There were exceptional challenges in the past that pushed the might of the American workforce to its optimal capacity. The catalyst for all this was training and the new StyleLearn Origins podcast brings you these powerful lessons.
Instructional Designers or IDs are in need of several skills which are often not developed in academic programs and are only gained by work experience. Even then, IDs have a propensity to be “techie” in their talk about project requirements and may often mimic the behaviors of an Information Technology or IT professional. You know, […]
Synapse is a learning experience design tool for documenting the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation or ADDIE process of instructional design. As an instructional designer, I always struggled with limited resources to document all stages of a learning project. Often this meant having to manually deal with content versions, shared drives, spreadsheets, and other resources. In […]
Best practices have a common popularity among business people. This is a great way to incite quality work but, it’s also easy to see how Learning and Development (L&D) may have trouble identifying what those best practices consist of. Therefore, in good StyleLearn fashion, here are some great worst practices with the hope of enabling […]
Instructor Led Training (ILT) is still vibrant and dominating the Learning and Development (L&D) landscape. However, there are many reasons ILT is the worst, most inefficient and effective way to transfer knowledge and skills. The only edge ILT has on any other learning medium is the human aspect and the ability to ask questions ad […]
Online training or Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) has gained tremendous popularity for its cost reducing advantages and the ability to accommodate large audiences across geographical boundaries. However, here’s yet another learning technology that has been abused and poorly utilized to maximize learning opportunities. In most instances, VILT is delivered as a passive learning experience […]
Robert Gagné (1916-2002) gave us many concepts surrounding the learning process in adults. However, his most significant contribution to all of us in the Learning and Development (L&D) world is known as “Gagné’s 9 Events of Instruction”. Whether you are a Subject Matter Expert (SME) who is or wants to become a trainer, any training course […]
Instructure is the company responsible for one of the most revolutionizing Learning Management Systems (LMS) in Higher Education: Canvas! Now the company takes on the business world head on with its newest LMS solution aptly named Bridge. StyleLearn had an exclusive view of Bridge at Instructure’s headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. The following is […]
Learning objectives are a critical piece of any course or learning activity involving adults. They are preliminary statements providing adult learners with clear guidance (when written effectively) about the expected outcome of their involvement in the learning activity. One can then assume that their primary purpose is to inform the learner. However, learning objectives have […]
Instructional Designers are a very misunderstood occupational breed, That’s why I was glad to see that this week’s ELearning Heroes Challenge #67 was to record a podcast to answer a set of questions driven to provide new insight to those not familiar with the skills and responsibilities of an Instructional Designer (ID). Traditionally, IDs have […]
Nowadays, the average learner spends as much as 30% of their day interacting with a mobile device. According to ExactTarget.com’s 2014 Mobile Behavior Report “Smartphone users spent an average 3.3 hrs and tablet users 3.1 hrs per day on their respective devices”. Talent, training and learning development professionals can maximize on the focus and attention […]
So, I’ve been toying with the idea of developing an eLearning experience that records only interactions. Imagine training your staff through case scenarios that are presented in game format, no need for boring static content and making your new hires solve situations through simulations of the real world. Is currently just a beta project for […]
It’s hard to find ways to continue to learn about Information Technology (IT) without going bankrupt or settling for old (outdated) training at an affordable price. If you are like me and learning is the joyful process of jamming as much knowledge as possible in the vast storage space that we have for brains; then […]
Here’s something to share with my fellow Trainers and Instructional Designers out there. PowerPoint slides can be creatively used to compliment your training environment and help interact by providing the following: Timed Q&A slides for quick answers on the spot Exam slide counting down from 45 minutes Other timer slides counting down from 20, 15 and […]
The training industry is a very trend-driven community feeding of any concept or theorem by linking them to buzzwords such as “e-learning”, “m-learning”, “blended learning” and of course “learning styles”. The latter has been the recent focus of many researchers, bloggers and even has made the January 2014 issue of T + D magazine published […]
The Successive Approximation Model or SAM is the latest and greatest proposal in Instructional Systems Design (ISD) getting significant fanfare by the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD). However, if you are a learning professional, leader, trainer or instructional designer you have probably heard of ADDIE as “The” instructional design model to follow for more […]
