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Planning a Training Video Production

Planning A Training Video Production

If you are suddenly responsible for a training video production, here are the key things you’ll have to consider, plan for and get done.

How to unstock stock photos for elearning and slides

How to Unstock Stock Photos for eLearning and Slides

If you spend a lot of time researching photos and manipulating graphics, you may feel frustrated. Here are a few ways I’ve found to get out of the stock photo doldrums.

Long-term Memory: A User's Guide

Long-Term Memory: A User’s Guide

In learning, long-term memory is the ultimate destination. Here’s what you should know about how we encode, store and retrieve memories.

Best of: How to write compelling stories

ELC 066: Best Of | How to Write Compelling Stories

Story coach and author, Lisa Cron, reveals how to transform your learning scenarios and vignettes into must-read stories. If you use stories in your instructional design and learning design practice, you’ll want to listen.

alternatives to correct and incorrect

Alternatives to Correct and Incorrect

Eight options for providing feedback that is informative, motivating and corrects misconceptions, moving the learner forward.

Learning Science Books to Inspire You This Year

Learning Science Books to Inspire You This Year

Learning experience designers and educators are the beneficiaries of cognitive science research. These three books explain how to apply it.

Cognitive Psychology

Long-term Memory: A User's Guide

Long-Term Memory: A User’s Guide

In learning, long-term memory is the ultimate destination. Here’s what you should know about how we encode, store and retrieve memories.

Users have conceptual models of how things work.

Designing Learning for Mental Models

By understanding a learner’s mental models, we can improve our user interfaces, instructional interventions and overall learning experiences.

How To Write Better Analogies For Learning

Effective analogies for learning rely on the transfer of a familiar concept to a new concept. Review the guidelines for writing more effective analogies.

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Graphics

Visual Design of Checklists

The Visual Design of Checklists

The visual design of a checklist has both a utilitarian and an aesthetic aspect. Here are several types of checklists you can adapt to meet your needs.

Use Visual Cues for Learning

Use Visual Cues To Enhance Learning

Visual cues direct the eyes to the relevant information in a graphic. This helps ensure that people understand the intended message and adds efficiency to visual communication.

5 Steps To A PowerPoint Redesign

A consistent process to transform poorly designed slides into ones that are instructionally effective.

How to improve your visual design skills for learning professionals

How to Improve Your Visual Design Skills

Visual design may seem like a mysterious process, but there is a formula for improving your skills. I’ve outlined it here.

How to Design a Quick Reference Card

How To Design A Quick Reference Card

In this article, I share the thinking, process, strategies and workflow that went into the creation of a quick reference card.

8 Ways to Choose a Color Palette

8 Ways To Choose A Color Palette For eLearning

If we only had 100 color choices, choosing a palette might not be a problem. But we have access to millions of colors, which makes the possible choices overwhelming.

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Instructional Design

The World Needs More Checklists

The World Needs More Checklists

The checklist is one of the most brilliant cognitive aids around. Hidden in this simple format is an ingenious type of performance support.

The Importance of Writing Effective Distractors

The Importance of Writing Effective Distractors

Although writing effective distractors (wrong answer choices) is often difficult, they can play an important role in getting the measurement information you’re seeking. Effective distractors discriminate between those who have achieved the performance objectives and those who have not.

what instructional designers do

What Do Instructional Designers Do?

Instructional designers use a variety of methods to identify performance, skill, knowledge and attitude gaps of a targeted audience and create learning experiences to close this gap.

Alternatives to Bloom's Taxonomy for Workplace Learning

Alternatives to Bloom’s Taxonomy for Workplace Learning

Are you ready to explore different perspectives about learning outcomes and performance objectives? Check out these alternatives to Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Explained

Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Explained

Do you find the array of online learning options daunting? Here is an easy way to wrap your mind around synchronous and asynchronous learning.

Best Resources For Creating Live Virtual Training Right Now

Best Resources For Creating Live Virtual Training Right Now

An increasing number of schools and businesses are moving in-person classes and events online. Are you stuck? Here are resources for coming up to speed quickly for the live virtual classroom.

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5 QUESTIONS ABOUT A CAREER IN ID

5 key questions about a career in instructional design

UMBC Learning & Performance Technology Program

Learning and Performance Technology Program

The Learning Guild

Fullerton ID Program

Fullerton Instructional Design Program

CSUN Northridge

USC Northridge

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