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I’m Writing a Second Edition of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook!

Tim Slade

It was nearly five years ago when I started thinking about writing a book to share everything I knew about designing and developing eLearning. At that point, I had already co-authored several of the E-Learning Uncovered books and was well-versed in the self-publishing process. What’s New in the Second Edition?

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The Most Important Thing I’ve Learned From Instructional Design

Association eLearning

Working in instructional design, I’ve had the privilege to learn a little bit about a lot of different fields. If you’d like to read more about instructional design best practices, check out the rest of this author’s blogs. The same is true in the work world. What comes naturally to some people is a struggle for others.

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What Opportunities are there for Instructional Designers  &  Developers?

Adobe Captivate

In Ireland and the UK, we have a shortage of Instructional Designers, Developers and Trainers to meet demand. Many designers don’t develop eLearning and the opposite is also true for developers. Knowledge of how students, employees and adults learn. Sociocultural Learning Theory. Who does what?

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Who are Instructional Designers? The existential dilemma.

ID Reflections

ID = Instructional Design b. Similar post in this blog: In Response: Accidental Instructional Designers #dl09--Part I 5. Role: Instructional Designer: Exp: 5-9 yrs Qualification: Any Graduate Job Profile: 1.The Professionals from the E-Learning industry are preferred. Is Instructional Design a specialized function?

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Should Marketing Review eLearning Courses?

Association eLearning

Recently, an instructional designer friend of mine asked me, “Should Marketing review eLearning courses and approve them before they are released?” I am a marketing person, I am not an instructional designer. I am a marketing person, I am not an instructional designer. In short, we are not instructional designers.

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The student will become the master! But how? Adapting the Feynman 3-Step Mastery Technique to Online Learning

Association eLearning

As you can see, there are many ways to help your learners achieve mastery by incorporating the Feynman technique, so don’t be afraid to get creative with your course design if you’d like to give this learning theory a whirl. Want to continue the conversation? Post your questions and comments in the forum.

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

But why is video so much more effective at accelerating innovation than, say, print – or even eLearning? Because video is, apparently, a perfect manifestation of social learning theory. Here’s a quick primer on video as a learning tool from Learning Solutions Magazine. Properly d.