The line between marketing and training is blurring as companies begin to use principles from both to increase learner motivation and educate consumers.
Perfecting Your Annual Strategy
Some things to consider for your 2015 training plan.
Hit the Target: Craft Learning Activities that Transform Ideals into Results
It’s day one on your new learning design project, and you’re meeting with the client to discuss desired outcomes for their employee training program. You’re all ready to talk about …
Six Dimensions of Learner Experience Design
In LxD, the learner’s perception of their learning experience is just as important as content and learning objectives. Learner experience design (LxD) is an approach to designing for learning (especially …
Conjuring Creativity: How Your Creative Process Can Inspire Design Breakthroughs
Imagine that… You are an instructional designer and you just started working on a new project. Your goal is to come up with a design that not only meets your …
Keep Innovation in Training Design Alive
Recently, I led an Allen team in a meeting with the senior leadership of one of our longtime clients. This client has entrusted us with more than 20 courses, and …
3 Questions for Your Learner Analysis: How to understand and communicate with your audience.
When I lived on Kodiak Island in Alaska, I discovered the locals had an interesting way of giving directions. The town was small enough that there weren’t all that many …
Lessons Learned: Organizational Training and Development in Emergency Management
September 11, 2001. A day that each of us remembers well. It is also a day that I learned the importance of training and development in preparing organizations to address …
Think Outside of the Course: Integrating Course and Portal Design
Would you ever think that an instructional designer could also design a learning portal? Well they can! Maybe not in the most traditional way – your designer will not need …