10 Rules For Writing Multiple Choice Questions
March 18, 2010
Join in on the excitement of writing multiple choice test items. You won’t want to miss out on this!
Lessons From The Guggenheim, Spain
March 15, 2010
The Guggenheim Museum in Spain provides an ideal structured yet informal learning experience. Can we apply this to online learning?
10 Ways To Design For Emotions (Part III)
March 1, 2010
The third in a series on emotions and learning. Here are 10 practical ways to design for the emotions.
Get Your Audience Pumped: 30 Ways to Motivate Adult Learners
January 14, 2010
People are often unmotivated when they are required to take courses in which they have no interest. Here’s what you can do about it.
Is this instructional design?
January 6, 2010
Instructional design is in the eye of the beholder. Here’s the answer to a reader’s question, “What is instructional design?”
eLearning Around The Web
December 28, 2009
Here is an end-of-the-year roundup of eLearning and related articles you might find helpful, interesting or enjoyable. They cover all kinds of topics.
Writing Microcopy: Tips and Pointers
December 15, 2009
Did you ever spend an hour writing a four or five word phrase or short instruction? During that time, you probably felt like an obsessive perfectionist—hunched over the computer trying to get it just right.
35 More Qualities Of The Ideal Instructional Designer
December 13, 2009
A few months ago I published a list of the 10 Qualities Of The Ideal Instructional Designer. Since then, the eLearning community contributed so many qualities to the list it is now overflowing.
Announcing Free Storyboard Templates
December 4, 2009
In case you haven’t heard, The eLearning Coach now has a collection of free downloadable storyboard templates for both Word and PowerPoint that were graciously donated by the eLearning community. This is an ongoing effort, so check back if you want them all. If you would like to contribute to this collection, please let me [...]
Content Organization Cheat Sheet
November 30, 2009
People who create eLearning get involved in many types of content development tasks. In addition to researching and developing content for courses, you may find yourself creating training manuals for webinars or the classroom, writing web copy, making reference materials,


