Today I came across this great book “Figuring Things Out: A Trainer’s Guide to Needs and Task Analysis” The thing that caught my eye the most was their list of Six ‘Tactics of Figuring Things Out’ Always work from a model of human performance Start as high in the organization as possible and work yourContinueContinue reading “Tactics for Figuring Things Out”
Category Archives: Instructional Design
Using Animated GIFs for Universal Video Delivery
Most of us who design & build elearning materials have probably worked with video at some point. Typically working with video involves making a decision on what video format you will use for the final output. This decision is based on things such as what hardware/software your audience will be using, what kind of speedsContinueContinue reading “Using Animated GIFs for Universal Video Delivery”
Top 10 Tools
My contribution to Jane Hart’s 2011 version of the Top 100 Tools for Learning Twitter: The best source for finding, following & talking with smart people. twitter.com/tmiket Google Reader: …so I can subscribe to those smart people’s blogs and reader.google.com Diigo: Diigo has stepped inherited bookmarks after the horrendous Delicious debacle. diigo.com PowerPoint/Articulate: The Articulate community aloneContinueContinue reading “Top 10 Tools”
Low Tech
Lately I’ve had a few conversations around low, or at least lower, tech options to online courses which is prompting me to explore what others may be doing in this regard. For example, one conversation with @pattishank, @abigrace & @jrandersoniii involved the question of using a document instead of a course. http://twitter.com/#!/pattishank/status/113658353124786177 If its just aContinueContinue reading “Low Tech”
Applying Cognitive Strategies to Instructional Design
In putting together a webinar on Learning Design, stop number one was Ruth Clark. While browsing her articles I came across this article which is way too good not to share. “Applying Cognitive Strategies to Instructional Design” [PDF] “Instructional technology is a design science that must guide the professional production of instruction. This article recommends aContinueContinue reading “Applying Cognitive Strategies to Instructional Design”
21 Questions to ask before Designing Any Training Program
Here’s something to file under the ‘Must Read’ category for instructional designers and anyone else tasked with creating training; a great list of questions to consider before you start working on any training program. NOTE: These questions originally created and shared by The Training Doctor were offline for awhile but now they’re back. You can findContinueContinue reading “21 Questions to ask before Designing Any Training Program”
Mike Taylor 