by Julie Dirksen
Julie Dirksen Hey — what are you doing on Sunday? I’m doing this: The concept of Flow has gotten a little overused in game design, but there are still useful insights and subtleties that can be applied to experience design. And, it’s free! And we’ll look at a PET scan of your brain on Tetris! And, it’s … Read more
So I’ve probably mentioned in the past that Sebastian Deterding is one of my professional crushes. I’ll try not to gush excessively, but he’s really smart. Here’s his latest slideshare on research for behavioral change, and it’s fantastic stuff: The MAO Model: Research for Behavior Change.[slideshare id=11395554&w=425&h=355&sc=no] View more presentations from Sebastian Deterding He’s got … Read more
Do you want to capture and maintain your learners’ attention? You need to talk to the elephant. Peachpit (my publishers) just posted an article I wrote based on Chapter 5: Design for Attention. You can read the entire article here.
So, still need a gift for the design geek on your holiday shopping list?* I’ve mentioned Stephen Anderson before (I’m a big ol’ fan), but I particularly love his Mental Notes cards, which cover dozens of psychology principles that impact how we design. Need to jump start your design process? Pull a few cards out … Read more
The Toolbar is a podcast by Brian Dusablon and Judy Unrein that involves talking about the tools that e-learning practitioners use (and also beer). It’s just the kind of satisfying shoptalk that usually only happens at professional conferences or the like. I got to be a guest on this week’s episode, talking about things like … Read more
One of the things I had while writing the book was an inspiration bookshelf. These were books that not only inspired the content of Design for How People Learn, but also the style of it. None of these are instructional design books, but they are all books that instructional designers should read. The Design of … Read more