by Julie Dirksen
So I’ve probably mentioned in the past that Sebastian Deterding is one of my professional crushes. I’ll try not to gush excessively, but he’s really smart. Here’s his latest slideshare on research for behavioral change, and it’s fantastic stuff: The MAO Model: Research for Behavior Change.[slideshare id=11395554&w=425&h=355&sc=no] View more presentations from Sebastian Deterding He’s got … Read more
One of the things I had while writing the book was an inspiration bookshelf. These were books that not only inspired the content of Design for How People Learn, but also the style of it. None of these are instructional design books, but they are all books that instructional designers should read. The Design of … Read more
Hey folks, There’s a free sample chapter of the book (Design For How People Learn) available here: https://usablelearning.com/the-book/sample-chapter/ It’s Chapter 8: Design for Motivation (In which we learn that we don’t always learn the right thing when we learn from experience, and that the elephant is a creature of habit) If you are a reader of this … Read more
A friend of mine just tweeted this a little while ago: Which means that YAY! The book is shipping! And it’s a whole week earlier than I thought! Which is great! Except that I’m not *quite* ready! But it’s still great! In my last post, I asked folks for ideas about promoting the book, and … Read more
Hmm, it’s three weeks until the book comes out, which is really, really exciting. I’m trying to figure out what to do on the blog in the run-up to publication date (November 21). If you have any ideas, let me know!
…at how sad I was to hear about Steve Jobs. I would not have expected to choke up about it, but I did. From XKCD: Eternal Flame