eLearning and Multimedia Designer Ireland
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Desktop Calendar and monthly planner for January 2022
It is time to update the desktop calendar – I am sharing a downloadable calendar that you can use as screen background. With PDF version of the calendar and the monthly planner available via email.
December 29, 2021
Factors Influencing eLearning Engagement
There are many factors that directly or indirectly affect and influence Learners’ engagement. Our role as a learning designer or educator is to challenge Learners by creating tasks that leverage creativity, reflection, strategic, and critical thinking skills. In this post I focus on Encouraging self-directed Learning, Communication, Course design and structure, Course usefulness and relevance and wisely choosing tools and technologies.
November 30, 2021
Motivate Online Adult Learners – Gilly Salmon’s model
There are various tactics to consider, but one element you can not afford to leave out is addressing learners’ motivation. Motivated students learn more effectively and are more actively involved in the learning experience. Today, I want to look at Gilly Salmon’s 5 Stage Model and how you can use it.
November 17, 2021
Motivate busy Adult Learners – ARCS Model
When this course is specifically targeted at adult learners, it must take into account their characteristics. To a certain degree, it will also need to overcome some of the barriers that adult learners might face in their learning journey. In this article, I will talk about motivation strategies you can incorporate in your course using the ARCS Model.
November 9, 2021
The skeletons in my learning design closet
It’s Halloween season, and there’s no better time than now to admit that my learning design closet is like a scene from Poltergeist. These ghosts and skeletons haunt me every day, and I’m sure they’ll give Chucky a run for his spookiness.
October 26, 2021
Recording audio for online courses – a few technical tips
Knowing a few of the technical aspects of audio and video recording before getting started is critical. The last thing needed is to get video or audio recorded, and during playback, the sound if not of use. In this post I talk about Metering, Levels, Audio formats and the importance of the decent quality headphones.
October 19, 2021
Use Digital Portfolios to Showcase Your e-Learning and Creative Projects
Let’s face it—in this world we’re living in, even if you’re not creative, you need a user-friendly digital platform where you can easily share and showcase your skills or potential. Using an online tool to
September 28, 2021
Adult Learners – their characteristics & needs
Adult Learning or Andragogy is a theory developed by Malcolm Knowles in 1968. He studied how adults learn and how it differs from children. His approach revolves around ‘the notion that adults learn best in informal..
August 7, 2021
Diana Laurilliard’s six learning types – the summary and examples
The six learning types or different engagement types are the activities that you can include in your online or traditional training. They were introduced and popularised by Professor Diana Laurillard from the University College London and are widely used in curriculum planning.
May 17, 2021
Six Learning Types and Storyboarding Cards to Download.
The flip book outlines each of the six learning types. The cards also have prompts and examples of online activities. They can be very helpful when creating courses and can be used by anyone – even those with no prior learning design experience. I have…
April 7, 2021
