Happy New Year! Thanks to all of YOU for your inspiration and insights. It was an absolutely fantastic year! Designing Impact’s 2011 top 10 posts:
Augmented Reality, Future for eLearning? Need an Online Portfolio Fast? Use a Blog Template. Really. Top 10 eLearning Elements: Going from Good to Great Design 7 Brilliant Story-based eLearning Examples: “e” is for emotional, experiential Wait! Before Starting a New Learning Design Project, Answer These 5 Questions Amazing “Virtual” eLearning: Learner Isn’t Told Story….They’re Part of It Page-Turning ...

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So, you have a stellar learning designer, project manager, possibly a rock star developer on your elearning project team?  Everyone (even key leaders) is ready to create a compelling learning or performance solution that will change the world or at least some part of your organization.  Crowds will cheer!  Bands will play.  The world will move in slow motion as this brilliant content is catapulted into the wild.  Stop the music.  Before you start, answer ...

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Let’s talk learning design impact. No I mean out-of-this-world impact. Sal Kahn and his team are on a mission to deliver a world-class education to anyone anywhere in the world.  Wait for it….for free. Kahn Academy shares 12-minute lessons on a wide variety of topics using a screen video recorder and pen-writer. Beyond the talk about social learning, LMS’s, and making learning engaging….here’s one man simply sharing lessons…and millions are using them.
What a fantastic example of the ...

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Hemingway once wrote a six-word story. He called it his best work ever.
Someone asked me today, “What do you do?” I replied, “I get people to do X.”
Client says, “We need [target audience] to do X.” Learning Strategist replies:
1/  What is the target audience doing now relative to X? 2/  What will it take to get target audience to do X? 3/  Who are the best people to help support/motivate target audience to do X? 4/  What do the supporters need ...

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