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Debbie Willis8/29/22 12:00 AM

Online Learning Tips for You & Your Members to Take Back to School

As fall approaches, you or your members might head back to school, perhaps taking an ...
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Debbie Willis2/14/22 12:00 AM

Learning Science Made Easy: Fast & Furious Instructional Design with SAM

It doesn’t take long for anyone working in professional development to hear about ADDIE ...
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Debbie Willis1/17/22 12:00 AM

Learning Science Made Easy: Retrieval Practice

Let’s say you encounter a juicy, insightful paragraph while reading an article and think, ...
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Debbie Willis11/22/21 12:00 AM

Learning Science Made Easy: What You Need to Know About ADDIE & Her Agile Alter Ego

Associations are wonderful places to work if you enjoy learning new skills on the job. ...
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Debbie Willis11/8/21 12:00 AM

Learning Science Made Easy: The Original, Revised & Rebuffed Bloom’s Taxonomy

If you spend enough time with educators, you’re bound to hear something about Bloom’s ...
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Debbie Willis10/25/21 12:00 AM

Learning Science Made Easy: Improve the Effectiveness of Education Programs with Gagne’s 9 Events of Instruction

A little knowledge of learning science can have an enormous impact on your association’s ...
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Debbie Willis2/24/20 12:00 AM

How Your Association Can Encourage Learner Self-Reliance

For liberal arts majors, the phrase “self-reliance” might bring back memories of Ralph ...
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Debbie Willis2/10/20 12:00 AM

Teach Members & Customers How to Succeed as an Online Learner

Is learning like riding a bike? You just get going and it all comes back to you before ...
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Debbie Willis1/21/19 12:00 AM

Don’t Believe Myths about Generational Learning Differences

Not so long ago, keynote speakers made a splash by talking about the vast differences ...
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Debbie Willis5/7/18 12:00 AM

12 Ways to Increase Student Participation in Online Discussions

Dozens of studies have come to the same conclusion: online discussions strengthen student ...
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Debbie Willis4/16/18 8:00 AM

10 Benefits of Outsourcing Instructional Design for eLearning Programs

Everyone knows “the way we’ve always done it” is not usually the best way to move ...
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Debbie Willis3/26/18 12:00 AM

8 New Ideas for Engaging Online Students

For many adults, taking a class online is a new learning experience. Even learners with ...
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