ADDIE’s linear perspective provides a structured step-by step instructional design process. It allows the stakeholders, subject matter experts, and end users to provide early feedback. The rapid prototype creates an early iteration loop that provides valuable feedback on technical issues, creative treatment, and effectiveness of instruction. Tom Gram, one of my favorite bloggers, a few years ago responded to the hue and cry about ADDIE’s demise in the field of instructional design. In ADDIE is DEAD! Long Live ADDIE! ADDIE vs. Rapid Prototyping. Rapid Prototyping. Sources. MORE >>

As she writes: “I have written a blog post about the webinar, in which I have provided the participants with a link to an article I have written and asked them to submit questions (in the comments on the blog post) in advance of the webinar. One of the concepts in training that has taken the biggest strides this year has been that of the “flipped classroom.” My colleague Jon Matejcek first covered it back in March in his article “ Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of the Classroom.” Luckily, more and more schools are beginning to take notice. MORE >>

When it comes to learning, most people think Smartphones will provide the most effective delivery vehicle.  Introduction to AR. Augmented reality (AR), as defined by the infallible Wikipedia, is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.  It differs from virtual reality in that it modifies the real world instead of replacing it with a simulated one. Like many of you, my first look at augmented reality (AR) came via 80s action movies (e.g. MORE >>

Our instructional designers and developers would love to provide our clients with a tool like Learnist where Project Managers (PMs) and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) can communicate with different end-user groups before go-live; where SMEs could use a tool like Camtasia to record a software transaction and post it for others to immediately see; where an employee could curate content for different employee groups and allow them to “Like” the content, comment on it, and follow the user that created it. Learnist describes itself as a tool for “people helping other people learn.  MORE >>

Flex – Instruction is delivered primarily through an online platform; teachers provide onsite support. I’ve been creating blended training solutions for years that look something like this: My model needs a face lift. came across a couple of resources that have me thinking about it. Here’s the gist: Disruptive innovation (termed as such by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton M. Christensen) brings simplicity, accessibility, affordability, and customization to complicated, expensive, and standardized products and services. Plus, I need to make space for new components.  MORE >>