Upside Learning

AUGUST 10, 2023

With all the buzz surrounding AI’s potential, it’s crucial to sift through the hype and grasp a realistic understanding of what AI can truly offer in the realm of learning design. However, it also emphasizes the irreplaceable role of human creativity and context in designing meaningful practice and skill development.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

As learning designers, we spend a lot of time ruminating about and discussing learning effectiveness. While learning effectiveness still has a part to play in education, when we talk about workplace learning, it helps to focus on what we’re really designing for – learning transfer. I think we may be a little off the mark there.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this episode of the L&D Go Beyond podcast, Amit Garg interacts with Julie Dirksen, an acclaimed author and Learning Design Consultant. Julie shares her thoughts on memory being the foundation of learning and how repetitive exposures increase memory (if content is relevant) but this fact often gets ignored in learning design.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 26, 2022

Rance is an acclaimed story designer, author, and speaker. His book – Instructional Story Design , which we discuss extensively in the podcast, is a practical guide for developing stories that can train. In this episode of L&D Go Beyond podcast, Amit Garg speaks with Rance Greene.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 29, 2012

I spent a lot of time over the past few months reading about the design of timelines and trying to understand what makes a well designed timeline. I soon realized that I had only discovered the tip of the iceberg, and that there is a lot of thought that needs to go into designing an interactive timeline. What is a Timeline?

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 4, 2022

In my previous piece, I attempted to make a case for using and promoting Self-Directed / Exploratory Learning, while designing learning for a modern workplace. The post Solving before Learning: A Case for Inverting the Way Courses are Designed first appeared on The Upside Learning Blog.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Keith has been in the L&D industry for over two decades and is a strong proponent of ‘Design Thinking’. In the third episode of the L&D Go Beyond podcast, we have Keith Keating, Global Learning Strategist at GP Strategies, as our special guest.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Responsive Learning Design Responsive eLearning Responsive eLearning Design Responsive eLearning Development' Today, individuals own multiple devices and shift seamlessly between them depending on task, location and time of day. Learning too has evolved from being traditional (read classroom-based) to responsive.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 15, 2014

A few years back, designers had a fixed size canvas, no matter what the medium – whether for print or digital media. eLearning Responsive eLearning Responsive eLearning Design' There are PCs and Macs, laptops, tablets, hybrids, phablets, and mobile phones out there, all with different dimensions and […].

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Upside Learning

JULY 11, 2012

Learning From Game Design: 11 Gambits For Influencing User Behaviour. Learning From Game Design: 11 Gambits For Influencing User Behaviour. Katie Salen on Game Design and Learning. Here is Katie Salen speaking about how game design can be applied in the classroom. Educational Game Design Model (NMSU Learning Games Lab).

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 21, 2010

In our weekly instructional design team meetings the following week, we discussed our impressions, and what makes AOE offer such meaningful interaction and engagement. At the second level, we looked at the design of interaction itself: 1. Whatever the level of exposure, each experienced same experience – total engagement.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

As learning designers and developers, we’d want to create gripping experiences that draw in learners and keep them up till two in the morning (like video games do to so many). Can we design learning experiences that nudge learners into a state of flow? The activity itself is intrinsically motivating.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 7, 2011

Learning design is not just a science, it is an art. When the team works and generates effective learning designs, they are a result of a deep rooted instructional design philosophy. You can find out more about Upside’s learning design here. The philosophy is what we imbibe, methodology is what we practice.

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Upside Learning

JULY 6, 2011

IDEO is one of the companies I admire for solid and contemporary product design and especially follow their Play and Digital Experience areas on their website. I recently heard on twitter that they’d launched a toolkit for educators to assist with Design Thinking at [link]. Valuable and practical ideas on design await.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 25, 2010

Interaction design is almost always a synthesis of traditional methods and approaches from varied established disciplines. Industrial designers are taught to design ‘things’ that engage people and facilitate their relationships with those things. Interaction design is not just screen-based digital interaction anymore.

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Upside Learning

JULY 24, 2019

There are certain factors that tend to play a key role in the entire cycle of designing and delivering compliance training programs. These factors are largely related to the way employees perceive the training – the right perspective, in turn, encourages them to adopt a compliant outlook and act in a way that works for […].

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 31, 2013

So when it came to presenting a learning session at the recently concluded, Europe’s leading workplace learning event, Learning Technologies 2013, the choice of topic was simple – Designing eLearning for iPads. Designing eLearning for tablets. Some of the broad topics I covered in my 30 minute talk were: Understanding Tablets.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 7, 2010

As designers of electronic learning and information, we often find ourselves confronted by the purpose of the learning. Electronic Learning is about performance and content; in a sense instructional design is not purely creative; it is design with intent. Create a structure based on the design.

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Upside Learning

JULY 20, 2010

A couple of month back I had shared a list of top 30 online resources for instructional designers to keep up with. Recently I came across this discussion on LinkedIn – best book for beginning instructional designers. Designing Successful e-Learning by Michael Allen. Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics by Cynthia B.

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Upside Learning

JULY 8, 2010

We’ve had some new instructional designers join Upside Learning recently. While they’ve been assigned to work on projects on one hand, they’re also required to hit the ground running when it comes to media design. To me, this is essential knowledge before one can be effective in an ID role that’s mostly about media design.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 26, 2013

Early this month we ran two webinars on “Designing eLearning for Pads (tablet)” A big thank you to all of you who were able to join us! A: mLearning or Mobile Learning is designed specifically for mobile devices, mostly for learners who are constantly on the move or do not have regular access to traditional learning methodologies.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 20, 2011

I joined Upside Learning as an Instructional Designer in April 2010. I had four years of training delivery experience, but Instructional Design was a completely new ball game! Learning about Instructional Design basics was easier said than done. I have listed some of them below for my fellow rookie Instructional Designers.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 31, 2010

Over so often I get asked what fundamentals of game design apply to the design of learning games – a very difficult question to answer that. In my opinion, every sort of principle ever used in the design of commercial video games applies to the creation of digital learning games as well. more about that here.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Mobile hardware has its own limitations and hence we need to adhere to some critical design conventions in order to make our mobile applications a success. Any mobile learning solution that we design needs to be easy to use even when our target audience is on the move. That means that our designs need to be graphically light.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Most rookie Instructional Designers have a misconception that Instructional Design is quite academic in nature. Over time, I realized that most Instructional Design theories are rooted in common sense. What is Motivational Design? You can read more about Motivational Design here. What is the ARCS Model? Confidence.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 30, 2010

Some days ago, I wrote about some basic design principles pertinent to the presentation of information. In eLearning, usability is simply about designing interfaces to the content that learners find convenient and practical to use. The courseware we design need to be logical, intuitive, and clear to the learners who take the course.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 19, 2011

I spent most of my free time over the last few weeks reading Edward de Bono’s book, Six Thinking Hats , and thinking about how this thinking process can be applied to Instructional Design. Instructional Design and the Six Thinking Hats. Before I get to that, I’d like to give a brief overview of what the Six Thinking Hats are all about.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 28, 2015

So we asked our team of instructional designers what they thought. Somehow or the other, this question cropped up in the course of a conversation recently. And here’s what they came up with – in no particular order, as they say: Focuses on learners.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Here’s a quick summary of the points which I found to be relevant to eLearning and Instructional Design. The article addresses a diverse set of user experience guidelines and standards and consists of some really practical and useful tips which can and ought to be implemented right away. Progressive Disclosure ).

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Upside Learning

MAY 20, 2010

As an instructional designer, you start by learning a whole lot of theories and models. After a few years you realize that instructional design is more an art rather than just pure science – it is a skill honed with experience, and can’t really be narrowed down into a set of guidelines that will fit every situation.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 15, 2010

We’ve always focused on instructional design being essential to the design of courseware. I see just three reasons why eLearning should focus some more on the media design. Focus on media if you want to create sticky learning, but do not ignore fundamental learning design. I’ve been busy with projects – bread and butter.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

I talk to learning and development professionals daily about the challenges of providing learning that is engaging, relevant, and oh by the way – can be delivered right where and when people need it, which is most often on the go … the quintessential definition of Performance Support (PS). Ah but there’s a new wrinkle […].

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Upside Learning

MAY 24, 2011

The purpose of the challenge is to seek ideas for the design of a video game that would inspire and empower kids with chronic diseases to become more engaged in managing their own illnesses. A successful solution will present a clear description of how the game(s) should work and look like, ideally with initial thoughts on design and images.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The learning landscape is evolving rapidly, with more companies attempting to integrate learning and development within their performance eco-systems. Organizations are looking for ways to align their learning initiatives to their business goals.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 21, 2024

If we’re going to design for impact and then measure the outcome, how do we do this? It starts with what we’re trying to achieve, and then it comes down to applying what we know of learning science to the design of a solution. PXD Once we’ve identified the source of the problem, we can design an intervention.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 28, 2024

In the latest episode of the L&D GoBeyond podcast, Amit Garg engages in a compelling conversation with Christy Tucker, a distinguished Learning Experience Design Consultant, unveiling the transformative potential of scenario-based learning and its profound impact on learner engagement and skill transfer.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Responsive Learning Design Upside Learning Multi-device Testing' The ever expanding range of devices used by people today has redefined the way eLearning is developed. eLearning now needs to be accessible on almost every device to give learners the flexibility to learn. At any time. From any place.

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