Richard Watson
Richard Watson Hero
Instructional Designer/e-Learning Developer at Bridgehill Learning
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    Richard Watson Hero

    I'm a Learning & Development (L&D) professional, trainer, published author, and Articulate MVP. I provide instructional design, e-learning development, and consulting services for clients in the healthcare and compliance industries.
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"Destery,  Ouch! "This type of stuff (e.g., interactions) just doesn't work."  There is nothing like passive learning to change performan..."
  • 8 years ago02/15/16 at 3:18 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson commented on the e‑learning example Storyline: Slider Timeline
"Trellis, Thank you for commenting. You can download it here: https://community.articulate.com/download/storyline-2-slider-timeli..."
  • 8 years ago02/10/16 at 6:49 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"Kelly, Glad you are finding it useful. I thought it might be a fun topic (yet sad at times) to hear what we e-Learning designers experie..."
  • 8 years ago02/06/16 at 9:08 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"-Zsolt, I had a situation where the client wanted to make sure the questions were easy enough for everyone to score 100%.  The goal was ..."
  • 8 years ago02/06/16 at 9:03 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"Marie, That is sad. :(. Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction. Richard"
  • 8 years ago02/06/16 at 9:01 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson commented on the article Give Your Course an App-Style Navigation #107
"Thank you David I hope you rec'd the link I sent earlier to the Dropbox article."
  • over 8 years ago02/01/16 at 6:23 am (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion What level of work quality do you like to show in your weekly challenge entries and downloads?
"What an interesting post. So far, there has been a lot of very good advice and perspectives. I think when I first started, I put more tim..."
  • over 8 years ago01/20/16 at 3:50 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"Nancy, when I used to teach Microsoft engineering courses, that was always a challenge. If you had a room of 25 people, with varying leve..."
  • over 8 years ago01/20/16 at 3:10 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"Tony and Bob Ah, yes. The "everything is important" syndrome. "They must know ALL of this so we can't leave anything out."   Richard"
  • over 8 years ago01/20/16 at 3:04 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson commented on the article Give Your Course an App-Style Navigation #107
"Nancy, It looks like we are going back in time! Here is my submission for this challenge. Hopefully the master (e.g., David) will mo..."
  • over 8 years ago01/17/16 at 1:24 am (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion Problems Publishing to Android
"Interesting... When you access from desktop, it works. When you access from mobile device (Samsung Galaxy S5), the 403 error indicates y..."
  • over 8 years ago01/15/16 at 4:49 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"Cary, Agreed. I think that is one of the hardest and most frustrating situations to be in."
  • over 8 years ago01/15/16 at 1:00 am (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"Phil,  Yes! Sometimes "WoW" is text and images flying, fading, spinning and growing. Another situation that takes time and energy away f..."
  • over 8 years ago01/15/16 at 12:58 am (UTC)
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Richard Watson commented on the article Video and Media Players in E-Learning #112
"Oh my gosh! I think this is a great time to bring back the "Making Guacamole with Master Chef Morgan" training videos. It still uses the..."
  • over 8 years ago01/13/16 at 6:02 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"John,  You know for some people, you can never have enough bullet points!  :) Richard"
  • over 8 years ago01/13/16 at 5:21 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson started a new discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"A few weeks ago, I came across David's post titled, "What's the BEST elearning advice you ever received?"  I thought it might be fun to l..."
  • over 8 years ago01/13/16 at 3:16 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion Recording Narration
"Sheri, I use voice over talent for the majority of my client projects. Although the rates can vary from one voice over person to another..."
  • over 8 years ago01/05/16 at 6:41 am (UTC)
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Richard Watson commented on the article How Are You Using Instructional Design Cheat Sheets? #109
"When it comes to checklists and resources, I like to use what others have already created and then tweak them to fit what I do. Here ..."
  • over 8 years ago12/05/15 at 2:09 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson commented on the article How Are You Using Instructional Design Cheat Sheets? #109
"David, doesn't the word "cheat" mean: to practice fraud or trickery... :)"
  • over 8 years ago12/04/15 at 11:21 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson commented on the article Blow Your Learners Out of the Water with This Battleship E-Learning Game
"It works now. Looks great. Thank you for the detailed post and explanation."
  • over 8 years ago12/03/15 at 2:32 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson commented on the article Blow Your Learners Out of the Water with This Battleship E-Learning Game
"Webpage URL appears to be missing some information? That makes sense! But that doesn’t mean your quizzes have to be boring. Take this ..."
  • over 8 years ago12/03/15 at 12:52 am (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"I agree with Phil. My repeat customers don't come back to me because I have the masters, it's because they see the value I provide. As pa..."
  • over 8 years ago11/22/15 at 7:24 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion Announcing New & Improved Member Profiles
"Thanks Brian!"
  • over 8 years ago11/17/15 at 9:32 pm (UTC)
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Richard Watson added the course Hand Hygiene Course
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Richard Watson replied to the discussion Announcing New & Improved Member Profiles
"Cool idea Brian. I just added a few things to my profile page. Thanks for the post!"
  • over 8 years ago11/17/15 at 8:40 pm (UTC)