David Kelly’s Curated L&D Content for the Week of 4/25/22

I read through a number of articles and blog posts each day as part of my professional development. Each week, I curate a few of my favorites, including a brief introduction explaining why I find the post to be of value, and recommend you read it.

Here’s a summary of this week’s content:

• Elearning lessons from the world of exercise
• Strategies to support upskilling of your workforce
• Tips on how to make your visuals more effective
• Ways to make microlearning more active
• How to automatically back up your learning program files

What Zumba Taught Me About My eLearning Career
This post by Becky Goldberg touches on two important points. The core of the article explores lessons learned from taking Zumba classes that apply to learning. The second message of the article emphasizes the important role exercise plays in our day-to-day work and health.

6 Strategies to Upskill Your Workforce
Upskilling is one of the hottest terms in L&D. This post by Sagar Goel, J. Puckett, Pablo Claver, and Orsolya Kovacs-Ondrejkovic looks six different ways to better support upskilling in your organization.

Make Helpful Images Not Just Beautiful Ones
Visuals are an important part of elearning projects and can often be the difference between programs that are effective or ineffective. This post by Matt Pierce shares highlights from his interview with Diane Elkins exploring the role visuals play in training programs, and how to ensure the visuals you use are effective.

Short and Sweet: The Educational Benefits of Microlectures and Active Learning
Microlearning is a popular topic, but too few conversations on the topic go beyond just making content shorter. This post by Hua Zheng looks not just at how to create short video content, but also at the types of activities that can make those short videos more impactful.

How to Automatically Back up Your Course Files
There are few things more aggravating than losing a file and all of the work that went into it. This post by Tom Kuhlmann provides valuable tips on how to automate the backup of your work files.

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