Recently, I was invited to join Chris Van Wingerden and Brent Schlenker on Instructional Designers in Offices Drinking Coffee (IDIODC) to speak about accessibility and inclusion in learning. Watch the video recording. Also, be sure to check out our accessibility primer and resources. Drop us an email and let us know what you're working on and what challenges you face when it comes to designing for everyone. … [Read more...] about Brian on Inclusion and Accessibility on IDIOIC
A Few Resources and Research on Designing Learning Experiences
We are helping one of our clients design an employee onboarding program. Our goal is to help their organization support new employees in locations across the country using a consistent, scalable approach while maintaining a strong community culture. To that end, we have recommended blended learning. While the approach you decide to take depends on a number of factors (desired outcomes, personnel, what they need to do their job(s), timing, … [Read more...] about A Few Resources and Research on Designing Learning Experiences
Prototyping in Elearning
Prototyping is a vital step in the design process in many other industries. So, why don’t we use prototypes when we develop new content? Is it a lack of time? Is it that we are just converting existing material and we think we do not need it? Maybe, in some cases, we think we already know what the learner needs. Even if all that were true, we should follow other industry best practices and create prototypes for our content. What is a … [Read more...] about Prototyping in Elearning
Learning from the Web World: Paper Prototyping
I thought it might be useful to do a few posts on usability testing, with a discussion on how each method of testing contributes to the e-learning world. Whenever you’re testing, it’s best to have testers that approximate (or, better yet, who are part of) the intended users of the learning. The beauty of this type of testing is that you can find most of the issues with testing only 5 users or less (see … [Read more...] about Learning from the Web World: Paper Prototyping
