Zsolt Olah

Instructional Design

September 6, 2018

Future Traits Of Instructional Design You Should Be Aware Of

With the fourth industrial revolution, change is here to stay. What traits would you consider useful for Instructional Designers in the future? This article explores 6 of them, as well as the underlying engine: curiosity.

eLearning Design and Development

August 5, 2018

Hunting For Clues On A Lower-Budget Augmented Reality

Are you using Augmented Reality (AR) for Learning and Development? No, because you don't have the budget? This article focuses on adding value by connecting the scavenger hunt type physical world activities with the augmented one.

Instructional Design

August 2, 2018

L&D Book Recommendations: What Books To Read?

Are you interested in what works in learning, how the brain might function, what the future may bring, and how to design your life to feel more like a game than a bad soap opera? I've read over 100 books. Here's some of my recommendations.

Gamification

July 5, 2018

Gamification: Alternative Leaderboards

Would you be motivated by a gamified company leaderboard that ranks you based on your overall performance? Congrats! You've made it to the 1,234th place! Is there an alternative?

Gamification

June 24, 2018

Gamification Of Learning: Am I Using The Timer Correctly?

Are you using a timer in your eLearning? Are you using it the right way?

Gamification

June 3, 2018

Game Thinking In Action: ATD ICE 2018

When a stakeholder comes to you with "we need training yesterday", it is often too late. You are considered an order taker, a learning blender. Using game thinking might be worth a try to move from "order taking" to problem-solving.

Corporate eLearning

May 25, 2018

11 STRANGER THINGS: Moving From Face-To-Face To Online

11 STRANGER THINGS that can go wrong when entering the upside down WORL&D of eLearning while moving face-to-face content online...

Learning Analytics

May 10, 2018

Instructional Design: Data Is The New Plastics

In the classic movie, The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman's character gets pulled aside to hear the advice of the century. One word: plastics. For a Learning and Development professional today, that one word would be data. Data is the new plastics! Let's do some hands-on machine learning!