The conference Next Friday is a very exciting day for me because I will be presenting my instructional design and eLearning development work at a conference for the first time. The conference is the Canadian eLearning Conference and it will be held in Toronto on July 18 and 19. For…
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There are very few people out there who want life to be as difficult as possible. Most of us want to do things and to learn things in the easiest way possible. Luckily, when it comes to presenting information, we’ve made progress in leaps and bounds in this regard. Old-school…
In my post last week, I mentioned that company branding is important, and learners like to see consistency from course-to-course. Yet, as a developer this can feel like you are locked in a box. It just may be one of the quickest ways to stifle your creativity! To break through…
Consistency between courses Last week I explored the reasons that consistency is important within a single course. This week I’ll look at whether it is just as important to maintain consistency from course to course. For this post, I wanted to look at various perspectives like I did last week,…
Consistency within a course The phrase “consistency is key” is so ingrained in a learning experience designer’s mind that it is always a shock when someone, usually of a different profession, desires otherwise. When I began a new job, I was told that the higher ups wanted as much variety…
Background Anyone who’s know me for any period of time knew that this post was coming! One of my pet peeves is when learning experience designers/ instructional designers/ eLearning developers use the term “engagement” incorrectly. There are two common ways that the term “engagement” is interpreted. The first interpretation is…