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Why Starting With an Activity Beats Starting With Content
Flipping the usual course structure sounds counterintuitive. But when you start with an activity instead of content, learners arrive at the instruction…
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How to Build Training Objectives That Matter
Some courses need learners to prove they can do something. Others just need to build awareness. Here’s a simple framework for figuring…
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Tips for Working With Subject Matter Experts Who Don’t Report to You
A good SME relationship pays off long after the project ends. This roundup of tips from other e-learning developers covers how to…
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Four Things to Consider Before You Build That E-Learning Course
A training request doesn’t automatically call for an e-learning course. Many of them can be handled faster and cheaper with something else.…
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The Assumptions That Wreck Your Course Design
Every course is built with some idea of who’s going to take it. The problem is that idea is often wrong. Getting…
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Help Your Client See E-Learning from a Different Perspective
When a client asks for an e-learning course, they usually describe what they’ve experienced as a learner. That almost always means click-and-read,…
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Designing for Two Bosses Client Goals and Learner Needs
Every course has two sets of stakeholders with different priorities. The organization wants business outcomes, but the learner wants something relevant to…
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Build a Simple E-Learning Project Plan
Most project plans look great on day one and get ignored by day three. You don’t need a formal plan to keep…
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The One Question That Saves You From Building the Wrong Course
Most bad courses don’t come from bad design. They come from skipping one question before you start building. This post walks through…
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Why Locked Navigation Backfires and What to Do Instead
Locked course navigation is one of the most common e-learning frustrations, and it usually comes from good intentions gone wrong. This post…