By understanding a learner’s mental models, we can improve our user interfaces, instructional interventions and overall learning experiences.
ELC 076: How to Get Started with Data-Driven Learning Design
A Conversation with Lori Niles-Hofmann
What about gathering audience data before you start to design? Lori Niles-Hofmann explains how.
Newsletters I Like Outside of Learning & Development
Newsletters are a form of content curation. They streamline your search for interesting tips, resources and ideas. These newsletters are outside of Learning and Development.
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.
Using the Think Aloud Protocol to Test Usability of Learning Designs
The think aloud protocol or method is an effective way to discover usability problems with digital learning products.
Design for Bottom-Up and Top-Down Processing
People use both top-down processing and bottom-up processing as they are learning. Here’s how to design for both.
Six Ways to Use Examples And Nonexamples To Teach Concepts
The best way to help learners form accurate concepts is to provide examples and nonexamples. Here are 6 ways to do that.
Persuading Clients To Accept Your Course Design
Have you ever had difficulty persuading a client to accept your course design? Here are ten strategies that may help you be more convincing.
Talent Stacking For An Instructional Design Career
Learn how to stand out in your instructional design-related career using talent stacking.
Using A Comic Book Style For Learning
The Value of Instructional Comics
There are advantages to using a comic book style for learning. Simple graphics are easier to process than complex ones. Learn how to get started here.
ELC 074: Creating Effective Surveys for Instructional Design
A Conversation with Caroline Jarrett
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.
20 Things To Remember About Forgetting
What Causes Us To Forget
Learning designers want to increase remembering and prevent forgetting. Here’s what you should know about what causes us to forget.