Everyone is New at Their Job(s)
How do we deal, as corporations and as people, with the fact that everyone is new at their jobs? I have two strategies, which I call "Retrograde," and "Contingency Plans."
Discovery Meetings: The “First Dates” of Instructional Design
It's February, and the stores abound with Valentine's Day products in all the hues of red and white. Online, I'm being bombarded with ads for dating apps and articles with…
False Choices: The Solution for When Your Compliance Department Won’t Let Learners Make Mistakes.
Building Scenarios Any ID knows that a training product should strive to get as close to the learners' experiences as possible. 9 times out of 10, when I get a…
What Can We Learn from ChaSms?
The ChaSms Tool When I was coming up in the world of tech troubleshooting, a colleague introduced me to ChaSms. If you're not familiar with the tool, their website does…
Interactive Videos – When No One Has Time for an eLearning
I was assigned a project, catering to our C-suite and Director-level employees, on how to use Monday.com. Watch this video below for a breakdown of how I decided to design…
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What Can Desire Paths Tell Us About eLearning?
Fall is here, which means in Arizona that it's a balmy 75 degrees, and I can finally go on walks again. As I've hiked around the urban wilderness, I've come…
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New Tools Won’t Always Solve Your Problem
Or, Scheduling D&D is a Nightmare I will take every available opportunity to talk about Dungeons & Dragons, so today we're going to look at a little in-game kerfuffle that…
Does Illustration Help with Engagement?
A well-meaning friend recently sent me a link to Ink Factory Studios (IFS), along with an excited text about these artists who seem to do what I do. She'd heard…
Welcome to My Blog!
Thanks for reading! This is a bit of a storage space for my various thoughts on Instructional Design, so that I have a hub from which I can share posts…