Julie’s Media Kit – Usable Learning

All materials are available on dropbox.

Download a PDF version of Julie’s bio, along with a high-resolution profile photo.

Social Media Links:

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliedirksen/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/designforhowpeoplelearn
Current workshop offerings: https://usablelearning.com/current/

Books

Cover of Design for How People Build Skills by Julie Dirksen shows a silhouette head watching a mountain climber. An image of a climber is being echoed in the mind of the head.

Design for How People Build Skills (New Riders 2026) addresses all the stages of skill development (Learning, Practicing, Performing) and provides concrete guidelines for creating skill development programs.

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0135919509

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0135919507

Talk to the Elephant Book Cover showing a brain with an elephant inside

Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change (New Riders, 2023) is a guide for learning designers on how to use principles from behavioral science to create more effective learning experiences for behavior change.

ISBN: 0138073686
ISBN-13: 978-0138073688

Design for How People Learn (New Riders, 2016) is an invaluable introduction for anyone involved in creating learning materials, whether it be educators, instructional designers, or subject matter experts.

ISBN-10: 0-13-421128-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-421128-2