by Julie Dirksen
Hey folks, So Bryan Jones at elearningart.com did a very fun interview with me for his blog. In conjunction with the interview, he’s giving away five copies of Design For How People Learn! Elearningart.com is a nifty resource for creating scenario based learning, and much easier than combing the stock photo sites for multiple pictures of … Read more
So I’ve been blogging, just not here: For ASTD, I wrote about why we aren’t in the information delivery business anymore (and what we can learn from Museums and Libraries): http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Learning-Technologies-Blog/2013/11/The-Future-of-LD-Is-Not-the-Information-Business For Allen Interactions, I wrote a guest blog about hyperbolic discounting, and why creating a feeling of immediacy is a necessary instructional design … Read more
This is excerpted and expanded from a post that I wrote for the Tin Can blog We’ve talked about WIIFM (What’s in it for me?) for years – it’s one of those things you always hear that you need to include in learning experiences to persuade your learners to pay attention. I’ve started to think … Read more
So, I just finished Reuben Tozman’s Learning On Demand, and it’s great stuff. It’s particular great because I’m working on some of the exact issues he describes right now. Specifically, we are just starting to create content for a new system, and I’m wrestling with questions like: What kind of structure should we use for … Read more
Hey folks, I’m cooking up some new blog posts for this highly neglected blog (turns out publishing book makes you busy – huh, who knew?). In the mean time, I have a new article over on the Peachpit site — an expanded version of The Inspiration Bookshelf. Also – super excited about a workshop I’m … Read more
So, last week I did a keynote at the Humana Learning Consortium conference, which is a great little internal conference for Humana’s learning and development folks, and I thoroughly enjoyed my experience there. The topic I spoke on was Design for Behavior Change, which is something I’m pretty passionate about. While I was presenting, the … Read more