by Julie Dirksen
Hey folks — am returned from all the San Francisco adventures, and am happy to be home. Now that I have time to draw breath, I’ll actually finish some of those blog posts, but here’s a round up of stuff that’s been going on, in no particular order: There’s a new Research For Practitioners piece … Read more
The last blog post I wrote was about starting design with a problem rather than a solution, and it came from a conversation with Stephen Anderson about a presentation he was putting together for the IA Summit. Here’s his presentation, and (of course) it’s great stuff:
So, several conversations recently are coming together: – Judy Unrein’s post on Mike Monteiro’s How Designers Destroyed the World talk, and her discussion about how designers can’t be just be order takers (go watch the talk – it’s amazing) – A conversation with Stephen Anderson about his upcoming IA Summit talk called Stop Doing What … Read more
Had a lovely time at the Learning Solutions Conference last week. Did a full day pre-con on Gameful Learning Design with Rick Raymer, which was a lot of fun. I also did a session on Narrative Techniques for Learning. When I was working on Design For How People Learn, I listened a lot to a … Read more
Hey folks, this is a really excellent discussion of the issues and research around using extrinsic rewards as a way to motivate behavior. Chris Hecker is looking at the question through the lens of game design, but it really, really applies to learning design as well. There’s a write-up at the website, and a recording … Read more
Peachpit (my publishers) are doing kind of a cool little series of posts on the Best Design Advice You Ever Got. Click here to see my entry: http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1930037 What’s the best design advice you ever got? (Artwork is courtesy of Judy Unrein, the Awesome color is courtesy of Crayola, and quote is from Alex Hillman via … Read more