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English
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19 episodes
since June 8, 2022
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Online learning has so much potential to be vastly better than traditional in-person education. But, why do most courses miss the mark? To Greg Róg it seems that most people are trying to create content instead of focusing on the actual action of teaching people. People make courses for themselves …

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Testing out your content in some way before a full release can really improve the quality of your final product. Matt D. Smith, better known around the internet as MDS, did a beta testing round before he released Shift Nudge. Learners still had to pay to access the beta, which resulted in a very i…
Creating a course about design has its own unique challenges. Design is an art, but that doesn't mean it's not quantifiable. With some caveats of course, there are rules you can follow and techniques that you can use to produce designs that are going to look good. Kyle Gill aims to arm learners wit…
When you first start your business, the biggest initial hurdle is choosing where your content is going to be hosted. If you start building a custom platform from the beginning, it may be months before you ship a single course. And if you have a deadline and need to start making a profit this might…
Running a course platform that not only contains your content, but also the courses of several other third-party creators is an entirely different job than that of the independent creator. Scott Tolinski, creator of Level Up tutorials has had to learn a lot of lessons as he grew his business and st…
Making your courses engaging is always the goal, but it's something that's easier said than done. But, Josh Comeau has several strategies that he uses to ensure that his content is as engaging to learners as possible. There's the element of active practice. A learner shouldn't be able to go through…
Once you've got an idea for a course or some other kind of educational product, there are a number of steps you can take to make sure that it's a good idea and to refine the instructional design before you spend the time recording. Chris Biscardi uses multiple mediums to try out new ideas. A great…
If your main interest is to actually get straight into producing content and start selling it, you probably don't want to jump into developing a custom platform. Mark Shust has seen many people get into building there own platforms and have all their time sucked into getting it running, when they …
If you are wanting to become and independent educator, you don't have to jump straight into trying to produce a recorded course. Marissa Goldberg's approach has been to start as a service based business and then use the skills and knowledge that you gain there to transition into producing courses. …
Designing courses that are both entertaining and informative is no small feat. But, time and time again, Wes Bos delivers. There's no secret formula either. The method is simple. Wes takes a project first approach, thinking about the technology he wants to teach and everything a learner would need …
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