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Debbie Willis2/26/24 12:00 AM

A Scientific Approach to Education Programs Has a Positive Impact on Learners’ Job Performance & Career Advancement

Why do people invest their time and money in education programs? Because they want to ...
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Debbie Willis7/3/23 12:00 AM

19 Ways to Make Asynchronous Online Courses More Engaging and Effective

When taking an online asynchronous (on-demand) course, learners don’t have to worry about ...
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Debbie Willis9/19/22 12:00 AM

A Strategy Canvas Helps You Plan and Manage Learning Projects

It’s natural to feel frazzled when you’re in charge of a project that’s way out of your ...
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Debbie Willis9/5/22 12:00 AM

Get to Know, Practice & Implement a Product Development Cycle

Associations need a strategy and process for developing new educational products, ...
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Debbie Willis2/28/22 12:00 AM

Learning Science Made Easy: Use Action Mapping to Help Learners Improve Job Performance

We’re big on differentiators. We’re always on the lookout for ideas to help you design ...
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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 Willis2/1/22 12:00 AM

Learning Science Made Easy: Merrill’s Principles of Instruction

If you manage educational programs, a knowledge of learning science can help you ...
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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 Willis12/6/21 12:00 AM

5 Lessons from Online Education Pioneers That Will Improve Your Association’s Online Courses

Back in the ‘90s, several innovative associations were our industry’s online education ...
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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 Willis4/13/20 12:00 AM

Lessons from NIGP: How to Quickly Convert In-Person Courses to Online Courses

NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement had more than 100 in-person, one- to three-day ...
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