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The Best New Learning Book

The best new learning book doesn’t exactly look like a learning book, but trust me on this one, folks.   As I may have mentioned a few times in the past, Kathy Sierra’s stuff is FANTASTIC and this new book is no exception. I realize that nothing on the cover says “Learning & Development” exactly, … Read more

An Elearning Design Reading List

Several things have led to me actually writing a blog post.  First, I’m home for two whole weeks straight (this alone is a small miracle).  I’m also relatively up to date with my inbox and to do list (much larger miracles). I’m also indulging in some productive procrastination (which is probably the real reason). Anyway, I typically … Read more

Designing for Data and Learning UX

Hey folks, a couple of things that have been happening lately: The fabulous Janet Laane Effron and Sean Putnam are doing a MOOC on learning design for data.  This is going to be a big deal in our field, and this is really nice, accessible opportunity to learn more. It starts today (May 27th), but … Read more

Stephen Anderson – From Paths to Sandboxes

Sat in on Karl Fast and Stephen Anderson‘s Design for Understanding workshop at the IA Summit last week, and it was double-plus-good. Here are Stephen’s slides from his IA Summit presentation.  Excellent stuff relating to autonomy in learning environments, and multitudes more: From Paths to Sandboxes from Stephen Anderson

Manifestos and MCQs

Hey folks, So a couple of quick things.  A few of us launched this today: http://elearningmanifesto.org/ — would love to know if it seems useful 🙂 And second, I was collecting some resources on writing good multiple choice questions (which is really hard), and thought they might be useful to post here Will Thalheimer has some … Read more