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ELC 055: What You Need to Know About Cognitive Load

John Sweller, who formulated cognitive load theory, explains how instructional designers can design more effective learning experiences. from Free Online Courses http://theelearningcoach.com/podcasts/55/

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eLearning Brothers Custom Team Wins 3 Gold Awards for Custom eLearning Development

  Horizon Interactive Awards recognized the eLearning Brothers for their excellence in custom eLearning development and instructional video

The eLearning Brothers custom development team announced it has received three gold awards from Horizon Interactive Awards, an international competition recognizing the best interactive media, web sites, videos, online advertising, print media and mobile applications.

eLearning Brothers custom team has amassed an impressive list of awards over six years of providing custom eLearning solutions to clients across the globe. The just-announced results of the Horizon Interactive 2018 competition saw the eLearning Brothers taking home two gold awards in the Training/E-Learning category and one gold award in the Instructional Video category. The projects included work for clients including a major auto financing company, PayPal, and Sigma-Chi Fraternity.

“We have been proud and honored to stand with our clients as our award-winning work has been recognized over and over again by industry-known bodies such as The Brandon Hall Group, the eLearning Guild, Horizon Interactive, and many more,” said Richard Vass, Custom Studio Director. “It’s thrilling to see our work recognized by Horizon Interactive Awards again this year.”

The eLearning Brothers custom team has also been recognized as a Top 20 Custom Development firm by TrainingIndustry.com for the last 3 years. Training Industry’s annual list recognizes the top companies in the industry and is based on factors including industry visibility, innovation and impact, capability to develop and deliver multiple types of content, company size and growth potential, and depth of subject matter expertise.

In addition, the custom development team achieved recognition as an International Learning Technology Company of the Year by the Learning Technologies Group based in London. The judges stated that eLearning Brothers “ticked boxes in terms of growth, innovation and customer service…the company also has a reputation for high standards of production, ethics, integrity and culture.”

“Our team has been fortunate enough to create innovative training solutions for companies like Coca-Cola, PayPal, and more,” said Todd Cummings, Custom General Manager. “We’ve built everything from virtual reality simulations to comprehensive learning strategies and learning experience platforms. Nothing excites our team more than meeting with potential new clients and discussing how we can meet their training needs with immersive, visually stunning, effective eLearning content.”

For more information about eLearning Brothers Custom Solutions or to schedule a free consultation, visit the eLearning Brothers site. The eLearning Brothers Custom team will also be available for in-person meetings at eLBX Live 2019, the eLearning Brothers user conference extravaganza on June 10, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

About eLearning Brothers  eLearning Brothers is on a mission to create “eLearning Rockstars” by providing the planet’s largest and most interactive library of assets for rapid eLearning content development. eLearning Brothers is also creating award-winning custom eLearning and now has the world’s first and only customizable courseware library available.

from Free Online Courses https://elearningbrothers.com/blog/elearning-brothers-custom-team-wins-3-gold-awards-for-custom-elearning-development/

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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. from Free Online Courses http://theelearningcoach.com/media/graphics/choose-elearning-color-palette/

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eLBX Online Day 30 – An eLearning Interactivity Showcase

Instructional Design expert Misty Harding joined us today to close out eLBX Online.

  A mere mortal might have been intimidated being the grand finale of 6 weeks of amazing eLearning webinars, but Misty is no mere mortal. She showed up with her game face on and an ambitious 101 slides of interactive eLearning examples and tips.

  In one info-packed hour, Misty covered examples of eLearning interactions from courses covering:

Compliance

Systems

Policy/Procedure

Other miscellaneous training categories

  The Interactivity Family Tree

  Before Misty got into her interactivity examples, she explained 4 different levels of interactions that you might consider building. In order of complexity:

  Exploratory Interaction

User explores the screen to learn more about something. Not very cognitive, but do add an element of engagement beyond just reading. Examples: click-to-reveal, drag-to-reveal, slide-to-reveal.

Single Response Interaction

Learner thinks about something and gives a single response/answer. He or she receives immediate feedback and course moves on.

Cognitive Interaction

Come in a variety of formats and ensure the learner is able to apply the concept through an activity complex enough to challenge their understanding of the finer points of application.

Enhanced Cognitive Interaction

These build on cognitive interactions and have an extra bit of “pizazz”—that might be through an animation, gamification, or exceptional visual creativity.

  Wrapping Up

  Misty showed a TON of examples of interactions that eLearning Brothers custom team has created for different clients. Keep an eye out for the recording so you can see them too.

  That concludes eLBX Online. We hope that you loved it, and if you did love it, we hope you join us in-person this June at eLBX Live 2019.

  eLBX Live 2019

from Free Online Courses https://elearningbrothers.com/blog/elbx-online-day-30-elearning-interactivity-showcase/

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Why Discovery Should Come Before Analysis

The spirit of discovery is often lost in the mindset of conducting an analysis. This is why I think the research and discovery process needs greater emphasis in learning experience design. from Free Online Courses http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning_design/isd/why-discovery-should-come-before-analysis/

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eLBX Online Day 29 – Unique Ways to Create Interactivity in Storyline

Senior Developer Bill Milstid joined us today for an eye-opening look at how you can take simple actions and variables in Storyline and create really unique interactivity. Today was less of a step-by-step and more of a conceptual, inspiration-sparking look at ways to combine actions you already know to create awesomeness.

Bill’s first interactivity example showcased a very cool play on the Viewmaster toy.

Those of us at a certain age will remember having these as children! In Bill’s “Bro-Master” the background image changes every time you click the button.

But, guess what? Behind the scenes, this is all built with a slider!

Bill also showed how to use a slider to make something shakeable. Sounds cool, right?

Basically, sliders work off of variables. You can add all the values of those variables together to get a total. You can add triggers to your game based on a top end variable that isn’t hit until the slider is slid a few times.

It works like this…

We’ve got an etch-a-sketch here. It features a drawing on it that we want to erase.

How do you erase an etch-a-sketch?

Shake it.

Luckily, the etch-a-sketch is set up as a slider.

That slider is set up with a variable called shakenSketch, that, when slid, can range from 0-5.

So, at the right end of the slider, the value will be 5, and at the left, it will be 0.

This value will update in real time, as the slider is dragged.

But I want the user to have to shake the etch-a-sketch a few times to get it to clear.

There are a few ways I could go about this with a slider, but the simplest is to add another variable called sketchClear, with an initial value of 0.

Then, add some triggers to update that value.

Whenever the shakenSketch variable updates, we add that value to the sketch

Clear value.

Then, we trigger something to happen—in this case, change the state—whenever the sketchClear value reaches or exceeds 30…which I picked randomly because it’s a multiple of 5 that would take the user a few slides to hit.

I use this trick in the Eibhlin’s Quest game to prompt the user to shake some bushes and get some berries…but it could be applied in any number of ways.

Wrapping Up

  Bill shared some other cool examples during the webinar. Come back Friday for this week’s recordings and any handouts. In the meantime, register for more upcoming webinars below or check out last week’s archive on using eLearning templates and assets.

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Flash Finder Is Here to Save the Day

  You don’t need us to tell you that the eLearning industry changes nearly every day. But now, there’s a big shift on the horizon that has the potential to impact nearly any LMS—and thus, your learners.

  Let’s rewind back to when the change began…

  2010: Apple® decides not to support Adobe ®Flash

on the iPhone.

2017: Adobe announces its intent to stop updating and distributing the Flash Player.

2020: Flash will officially become unsupported.

  Most people are pretty excited about this. Some headlines from when the news broke included:

  “ADOBE FINALLY KILLS FLASH DEAD” (Wired.com)

“So long, Flash: Adobe will kill plug-in by 2020” (CNN.com)

Flash Is Dead (Thank God) – What’s Next? (AndPlus.com)

  However, as you can see from that last headline, the death of Flash has generated a few questions. 

  Specifically for our industry, this shift has many eLearning professionals wondering: “Where will that leave my eLearning curriculum when Adobe Flash burns out?”

  And that, my friends, is why we created Flash Finder

.

  Flash Finder acts as your own personal assistant by scouring the files on your LMS, crawling through years and years of courses to locate any Flash-related files. Our solution can save you hours and hours of tedious searching, allowing you to focus on more important things—like figuring out who keeps stealing your yogurt from the office fridge.

  This nifty tool generates detailed reports with the info you need to create a fact-based action plan to tackle any Flash files lurking in your LMS. Flash Finder provides an indispensable way to quickly catalog any Flash files doomed to irrelevance.

  Depending on your LMS, Flash Finder reports can include:

  Data on when the Flash files were uploaded,

who uploaded them,

course ID numbers,

the last time courses were accessed,

the authoring tool they were created with,

and more!

  Sounds like magic, right?

  Alas, we are not wizards. But we ARE dedicated to helping you become eLearning Rockstars in every way. Don’t let obsolete software catch you or your learners by surprise next year. Flash Finder is here to save the day.

  Contact our Custom Solutions team to learn more about Flash Finder.

  Custom Solutions

  from Free Online Courses https://elearningbrothers.com/blog/flash-finder-is-here-to-save-the-day/

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eLBX Online Day 28 – How to Develop Accessible eLearning

  eLearning developer Dan Frazee joined us today to share some step-by-step methods essential to developing accessible courses. In the webinar, he demonstrated where to find the accessibility settings in each of the top three authoring tools—Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, and Lectora.

  Dan showed how to:

  set tab order,

create alt tags,

add closed captions,

and more!

  Know Your Audit

  In addition, one big tip Dan shared with the audience was to “know your audit.” This was a bit of a play on Nancy’s tip “know your audience” from yesterday. Dan highly recommends figuring out early on—if you can—who will be auditing your content, how strict they are, and what tools they’ll be using to test your content.

  Here at eLearning Brothers, we try to test our custom development projects as early on in the process as we can, so we aren’t blindsided at the final audit by content that isn’t accessible. Dan shared that pretty much everyone we’ve been audited by has used a paid version of JAWS screen reader. Don’t despair—there is a free version available! However, the free version does have a time limit to how long you can use it. Therefore, it’s good to make sure all your content is ready before you start. The free JAWS download provides a great way to test your own accessible courses.

  Wrapping Up

  Today’s webinar was a great way to finish up our series on developing accessible courses. Tomorrow we dive into Unique Ways to Create Interactivity in Storyline.

  Come back Friday for this week’s recordings and any handouts. In the meantime, register for more upcoming webinars below or check out last week’s archive on using eLearning templates and assets.

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eLBX Online Day 27 – How to Design Accessible eLearning

  Are you committed to delivering accessible eLearning, but not sure where or how to start? You might be surprised by how many others are in that same boat!

  In this webinar, Instructional Designer Nancy Reyes walked attendees through the essentials of designing accessible eLearning courses including:

  • Who is your audience? �� What does “accessible” mean to your organization or client? • Navigation considerations • What is alt text and how should you use it? • Should you use images and when? • Transcripts and closed captioning

  During the webinar, Nancy showed examples from real courses of each of these accessible design elements. Her examples showed that just because a course is accessible, doesn’t mean it has to boring.

  Nancy recommended the WebAIM Contrast Checker for eLearning developers wanting to make sure their courses have enough color contrast to be accessible to learners with visual impairments. She also talked about how to write a good alt tag, the importance of tab order, and keeping links and hotspots big enough for learners using assistive devices instead of a computer mouse or their hands.

  Recordings and any handouts will be posted on Friday. In the meantime, register for more upcoming webinars below or check out last week’s archive on using eLearning templates and assets.

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eLBX Online Day 26 – A Beginner’s Guide to 508 Compliance

We are in the final week of eLBX Online! Today we kicked things off with a bang with guest Laura Silver, Chief Operating Officer at Trivantis. This session studied the goals and results of designing and developing eLearning for usability versus accessibility. Laura covered the basics of Accessibility, Section 508 compliance, and WCAG.

What Is Accessibility?

Accessibility means that people with disabilities can equally perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with websites and tools. It also means they can contribute equally without barriers.

  WCAG

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines state that content should be:

Perceivable

Operable

Understandable

Robust

  Section 508 Compliance

Section 508 is a US federal law that requires “information and communication technology” to be accessible to employees with disabilities. In January 2018 these rules were updated to more closely align with the aforementioned WCAG guidelines.

  Usability

Usability is about designing products to be effective, efficient, and satisfactory to use. When we combine accessibility and usability, we arrive at the concept of universal design, which is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. Universal design is all about inclusion for everyone.

  Laura shared 10 practical approaches to designing for accessibility and usability.

Consistent Navigation

Transcripts & Captions

Keyboard Only Support

Form Labels

Color Contrast

Straightforward Language

Chunk Content with Markup

Descriptive Links

Focus States

Color Isn’t Used Alone

  The best way to test accessibility in your eLearning is to unplug your mouse and see if you can navigate through your entire course with your keyboard only.

-Laura Silver

Here are some additional 508 compliance and accessibility resources:

Section 508

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview

Usability

Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)

Web Accessibility In Mind (WebAIM)

  Recordings and any handouts will be posted on Friday. In the meantime, register for more upcoming webinars below or check out last week’s archive on using eLearning templates and assets.

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eLBX Online Day 24 – Adding the Human Element to eLearning

As instructional designers, we talk a lot about adding the “human element” to our training, but what does it really mean? Is it more than just having an image of our narrator on the screen? Yes, it is! There’s a lot more to the human element than you might think.

  In this webinar, Dr. David Christiansen walked attendees through sample courses that don’t quite implement the human element and together they brainstormed ways to effectively add a human element.

  Dave shared 7 specific approaches to adding the human element.

  Aesthetics

“Why I Should Care”

Leveling

“Learner-centric”

Gamification/Competition

Humor

“What Do You Think?”

Let’s dive into each approach.

  Aesthetics

Dave was careful to remind attendees that aesthetics is more than just imagery. When considering aesthetics, consider how narration, audio effects, and images work together to create that truly human element of your course.

  “Why I Should Care”

For this one, really think about what’s the best way to get learners to care about the training topic.

  Leveling

While this isn’t feasible for all training programs, factoring in your learners’ previous experience and knowledge is a great way to customize your content. Allowing learners to test out of training they already know can really increase morale.

  “Learner-centric”

This approach lets learners control which sections they take in what order and opt out of sections they might know already. It can increase engagement and learner appreciation.

  Gamification/Competition

People inherently like to be challenged, which makes gamification a great way to add in a human element and motivate learners.

  Humor

If your company culture allows it, adding relevant humor to a slide here and there can lighten up your learning and boost engagement. Make sure you don’t stray into sarcasm, however, or make light of serious situations.

  “What Do You Think?”

Add opportunities for the learner to share their input or think critically about a topic.

  And now you’re ready to add a human element to your next eLearning course!

  This week of eLBX Online is all about using eLearning assets to speed up your development. Recordings will be posted on Friday. In the meantime, register for more upcoming webinars below or check out last week’s archive.

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Captivate 2017 Courses Now Available in Customizable Courseware

  We’ve been growing our Customizable Courseware Safety library! Bigger is better, amirite?! Each of these courses includes eLearning Course Materials and Instructor Led Training Materials. In addition, each course is both SCORM and xAPI compliant, built with a responsive design, and built natively in the tool. Let’s take a look at some of these newest beauties—now available in Captivate.

  Back Safety and Injury Prevention

    This course on how to take care of your back will help you eliminate or reduce back injury hazards. This course has been around for some time for Storyline 3 and 360, but we’re now releasing it for Captivate 2017 users! 

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  Personal Protective Equipment

    After completing this course, your learners will understand the requirements for their equipment, and know how to select the appropriate items for different parts of their bodies. This course has also been released in Storyline 3 and 360, as well as Captivate 2017. 

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  Stairways and Ladders

    Walk under them and you get bad luck. If you need more information about that in regards to safety around stairways and ladders, then this awesome course is for you. Available in Storyline 3 and 360, and now in Captivate 2017.

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    Scaffolding

    Guardrails aren’t just for the highway. In this course, you’ll teach your learners the basic scaffold requirements, how to use fall protection and guardrails, and other employee training requirements. Available in Storyline 3 and 360, and now in Captivate 2017.

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    Respiratory Safety

    Breathe in, breathe out. There’s more to healthy air than that. After this course your learners will understand the basics of respiratory hazards and protection. Available in Storyline 3 and 360, and now in Captivate 2017.

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    HazCom: Your Right to Understand

    This OSHA standard course teaches your learners how hazardous chemicals affect the body, the GHS compliant product labels, Safety Data Sheets and where to find them, and more. Available in Storyline 3 and 360, and now in Captivate 2017.

View Course 

  Schedule a free demo to see Customizable Courseware in action.

  Customizable Courseware

  from Free Online Courses https://elearningbrothers.com/blog/captivate-2017-courses-now-available-in-customizable-courseware/

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eLBX Online Day 23 – Using Characters and Scenarios in eLearning

  A well-written scenario makes learning personal by inviting your learners to practice real-world challenges and apply what they’ve learned in a safe environment. In this webinar, eLearning Brothers Senior Product Manager Chris Willis joined us to talk about using characters and scenarios in eLearning development.

  Today, Chris Willis covered:

  1. The Role of Training Scenarios

  Chris challenged attendees with the question “Why use scenarios?” Here are some of their responses:

To make it relevant and realistic

A narrative is a powerful way to transfer knowledge

Helps learners understand the WHY

It’s just more fun!

  2. Seven Rules for Effective Scenarios

  Make a Mental Connection

Model Real Life

Connect to Outcomes

Right Size

Get Real

First Things First

Get the Facts

  3. How You Can Use eLearning Brothers Conversation Starter Templates to Author More Engaging Scenarios

  Chris walked attendees through different conversation starter templates available in the eLearning Brothers Library. Attendees got a chance to brainstorm different uses for each template. It was inspiring to see the wide variety of topics different people envisioned for just one template.

  Open Q&A From the Webinar

  In the Q&A at the end of the webinar, an attendee asked, “Do you have any guidance in terms of how much information should be provided in feedback to support the decision the learner made?”

Chris responded with my new favorite quote: “Feedback should be like a pair of shorts—long enough to cover the topic but short enough to keep it interesting.”

  Another attendee asked about research supporting the theory that using characters can improve learning retention or make for better scenarios.

One source is The Personalization Principle by Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard E. Mayer, which shows that learning is more effective when it uses conversational style and virtual coaches. This concept is also touched upon in an article in Learning Solutions Magazine (page 7).

  Thanks for a great webinar, Chris!

  This week of eLBX Online is all about using eLearning assets to speed up your development.

  Recordings will be posted on Friday. In the meantime, register for more upcoming webinars below or check out last week’s archive.

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Early Bird Pricing Available for eLBX Live

Back for its second year, eLBX Live will feature more sessions.

  The eLearning Brothers announced the return of their popular user conference extravaganza, eLBX Live, coming this June 10 in Salt Lake City. eLBX Live is co-located with Learning DevCamp. Early bird pricing for both events is available until April 5, 2019.

  “We’re kicking things off with a rock ‘n roll twist this year, and adding a fourth track to the afternoon sessions,” said Andrew Scivally, Co-founder and CEO of eLearning Brothers. “Attendees can expect a high-energy, interactive keynote presentation from award-winning speaker—and drummer—Clint Pulver and presentations from even more industry leaders and experts at eLBX Live 2019.”

  Keynote speaker Clint Pulver is the founder of The Center for Employee Retention, the “Undercover Millennial” program, and the UVU Drumline the Green Man Group. He was recently featured in Business Q Magazine as one of their Top 40 under 40 Corporate Keynote Speakers.

  This year’s afternoon tracks include Learning Strategies, Learning Technologies, Interactivity and Engagement, and a Learning Showcase. Thought leaders from across the industry will be presenting, including Dr. Michael Noble, Chief Learning Strategist of The Training Associates and well-known members of the eLearning Brothers team.

  eLBX Live also offers the opportunity to meet one-on-one with the eLearning Brothers award-winning custom team.

  “We love meeting with training professionals and talking about learning strategies, performance development, and how eLearning Brothers can help you achieve your training goals with innovative learning solutions,” said Todd Cummings, the eLearning Brothers custom managing director.

  eLBX Live and Learning DevCamp 2019 are located at the University of Utah Guest House Hotel & Conference Center. eLBX kicks off the conference week on June 10, 2019 and Learning DevCamp continues June 11-13, 2019. Both events are packed with breakout sessions, panel presentations, hands-on learning, and more.

  “eLearning Brothers offers learning and development professionals so many resources to help them become eLearning Rockstars—from pre-built layouts, games, and interactions to Customizable Courseware to customized eLearning solutions and training strategies. eLBX Live is another extension of that,” said Scivally. “We can’t wait to welcome everyone back to Salt Lake City for industry-leading presentations, one-on-one networking with your peers, and some outside-the-box entertainment.”

  More information about eLBX can be found at the eLBX Live page. Take advantage of the early bird registration rate on the Learning DevCamp site.

  About eLearning Brothers

eLearning Brothers is on a mission to create “eLearning Rockstars” by providing the planet’s largest and most interactive library of assets for rapid eLearning content development. eLearning Brothers is also creating award-winning custom eLearning and now has the world’s first and only customizable courseware library available.

  About Learning DevCamp

Learning DevCamp is an event dedicated to teaching, discussing and collaborating about how to create learning solutions from content to tools to platforms. We understand that today’s design and development revolves around instructor-led, online delivery, mobile and performance support tools.

from Free Online Courses https://elearningbrothers.com/blog/early-bird-pricing-available-for-elbx-live/

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eLBX Online Day 22 – How and When to Use eLearning Assets

With millions of eLearning assets to choose from, getting started with the eLearning Brothers Library can be a bit overwhelming. Today, Andrew Vass discussed best practices that can help you more efficiently find the assets you’re looking for, edit them to fit your needs, and incorporate them in your training to take it to the next level.

  Andrew covered:

  Editing Images in Photoshop

  Andrew showed how to change a cutout character’s shirt color in Photoshop. This is a great way to modify a cutout character to look more like he or she is wearing your company uniform, for example.    

Creating Video Intros in After Effects

  While most authoring tools allow you to create intro animations and videos, they are somewhat limited and won’t necessarily give you the “wow” factor you want. In the eLearning Brothers Stock Assets Video Library, we offer After Effects templates that you can edit to make a professional-looking intro video.

  Editing Graphics in Illustrator

  Finally, Andrew showed attendees how to edit an SVG icon from our Icon Library using Illustrator. For more Illustrator tips, check out this blog: Recoloring Complex Artwork in Illustrator.

  We’re focusing on using eLearning assets to speed up your development this week. Recordings will be posted on Friday.

In the meantime, register for more upcoming webinars below or check out last week’s archive.

  mLearning Archive

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Come See Us at Learning Solutions!

Our very own Marty Rosenheck, Director, Talent Development Consulting is presenting this week at Learning Solutions 2019 in Orlando, Florida.

His session is called “Case Study: Designing an Integrated Learning Strategy” and you can catch him Wednesday afternoon from 4:00 – 5:00 PM in Salon 13.

Marty is sharing a case study featuring a major hospital system that was building a new hospital. Nurses, physicians, and hospital staff had to prepare to work effectively, confidently, and safely to provide an excellent patient experience on day one. They had to navigate new spaces; implement new workflows and policies; use new equipment, a new electronic medical records system, and a new communications system; and employ new safety and security procedures.

How do you enable busy employees to learn a large and complex set of critical skills in a limited time?

In this case study session, you’ll see how the hospital used an integrated, multifaceted learning strategy to make the move a success. The key was to design and build a systematic set of learning experiences using technology appropriately, guided by sound learning science principles. You’ll learn how to create role-based learning paths that employ eLearning, video, hands-on labs and workshops, online and live simulations, mobile learning and performance support, and fun reinforcement activities. These are based on learning experience design principles including design thinking, active learning, spaced practice, scenarios, and on-demand content. Finally, you’ll see how to implement an iterative, collaborative design and development process that involves internal L&D professionals, hospital leaders and staff, SME-developed content, and external consultants.

If you’re attending Learning Solutions, be sure to attend Marty’s session and say hi to us on the expo floor! If you’re not attending the conference, but are interested in how we can help you develop your learning strategies, give our custom team a ring.

  Custom Solutions

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eLBX Online Day 21 – What Can the eLearning Brothers Asset Library Do for You?

  In today’s webinar, Clara Cummings, Manager of Customer Success and Raul Lazo, Senior Account Executive joined us to reveal 3 different ways the libraries can help you become an eLearning Rockstar. Whether you’re a beginner developer or an experienced ID, the eLearning Brothers libraries can help you create and build content faster and more efficiently.

Inspiration

Browsing our templates and interactions is sure to inspire your next project! We give you the source files—you can edit templates to match your company’s branding guidelines or learn how we built interactions and then use that in your next project.

Additional Resources

In addition to the eLearning Template Library, we have asset libraries like the PowerPoint Graphic Library or the Stock Asset Library that you can use to create bonus material for your learners or even just awesome looking monthly reports for your team.

Another great resource is the Icon Library. This asset library is packed with different styles of icons, from black and white to color to vector to hand-drawn styles. These can be downloaded as SVG files and easily edited in PowerPoint!

Icons can be sorted by category and style.

  Save Time

Clara and Raul also broke down how much time you can save developing with assets like Course Starters and Cutout People.

  This week’s recordings will be posted on Friday. In the meantime, register for more upcoming webinars below or check out last week’s archive.

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