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Is it a Game or a Simulation?
As director of editorial development at NexLearn, I get the opportunity to speak and work with some of the most interesting thinkers in the eLearning industry. I want to share a portion of my conversation with Clark Quinn, Executive Director at Quinnovation and author...
Infographic: SMEs – Fact vs. Fiction
Tough Economy Demands Greater Training Commitment
Unfortunately, when company budgets get slashed, one of the first items on the chopping block is training. Employee learning and development is often viewed as a cost center rather than a profit center. And areas not directly linked to revenue generation are typically...
Video Blog: Instructional Design Tips for Working with SMEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XF6K-MSLNc One of the most common questions we are asked here at NexLearn is: What is the best way to get concise, useful information when working with SMEs? In the first of our new series of video blogs, we talked with Patrick...
Training Learners to Fail Forward
When creating a story, writers often face the challenge of putting a character they like through painful situations, prompting experienced authors to encourage their students to “kill your darlings” for the sake of a good story or character development. No growth can...
Six Tips for Translating Your eLearning Course
In our prior blog entries, we addressed considerations you want to make when building a course from scratch if future translation is likely. In this post, we will talk about how to tackle translating an existing course. While there are some considerations in common,...