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Oct 2023
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ELC 081: Focusing On Behavior Change in ...

Connie Malamed: Helps people build stand-out careers in learning design.
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If you don't have the right strategy or tool to solve a problem, consider looking at ways to affect behavior change. In this episode, Julie Dirksen explains how to apply a behavior change model to instructional design. 
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