Where's the Id in your ID?
Blogging is kind of about Ego (let's face it). Instructional Design is sort of the Super-Ego of Learning. And we should strive to put more Id in our ID.This means stories, games, humor -- the stuff of...
View ArticleCreativity in eLearning
A common complaint about eLearning is that it's simply too boring. There is this unofficial PowerPoint template where you list a bunch of Learning Objectives, present a bunch of concepts, and ask some...
View ArticleSupplementing Classroom with Online Multimedia
There are lots of ways to supplement a live seminar/coaching approach with online multimedia that go beyond showing a movie or just dumping the whole presentation online.A pre-event "teaser" can serve...
View ArticleEnhanced Narration Techniques: Spice up your dry content
Instructional Designers usually receive content in "raw" form from SMEs that needs to be nurtured into good instructional content. Usually I advocate that shorter is better, less is more, etc., but...
View ArticleThe Various Roles of Instructional Design (Part I)
Job descriptions in ID (or, ISD) these days are all over the map, with very little consistency. It doesn't help that few HR and Recruiters have any knowledge of, or experience with, the field. So I'm...
View ArticleOrganizational Roles of Instructional Design (Part 2)
A comment to my previous post on The Various Roles of Instructional Design prompted me to think about ways to structure learning organizations around these roles. I'm not quite there yet, though. So in...
View ArticleWhy kids hate music theory - a Music Theorist Responds
The reason your kids can't get interested in music theory is because standard theory has little to do with performance. Rather, it is an explanatory system of composition. This took me some years to...
View ArticleDesigning eLearning for a Global SAP Implementation
As IDs, we're always on the lookout for case studies and examples of eLearning - with pictures! So I put together a blog post on my company's site about a recent project that I was a part of. SERIAL...
View ArticleADDIE Squared: A Deep Dive into eLearning Project Management - By Jonathan...
I've been asked to write more blogs for the EPI-USE America website. This one is a look at some of the finer points of ADDIE as I've experienced it. Specifically, I look at how each step can be broken...
View ArticleEvaluating Your ELearning: Does It Measure Up?
Another blog post written for my previous employer:http://www.epiuse.com/easyblog/entry/evaluating-your-elearning-does-it-measure-up-by-jonathan-atleson
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