Posts by Sarah Cordiner
Why You Need To Stop Waiting For Your Perfect Online Course Idea
“I Don’t Have the Right Online Course Idea Yet!” Ever heard yourself say this? If so, this post is for you…… Every day I hear people say to me things like ‘I’m not creating any courses yet because I’m just waiting until I figure out what my topic should be’; or ‘I’m going to…
Read More4 Ways To Overcome The Overwhelm of Online Course Creation
Whether it’s the first course you’ve created online, or your 1000 th , there’s nothing quite like creating something that has the potential for millions of people to access and benefit from. Despite the excitement of this prospect, it can also incite fear and overwhelm into a course creator and freeze them in their…
Read More17 Ways To Cultivate a Learning Culture in Your Organisation
The learning culture of an organisation can be easily overthrown by even the most formidable learning and development departments Strategy cannot always ensure success. The learning culture of an organisation can be easily overthrown by even the most formidable learning and development departments. Creating sustainable organisational change means having a strong and effective culture around…
Read MoreThe Three Major Impacts That ‘Environment’ Can Have on Adult Learning Programs
We do not learn in isolation All adult learning, even self-directed learning, rarely occurs “in splendid isolation from the world in which the learner lives; it is intimately related to that world and affected by it”. (Jarvis, 1987). Adult learning does not occur in a vacuum. What we need or want to learn, the opportunities…
Read MoreHow To Enhance and Inform Your Training Plans Using Accredited Frameworks
“You don’t need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to training design. Most of the hard work has already been done for you” @CordinerSarah Use what’s already freely available to help you create quality learning experiences We’ve all heard of the old saying ‘don’t reinvent the wheel’, yet many educators and course designers still…
Read MoreThe Biggest Barriers To Organisational e-Learning
Why are so many businesses not yet benefiting from organisational e-learning? Even though e-Learning has been around for over 20 years, you’d be amazed at how little it is yet being used in organisations for employee training and development. E-Learning doesn’t always suit every learning and development situation, but in a world where employees…
Read More7 Ways To Increase Practical Participation in Online Learning
The Need for Involved Learning There is no learning quite like getting your hands stuck in and learning your profession by ‘just doing it’. Allowing our learners to ‘have a go’ in a situation as close to real-life as possible will enhance the learning experience considerably, as we retain more information when we physically practise…
Read MoreHow To Create, Schedule and Publish a Blog Post in WordPress
How To Create, Schedule and Publish a Blog Post in WordPress Blogging is an incredible way to get yourself and your expertise out to the world. Once that blog is published, anyone can find it, and that means that they can find YOU, your expertise and of course, your products and services. In this video,…
Read MoreHow To Get More YouTube Video Views
How To Get More YouTube Video Views This video will show you a little trick to grow your YouTube video views much faster – by embedding your videos to your blog posts and then altering the HTML code of the video so that the video auto-plays. By setting your video to autoplay, anytime a viewer…
Read MoreIncrease Your Student Retention by Contextualising Your Training
Most experienced teachers will be able to recall a feeling of losing the engagement of a learner at some point in their career. It’s not an easy circumstance to manage – circumstantially or emotionally. Adult learners often have a choice about taking your course, as well as a voice (and in today’s world a very…
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