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How long does it take to create learning? | Bryan Chapman Basic ratios for developing learning content, from 34:1 for ILT to 750:1 for simulations. (That’s 34 hours of development for 1 hour of instructor-led training.) Compiled from multiple Brandon Hall research reports. tags: instructionaldesign, projectmanagement, e-learning Content Migrations: Options, Strategies and Faux Pas Collection of articles about content migration. Even though this is about general CMS migrations and not specific to e-learning, most of this is relevant to e-learning and converting from one LMS ...

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Research proves our way is best It is becoming more common for e-learning suppliers to justify their methods with reference to research from educational psychology or the brain sciences. This is no bad thing: we are more credible as learning designers if we sensibly apply research from our field. However, there is a real danger that we over simplify the research findings, misapply them or allow them to fool us that there is a best approach. For example, We have seen companies justify the importance of imagery in e-learning with reference to the Dual Encoding theory. This research ...

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