Instructional design career opportunities are growing all over the world. Questions and answers about breaking into instructional design.
Are Your Online Tests Valid?
How to Improve Test Validity
To improve the test validity of the assessments you develop, be sure you are measuring what you think you’re measuring.
5 Levers Of eLearning Design
How can you continually improve the learning experiences you design? Pull these levers a bit more with every new effort.
How Long Does it Take to Develop eLearning?
Resources for Estimating Training Development Time
How long does it take to develop online learning? These resources will help.
Alternatives to Correct and Incorrect
Eight approaches to providing learning feedback
Eight options for providing feedback that is informative, motivating and corrects misconceptions, moving the learner forward.
Finding Your Place In an Instructional Design Career
Instructional Design Career Paths
There are many opportunities to forge a fulfilling instructional design career path. Take a look at these diverse options.
The World Needs More Checklists
Using Checklists for Performance Support
The checklist is one of the most brilliant cognitive aids around. Hidden in this simple format is an ingenious type of performance support.
10 Unusual Sources Of Inspiration for eLearning
We all need inspiration at times. Start browsing here.
Rapid eLearning Development
A rapid approach for developing online courses is not the best approach, but if you’re in a rush or have limited budget, this will do.
How To Design For Novice Learners
Six Design Strategies That Work for Novice Learners
Compared to an expert, a novice will have a limited network of knowledge in a domain and inaccurate or fuzzy mental models resulting in less competent problem solving.
Designing For Experts
When designing learning for experts, take advantage of their unique characteristics, such as effective problem-solving. See more guidelines.
Add Realism To eLearning To Improve Learning Transfer
When you have a good sense of your audience through observation and discussion, you’ll be able to add realism to your online learning courses. Here are some practical strategies.