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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Babbling Away: How Proven Instructional Design Techniques Helped Me Learn German

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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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SME Syndrome: Symptoms and Prevention Tips

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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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Heating Things Up: Pilots Provide Useful Feedback

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Helping Learners to Digest – even Savor – Your eLearning

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Short Can be More Than Just Sweet!

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The Pick of the Crop

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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 […]

Creating Your Own Sweet Adventure

“When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.” – Regina Brett Like many people, I have a weakness for chocolate. For a while, I had wanted to take a chocolate walking tour in Boston, enjoying the city while sampling delicacies from various specialty shops. This would be a tasty way to be a tourist in […]

Ingenious Ways to Improve Learner Retention

As instructional designers, we focus on improving employee performance through knowledge and an increased skill set. We strive for learners to retain what they learn and implement it in their jobs. Yet, with so many competing demands at work and home, retaining what we learn can be easier said than done. For the instructional designer, […]