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You Decide! Interactivity in New Media

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If you weren’t able to attend my conference sessions and are curious about the benefits of using this type of learning, you can watch a recording of a webinar I presented recently on this topic). Luckily for instructional designers, the field seems to be in step with the implementation of branching scenarios in other sorts of media.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Group Polling Techniques and Tools and Incorporating Movement

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see above) It is designed to be used in face-to-face workshops and conferences. When thinking about adding mobile/online polling to a training, you have to think like an instructional designer for it be effective. It does close-ended questions and displays a bar chart or can also create a word cloud.

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Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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For example, just a few weeks ago I decided to kick a bad habit to curb: sleeping with my mobile phone which was disrupting my sleep. In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. I did it!

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What Does an eLearning Consultant Do? The Complete Guide

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This includes keeping your LMS up and running smoothly and providing end-user, after-hours, and overflow live phone support. From investing in upgraded LMS technology to creating a learning business plan to instructional design, each task involves a specific skill set that the average association professional may not have.

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Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop

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He reminded us that April 3rd was the 40th anniversary of the first mobile phone and today the mobile audience in the US is 89% of adults and 51% smartphones and 31% tablets. ” He went into details about how people consume or share content via mobile phones vs tablets. Instructional Design Notes. Sample survey.

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Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

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The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. The second session used a conferencing software that allowed the whole group to break into small group discussions on the phone line. If you deliver training on webinar platforms, you need to understand how people learn.

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Reflections from Arts Leaders Workshop: Resilient Leaders from the Inside/Out

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Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” ” So I set up a series of photos depicting different body language and different situations.