It’s baaaack. We took a summer break from Nerdy Shop Talk that lasted until December (yes, we know it hasn’t been summer for a while). Topic: xAPI…huh…what is it good for? xAPI (the specification formerly known as Tin Can) has been available for a while, but what can instructional designers…
I think everyone who works in the research-to-practice area has a persistent myth that annoys them the most. Mine is unquestionably the goldfish attention span one. Here’s my pass at a video to address that (note: contains a shameless marketing plug): If you’d like to learn more about how to…
I’m delighted to announce the first course in my new project — Design Better Learning. It’s an online course library to help people learn to create better learning experiences. The first course available is Sticky Learning – Learning Design for Attention and Engagement! It’s a self-study course for instructional designers…
So it’s been pretty quiet here on the blog, but that’s because we have been hard at work on several different things. One of them is HAPPENING this Thursday March 14th at 2PM ET/11AM PT Tracy Parish and I are starting a new videocast series in conjunction with the Elearning Guild,…
So I’m putting together some slides for a meme-ignite-style session at DevLearn, and was reminded of some great resources on why we should view learning that “brain-based” or based on “neuroscience” with a healthy skepticism. First is Will Thalheimer’s well-researched post on this very topic: And the second is Danial…