Instructional design models – Part II

An instructional design model provides structure and meaning to an instructional design problem. These are the most common. In this post: Action Mapping and Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction.

5 Mistakes When Designing eLearning

Five mistakes and how to avoid them.

UX Design: Solving Problems

Research is a great way to set your product or service up for success. Human-centered design requires research to understand how that product or service fits into the user’s life. The more we understand what makes people tick, the more we can avoid unintended bad experiences.

12 Guidelines for Multimedia Learning

If you’re creating a training video, PowerPoint presentation, or eLearning course, how do you ensure your final product will be an effective learning resource? These are 12 guideline

Tips to Convert ILT to E-Learning

These are a few tips for restructuring your existing instructor-led training (ILT) materials for independent exploration to make sure the e-learning you’re creating is fun, engaging, and effective.

Animations in Learning

Types, Reasons, Common mistakes and How to fix them.

From Instructor-Led to e-Learning Course

What do you do with those PowerPoint slides that you created years ago and had been delivering to your employees since then? If that training program is effective, don’t ditch it. You can convert it into an eLearning program without reinventing the wheel… just taking into consideration some key factors.

eLearning Course: Audience Analysis

Before creating an eLearning course, you should find out as much as possible about your learners. This information should directly impact your design and content choices. During the eLearning audience analysis stage of design, it is important to think of your learners as a group of individuals with specific goals. Learners are a complex and multi-dimensional human beings.

Data Driven Learning Design – Part I

&D has not embraced digital disruption in the way that other industries have. Yes, we have adopted eLearning and other digital modalities as delivery channels, but we still apply our traditional classroom lens to what we build.

Make Your Virtual Training a Success

A Successful Virtual training is about participants engaging with a facilitator and other attendees while connecting in their learning journey. And it’s about participants changing their behaviour back on the job as a result of what they learned.