Instructional Design

August 23, 2017

8 Tips To Apply The Spacing Effect In Your eLearning Course Design

Do your online learners remember the core concepts long after they complete the eLearning course? Or do memory lapses get the better of them? In this article, I'll share 8 tips to apply the spacing effect in your eLearning course design.

by Christopher Pappas

August 19, 2017

6 Little-Known Rewards Of An Instructional Design Career

Considering a career in Instructional Design? Here are 6 of the lesser-known benefits of pursuing this exciting career path.

by Christopher Pappas

August 17, 2017

Key Questions That Will Help You Deliver Better Instructional Videos

While developing short instructional videos, product demos, simulations, or promotional videos Instructional Designers need to be vigilant as the expected turnaround time is usually less for such projects. We must ask the right questions, else it may lead to extension in the timelines and budget.

by Anuja Khaire

August 13, 2017

Design Thinking For Instructional Design, Part 4: Prototyping

The final installment in the four-part series on Design Thinking for Instructional Design offers tips, techniques, and best practices to incorporate prototyping into your design process.

by Angel Green

August 12, 2017

6 Tips To Embark On A Successful Instructional Design Career

Are you interested in Instructional Design but don’t know where to start? Here are 6 simple ways to kick-start a successful Instructional Design career.

by Christopher Pappas

August 6, 2017

Developing Content For Authentic Learning

This article is intended to delve deeper into the development phase of the Instructional Design model I use to create Authentic Learning.

by Jeremy O'Toole

July 26, 2017

Applying Bloom's Taxonomy In eLearning

Bloom's Taxonomy provides a framework for developing strong learning objectives. However, when it was created in 1956 when eLearning didn't exist, it was intended for in-class style training. How can you adapt it to create strong learning objectives for eLearning?

by Ravinder Tulsiani

July 22, 2017

Top 10 In Demand Instructional Designer Skills

Instructional Design candidates are expected to possess most of these traits and abilities by the most active hiring companies today. How do you stack up as a Learning and Development job seeker?

by Tess Taylor, CPC, PHR, SHRM-CP

July 19, 2017

Design Thinking For Instructional Design, Part 3: Ideation

The third installment in this four part series on design thinking for Instructional Design is dedicated to a single mode of the design thinking process – Ideation.

by Angel Green

July 13, 2017

Designing Instruction For Authentic Learning

An applied approach to Instructional Design where the Backwards Design model is integrated into the design phase of ADDIE to create Authentic Learning. Increase the transfer of knowledge effectiveness rate by allowing students to become active learners instead of passive receivers of information.

by Jeremy O'Toole

July 9, 2017

Design Thinking For Instructional Design, Part 2: The Process

In part two of the four-part series on Design Thinking for Instructional Design, we learn ways to incorporate design thinking activities into our existing instructional design process.

by Angel Green

June 14, 2017

Design Thinking For Instructional Design - Part 1 From A Four-Part Series

Instructional Designers face a very real threat from the advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. In this four-part series, learn how Design Thinking techniques can improve our instructional product by utilizing the uniquely human characteristics that separate man from machine.

by Angel Green