November 2024

Learning Analytics for Continuous Optimization: How to Use Data to Improve Learning Design

Learning Analytics for Continuous Optimization: How to Use Data to Improve Learning Design

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Education has become increasingly digital, and learning analytics have followed suit. Whether using Blackboard or Moodle, learners leave their blueprint while interacting with course content and materials. Activity logs save this invaluable data that L&D professionals can use to inform their decision-making and course development. However, in the past, learning analytics often received backlash for prioritizing data analysis over the actual learning process.

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User Experience in Learning: How to Apply Design Thinking Principles for Learner-Centric Courses

User Experience in Learning: How to Apply Design Thinking Principles for Learner-Centric Courses

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The time learners spend interacting with the course is time they will never get back. As satiating as it is for an L&D professional to think that time is inherently well-spent, this is only true if those minutes were a good use of learners’ lives. Are these courses well-thought-out, engaging, and informative, and do they put learners at the center of their design? Do they represent the optimal use of learners’ time?

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Iterative Design Process: How to Embrace a Test-and-Learn Approach in Course Development

Iterative Design Process: How to Embrace a Test-and-Learn Approach in Course Development

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Traditional models, such as ADDIE and Dick and Carrey, and their core features are foundational in instructional design. However, newer approaches can address contemporary learning environments and technologies just as well. As changes are happening at a different speed in the 2020s, consider embracing them rather than waiting for the right moment. The best is always to start now

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Agile Project Management in Instructional Design: How to Streamline Processes for Efficiency and Innovation

Agile Project Management in Instructional Design: How to Streamline Processes for Efficiency and Innovation

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Instructional designers work within a fast-paced environment where technologies change at a stunning speed. The need to be able to adapt to transformations requires learning materials that can remain current and relevant. As a result, many started exploring the agile methodology, which has its roots in the software development industry. There, the agile approach had already proved successful in managing complex projects due to its flexibility, high quality, customer satisfaction, and risk mitigation.

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