One of the most brilliant cognitive aids devised by some very smart humans is the checklist. Hidden in this deceptively simple format is a type of performance support that has saved lives in the air … [Read more...]
The Instructional Design Life
Today I remembered how odd our instructional design life can be. For example, I attended a kickoff meeting to design and build a course that teaches medical personnel about venous access devices … [Read more...]
The Importance of Writing Effective Distractors
Writing Distractors Is Not Easy The purpose of a test is to determine a participant's mastery of the performance objectives and to find out whether a learning experience was successful. … [Read more...]
10 Unusual Sources Of Inspiration for eLearning
When designing learning solutions, we all need inspiration at times. Here are ten websites where you can seek, browse and find inspiration for eLearning creativity. You'll find sources to kickstart … [Read more...]
What Do Instructional Designers Do?
Starting a Career in Instructional Design
What is instructional design? You've heard of instructional design. Perhaps you're wondering, what do instructional designers do? The goal of instructional design is to facilitate learning. We … [Read more...]
Rapid Course Development
Are you in a situation where you don't have much time to develop an online course? Or perhaps there is no budget, but the course must be produced anyway? As an advocate for the learner, you know this … [Read more...]
Writing Performance-based Learning Objectives: Part 3
Writing Performance-based Learning Objectives for the Audience In case you were asleep, the previous two articles in this series discussed how to write learning objectives for your internal eLearning … [Read more...]
Writing Performance-based Learning Objectives: Part 2
Measurable Learning Objectives Part 1 of this series covered how to write four-part learning objectives. Part 2 focuses on making your performance or learning objectives measurable. What Is … [Read more...]
Writing Performance-Based Learning Objectives: Part 1
There are at least two categories of performance-based learning objectives based on their purpose. One type of learning objective is for internal use—the design team, client and subject matter expert. … [Read more...]
Alternatives to Bloom’s Taxonomy for Workplace Learning
How Bloom's Taxonomy Came About Discussions at the 1948 Convention of the American Psychological Association resulted in Benjamin Bloom leading a group of educators in an effort to classify … [Read more...]
Check Out These Small Learning and Development Conferences
As you look for ways to develop your personal learning network, don't overlook small learning and development conferences and events. In the past few years, these small conferences have been sprouting … [Read more...]
Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Explained
Virtual classroom learning or self-paced instruction?
As technology evolves, the ways to present online learning increase. If the sheer number of approaches seem confusing, you may find it helpful to think in terms of two simple categories—synchronous … [Read more...]