2023 20:51:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCobC2_MHoFopu9CxXrVx4c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoAmSN-W0Q8ILqgHTd9OkkKt

The diversity of career paths in instructional design is greater than you may think. This solo episode is for people who are trying to break into instructional design and those who are new to the field.

I work with a lot of people who want to break into the field and many people don’t know that there are numerous instructional design career paths that you can follow. In this episode, I review different paths and opportunities in this eclectic field. Hopefully, this can help you figure out the best fit for your talents, skills, and interests.

TOPICS:


* Talent stacking
* Working for organizations that have different missions
* Designing for different audience types
* Technical tracks
* Media specialists
* The LMS administrator
* Future career paths
* And more ...

TIME: 16 minutes

TRANSCRIPT: 
ELC 075: Finding a Career Path in Instructional Design

RESOURCES:

* Breaking into Instructional Design: Free 12-lesson email course about getting started in the career
* Mastering Instructional Design: A learning community for building ID skills
* Talent Stacking for An Instructional Design Career (with examples)

 ]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:41:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoAmSN-W0Q8ILqgHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoB_P8vTAHz9n96jHbRcHw3s The think aloud protocol or method is an effective way to discover usability problems with digital learning products.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:00:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoB_P8vTAHz9n96jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoBKYCQ9eMDgddKEpFgimKzx People use both top-down processing and bottom-up processing as they are learning. Here's how to design for both.]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:48:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoBKYCQ9eMDgddKEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoDJ14WjmMZaER-xWH3zZqEA The best way to help learners form accurate concepts is to provide examples and nonexamples. Here are 6 ways to do that.]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2022 01:00:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoDJ14WjmMZaER-xWH3zZqEA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoA8sybSm_zNB2W0GqTRQSgk Have you ever had difficulty persuading a client to accept your course design? Here are ten strategies that may help you be more convincing.]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoA8sybSm_zNB2W0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCG-gVMvvMEQrG7Iy_4u0x9 Learn how to stand out in your instructional design-related career using talent stacking.]]> Sat, 24 Sep 2022 15:36:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCG-gVMvvMEQrG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoBZkbHDmM1HjqgzzHWHxDTV For inspiration and innovation, here are seven strategies from product design that you can use for learning design.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:00:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoBZkbHDmM1HjqgzzHWHxDTV https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoDfiW4T0nh_OMfGo0LrnZNO There are advantages to using a comic book style for learning. Simple graphics are easier to process than complex ones. Learn how to get started here.]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2022 08:00:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoDfiW4T0nh_OMfGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCPpeSYeI_O8Yfjc6hd5eWF

When you create surveys for instructional design, such as for an audience analysis or evaluation, what process do you use? Are you confident that you'll get accurate results? There’s a large body of knowledge surrounding survey creation that can help you achieve cleaner data and more accurate results. In this episode, I explore the best practices for creating surveys with Caroline Jarrett. Caroline is a forms specialist and the author of Surveys That Work and co-author of Forms that Work, and of User Interface Design and Evaluation. She has an MA in Mathematics and an MBA and Diploma in Statistics. And in our entire conversation, we never did any calculations.

WE DISCUSS:

* Difference between questionnaire and survey
* Different types of surveys: descriptive, comparative or tracking
* Recommendations for designing, planning and writing a survey
* Getting feedback on Twitter in two hours!
* Why you shouldn't send surveys to a very large audience
* What you need to know about sample size
* Why the process typically requires iteration
* Who should read your questionnaire before it goes out
* Four steps (or actually five) for writing questions that get accurate answers
* Common mistakes people make in creating surveys
* Interdependent aspects of a survey (the survey octopus)
* When and how to use open-ended question
* How to organize and code answers to qualitative questions

TIME: 36 minutes

TRANSCRIPT: Coming soon

RESOURCES:

* Surveys That Work: A Practical Guide for Designing and Running Better Surveys by Caroline Jarrett. Buy from Rosenfeld Media.
* Effortmark: Caroline's website
* Questionnaire Design by A.N. Oppenheimer
* Designing Effective Web Surveys by Mick Couper
* The Psychology of Survey Response by Tourangeau, R., L. J. Rips and K. A. Rasinski. This is the model Caroline prefers for writing survey questions.
* The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers by Johnny Saldania
* Types of Analysis for eLearning
]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:21:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCPpeSYeI_O8Yfjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCU8MAY6SDBDyVCAQLB0bf5 Learning designers want to increase remembering and prevent forgetting. Here's what you should know about what causes us to forget.]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:15:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCU8MAY6SDBDyVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCnjeYIj9QEUMlTP0vptTFR You can't make it through a year of designing eLearning without having to write test questions. If you don't have formal training in this area you may not be familiar with test validity. Or perhaps you slept through that Educational Statistics class. (Personally, I found my Statistics textbook to be an excellent sleeping pill.) It's […]]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:00:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCnjeYIj9QEUMlTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCVKjGFA0oVDHHnycKeoCpf

As a group, learning designers have been trying to break out of the order-taker role for a long time. Adopting the Jobs To Be Done framework may be one way you can help clients change their perspective. In this episode, I speak with Ger Driesen about applying the Jobs to Be Done framework to the instructional design process. In particular, this approach can help you address the functional, emotional and social aspects of learning.

Ger is the Learning Innovation Leader at aNewSpring, the provider of an online blended learning platform. In this role, he focusses on sharing the latest insights with L&D professionals to inspire them to design, develop and deliver effective learning solutions. Ger is known as 'the Dutch L&D trendcatcher' based on his presentations, articles, blogs and tweets on the latest Learning and Development trends. Ger finds value in connecting people, ideas and inspiration in the global L&D community.

WE DISCUSS:

* Meaning of the Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) framework
* How JTBD applies to learning design
* Categories of jobs to be done: functional, affective and social
* A study explaining why women did not receive effective resuscitation as often as men
* How to do research for the JTBD approach
* Why it's important to understand and address the emotional and social job to be done
* Real world examples applying JTBD to learning design
* How clients respond to the Jobs to Be Done approach
* Beginner mistakes to avoid
* Recommendations for interviews

TIME: 30 minutes

TRANSCRIPT: Coming very soon

RESOURCES:

* The Jobs to Be Done Approach: Empathy that matters in learning experience design by Ger Driesen
* Understanding the Job with Clay Christesen (Only 5 minutes and will make you want a milkshake)
* Jobs to Be Done Theory by Anthony Ulwick
* What is the Jobs To Be Done Framework?
]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:03:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCVKjGFA0oVDHHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoDm7aDg4ms3IW7fhEn5oRuR The most efficient way to achieve visual design consistency in eLearning and presentation slides is to create a visual style guide.]]> Sat, 04 Jun 2022 15:36:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoDm7aDg4ms3IW7fhEn5oRuR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoDKSl86010gEu4sICfMfkNm Adding instructional design case studies to your portfolio adds depth and insight to your work. It supplements the skills you want to demonstrate.]]> Mon, 09 May 2022 13:45:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoDKSl86010gEu4sICfMfkNm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCXtVtZivOXOBtLdxSOwF-n Being creative on demand can be difficult. See these strategies for how to be more creative at work.]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2022 03:30:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Yb4tbE5HaoCXtVtZivOXOBtLdxSOwF-n