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Novice Versus Expert Design Strategies
The Expertise Reversal Effect
When designing, consider the expertise reversal effect. Instructional techniques for novices may be detrimental for experienced learners
Starting a Learning Design Team
With enough planning, your organization can build an instructional design team. Here are the roles and responsibilities to consider.
Long-Term Memory: A User’s Guide
In learning, long-term memory is the ultimate destination. Here’s what you should know about how we encode, store and retrieve memories.
Learning Science Books to Inspire You This Year
Explaining and Applying the Latest Educational Psychology Research
Learning experience designers and educators are the beneficiaries of cognitive science research. These three books explain how to apply it.
10 Principles of Learning Experience Design
The first article in a series on LXD
As we explore our transformation to learning experience design (LXD), we can see that some principles have solidified and are now considered best practices.
Writing Performance-based Learning Objectives: Part 3
The learning objectives you write for the audience should differ from the boring four-part learning objectives you write for internal purposes.
Can you read the minds of your learners?
An updated look at schemas and learning
New knowledge builds on existing knowledge. If you understand the schemas (knowledge structures) of your audience, your training will be more effective.
10 Interaction Design Books
Interactivity for Instructional Design
These 10 interaction design books can improve your skills for designing Interactivity for instructional design.
Working Memory: 20 Facts You Must Know
What is working memory?
Working memory is the equivalent of being mentally online. Working memory is where we manipulate information in the moment.
Ten Ways to Improve eLearning
You can change the way learners and designers think about eLearning.
A Framework for Developing Online Learning
An Instructional Design Process for eLearning
Here is a proven instructional design framework any group (or individual) can use to develop eLearning courses. It is not the ADDIE model.