š± Mobile learning is the future
š± Mobile learning is the future
Plus the week's best content and news for learning professionals
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š” The Big Idea
What if learning was as easy as using social media?
Today weāre exploring 7taps, an impressive mobile-first eLearning tool!
Like Instagram Storiesā¦ but educational
Learners tap their way through a series of ācardsā to progress through the course. The bite sized courses can be accessed through any mobile browser (no app downloads required).
Youāll get the idea quickly by taking this hilarious Schittās Creek themed course on building trust.
Course creation is a breeze
āCanva for eLearningā is the first thing that comes to mind when opening up the course editor. You donāt need to be an experienced instructional designer to create courses that look stylish.
Courses can include:
Quizzes
Soundbites
GIFs
Links to resources
An āAI Videoā talking head that can speak 40+ languages
Itās hard to figure out if that last feature is impressive or creepyā¦ decide for yourself.
Simple distribution and tracking
Learners access courses via secure link, QR-code, SMS, or email. No app downloads or logins are required, which greatly reduces the friction of getting users to log in to a traditional LMS.
Basic completion and engagement metrics are tracked after a course has been shared. It will be interesting to see if 7taps adds integrations with other LMS tools to encourage adoption by organizations that are already tracking learning completion through other tools.
Try it out!
With a monthly pro subscription users can get extra features and sharing options, but thereās also a free version to get started exploring the tool (check it out here).
Thereās also a course creator contest running through August 25th: Anyone can create and share a course for a chance to win an iPad Air. Participants also get this sticker pack that will make instructional designers laugh (and cry):
š Events and Workshops
š“ Relax with a Virtual Stress Retreat for L&D Professionals hosted by Lumiere Learning Experiences on August 20th.
š£ The Black Instructional Designers Learning Exchange is hosting a series of great events that are open to everyone! Check out the full schedule below, and register here.
š§ Digital Adoptionās Place in L&D
In the latest episode of The Overnight Trainer Podcast, Steffaney Zohrabyan provides a great introduction to Digital Adoption. Highly recommended!
š Recommended Reading
š» Coding Dojo is launching a new partnership with the Prison Scholar Fund to teach web development and software engineering to formerly incarcerated individuals.
š§ Vocabulary word of the week: Neuromyth. Examples include learning styles and right/left brain, as both are misconceptions about how the really brain works.
š 38% of remote workers regularly work from their beds.
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