Instructional Design

Story design in eLearning is a hot topic. Just look at the schedule of any eLearning conference, and you’ll see many workshops that focus on different aspects of story design. Whether you are considering using story design for the first time, or you have used this approach in course development before, it’s a good idea

Traditional learning objectives are broken. Learners skip past bulleted lists like “In this course, learners will…” because those lists are written for stakeholders and compliance audits—not for human engagement. To bridge the gap between instructional compliance and real learner engagement, modern instructional design relies on Story-Based Objectives (SBOs). What Are Story-Based Objectives? Story-Based Objectives (SBOs)

As an eLearning professional, which of the following characteristics of your content is most important to you when designing learning: Well written, Easy-to-use, Engaging, or Memorable? I would argue that being memorable is the most important. Why? Because learning is not an end unto itself, learning is a means to an end. We don’t learn

Storyboarding is an essential process when developing eLearning with a production team. A storyboard should effectively communicate the intent, graphic layout, functionality, and content of the course to the production team so that they can produce the learning. When done well, the storyboarding process should result in minimal rework, reduced production time, increased customer satisfaction,