Nipping tension in the bud! Developing learning experiences is a creative process that involves listening actively, working together as a team, and, ultimately, delivering a solution that matches project requirements. As with all collaborative processes, there might be points of conflict as each party strives to listen, understand,and deliver expectations. Managing conflict is not just … Read more
We’ve been inspired lately by some of the articles and videos that compare learning with marketing, suggesting that in the learning and development industry (L&D), we would do well to incorporate some of the core marketing concepts into our learning projects.
As we know, different people learn differently. Some people thrive in collaborative environments where they work with their peers to solve challenges, while others prefer to explore a topic independently online. No matter how someone prefers to learn, it’s a good idea to provide content in a range of formats for different purposes.
Tips for weaving together Articulate Storyline and Rise Articulate boasts one of the most popular authoring tools on the market today, and here at Like-Minded both Storyline and Rise frequently deliver to our clients’ needs. As a developer, it has been fun experimenting with triggers, layer, settings, activities, block and publishing settings. Many users barely … Read more
2020 has been tough – especially for NZ’s many small business owners. It’s a year where many organisations have had to change the way they do business to survive. If you’re busier than ever – that’s great. But for a lot of businesses, this hasn’t been the case and they haven’t made it to the … Read more
Before the advent of pen and paper, knowledge was passed from generation to generation through storytelling. For our ancestors, they were a valuable form of record keeping and yet the art of storytelling has taken a back seat in our current everyday life. Today, we often think of stories as being made up and yet, … Read more
It’s an old quote that’s still true – it’s not easy to get your message across in a few words. But, that’s exactly what we need to do in online learning – make complex ideas bite sized to engage learners and fit the parameters of development tools. More recently, American writing guru William Zinsser claimed … Read more
Many things are changing about the way we work in the wake of COVID-19. For some organisations, that has meant a rapid shift to developing training for online delivery, rather than the traditional face-to-face approach. It’s an exciting challenge but developing for online delivery requires different skills. If you’re the lone learning professional, or you … Read more
Even before the pandemic, the learning industry was in a period of rapid, technology-led change. This is even more evident as we settle into the post-lockdown period, but improved learning outcomes cannot be achieved by new technology alone. What we know for sure is that not all business problems can be solved by a technical … Read more