Journalists inform and educate. You can borrow journalism techniques to motivate and engage an audience in your learning designs.
Types of Analysis for eLearning
Six Lenses for Looking at Analysis
Analysis involves finding the facts and the data to support a solution. Here are six types of instructional design analysis that you can conduct.
Are Your Online Tests Reliable?
How to Improve Online Assessment
A test that is reliable has few variations within itself and produces similar results over time. Here is how to improve test reliability.
The Art Of Writing Great Voice Over Scripts
Writing for the ear is different than writing for the eyes. To improve your writing of voice over scripts, check out these tips and guidelines.
Learner Personas for Instructional Design
How to Develop a Learner Persona in Three Steps
An important skill in learning experience design is developing learner personas. They help you develop empathy for your audience.
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.
Your Guide To Doing A SME Interview For Course Development
Preparation, Interviewing a SME, and Follow-up
Instructional designers often work with SMEs or subject matter experts. Here is a process for the all-important SME interview.
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.
Storyboards for eLearning
How to Create a Storyboard in a Q&A Format
Elearning storyboards are essential to good design. Learn to create storyboards for eLearning and download free storyboard templates.
Why Discovery Should Come Before Analysis
The spirit of discovery is often lost in the mindset of conducting an analysis. This is why I think the research and discovery process needs greater emphasis in learning experience design.
Emerging Roles Of The Learning Designer
Are your skills relevant for the future?
We are in a convergence of technological, cultural and workplace transformations. Three roles seem to be emerging for the learning designer.