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The Modern eLearning Designer’s Toolkit: What’s New in Captivate 13.1
Modern eLearning designers need more than just an authoring tool. They need a complete toolkit for creating engaging, responsive, and scalable learning experiences. Join us for an in-depth look at Adobe Captivate 13.1 and discover how its latest innovations help you build courses faster, reuse existing content, and create richer learner interactions. In this webinar, you will learn how to:
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Beyond Content: Designing Learning for Performance, Inclusion & Impact
Go Beyond Content in Learning Design Learning teams are being asked to do more than ever. You’re also navigating pressure to streamline processes, connect learning to business needs, support skill development, and demonstrate impact. So, what should effective learning design prioritize? Our eBook, Beyond Content: Designing Learning for Performance, Inclusion & Impact, explores three enduring principles that can help guide the work: Whether you’re designing learning experiences or leading a learning team, use this eBook to reflect on the principles shaping your work, and where you may want to take a closer look.
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In an AI-Heavy Learning World, Are You Building Connection or Just Creating Activity?
AI, automation, and learning technologies are changing how we design, deliver, and scale learning. But as the tools become more powerful, one question becomes even more important: are we creating learning experiences that feel meaningfully human, or are we simply creating more activity? Most virtual learning includes interaction. Polls, chat prompts, breakout rooms, whiteboards, and discussion questions are everywhere. While these activities can increase participation, they do not automatically create connection, relevance, or lasting impact. In an AI-heavy learning world, human connection is not a soft extra. It is the design discipline that makes learning stick. In this session, we’ll…
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From Content Delivery to Learner Readiness: Designing Role-Aligned Learning Paths
Using a practical framework and real-world examples, Jason will walk through what it looks like when learning is designed around roles, skills, and progression — not just access and completion. You’ll learn how to shift the focus from tracking activity to demonstrating readiness, and how to build learning programs that give employees a clearer path forward while giving leaders the evidence they need to see L&D as a business driver. In this session, Jason Gildner, Principal Product Specialist at Instructure, will explore how organizations can move beyond content delivery to create learning experiences that connect to real career growth. What…
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Beyond Points & Badges: Gamification for Proficiency & Skill Transfer
Gamification is often reduced to points and badges layered onto passive learning experiences. While these approaches can increase short-term engagement, they don’t always support long-term retention or real-world application. In this session, you’ll explore how to design gamified experiences that focus on skill development and application. By combining structured questions with AI-evaluated freeform responses, this approach creates opportunities for learners to test their understanding and receive immediate feedback. You’ll also examine how to balance cognitive load and scale these strategies across different audience sizes without increasing development complexity. In this session, you will learn to:
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Secrets of Gamification Revealed
Join us as we retell the misadventures of building “Ethical Pursuit,” an ethics compliance course inspired by Trivial Pursuit. This session shares the decision-making process behind choosing gamification, along with the challenges we faced while designing and building the experience. We’ll start with the big picture of what makes gamification effective before peeling back the layers of how the course was built in Articulate Storyline. Through stories, humor, and lessons learned, you’ll get a practical look at the design and development of a gamified training experience In this session you will learn:
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Escape From the Moon: Creating an eLearning Escape Room
eLearning escape rooms can create engaging and interactive training experiences, but they can also present challenges during design and development. In this session, we’ll share a case study of building an escape room where participants escape from an office on the moon with help from a robot named Lumi while learning to use a generative AI chatbot You’ll learn practical approaches for designing the experience—from establishing the premise and planning puzzles to collaborating with SMEs and leveraging Adobe software with Articulate Storyline. The session will also explore how different difficulty modes can support varying levels of learner engagement. In this…
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Winning Strategies for Gamification in Blended Learning
Just like a championship team needs a strong game plan, a successful gamification strategy requires the right tools, players, and execution. In blended learning environments, gamification can easily become fragmented if tools, modalities, and learner experiences aren’t carefully aligned. In this session, we’ll break down the Xs and Os of gamification in blended learning. You’ll explore strategies for connecting multiple learning tools into a cohesive experience while avoiding common pitfalls like scalability issues, awkward workflows, and disengaged learners. Walk away with practical tactics for ensuring your gamified learning experience enhances engagement and supports meaningful learning outcomes. In this session, you…
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How Immersion Transforms Learning From Knowing to Doing
In many learning experiences, learners acquire knowledge but rarely get the chance to use it in ways that feel real. The session explores immersion as the missing link between knowing and doing and shows how ethnographic research can help instructional designers close that gap. By grounding learning in the lived experiences, decisions, and challenges of real people, you can move beyond abstract content and create environments where learners actively engage, experiment, and apply new skills. Drawing on applied anthropology, experiential learning research, and practical design examples (including game-inspired approaches), we’ll examine why immersion drives engagement and performance and what it…
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Kick Off Panel: Where We Get Game-Based Learning Right & Wrong
This expert panel brings together experienced practitioners to examine where game-based learning succeeds and where it falls short in real-world instructional design. Our panelists will explore the underlying factors that make game elements engaging and effective, as well as common missteps that can limit impact or create barriers for learners. Through candid discussion and practical examples, you’ll gain a clearer understanding of how to thoughtfully integrate game mechanics, design for accessibility and inclusion, and make informed decisions about when (and when not) to use game-based approaches in your learning solutions.
