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

Association eLearning

Understanding the meaning behind the madness is a great goal for long-term mastery, and if your learners understand the “why” behind what they’re doing they’re more likely to engage, apply, and succeed on the job. But presenting material this way can seem daunting, after all, learners are often trying to grasp many new concepts at once!

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

Tim Slade

Honestly, as I look back on it, the book really became the first major stepping stone towards quitting my corporate job and starting my own business in the spring of 2019. Without self-indulging my ego too much, I have to say that it was a pivotal moment in my career—I was, and I still am, so proud of what I had accomplished.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

An excellent article from Cross Pollination Media, titled “ Are ‘Digital Natives’ Better Suited for Mobile Learning? The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity. Properly d.

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Organizational Change Management Cited – Again – as Key.

Dashe & Thomson

Organizational change management, as usual, is right near the top of the list: A major contributor to the importance of change management stems from the impact on workers’ job roles, and the degree to which those changes can affect their careers. That impact likely includes process changes that may affect employees in a variety of ways.

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Agile Microlearning Explained

Cognitive science theories already supply the answers. Learn how OttoLearn packages them into a single platform you can use to deliver microlearning based reinforcement training, and go beyond completions to focus on outcomes. Learner engagement and retention doesn’t have to be a mystery.

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Getting a job as an Instructional Designer

Learning Visions

They’ve been trying to get a job but haven’t found the right door to open yet. But if you don’t have any job experience yet doing this kind of work, what can you do? Create some job aids or tips sheets to go with it. In fact, most job postings typically include tools right in the job description. About what?

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Should Marketing Review eLearning Courses?

Association eLearning

Our profession does not guarantee that we know how to make a lesson stick so that it is applied on the job. In short, we are not instructional designers. Just because we think a course would be more visually interesting if more images were used on slides, doesn’t mean there is sufficient cause to add them.

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