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Engaged Designers Build Better Learning. Burnt-...
Engaged instructional designers create impactful learning experiences, while burnt-out ones churn out uninspired slide decks. The key to distinguishing between the two lies in what they produce—meaningful solutions or mere...
Engaged Designers Build Better Learning. Burnt-...
Engaged instructional designers create impactful learning experiences, while burnt-out ones churn out uninspired slide decks. The key to distinguishing between the two lies in what they produce—meaningful solutions or mere...
Instructional Design Is Marketing. Don’t Forget...
Instructional design is more than creating courses—it’s marketing. Success hinges on engaging distracted learners, stakeholders, and SMEs with empathy, not pressure. Rather than barking deadlines, connect content to their goals...
Instructional Design Is Marketing. Don’t Forget...
Instructional design is more than creating courses—it’s marketing. Success hinges on engaging distracted learners, stakeholders, and SMEs with empathy, not pressure. Rather than barking deadlines, connect content to their goals...
The Growth Mindset Debate: When a Good Idea Get...
The growth mindset—believing intelligence can grow—has been overhyped in education and training despite Carol Dweck’s promising research. While it encourages resilience, large-scale studies show inconsistent results, and its grand promises...
The Growth Mindset Debate: When a Good Idea Get...
The growth mindset—believing intelligence can grow—has been overhyped in education and training despite Carol Dweck’s promising research. While it encourages resilience, large-scale studies show inconsistent results, and its grand promises...
Why Agility Matters in Instructional Design
Agile methodology, born in the 1990s, transformed software development with its focus on flexibility, iteration, and responsiveness—principles later embraced by Learning & Development (L&D). However, corporate rigidity, excessive documentation, and...
Why Agility Matters in Instructional Design
Agile methodology, born in the 1990s, transformed software development with its focus on flexibility, iteration, and responsiveness—principles later embraced by Learning & Development (L&D). However, corporate rigidity, excessive documentation, and...
Instructional Design Has Become Horrifically Ov...
Instructional design has become overly focused on processes, prioritizing consistency and efficiency over effectiveness. While processes offer structure and scalability, they often fail to address the messy, human elements of...
Instructional Design Has Become Horrifically Ov...
Instructional design has become overly focused on processes, prioritizing consistency and efficiency over effectiveness. While processes offer structure and scalability, they often fail to address the messy, human elements of...
The Power of a Simple, Earnest Conversation
In instructional design, we often drown in complex processes and formal tools—surveys, reviews, and structured feedback—thinking they’re the gold standard. But they miss the mark. A simple, earnest 15-minute chat...
The Power of a Simple, Earnest Conversation
In instructional design, we often drown in complex processes and formal tools—surveys, reviews, and structured feedback—thinking they’re the gold standard. But they miss the mark. A simple, earnest 15-minute chat...