Building Bridges

How My New Coffee Maker Came with a Moment of Need Learning Approach

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Adopting Improv to Ace Instructional Design

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“Begin with the end in mind”?

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Fun Times: Engagement in the Virtual Classroom

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Making the Move to a Virtual Classroom

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A Bird’s Eye View from the Belfry

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Growing Your Knowledge Garden

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The Manager’s Role in the Training Story

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Warming Up with an Icebreaker

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Drink Up the Learning, Bar by Bar

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The Blue Lagoon: Using Multiple Senses to Improve Learning

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Soaking in an Icelandic Spa: How Senses and Memory Intersect

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Performing a Symphony — of Learning & Development

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Heating Things Up: Pilots Provide Useful Feedback

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Short Can be More Than Just Sweet!

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The Pick of the Crop

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The Course Pilot and a Wedding? More Alike than You Think.

The bridesmaids donned light green dresses with intricate lace overlays. Before the ceremony, the ketubah (marriage contract) was signed by the groom. The groomsmen and bridal party enjoyed sushi and potato pancakes with smoked salmon in separate rooms before the wedding. At the appointed time, both groups entered the ballroom, awaiting the arrival of the […]

When Learning Becomes Too Much: Seven Ways to Reduce Cognitive Overload

Have you ever been in a class where everyone’s eyes are glazed over? By the end of the first half-day, participants stop, well, participating? Perhaps the course just isn’t engaging them. Or, perhaps (cue music: dut, dut, dut) they are experiencing cognitive overload. So, what is cognitive overload? Cognitive overload is an inundation of short-term […]

Blended Learning: Look Before You Leap

Blended learning tools provide an instructional designer with many options, but more choices can also be confusing. How do you determine if the blended solution meets your learning objectives? How do you know which modalities to pick? And finally, how do you know that your mix will work within the culture of your organization? To […]

Can the Myers-Briggs Help You Achieve a Happy Medium?

Colleen and Stella both work at a medical device company and develop a catalog to market the products. Though they often complement each other well, recently they have reached a stalemate on this year’s catalog drop. Colleen, a product manager, wants to make sure the catalog hits the printer well in advance of her conservative […]