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The Learning Lab

Thoughts on instructional design, tech enablement, and building better learning cultures.

Instructional Design Templates

Templates streamline instructional design work, and make you more efficient.

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Graphic Design for Newbies

One of the best workshops I’ve ever taken was a visual design for educators session with Keri Beasley. Basically, she introduced us to the 4 principles of graphic design.

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Instructional Design Team Work

As an instructional designer, my people skills are far more important than my technical skills. I work across many different teams on a weekly basis.

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Why I Chose Instructional Design

I chose instructional design very intentionally and actively tried to find a role in the field.

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ID and Industry Content

How do you choose the industry in which you perform instructional design?

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Real World ADDIE

ADDIE is an instructional design process that everyone in the industry knows. But for an outsider looking in, what does it look like in practice?

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Rounds of Review

When developing a learning experience, you need feedback, and a lot of it.

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Remote Work and Instructional Design

Here’s why instructional design is a great match for remote work: we are knowledge workers!

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Self-Paced AND Social Learning

Can asynchronous learning capture the feel of instructor led training?

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Common Modalities in Technical Training

What does technical training look like? Technical training teaches users how to use digital products.

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