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Slide Makeovers: Before and After

June 6, 2022 1 Comment

Reading Time: 13 minutes This post presents seven slide makeovers with before and after examples and design tips you can apply to your slides.

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How To Be More Creative: 10 Activities to Try

May 30, 2022 No Comments

Reading Time: 7 minutes This post explores how to be more creative and shares ten activities you can start doing now to give your creative muscles a boost.

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Copyright and Fair Use for L&D

May 23, 2022 2 Comments

Reading Time: 2 minutes In this post, which links to an eLearning course, you’ll learn about copyright and Fair Use, including four factors courts consider.

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Should You Be a Freelancer or an Agency?

May 16, 2022 1 Comment

Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’re going out on your own, you may be wondering whether to be a freelancer or an agency. This post shares 5 factors to consider.

Road Trip Lessons: Instructional Design Elements for Better Learning

May 9, 2022 No Comments

Reading Time: 9 minutes This post summarizes lessons from a road trip, resulting in five instructional design elements for better learning experiences.

Recap of the Training, Learning, and Development Community's eLearning Tools Summit, by guest blogger Connie Schreibeis. Photo of a tool belt full of tools.

eLearning Tools: A TLDC Event Recap

May 2, 2022 2 Comments

Reading Time: 5 minutes This post, written by guest blogger Connie Schreibeis, recaps TLDC’s eLearning Tools summit 2022 and provides resources for effectively using eLearning software and apps.

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Virtual vs. In-Person Training: Which is Better?

April 25, 2022 1 Comment

Reading Time: 4 minutes This post examines virtual versus in-person training and what the research says about the factors that affect learning outcomes.

Designing for Neurodiverse Learners

April 18, 2022 6 Comments

Reading Time: 6 minutes This post shares six tips for designing for neurodiverse learners, an important part of building an inclusive culture and implementing UDL.

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Accessibility Checklist for Storyline

April 11, 2022 No Comments

Reading Time: 2 minutes This post provides an editable accessibility checklist for Storyline (as a Google Doc) to verify compliance with WCAG 2.1 standards.

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Being Your Best Self: A TLDC Event Recap

March 21, 2022 No Comments

Reading Time: 8 minutes This post summarizes key takeaways and quotes from the Women of L&D 2022 conference, hosted by The Training and Learning Development Community (TLDC) on March 17 and 18. If you registered for the event, you can still catch the replays by using the event link you were provided. If not, recordings will be posted to the TLDC website in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can see what you missed by reading my recap. There’s a lot to unpack, so this is a long post. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.