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CLO Series: Bror Saxberg of Kaplan

Synapse® has recently kicked off a series of interviews with current and former Chief Learning Officers and senior learning professionals. We are pleased to share the results here in our blog.

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CLO Series: Nick Howe of Area9 Learning

Synapse® has recently kicked off a series of interviews with current and former Chief Learning Officers and senior learning professionals. We are pleased to share the results here in our blog.

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Overcoming the Challenges of Working with Subject Matter Experts

Subject matter experts (SMEs) drive the content for the courses your organization needs. Since their job requirements usually don't include teaching others, how can you encourage them to commit to your projects so everyone can be successful?

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The Importance of Testing in Instructional Design

While many people truly enjoy learning something new, most people dread having to take a test that measures how much they just learned. So why do we keep forcing people to take exams?

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How Long Does It Take Instructional Designers to Create One Hour of Learning?

In an age of YouTube, where 60 hours of video are uploaded every minute, course creation shouldn't be too difficult or time-consuming, right?

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Instructional Design for Non-Instructional Designers

This blog has previously explored the idea that L&D departments themselves have critical skill gaps. 

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