Instructional Design

April 4, 2017

Tips And Strategies To Motivate Learners Appropriately

"Why?" "What's in it for me?" Two questions that Instructional Designers seem to be pondering all the time. And for good reason. Because, a learner who is convinced of the value of a topic is more likely to perceive a course on the topic to be highly worthy, and subsequently pay attention to the course.

by Srividya Kumar

March 31, 2017

Top 5 Instructional Design Theories For Modern Online Training

Instructional Design theories are tried and true. However, you must be able to determine which methodology is best for your tech-savvy, multigenerational workforce. In this article, I'll share the top 5 Instructional Design theories for modern online training.

by Christopher Pappas

March 21, 2017

Transforming Learning: Using Video For Cognitive, Emotional, And Social Engagement

In Obsidian Learning's latest white paper, we discuss best practices for creating videos for training, including cognitive theories of learning, guidelines for design and development of instructional videos, and examples/case studies of videos developed by Obsidian.

by Stephen Victor

March 12, 2017

8 Creative Ideas For Active Learning Activities To Include In Your eLearning Course

Do you want to add new active learning activities to your online repertoire? In this article, I’ll share 8 innovative, collaborative, and creative ideas that you can use to include active learning activities in your eLearning course.

by Christopher Pappas

March 9, 2017

4 Learning Game Design Mistakes Instructional Designers Make

If employees play your instructional game, will they really learn anything? If you do not avoid these common learning game design mistakes, the answer just might be 'No'.

by Steve Boller

March 2, 2017

Working In A Dedicated Learning And Development Team: An Instructional Designer’s Perspective

Engagement is crucial to customer satisfaction. A perfect balance between enterprising and analytical abilities is the key to engage a customer. Read this article to develop customer perspective and nuances of client engagement!

by Shweta Singh

February 10, 2017

5 Creative Project Examples To Inspire You

In this article we look beyond the traditional eLearning module. Here are 5 creative project examples to keep in your toolkit for when they match your needs. Along with each example are resources on how you can create similar projects.

by Melissa Milloway, MSIT

February 8, 2017

Instructional Designers: Harness The Power Of Scientific Thinking

To be clear, scientific thinking and thinking about science are not the same. Here I am describing and discussing how to think in a way that scientists are trained to think, and your employees not so much.

by Alex Terego

February 7, 2017

3 Modern Instructional Designer Skills For Creating A Cohesive Learning Experience

Expert Instructional Designers know how to focus first on their learner and design with them in mind. Here are the 3 modern Instructional Designer skills you need to focus on the needs of your learners.

by Blake Beus

February 2, 2017

Why Crafting Engaging eLearning Content Is Crucial To Instructional Design

A look into why engagement is so important to learning and, more importantly, how and why crafting engaging eLearning content is so important to Instructional Design.

by Kyle Hauptfleisch

January 23, 2017

From Building Content To Meeting Today’s Job Needs

Last month, I felt compelled to write about a trend I’ve been seeing in our industry: Doing less with analyzing and meeting instructional and performance needs and doing more with building content. I think this started happening when rapid development tools could make anyone into a learning practitioner.

by Patti Shank, PhD

January 23, 2017

Content Curation And Crap Detection: 10 Ways To Detect Crap In What You Share

As we drown in more and more information every day, one skill that’s becoming increasingly important for learning designers is content curation. This article explains how we’re doing it already, and then elaborates on the one aspect that can make a huge difference to the quality of content we curate.

by Srividya Kumar