Should You Assign Work to Your Learners During a Holiday Break? In the U.S., we’re super accustomed to hearing the phrase, “Burning the midnight oil.” Which basically means pushing it until it’s done. Do whatever it takes and make it happen, even if you have to stay up late into the night. Now,…
How to Make a Recorded Screen Share For Your Team At Miranda Park Learning, we use Adobe Captivate to make recorded screen shares. A recorded screen share is one of the simplest tools you can use to make an on-screen tutorial for your team. The best part? If using Captivate, you don’t have…
How Holographic Classrooms Will Improve Learning and Development in the Future It’s already written in the stars with shows like Star Wars, Star Trek and many other childhood shows for Generation X that holograms are a reality. Whatever we thought was “futuristic” back then, seems to be making its way around to our…
Why Translate Your Training Materials and eLearning Courses? If you find yourself wondering if translation of your existing courses is the next step, this blog is for you. Translation usually happens out of need. You either: Find yourself in the position of international expansion, or Your company is local with a large…
How To Make Training Videos Interesting on a Budget Use a software simulation inside your video Use transitions and b-roll to spice up any monotony If you’re in Learning and Development, you likely have to create training videos. Of course, training videos have the reputation of being either snoozers or required for compliance,…
Three Key Essentials for an Instructional Designer We could’ve said: A computer, the internet, and an instructional design program. Or, an authoring tool, word processing software, and good writing skills. But that would’ve been too easy. Instead, we’re giving you the top three treasures Miranda Park Learning considers essentials. #1: A…
Do You Need an Instructional Design Degree to Get Started in ID? Short answer: Here at Miranda Park Learning, we say no. Not necessarily in instructional design. But, respectfully, there are plenty of people who have gone through a ton of schooling for this field. Many instructional designers are emerging this year…
Why You Should Write It Down Before Turning It Into eLearning Why Write Down Your Content First? Simple. To: Have a guide as you build your module or make your video. Have a guide in the future for what’s in your module or video without having the re-watch the whole thing. Keep…
Cold Calling to Market Your Business As we know, it’s the middle of a pandemic. It seems that businesses have either soared or fallen. But there are also the businesses that, like us, need to generate new leads and continue forward. In order to do that, we’ve done something we didn’t know…
Does Accessibility in Documents Matter? Recently, a client requested that their documents be checked through the accessibility function in Adobe PDF. If you’ve never heard of this function, it makes the document more accessible for people with disabilities. In this instance, it was important that seeing-impaired customers received the information on the…