This article showcases how creativity, mindset techniques, and social media led “Miss Excel” to a 6-figure online course business.
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This article showcases how creativity, mindset techniques, and social media led “Miss Excel” to a 6-figure online course business.
This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
As we enter 2022, organizations are rethinking how they conduct business and how they can equip their learners with the requisite knowledge and skills to stay competitive. This article will look at how organizations can do that and what the key eLearning trends are for 2022.
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A retrospective look at what worked, what didn’t, and other key lessons learned from our 2021 year-end L&D review.
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What happens though when you are tapped to manage a program for which you have limited formal training and were not really interested in pursuing? Outlined are four takeaways to help you embrace your non-training training role.
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Whether your workforce is on the road, working from home, in the office, or behind the counter, employees expect to be safe, and not just because we are in the midst of a pandemic. Safety matters—from prevention of sexual harassment to unruly guests and workplace violence.
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The painful truth is that if we don’t stay relevant in our field, we cannot expect access to the best job opportunities. The best learning and development professionals bring unique, relevant, modern, and valuable training solutions to their respective industries.
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I was reviewing some older presentations I found a slide regarding the topic of getting started with e-learning. On the slide I offered three helpful tips when getting started that still hold true today.
A challenge a lot of new e-learning developers have is that they start with existing content from classroom training. This is usually in PowerPoint; and it’s easy enough to import a PowerPoint slide into an e-learning application, add a quiz, and call it good.
This is fine for some compliance training or annual refresher content because they tend to be less about “learning” and more about sharing information. But it’s not ideal.
The better strategy is to craft a learning experience that’s different than the classroom experience. Focus on the objectives and activities required to demonstrate understanding. That will help build courses less about a content dump and more about meeting measurable objectives.
Here’s a good book that does a great job walking through a backwards course design where you focus on the learning experience and not just the content.
Accessibility is a primary consideration when building a course, but outside of that, the e-learning course is mostly visual. Make the investment to learn more about how to structure the onscreen content properly and the how to communicate in a visual medium.
Two good books: The Non-Designer’s Design Book to learn more about basic design and Slideology to learn more about visual communication. And while you’re at it, learn to support what you do visually with alt-text and other accessibility considerations.
If all you know is the basics, all you’ll be able to build is basic courses. The truth is that it takes time to learn to use software. You need to make an investment to learn how to really use the tools. Here’s why:
One of the best ways to learn is to build something. This can be a challenge at work where you may have some project constraints and build the same courses over and over again.
That’s why I highly recommend the weekly e-learning challenges. They’re designed to get you to think about some new idea and how you’d build it. They’re not intended to be fancy or big courses. You can build something simple or something elaborate, that’s up to you. The main thing is you’re spending time in the tools applying your creative juices. And you get to see some cool examples from others in the community.
If you don’t do the challenges, make it a goal to do one per quarter. And at a minimum, check out what others build every week. You’ll get some neat ideas for your own courses.
There you go, three simple tips to help you get moving in the right direction.
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Want to learn more? Check out these articles and free resources in the community. |
Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs |
Participate in the weekly e-learning challenges to sharpen your skills |
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Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. |
Lots of cool e-learning examples to check out |
Getting Started? This e-learning 101 series and the free e-books will help. |
Using these 10 tips can help you stay focused on what is important. Be intentional about how you use your time and you can avoid burnout.
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You want to build an e-learning portfolio, but not sure where to start?
At its core, the work portfolio represents your skills and expertise. For some people, the portfolio is their resume, and they build it to share what they know. And for others, the portfolio shows their projects as part of the journey that needs to be documented.
During the initial planning, decide if you want the portfolio to be static where you only do occasional maintenance and updates. Or if you want a site that’s more dynamic and continually updating?
For a static portfolio, the main goal is to show off the best of what you can do. It’s your business card. You build the portfolio and it’s not constantly being updated. It’s not something you spend a lot of time on. You only update it once or twice a year.
Here are a few considerations when building a static portfolio.
For a dynamic portfolio, the main goal is to show what you can do as an ongoing pursuit. It highlights your evolving skills. Many people show projects, share files, and discuss things they learned on the projects.
Whether you build a portfolio as an active job seeker or to document your learning, it’s a good practice to develop. Do you have a portfolio? If so, feel free to share a link and share your thoughts.
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Want to learn more? Check out these articles and free resources in the community. |
Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs |
Participate in the weekly e-learning challenges to sharpen your skills |
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Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. |
Lots of cool e-learning examples to check out |
Getting Started? This e-learning 101 series and the free e-books will help. |
If you keep your people trained, they feel their career is consistently growing, which helps with staff retention. What instructional assistance can you give at the varying stages of your staff’s employment cycle?
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