Instructional design

The problems with training (and what to do about it)

"Many famous people became famous for things other than their public speaking ability. Despite this, many famous people are asked to speak at events, and they suck. In the case of most conferences, it’s not famous people, but its experts in some field or domain who do most of the speaking. It follows that many of them, when public speaking is concerned, might also suck." (Scott Berkun - uiweb) - courtesy of lawrence lee

Posted on March 01, 2004 | Permalink

Plans for the BBC Digital Curriculum

"The Digital Curriculum is a new public service from the BBC for schools and learners at home throughout the United Kingdom." (BBCi)

Posted on January 14, 2004 | Permalink

User Experience and Human Learning: The underlying thinking of how people learn, acquire knowledge, and understand

"The field of instructional design and technology is also valuable to the UX community, providing theories and knowledge on important aspects of humans behaviour and the role technology plays influencing that behaviour." (Peter J. Bogaards - BogieLand)

Posted on September 01, 2003 | Permalink

Instructional Diagrams

"Presenting new information about structure and processes is a common function of diagrams." (Chris Mueller)

Posted on June 06, 2003 | Permalink

Instructional Design for Flow in Online Learning

"(...) how the instructional design of an online course can facilitate an optimal learning experience for the student." - (ACM eLearn Magazine) courtesy of elearningpost

Posted on May 15, 2003 | Permalink

Use and Abuse of Reusable Learning Objects

"The term Learning Object, first popularized by Wayne Hodgins in 1994 when he named the CedMA working group 'Learning Architectures, APIs and Learning Objects', has become the Holy Grail of content creation and aggregation in the computer-mediated learning field." (Pithamber R. Polsani - Journal of Digital Information 3.4)

Posted on March 21, 2003 | Permalink

Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database

"The Theory Into Practice (TIP) database contains descriptions of 50 theories relevant to human learning and instruction." (Greg Kearsley)

Posted on December 09, 2002 | Permalink

A Hypertext History of Instructional Design

"From before 1920 to 1990 and into the future." (S. McNeil)

Posted on October 03, 2002 | Permalink

Instructional Design in eLearning

"(...) the role of instructional design in elearning is often misunderstood - due to the perceived complexity of the process and to poor understanding of the pedagogical requirements of elearning." (George Siemens - elearnspace)

Posted on October 02, 2002 | Permalink

Knowledge Management in Instructional Design

"This article will review what instructional designers do, describe knowledge management, and indicate how knowledge management is influencing instructional design." (J. Michael Spector and Gerald S. Edmonds - ERIC)

Posted on September 20, 2002 | Permalink

eLearning and The Attention Economy

Here, There, Everywhere? (Thomas Davenport - LiNE Zine)

Posted on July 02, 2001 | Permalink

Using Instructional Design Principles To Amplify Learning On The World Wide Web

"Best Paper Award for Use of the World Wide Web" (Donn C. Ritchie/Bob Hoffman - San Diego State University)

Posted on June 01, 2001 | Permalink

Instructional Design & Learning Theory

"(...) various learning theories and associated instructional design strategies" (Professional and Theoretical Issues in Educational Technology - University of Saskatchewan)

Posted on December 17, 2000 | Permalink

The Instructional Use of Learning Objects

"(...) beyond the technological hype and connect learning objects to instruction and learning" (David Wiley Ed. - Association for Educational Communications & Technology)

Posted on December 02, 2000 | Permalink