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Are your online tests valid?

Are Your Online Tests Valid?

To improve the test validity of the assessments you develop, be sure you are measuring what you think you’re measuring.

Using the Jobs to Be Done Framework in Learning Design

ELC 073: Using The Jobs To Be Done Framework In Learning Design

Jobs To Be Done can help you address the functional, emotional and social aspects of learning.

How to Create a Visual Style Guide

How To Write A Visual Style Guide for eLearning

The most efficient way to achieve visual design consistency in eLearning and presentation slides is to create a visual style guide.

How to Write Instructional Design Case Studies for Portfolios

How to Write Instructional Design Case Studies for Your Portfolio

Adding instructional design case studies to your portfolio adds depth and insight to your work. It supplements the skills you want to demonstrate.

How to be more creative at work

How To Be More Creative At Work

Being creative on demand can be difficult. See these strategies for how to be more creative at work.

10 Books of Visual Ideas

10 Books Of Visual Ideas (from 2006 to 2012)

Ten compelling books from the early days of visualization show ways to visualize concepts, statistics and data. They are part of our graphic design history.

No Code Tools

ELC 072: The Wonderful World of No Code Tools

In this episode, we’re exploring the wonderful world of no code tools. These are powerful apps that you can use without programming.

Strategies For Tacit Knowledge Transfer

If it is difficult to transfer tacit knowledge through language, then how can it be passed on? Here are six proven strategies for inferring and acquiring tacit knowledge.

8 ways to choose a color palette for elearning

8 Ways To Choose A Color Palette For eLearning

With access to millions of colors, it’s difficult to decide on a color palette for eLearning. Here are eight ways to come up with the colors for your next project.

learning is the new business strategy as l & d leads the way

ELC 071: Learning is the New Business Strategy

We’re living in a time of exploding change and disruption. I speak with Brandon Carson who shows how Learning and Development can lead the way through the digital age where learning is the new business strategy.

Podcasts

Conversation Design for the Voice User Interface

ELC 070: Conversation Design for the Voice User Interface

A future skill for instructional designers is designing for voice controls. I speak with Myra Roldan about conversation design for the voice user interface (VUI).

Set Yourself Up to Create Quality eLearning

ELC 069: Set Yourself Up to Create Quality eLearning

The quality assurance practices in the elearning industry are subpar. Hadiya Nuriddin explains how to improve the quality of your eLearning.

Applying Social Learning Theory to Learning Design

ELC 068: Applying Social Learning Theory To Learning Design

I speak with Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner about the big ideas in their book, Learning to Make a Difference. They share ways that we can live and learn intentionally in a social learning context.

Educating the New Instructional Designer

ELC 067: Educating the New Instructional Designer

How should instructors and professors educate instructional designers to meet the needs of the modern workplace? This episode focuses on the challenges and solutions facing instructional design educators.

Best of: How to write compelling stories

ELC 066: Best Of | How to Write Compelling Stories

Story coach and author, Lisa Cron, reveals how to transform your learning scenarios and vignettes into must-read stories. If you use stories in your instructional design and learning design practice, you’ll want to listen.

Pro Tips for Working with Subject Matter Experts

ELC 065: Pro Tips For Working With Subject Matter Experts

Subject Matter Experts or SMEs are indispensable in learning design. Diane Elkins and Dawn Mahoney provide strategies for dealing with SMEs.

How to Create Meaning From a Torrent of Information

ELC 064: How to Create Meaning From A Torrent of Information

Information is ubiquitous and complex. In this episode, we discuss ways to create understanding from raw information.

ELC 063: The Evolution To Learning Experience Design

Instructional design is evolving into learning experience design or LXD. We discuss the benefits for learners and learning professionals.

ELC 062: Starting An Instructional Design Career in Higher Education

Have you ever considered starting a learning design career in higher education? Have you wondered if academia is the best fit for your preferences and interests? In this episode, Peter Shea and I discuss the roles that instructional designers play in higher education and what it’s like to work in that environment.

ELC 061: Getting Started With Inclusive Design

Once you understand accessible eLearning and inclusive design, you can’t turn back. Change your design habits to impact more lives.

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