by Julie Dirksen
So the first column of what will hopefully be a longish running series for the elearning guild is up — it’s an effort to make learning-related academic research more available to a professional practitioner audience: http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1021/research-for-practitioners-social-interaction-belief-and-learning Here’s the story behind it: Several months ago, Clark Quinn and I were at a workshop and we were … Read more
I’m listening to the most recent toolbar episode with Judy Unrein, Brian Dusablon and their guest, Connie Malamed. They talk about a number of things, but there’s a lot of discussion of creativity – how to be creative, the importance of creativity for problem solving, and the unfortunate lack of creativity that can happen in … Read more
I blogged! Just not here!! I’m the guest blogger this week for the Tin Can folks. It’s a post about why should care about Tin Can if you are an instructional designer: http://tincanapi.com/2012/09/04/what-does-tin-can-mean-to-instructional-designers/ I also get to bitch a little bit about SCORM and how is that not fun?
So, I’ve had a crazy spring so far — between a brutal travel schedule and some unexpected health stuff (all resolved now), there’s barely been time to draw breath. There have been lots of good things, including some interesting projects in the works. A particular good thing recently was a really nice review of the … 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.
I have a cover! And it’s available for pre-order on Amazon. Now I just have to finish writing the damn thing 🙂