The eLearning Coach Newsletter For Curious Learning Professionals Greetings Reader, I hope your new year is going well. I've concluded that the true purpose of productivity is working with intentionality. In the first article, I looked for compelling ways to grow the intentionality habit and captured them in the first article. We often advise course designers to arouse curiosity in the audience. I recently realized that we rarely say how to spark curiosity. So, I slogged through many academic...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
The eLearning Coach Newsletter For Curious Learning Professionals Greetings Reader, Happy New Year! I wish you great fulfillment in your life and work this year. My New Year's present to you is the Ultimate List of Visual Design Tools. It grew out of a presentation I gave for the Learning Guild. Reading the article will help you understand how the document is organized. The download link is in the first article description. I hope you enjoy it. If you've been thinking of joining my community,...
3 months ago • 2 min read
The eLearning Coach Newsletter For Learning Professionals Greetings Reader, Wherever you are, I hope you're enjoying the season. I've been fitting in some gardening, hiking, and learning French. Ahhhh, summer. But sometimes, we need to think about instructional design. And that's what I'm here for. First, I'd like to tell you about an important and under-discussed topic: Quality Management. In my latest podcast episode, Hadiya Nuriddin explains the benefits of setting up a quality management...
3 months ago • 2 min read
The eLearning Coach Newsletter For Learning Professionals Greetings Reader,July 31, 2024 On Monday I spoke at the TLDC Accessible and Inclusive Design Conference. It's free (donations welcome) and you can still get a ticket to attend and to view the recordings. There are lots of good sessions. Now on to the articles. One way to look at our work is through the eyes of product development. When we want to improve employee performance, we typically do this through initiatives and programs that...
3 months ago • 2 min read
The eLearning Coach Newsletter For Learning Professionals Greetings Reader, September 26, 2024 What do you think of when you hear the word leadership? Some believe that it's a characteristic innate to the lucky few. Last month, I recorded a conversation about leadership with someone who has a different perspective. David Kelly, Chairman at the Learning Guild, explains how leadership is a set of traits that anyone can develop. He contends that leadership traits help you stand out and gain...
3 months ago • 2 min read
The eLearning Coach Newsletter For Learning Professionals Greetings Reader, How much do you plan for audience attention in learning design? The first article is an instructional science tutorial on attention, a fundamental requirement for effective learning. Next, do you find that you're not as motivated at work as you used to be? Are you in the doldrums? It happens. The second article in this newsletter offers some tips for how learning professionals can rise above these feelings. Finally,...
4 months ago • 2 min read
The eLearning Coach Newsletter For Learning Professionals Greetings Reader, Do you find that you're not as motivated at work as you used to be? Are you in the doldrums? It happens. The first article in this newsletter offers some tips for how learning professionals can rise above these feelings. Click Reply and let me know how you're doing. I love hearing from you. Next are ten ways to provide support after training that can reinforce and advance learning. Third is a little instructional...
4 months ago • 2 min read
The eLearning Coach Newsletter October 28, 2024 Greetings Reader, The first time I heard a discussion generated by an AI tool, it was both impressive and eerie. Since then, I've been experimenting with Google's NotebookLM (the AI tool), to see if it can make our jobs a little easier or enhance learning. I think it's important that we stay up to date and understand where AI currently fits into our world and how it may fit in the future. In the first article, I run through how to use NotebookLM...
5 months ago • 2 min read