Thursday, August 27, 2015

Webinar: 10 Tips for Better eLearning Design on Sept 3

Join me on September 3rd, 1:00 eastern for a webinar with Training Magazine Network.
Here's the description:
Has your eLearning design gotten dull and same-old, same-old? Looking for some design ideas and inspiration?  Cammy Bean, Kineo's VP of Learning Design, shares some ideas and examples to get your design juices flowing. 
In this session, you'll learn to:
  • Liven up your eLearning designs with strategies for making your content more human
  • Design interactions that rely less on clicking and more on thinking
  • Identify ways to extend the learning experience outside of the course and into the real world

See you online!

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

How I Blog: #DevLearn Bloggers

DevLearn, that mecca of a eLearning conference, is coming up quickly! This year, we'll be running around the MGM Grand in Las Vegas from September 30-October 2, filling our heads with eLearning goodness. 

I'm honored to be a part of the #DevLearn Bloggers team. Each of us has been asked to write a post about how we blog...here's my offering:

I’ve always been a note taker. At college, I filled notebook upon notebook with my somewhat illegible handwritten text. (This was in the days before laptops, so yes, I am dating myself.) The act of note taking kept me focused on the lecture or conversation, helped me connect dots, and augmented the faulty memory of my brain. When I wrote papers in the wee hours of the night or studied for finals, those notes were critical reference tools for me...

Read the full story over at Twist, the eLearning Guild's blog.