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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

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Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. In order to do that, you have to think like an instructional designer !

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

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As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Transitioning from SCORM to xAPI

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Although I don’t expect instructional designers to leap from their desk chairs and start dancing in glee, the Department of Defense’s statement is an important symbol of change in the industry. There is no good way of defining this learner interaction in a SCORM authoring tool.

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Learn You Will: #14ntc Nonprofit Tech Training Session Reflection and Resources

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Each of us took on a different aspect of nonprofit technology design and incorporated some interactive exercises. Tobais Eigen captured it on video. Autumn Patterson ( @nerddotorg ) took excellent notes of the key points during the session. The room setup fought with our design, but we managed to make it work.

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E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

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The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

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Free Webinar: Sharing Trainer's Social Media Bag of Tricks and Secrets

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Learning Objectives: Understand why it is important to incorporate social media tools in your instructional practice for trainings. How to think like a social instructional designer. I also try to identify a framework that will help me design the content. Integrating Twitter as A BackChannel into Instruction.

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5 Essential CME LMS Features for Your Healthcare Association

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No one wants to interact with a CME LMS that’s clunky and hard to use. This allows members and your team to interact with your LMS even when not connected to an internet network and simply save the information to the LMS once you’re reconnected. Intuitive Interface for Users and Administrators. Offline use with automatic sync.