Tim Slade

JULY 2, 2018

A few weeks ago, I posted an article, sharing my top four instructional design books for new eLearning designers. Well, for this week, I thought I would continue the trend and share my favorite graphic design books for new eLearning designers. Graphic design is one of those topics and skills that a lot of new (and experienced) eLearning designers struggle to master. Visual Design Solutions by Connie Malamed. Visual Design Tips for eLearning.

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eLearningMind

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Most of the time, and especially when instructional design is done in-house, the teams for instructional design and product design and development work together. Designers get a better sense of how to apply written content.

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B Online Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

So you have found yourself in the role of an elearning or online learning creator/developer/builder, or even perhaps ‘designer’. You’ve never designed something in your life? Adult Learning Principles Articulate eLearning Design eLearning Development eLearning Strategy adult learning principles design eLearning course design instructional design Master elearning Course online learning

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Tim Slade

APRIL 29, 2019

One of the most important lessons I learned when I first started designing and developing eLearning courses was the importance of building performance-based eLearning interactions. When I first started as an eLearning designer, I remember being constantly reminded of the importance of making my eLearning content interactive. And to be 100% honest, when I look back on my early work as an eLearning designer, I can say that I had no idea what I was doing.

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Speaker: Connie Malamed, Founder of Mastering Instructional Design and Publisher of The eLearning Coach

Well-designed materials can motivate learners, improve comprehension, and assist optimal retention. If you need rapid, easily actionable ways to improve your eLearning and slides, join this session to learn the power principles that will have the biggest impact on your designs.

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B Online Learning

DECEMBER 15, 2014

At the recent DevLearn 2014 conference in Las Vegas, I attended a presentation on agile instructional design by Megan Torrance. During this presentation she discussed agile instructional design models such as SAM (Successive Approximation Model) and LLAMA (Lot Like Agile Methods Approach). I’m still new to the LLAMA model but Torrence describes it as: “The […].

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B Online Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Adult Learning Principles Articulate eLearning Design eLearning Development eLearning Strategy adult learning principles elearning eLearning content eLearning course design instructional design learner centric Master elearning Course rapid eLearningYears ago when I was learning to be a teacher, I was quickly thrown in the deep end to teach a group of adult learners. Prac teaching’ can be a daunting experience.

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eLearningMind

OCTOBER 1, 2021

UX designers are the rock stars of the design world: they’re the folks who worry about user experience on everything from phone apps to toasters to your car’s coffee cup holders. In the corporate world, LxDs, or Learning Experience Designers, are the rock stars in the eLearning space.

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 28, 2022

Learning Experience Design (LXD), I argue, is the elegant integration of learning science with engagement. Specifically, how do we engage people already actively designing? Here’s a case to visit LXD by design. Further, most design processes have a useful basic structure.

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CourseArc

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Design for Non-Designers. Design Fundamentals Everyone Needs to Know. Design is all around us. From the giant billboards down to the gum in your bag, everything we see has been carefully designed by someone, with the intention of evoking certain reactions.

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Speaker: Stephen Baer - Chief Creative Officer, ELB Learning & Luke Talbot - Chief Product Officer, Userlane

In this fireside chat, leading L&D experts Stephen Baer & Luke Talbot will discuss the exciting technological advancements in eLearning and how you can choose and implement the right technology for your company.

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eLearningMind

MARCH 21, 2022

Creating engaging eLearning experiences has obvious benefits for your learners: adding dazzle requires time and attention to design. . While there are many paths to perfect instructional design, iterative design models can help you get organized before testing and executing your plan.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 3, 2022

I recently had the pleasure of speaking in a webinar on instructional design careers and trends. We answered questions about both instructional design career pathways and where instructional design may be heading in the future. How did you get into instructional design?

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Those had been designed to reflect the circumstances at the time, e.g. the pandemic. So here’s my thinking about designing a conference. The original design was focused on evidence-based L&D (which remains a key guiding principle for the LDA ).

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Which underpins why it makes sense to talk about Learning Experience Design (LXD) and not just instructional design. We get good traction from learning science and instructional design approaches, for sure. We need to account for complexity in learning design approaches.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

People prefer to learn in their native language, so localizing eLearning helps genuinely engage learners and gives them that much-needed sense of inclusion. In this exclusive webinar with Chris Paxton, learn how to ensure that authentic translation and localization work for your organization!

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LearnDash

JUNE 8, 2014

Critical Instructional Design Components. Aesthetic-Usability Effect: How a learner perceives more aesthetic designs as easier to use and understand than those that do not take aesthetics into account. Consistency: Conforming to a standard in design, language, presentation, and overall experience within the elearning program. instructional design

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B Online Learning

AUGUST 28, 2021

The post Design for Non-Designers – Contrast appeared first on B Online Learning. Articulate Design DevelopmentWhenever I hear the word ‘contrast’, I always remember the old colour TV I grew up with in the 70’s (yes I know […].

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PSB

JUNE 8, 2021

Instructional Designer on the eLearning Hemisphere. To design the online learning content, need more creativity and expert mind. This is where the instructional designer’s role comes into play. So, who is an instructional designer? what does an instructional designer do?

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Tim Slade

MAY 25, 2018

When developing an eLearning course, it’s easy to put all of your focus towards the instructional design aspects of the course. And while instructional design is a vital component to the effectiveness of an eLearning course, other elements can either help elevate your course content or detract from it. One of these elements includes visual design. When you’re new to eLearning, it’s easy to make some fundamental visual design mistakes when creating a course.

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Speaker: Shannon Tipton, Chief Learning Officer, Learning Rebels LLC

Today's work culture requires giving people the ability to control when and where they participate in their professional development. Learn how you can provide valuable, self-directed bites of learning content (and strategies to make that content stick) in this webinar!

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B Online Learning

AUGUST 1, 2019

So you have found yourself in the role of an elearning or online learning creator/developer/builder, or even perhaps ‘designer’. The post Design for Non Designers appeared first on B Online Learning. Articulate Design DevelopmentCongratulations! You don’t need […].

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eLearning Industry

MARCH 28, 2019

Design sprints are in use the world over to address design solutions but should we and can we use this methodology for learning design? What can we learn from the design sprints? eLearning Design and Development eLearning Design Examples eLearning Design Tips eLearning Development Best Practices eLearning SolutionsThis post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This post includes links on story design, visual design and usability, tools, and templates. Story design. Rance Green summarizes the structure for instructional story design. Narrative design in video games. Visual design and usability.

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eLearning Industry

MARCH 8, 2022

eLearning Design and Development eLearning Design Instructional DesignEngaging, impactful eLearning must be much more than an effective webinar. ATD facilitator Nikki O’Keeffe offers five tips to make your asynchronous course memorable and successful.

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Speaker: Karl Kapp, Professor of Instructional Technology, Bloomsburg University

Instructional designers tend to think content first and action second. Game designers tend to think action first. Simply changing your mindset from instructional designer to game designer will help you to create engaging and effective instruction. In this unique gamified webinar, Karl Kapp will help you make that shift.

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Allen Interactions

DECEMBER 1, 2022

I’m beginning to share some practical approaches to designing components of the learner’s journey, including not only the content and the experience of learning new skills, but also of addressing the affective component of the journey.

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B Online Learning

AUGUST 28, 2021

Typography is one of those words that you hear banded about by graphic designers. The post Design for Non Designers – Typography appeared first on B Online Learning. DesignIt’s all about the style, arrangement, and appearance of […].

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eLearning Industry

MARCH 25, 2022

The key to designing learning aligned to business performance results is to spend time up front to understand the learner, the business need, and the problem to be solved. Learning that does not align with business needs seldom offers value.

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B Online Learning

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

B Online Learning’s Master eLearning Course is designed to bring together the technical aspects of eLearning with the principles of adult learning with hands on practical application. The post How To Design, Develop and Deliver eLearning appeared first on B Online Learning.

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Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and so is the Zoom fatigue that many experience. The importance of compelling content is more apparent than ever. In this webinar, learn how PowerPoint provides terrific tools to create the kind of dynamic visual content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention. Come along to this masterclass packed with live demonstrations of how to create compelling presentations for successful meetings in a virtual and hybrid environment. In this webinar, you will learn how to: Create dynamic visuals that support persuasive stories to engage your audience Develop professional-looking designs for presentations and other content Become a PowerPoint legend with techniques to make effective presentations quickly and easily June 30th, 2022 at 9:30 am PDT, 12:30 pm EDT, 5:30 pm GMT

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B Online Learning

AUGUST 28, 2021

If you’ve been following this series of designing for the non-designer, you’ll know that we have already covered the Contrast, Repetition and Alignment […]. The post Design for Non-Designers – Proximity appeared first on B Online Learning. Design Development

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B Online Learning

APRIL 19, 2017

This blog post covers a recent online conversation I had with an attendee at one of our eLearning Design Essentials workshops. This poses problems for instructional designers as they devise ways of explaining complex content while the learner must hold several factors in mind in order to understand the final picture. eLearning Design eLearning Development elearning eLearning content eLearning course design elearning development

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B Online Learning

AUGUST 28, 2021

The post Design for Non Designers – Alignment appeared first on B Online Learning. Design DevelopmentEver felt like this? You hit the sack after a big day. You snuggle down into your bed and drop off to sleep […].

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B Online Learning

AUGUST 28, 2021

The post Design for Non Designers – Repetition appeared first on B Online Learning. Design DevelopmentRepetition is a principle we use in our lives for all sorts of reasons. By repeating things we remember them. Do you recall […].

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Speaker: Trish Uhl, Founder of Owl's Ledge LLC and the Talent & Learning Analytics Leadership Forum

Digital is disrupting every part of an organization's value chain at a record pace, creating a critical need to transform operations and employees' ways of working. Formal training alone can't keep up; it's often too slow, too generic, inconvenient, inefficient, unduly expensive and lacks or lags methods for measuring business-related effectiveness. Trish Uhl show you how to start leveraging Learning Engineering, a multidisciplinary approach that combines modern technology, data analytics, decision science, learning sciences and change management with human-centered engineering design methodologies to ultimately deliver targeted learning outcomes and business results that keep pace with the business and merge learning into the flow of work and lead Digital Adoption.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 21, 2020

Instructional design jobs were often done remotely before the pandemic. Now that most of us are staying home, even more opportunities for remote instructional design and elearning work are available. What advice would you give to someone looking for a remote instructional design job?

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 1, 2021

Over the years, a number of teachers interested in transitioning to instructional design careers have reached out to me. Teachers already have many relevant skills for instructional design, but they don’t always know how to convey that to employers.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 8, 2021

I received a question from a classroom teacher who is hoping to make the career move to instructional design. Specifically, she wanted to know how to prepare for an interview and what instructional designer interview questions to expect. Other instructional designer interview questions.

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eLearning Industry

JANUARY 9, 2022

In this article, I will list common eLearning design mistakes you should avoid while creating your deliverable. eLearning Design and Development eLearning Challenges eLearning Content Development eLearning Course Creation

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Speaker: Clark Quinn, Ph.D., Author and Executive Director of Quinnovation

The pandemic and associated upheavals of 2020 have led to both the need and opportunity to rethink how we think, work, and learn. In this session, Dr. Quinn will go over the implications for learning and working effectively both in general and in this new era. Come see what L&D can, and should, do to help transform organizations to work smarter (and wiser)!

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