Despite rumors to the contrary, Instructional Design is not dead. You may have noticed the many articles and blog posts stating that instructional design is dead, and by extension, so is the role of Instructional Designer. I even saw this tweet … [Read more...]
Learning Activities that Matter
It is time to move away from just movement...to learning activities that matter. We have all been there, done that...a well-intentioned trainer has you up playing musical chairs for apparently no other reason than to create movement. They mean well, … [Read more...]
Create Love in the Classroom
(Originally created for Litmos blog 8/2016) Have you ever been in front of a group of training "captives"? They just aren't feeling the love in the classroom? Either people were told to be there by the boss, or perhaps the training is part of some … [Read more...]
5 Reasons I’m Geeky about Learning Design!
My name is Shannon and I am geeky about Learning Design. There I said it. Not only is L&D my chosen field, but it's my passion. It's a disease. I look at websites and I'm either wow'd by the user experience or I'm curious about … [Read more...]