The concept of Instructional Design. Models, theories, trends, pitfalls, and anything you need to know, written from our Instructional Design experts.
This article gives a glimpse of the wealth that Mind Mapping brings to the field of Instructional Design.
Bid farewell to long paragraphs that lead to cognitive overload. In this article, I'll share 8 innovative ways to use content chunking to avoid cognitive overload and improve comprehension.
eLearning storyboards are a handy way to outline every aspect of your eLearning course. But does your eLearning budget affect the quality of your visual road map?
Do Subject Matter Experts have a place on the learning and design team, and do Instructional Designers need to be SMEs to be successful?
An Instructional Design portfolio can prove to be a great marketing tool if you know how to showcase your talents effectively. Here are 10 important tips for creating an impressive Instructional Design portfolio.
Are you looking for an effective problem-centered strategy for your next eLearning course? In this article, I'll share everything you need to know about how to apply Merrill's Principles of Instruction in eLearning.
Knowing the language of your profession is essential for advancing your Instructional Design career. This article lists the top 50 Instructional Design acronyms used in the industry.
Job searching can be pretty daunting. This is particularly true if you are trying to carve out your own place in the field of Instructional Design. Follow these 6 steps to identify and secure your Instructional Design dream job.
Several years ago, I attended a Creative Writing course at a local community college. On day-1, the instructor handed out a stack of documents –the Day’s Outline– and asked us to quickly review them to understand what we were about to learn. What happened next is a classic case of miscommunication and misunderstanding – something that eLearning course creators should learn from and avoid!
Instructional Design is all about presenting online learners with information in a way that's easy to understand and digest. Here are 6 proactive ways to make enlightening eLearning courses that are truly effective.
Donald Norman's simple guidelines for focusing on the user go a long way to making better products.
Are online learners engaging with your eLearning course? Or is there a noticeable disconnection? In this article, I'll share everything eLearning pros need to know about ways to minimize transactional distance in eLearning.