Patti Shank
Patti Shank
President at Learning Peaks
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    Patti Shank

    Patti Shank, PhD, CPT is the Research Director for The eLearning Guild and president of Learning Peaks LLC, an internationally recognized instructional design consulting firm that provides learning and performance consulting and training and performance support solutions. Patti is quoted frequent...
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Writing good quiz/test question answers/distractors
"LOL. BAD formatting. NEVER include silly distractors."
  • over 8 years ago08/20/15 at 2:43 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Selling packaged asynch courses to companies
"Nicole, Thanks SO much. I KNOW it's a good question but I really did wonder if people would share. And by the way, I adore your picture. ..."
  • over 10 years ago09/19/13 at 9:35 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Alison, I charge per hour (usually), to the nearest quarter hour, and invoice at the end of each month for hours used that month. But I ..."
  • 11 years ago04/24/13 at 3:02 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Know where to find data on corporate eLearning completion rates?
"Sheila, You are absolutely correct. I looked through the databases as well and found the same thing. But I think we need to remember, tha..."
  • 11 years ago03/09/13 at 2:28 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Know where to find data on corporate eLearning completion rates?
"Thanks Lorie! I will be at Learning Solutions next week and will see what I can find there."
  • 11 years ago03/08/13 at 2:42 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Know where to find data on corporate eLearning completion rates?
"Lorie, Still looking for data. Will share what I find. Patti"
  • 11 years ago03/08/13 at 2:13 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"I don't think you have to be extraordinary. You have to be able to do what you say you can do well and you have to be able to do it effic..."
  • 11 years ago03/04/13 at 9:33 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Sheila Cole-Bulthuis said: I think I'm going to add something about it being the client's responsibility to maintain backups, thanks for ..."
  • 11 years ago02/22/13 at 3:19 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"@Sheila. LOVE it. It's going in my contracts. How many times have you had to use it and how many times have they paid? My contracts say ..."
  • 11 years ago02/21/13 at 11:05 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Know where to find data on corporate eLearning completion rates?
"@Bob S VERY much appreciated! Will be interesting to see what others have to say. Patti"
  • 11 years ago02/20/13 at 2:34 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Know where to find data on corporate eLearning completion rates?
"Bob, GREAT questions. Thanks SO much! I would be thrilled to find information about: Research with relatively recent industry data (corp..."
  • 11 years ago02/20/13 at 1:37 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"I use the "building-a-house" metaphor all the time with clients and it does seem to help. I also  tell them when they make changes when t..."
  • 11 years ago02/18/13 at 10:25 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Daniel, I got a laugh at "Clients of course want a "ballpark" at the very outset...." because like you, there's often no way to answer th..."
  • 11 years ago02/18/13 at 9:25 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Daniel, you helped me think of another issue I'd like to quantify. I'd love to know how many hours, on average, it takes for you to "brin..."
  • 11 years ago02/15/13 at 2:27 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"I promise to report how it goes, even if it's bad and the experiment is an expensive dud. Robert, I assure you that 1 mph is really slooo..."
  • 11 years ago02/14/13 at 7:01 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Before I bought the treadmill desk (I don't have it yet... stay tuned for updates once it is here and I have used it daily), I did a TON ..."
  • 11 years ago02/13/13 at 4:14 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Have read some great posts about "must have" equipment. Here's mine: http://www.treadmilldeskinc.com/shadow.html. Had them customize the ..."
  • 11 years ago02/11/13 at 9:46 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Fabulous thread. Many of the requests and comments are ones I personally relate to. I am doing far less freelancing now that I work for T..."
  • 11 years ago02/11/13 at 9:39 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"FABULOUS thread! Mind if I join in?"
  • 11 years ago02/11/13 at 9:09 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion eLearning consultant to review my course?
"Michael, I like the introduction.There's nothing wrong with the animations. What others have said about more visuals is good but it's not..."
  • over 11 years ago09/05/12 at 2:10 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion eLearning consultant to review my course?
"So is Stephanie!. You're not likely to find a better group than right here."
  • over 11 years ago09/05/12 at 9:58 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion eLearning consultant to review my course?
"Pay Mike to look at it. His suggestions will be awesome."
  • over 11 years ago09/05/12 at 9:33 am (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Audio Trigger?
"Thanks Diane and Jeff, Was just looking for this same answer. And you're right. It worked just as promised. Patti"
  • over 11 years ago08/12/12 at 1:39 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Writing good quiz/test question answers/distractors
"Here are some from my writing assessments workshop: Write good MCQ answers/distractors:1. NEVER include silly distractors.2. You can var..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/07/12 at 12:38 pm (UTC)
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Patti Shank replied to the discussion Writing good quiz/test question answers/distractors
"I think what Catherine is saying is that if you can't come up with an answer from the stem, the stem probably isn't worded clearly enough..."
  • over 12 years ago09/19/11 at 3:31 pm (UTC)