E-Learning Pros Instructional Design

07/10/2018

You've heard about "micro learning" right?

How do you define Micro Learning?

Listen in to this episode of the Lounge Podcast with our guest JD Dillon as we discuss learning strategies to solve real business problems.

Microlearning is more than small chunks of learning. JD Dillon joins me to chat about how microlearning should be "learning that fits".

07/03/2018

When was the last time someone dropped a learning project on you and let you know it was:
💡 a priority
💡 due yesterday

These things happen. We need to meet the tight deadlines and demands of a client in crisis. We do our best to solve the problem, change the behaviour and meet the needs identified by our clients. But what happens when you really don't have the time, resources and/or budget?

Listen in to this week's episode of the Lounge Podcast. Mark Sheppard tells his story about a short-notice project with the Royal Canadian Airforce.

Lots of great take-a-ways and lessons learned from this one!

Dealing with a short-notice elearning project? Get some great lessons learned from someone who has been in the trenches and has a story to tell!

06/26/2018

When was the last time you thought about your own professional development?

Did you attend a conference or seminar? Sign up for an industry specific webinar? Read a book on a new topic?

Did you know that listening to podcasts can be considered professional development?

The latest episode of the Lounge Podcast is live! I talk about how I'm getting my fill of professional development in 2018. What are you doing?

What are you doing to develop your skills, improve performance and learn new things? This episode, find out how I invest in professional development.

06/12/2018

Another great episode today of the Lounge Podcast ... Virtual learning teams! As a manager or team member, you work together to make a virtual team a success.

Listen in as Shelli Warren, a team building and leadership expert tasks about how to make virtual teams work for you!

www.theloungepodcast.com

05/31/2018

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05/31/2018

It is important to remember that corporate training should be designed to solve a business problem. It should not be a content dump, or a 2 hour session "just because".

Talk with your instructional design team about how the training you think you need will solve a real problem and back it up with a measurable result.

Don't have a team? Reach out to me and let the e-Learning Pros Instructional Design team will help!

05/22/2018

Do you need narration and voice-over work in your e-learning projects? Listen in to this episode of the Lounge Podcast as my guest Josh Risser and I discuss voice-over best practices and how to find a pro to meet your project needs.

http://www.theloungepodcast.com/004-voiceover-artistry/

05/15/2018

Personal Learning Network... Do you have one? If not, it's time to get started!

The latest episode of is a lively discussion with my friend Cara North. We talk about what a PLN is why you need one and how you can get started. Give it a listen and let me know what your PLN looks like!

Let's get into the details about what a personal learning network is and how you can make one work for you. Cara and I both enjoy our extensive PLNs and we know you will too.

05/09/2018

Have you ever considered the concept of "working out loud" or "showing your work"?

There can be incredible benefits to sharing what you are working on with your personal learning network to gain feedback, get ideas, help you over a hurdle or challenge and to test out your progress. One of my friends Cara North has put together a cool 6 week instructional design challenge.

This can be used for more than instructional design, it can be UX, coding, game-play design, graphic design - whatever YOU are working on.

I'll be sharing updates for my project on the e-Learning Pros Instructional Design blog. you can find the blog at http://www.e-learningpro.com/blog.

Link to Cara's challenge is in the comments.

05/04/2018

The first episode of The Lounge Podcast launched this week.

My conversation was with Mike Taylor, a phenom with content curation.

In this episode Mike introduced me to a couple of tools to help me streamline my content curation process. Listen in - and let us know what tools you use to curate your incredible resources.

I’d love for you to listen to my new podcast about corporate learning – The Learning Lounge on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-lounge-podcast/id1375351606?mt=2
or online at http://www.theloungepodcast.com

Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes of The Lounge Podcast by Jacqueline Hutchinson for free.

04/22/2018

Great news! The Lounge Podcast is launching May 1, 2018. The teaser episode is live now. We're just waiting for the approval from Apple, GooglePlay and Spotify, but we hope you'll come and listen! http://www.theloungepodcast.com

12/09/2016

Do you use humour/humor in your courses? Several scholarly articles discuss the benefits of using humour/humor to reinforce a concept that was "just" being discussed/taught. Here is one such Higher Ed article.

Personally, I do find I remember the things that evoke an emotional response such as making me laugh out loud, gasp, react with disgust or horror... those things stick.

What sticks for you?

Humor in educational settings serves a variety of positive functions beyond simply making people laugh. But does humor promote student learning?