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Are Your Online Tests Valid?

How to Improve Test Validity

by Connie Malamed

Are your online tests valid?

You can't make it through a year of designing eLearning without having to write test or assessment questions. If you don't have formal training in this area you may not be familiar with test validity. … [Read more...]

5 Levers Of eLearning Design

by Connie Malamed

5 Levers of eLearning Design

How can you continually improve the eLearning experiences you design to make them more effective? Pull these levers a bit more with every new effort. 1. Address Motivation in eLearning Design Start … [Read more...]

Answers To Instructional Design Career Questions

by Connie Malamed

Answers to Instructional Design Career Questions

I get lots of emails from people who are considering a career in instructional design. In fact, that's why I created a free 12-lesson email course called Breaking into Instructional Design. It's all … [Read more...]

How Long Does it Take to Develop eLearning?

Resources for Estimating Training Development Time

by Connie Malamed

how long does it take to develop training

Are you unsure of how to answer the big question: How long does it take to develop eLearning? As you might expect, there is no one answer because there are multiple factors to consider when estimating … [Read more...]

Alternatives to Correct and Incorrect

Eight approaches to providing learning feedback

by Connie Malamed

alternatives to correct and incorrect

Imagine a trainer at the front of the room responding to a participant's comment by saying nothing more than "You're right!" or "Incorrect." Imagine this happening over and over again. So, why is … [Read more...]

Finding Your Place In an Instructional Design Career

Instructional Design Career Paths

by Connie Malamed

Finding Your Place in an Instructional Design Career

If you aren't happy with your career in instructional design or want to start a career in this industry, there's no reason to be a square peg in a round hole. There are numerous instructional design … [Read more...]

The World Needs More Checklists

Using Checklists for Performance Support

by Connie Malamed

The World Needs More Checklists

One of the most brilliant cognitive aids devised by some very smart humans is the checklist. Hidden in this deceptively simple format is a type of performance support that has saved lives in the air … [Read more...]

The Instructional Design Life

by Connie Malamed

the instructional design life

Today I remembered how odd our instructional design life can be. For example, I attended a kickoff meeting to design and build a course that teaches medical personnel about venous access devices … [Read more...]

10 Unusual Sources Of Inspiration for eLearning

by Connie Malamed

When designing learning solutions, we all need inspiration at times. Here are ten websites where you can seek, browse and find inspiration for eLearning creativity. You'll find sources to kickstart … [Read more...]

What Do Instructional Designers Do?

Starting a Career in Instructional Design

by Connie Malamed

What do instructional designers do

What is instructional design? You've heard of instructional design. Perhaps you're wondering, what do instructional designers do? The goal of instructional design is to facilitate learning. We … [Read more...]

Rapid eLearning Development

by Connie Malamed

rapid elearning development

Are you in a situation where you don't have much time to develop an online course? Or perhaps there is no budget, but the you must produce the course anyway? As an advocate for the learner, you know … [Read more...]

Emotions and Learning Part III

10 Ways To Design For Emotions

by Connie Malamed

Emotions and Learning Part 3

. It's quite clear from research on emotional design for learning, that we can generate connections using the right instructional strategies and creative treatments. These have the potential to … [Read more...]

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