These elaboration strategies provide ways to connect new learning to prior knowledge in order to make learning meaningful.
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Using Critiques To Improve Learning Experience Design
Knowing that it is difficult to work in a vacuum, it seems that critiques should be a formal part of learning experience design. Critiques involve calling together a group of people to assess an idea while it is still a sketch, wireframe or prototype. It is not an opportunity to vent or criticize.
8 Tips to Prepare Audio Scripts for Recording
There are certain approaches to a script that will make the recording frictionless. Here are 8 tips to prepare audio scripts.
DesignxHumanity: Adding Diverse Voices To LXD
Do we talk enough about diversity, equity and inclusion in LXD? DesignxHumanity is changing the conversation and taking action.
How to Do a Quality Assurance Self-Check on Your Own eLearning
Before you send your eLearning on for a quality review, how well do you test it yourself? A Quality Assurance (QA) self-check may seem like an obvious task, but some people pass on their eLearning courses for QA when the work is filled with errors. Within a few minutes, the reviewer or tester can tell […]
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. A style guide provides one graphical standard for everyone.
Cognitive Psychology
Elaboration Strategies That Benefit Learning
These elaboration strategies provide ways to connect new learning to prior knowledge in order to make learning meaningful.
How Visual Clarity Affects Learning
Processing fluency refers to the ease with which a person processes information. A high processing fluency benefits learning.
Long-Term Memory: A User’s Guide
In learning, long-term memory is the ultimate destination. Here’s what you should know about how we encode, store and retrieve memories.
Graphics
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. A style guide provides one graphical standard for everyone.
How Visual Clarity Affects Learning
Processing fluency refers to the ease with which a person processes information. A high processing fluency benefits learning.
10 Lesser Known Free Or Inexpensive Stock Photo Sites
Many of us must work on projects with small budgets that require free resources. Fortunately, free or inexpensive stock media sites can save the day. Check out descriptions of these ten sites.
21 Reasons Why Stock Photo Sites Make Me Cry
Frustrated because you can’t find the right photo? Cry along with me.
The Visual Design of Checklists
The visual design of a checklist has both a utilitarian and an aesthetic aspect. Here are several types of checklists you can adapt to meet your needs.
Use Visual Cues To Enhance Learning
Visual cues direct the eyes to the relevant information in a graphic. This helps ensure that people understand the intended message and adds efficiency to visual communication.
Instructional Design
Starting a Learning Design Team
With enough research and planning, your organization can build a learning design team. Here are the roles and responsibilities to consider.
10 Ways To Protect Yourself From Client Issues
You never know when it’s going to hit the fan. Take these steps to avoid trouble.
10 Lesser Known Free Or Inexpensive Stock Photo Sites
Many of us must work on projects with small budgets that require free resources. Fortunately, free or inexpensive stock media sites can save the day. Check out descriptions of these ten sites.
Answers To Instructional Design Career Questions
Instructional design career opportunities are growing all over the world. Questions and answers about breaking into instructional design.
Alternatives to Correct and Incorrect
Eight options for providing feedback that is informative, motivating and corrects misconceptions, moving the learner forward.
Finding Your Place In an Instructional Design Career
No need to be a square peg in a round hole. There are lots of options for instructional designers and developers.