What do instructional designers need to know and understand right now. How have things improved and changed or stayed the same? This episode with Cammy Bean answers many of these … [Read more...]
ELC 078: How to Get Feedback from Learners to Improve Your Designs Part 2
This is the second part of a conversation with researchers Andrea Gregg, Ph.D and Ronda Reid, PMP from Penn State. You can find the first part in Episode 77. We discuss how they used the think-aloud … [Read more...]
ELC 077: How to Get Feedback from Learners to Improve Your Designs Part 1
Andrea Gregg and Ronda Reid Talk About Usability and the Think-Aloud Method
Andrea Gregg, Ph.D., and Ronda Reid, PMP., examined the usability of a new learning management system at Penn State. They used the think-aloud method to watch and understand how users perceived and … [Read more...]
ELC 076: How to Get Started with Data-Driven Learning Design
A Conversation with Lori Niles-Hofmann
There are many paths that help us build learning experiences that are in tune with the audience and the organization. One aspect that too many of us ignore is the rich data set that likely exists … [Read more...]
ELC 075 Finding a Career Path in Instructional Design
The diversity of career paths in instructional design is greater than you may think. This solo episode is for people who are trying to break into instructional design and those who are new to the … [Read more...]
ELC 074: Creating Effective Surveys for Instructional Design
A Conversation with Caroline Jarrett
When you create surveys for instructional design, such as for an audience analysis or evaluation, what process do you use? Are you confident that you'll get accurate results? There’s a large body of … [Read more...]
ELC 073: Using The Jobs To Be Done Framework In Learning Design
A Conversation with Ger Driesen
As a group, learning designers have been trying to break out of the order-taker role for a long time. Adopting the Jobs To Be Done framework may be one way you can help clients change their … [Read more...]
ELC 072: The Wonderful World of No Code Tools
A conversation with Mike Taylor and Mathias Vermeulen
In this episode, we’re exploring the wonderful world of no code tools. These are powerful apps that you can use to automate work and life tasks and to build apps and websites without programming … [Read more...]
ELC 071: Learning is the New Business Strategy
A Conversation with Brandon Carson
We’re living in a time of exploding change and disruption. I think there are some people in Learning and Development who are looking at this transformation and actually making sense of it. Brandon … [Read more...]
ELC 070: Conversation Design for the Voice User Interface
A Conversation with Myra Roldan
Do you wonder what learning experience designers will be doing in the future? I think one area where we will need to upskill is in conversation design. Think of the possibilities that chatbots and … [Read more...]
ELC 069: Set Yourself Up to Create Quality eLearning
A Conversation About Quality Assurance with Hadiya Nuriddin
No one wants a client to find errors in their eLearning. And we hope users don't have to report that a button didn't work correctly. For an industry that is steeped in technology, our quality … [Read more...]
ELC 068: Applying Social Learning Theory To Learning Design
A Conversation with Etienne and Beverly Wenger-Trayner
We know that people learn from each other in both formal and informal ways. Two people who have dedicated much of their life to understanding social learning and developing a framework around it are … [Read more...]