One way to determine the tools you need for the visual design of learning products is to choose the best tools for each phase of the process.
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Motivating The Instructional Designer
Many of us work with small budgets, dry content and harsh deadlines. How do you stay motivated in instructional design?
The Things You Should Know About Attention
Attention is a limited resource. The better we understand attention, the greater is our ability to support learning.
10 Ways to Support Learning after Training
Think of a course as laying the foundation for continuous learning rather than an end in itself. Base your designs on the advantages of using smaller courses, spaced learning, human interaction and user-generated materials.
ELC 085: Generating AI Podcasts for Learning
Can an AI tool generate accurate and interesting podcasts for learning? Listen, react, and leave a comment.
Five Easy Ways Instructional Designers Can Use Google NotebookLM
Are there uses for the AI research tool NotebookLM for instructional design? Get five ways it can speed up your work and enhance learning.
Designing eLearning and Slides with Grids
Designing with a grid adds structure and organization to the visual design of your eLearning and slides. It helps you avoid a haphazard look.
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.
Benefits of Using Questions in Elearning Design
A question-based approach to elearning has some benefits over the expository approach. Questions create an active learning experience and arouse curiosity.
Stealing From Product Design
For inspiration and innovation, here are seven strategies from product design that you can use for learning design.
Podcasts
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.
ELC 080: Use Data and Analytics to Level Up Your Instructional Design
Using data and analytics for instructional design may seem difficult. But Megan Torrance explains it in simple terms. Listen in to level up your ID skills.
ELC 079: The Updated Accidental Instructional Designer
The Accidental Instructional Designer has a second edition! Author Cammy Bean provides the big picture view of the learning and development industry.
ELC 078: How to Get Feedback from Learners to Improve Your Designs Part 2
Usability of learning designs should include ease of use as well as instructional effectiveness. In this episode, we discuss many aspects of usability.
ELC 077: How to Get Feedback from Learners to Improve Your Designs Part 1
In this episode, two researchers discuss how LXD adopts and adapts methods to improve the usability and outcomes of learning design.
ELC 076: How to Get Started with Data-Driven Learning Design
What about gathering audience data before you start to design? Lori Niles-Hofmann explains how.
ELC 075 Finding a Career Path in Instructional Design
In this solo episode, I talk about the diversity of career paths in instructional design for people who are trying to break into the field.
ELC 074: Creating Effective Surveys for Instructional Design
When you create surveys for instructional design do you use a process that will get the most accurate results? In this episode, I explore survey design with forms specialist, Caroline Jarrett.