The concept of Instructional Design. Models, theories, trends, pitfalls, and anything you need to know, written from our Instructional Design experts.
You loved that picture of a grumpy cat. But are you allowed to use it? Make sure your company/clients are protected from liability by carefully respecting copyright and intellectual property laws.
Whole brain learning is a methodology to combine left brain fact-based paradigms with right brain abstract visual cues to make learning holistic. In this article, I will be sharing some ideas on how to implement whole brain learning in your courses.
In his 2108 Letter to Shareholders, Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon, banished PowerPoint presentations from executive meetings and replaced them with “Narrative Structures.” Culture Shock! Storytelling instead of Bullet Points! Yes, you heard right. And if anyone knows a good idea, it’s probably Jeff. Amazon’s executive meetings now begin with participants spending 30 minutes reading stories about ideas and then discussing them. And it’s Bezos’ idea. The man who went from a new retailing idea to the world’s richest man in 23 years is advocating storytelling. And once again he’s right.
We tend to think of adults as being able to sit and absorb boring presentation after presentation. In truth, that’s just as ineffective as it would be for a toddler. Adult learning theory is a way into the minds of adults and getting there can help you create better eLearning for your employees.
Pack your bags for your summer vacation! Are you taking a local “staycation”, a road trip, or flying to another country? Here are 5 learning tips you can apply to all your deliverables.
With the transition of traditional eLearning to mobile learning and microlearning to microlearning-based training, ID strategies are also evolving to keep pace. In this article, I outline the ID strategies that help us sync with the current trends.
This article is directed at Instructional Designers and Learning Officers who see your function as being vital to the survival of your enterprise. Because it is.
In this article, I will discuss research from the field of Implementation Science that can be used in combination with Cathy Moore's action mapping to motivate your learners to apply what they have learned in practice.
As we discussed in the previous blog article in this series, there are 3 main steps in the memory process: encoding, storing, and retrieving. Here, we will take a closer look at the first step—encoding—and its role in learning.
People don't always know what they want but they can often reject what they don't want. This article discusses how rejection can be leveraged as a tool for Instructional Designers to complete projects.
Employee buy-in is one of the most important factors affecting the successful implementation of an organizational initiative. In this article, I will present 3 strategies to consider when developing training that will maximize employee buy-in for a new initiative.
There are plenty of learning methods you can use in your Instructional Design endeavors. If you spend a little more time and drill this topic down, I can bet that you will easily cross the line of 50 or even 100 methods. How to choose from the best ones from this pool?