Instructional Design

May 27, 2020

Becoming A Learning Designer: Part 1

Whether you’re already studying to become a learning designer or planning to shift (or “pivot” as we say nowadays) your career toward learning design, this article will provide some answers and actionable items to make it happen.

by Zsolt Olah

May 19, 2020 | Sponsored

4 Lenses To Bring CCAF Instructional Design Into Focus: Part 1

This is the first of a series of articles that I hope will apply a fresh approach to understanding CCAF Instructional Design for interactive learning, performance-based learning, as a total package. This first article focuses on interactive learning.

by Ethan Edwards

April 17, 2020

Storytelling For Technical Content Design: Bloom's Objectives And Structure

Can storytelling be an effective tool to enhance the learning effectiveness of technical trainings? This article mentions how story elements align with Bloom's Taxonomy and help achieve learning objectives. It also explains how story narration can be implemented in technical content design and development.

by Rashmi G N

April 12, 2020

The Myth Of An Instructional Designer

A: What do you work as? B: ID. A: Oh, Interior Designer. B: Erm…Instructional Designer. Those who are not from the eLearning industry may not be familiar with the term Instructional Designer (ID). This article discusses the roles of an ID and makes clear the skills that an ID should have.

by Lay Kee Ch’ng

April 10, 2020

Instructional Design And Adult Learners

LinkedIn Learning's "Become an Instructional Designer" covers andragogy for business employee training but can be applied to online higher education courses.

by Jonathan Zaccarini

March 29, 2020

Unleash Your Creativity For Inspired eLearning

Creativity can be stifled due to self-doubt, fear of being judged, or lack of inspiration. An area of concern for the Instructional Designer is the ability to find inspiration to overcome the resistance to explore their creativity. Here are a few techniques to help you get back on track.

by Fran Murello

March 22, 2020

Should We Offer Tutorials For Using Our eLearning? Probably Not

Research shows that it’s not necessarily a good idea to add a how-to-use-this-course tutorial for our online courses as it can increase anxiety and cognitive load. The simpler and broader implications and what to do instead are discussed.

by Patti Shank, PhD

March 10, 2020

Book Review: Evidence-Informed Learning Design

Today, anybody can be an expert, thought leader, guru or ninja spreading opinion-based misinformation about how we should design learning experiences. What should you do instead? Read this book.

by Zsolt Olah

March 6, 2020

Rapid Instructional Design With SAM

SAM, which stands for the Successive Approximation Model, serves as an iterative design and delivery model to meet the immediate demands of usable training collateral.

by Kevin Herrholtz, CPLP

March 1, 2020 | Sponsored

Finding The Right eLearning Authoring Tool

Finding the right authoring tool can be challenging. This article will help you understand your options and choose the best one for you.

by Sushmitha K

February 29, 2020

Negotiating Instruction In Courses With No Syllabus In A Military Setting

This article discusses the effective use of learning contracts (LC) as a tool to promote learners’ autonomy while gathering their learning needs to negotiate instruction during a 4-week Spanish language familiarization course that had no predetermined syllabus.

by Alex Samuel Vélez

February 27, 2020 | Sponsored

Working Efficiently With SMEs

Subject Matter Experts can be your dream partners, but they can also turn into your worst professional nightmares. But fear not; once you understand who they are and how they think, communication will never be a problem again.

by Sushmitha K