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Talking about Feedback and Habits

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Have participated in a few podcasts lately: The Disruption Debate podcast, talking about feedback and why it matters, and how to get more feedback into learning systems: https://www.totaralms.com/blog/disruption-debate-julie-dirksen-why-feedback-matters The Learning Circle podcast, talking about digital habits and how to encourage good habit formation: http://www.dau.mil/learningcircle/default.aspx There are a few more coming up soon, including an interview with Learning … Read more

Book Giveaway and Other News

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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

Libraries and Hyperbolic Discounting and Carrots

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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

Why I don’t like WIIFM

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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

Learning on Demand

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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

Going to be in North Carolina – June 22

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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