Now that I’ve gotten back into blogging, I’ve decided to release another post on my annual goals for instructional design. Keeping these goals public helps keep me on task. Like last time, I am aiming for quality over quantity when it comes to my goal setting. I am continuing to…
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The Debate There is still quite a bit of debate over the term ‘learning experience designer’ (LXD). The intent of the term was to distinguish L&D professionals who design by considering the entire learning experience rather than focusing only on the content (Read Connie Malamed’s article, for more details about…
I recently read an article that Patti Shank wrote back in 2020 about ways to reduce the challenges that learners face when learning from smaller screens. The entire article was fascinating, but for me there was a single section that stood out the most: interaction cost. The reason this topic…
Unlike last year, I am aiming for quality over quantity when it comes to my instructional design goal setting. I also am choosing a new format. Rather than A-to-Z goals, I am splitting my goals into categories: Research, Design, Development, and Community. In each category, I will keep my goals…
At the start of the year I wrote myself a list of instructional design goals for 2019. I was feeling particularly ambitious and I created a goal for each letter of the alphabet. This year has been filled with many ups and downs and I haven’t been able to spend…
A couple weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for a magazine article (for OHS Canada). I had a wonderful conversation with Marcel Vander Wier about education and training in occupational health and safety. Although we discussed many topics, the most noteworthy topic was inductive learning (also known…