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Most Recent Articles
Designing Learning for Mental Models
By understanding a learner’s mental models, we can improve our user interfaces, instructional interventions and overall learning experiences.
What makes someone an expert?
Understanding expert thinking helps us design training for both experts and novices. Learn about the differences by understanding the cognitive psychology of expertise.
How To Establish A Visual Hierarchy for Better Learning
A visual hierarchy guides the learner’s eye and attention so that they can focus on what is most important.
How to Write Effective Alt Text for eLearning
Learn to identify an image’s category and purpose to write effective alt text for elearning and other digital instructional materials.
ELC 091: Rethinking How We Support Frontline Workers
Learn to design best-fit solutions that support and enable frontline workers to help them perform their best.
How to Maintain Ownership When Writing with AI
You can maintain cognitive ownership and agency over your writing by doing the thinking first and using AI to extend and test your ideas.
21 Ways To Get Visual Ideas
Visual ideas are all around us if you know where to look. Find inspiration here for approaches to eLearning visual design.
How To Write A Visual Style Guide for eLearning (and Presentations)
The most efficient way to achieve visual design consistency in eLearning and presentation slides is to create a visual style guide.
How to Write Effective Reflection Questions
This framework for designing reflection questions supports the specific cognitive process that aligns with your learning outcome.
Podcasts
ELC 090: The Evolution of Learning and Development in an AI-Powered World
What is the future of AI in Learning and Development? How will the role of learning designer evolve? Get a big-picture view in this episode.
ELC 089: Building The Skills-Based Organization: A Data-Driven Approach
Learn what it takes to build a skills-based organization, why valid people data matters, and how L&D can lead this transformation in today’s evolving workplace.
ELC 088: How to Begin Your Journey of Designing for All Learners
If you’re feeling overwhelmed about how to practice inclusive design, this episode gives you practical advice so you can start today.
ELC 087: Steal From Marketing to Improve Your Training
Marketers use strategies, tactics, and technologies that can transform the work of L&D teams and individuals
ELC 086: Educational Technology: Surprising Careers You Didn’t Expect
Ed Tech specialist, Matt Campbell, explains how to start a career in Educational Technology, the varied roles, and the most important skills.
ELC 085: Generating AI Podcasts for Learning
Can an AI tool generate accurate and interesting podcasts for learning? Listen, react, and leave a comment.
ELC 084: How to Develop Leadership Skills for Any Role in L&D
David Kelly explains why developing leadership skills in L&D is important for people at every level of an organization and in any role.
ELC 083: Quality Management: It’s More Than Missing Commas
Hadiya Nuriddin explains how to start or improve a quality management program in your organization.
ELC 082: A Blueprint for AI Literacy in Learning and Development
If you’re feeling lost regarding what you need to learn about AI, this AI literacy framework maps out the areas of knowledge and skills.
ELC 081: Focusing On Behavior Change in Instructional Design
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.