Our mission is to save the world from boring elearning.
Want to join us? Start by checking out some of the following posts, which will give you a quick introduction to the blog. Be sure to read the comments to find great ideas from your colleagues.
Design for action, not information
- Be an elearning action hero! (overview of Action Mapping)
- How to avoid putting lipstick on a pig
- What’s your real goal?
- How to recognize elearning bloat
Question common assumptions
- Elearning ROI: Can we lead the way?
- Why you really want to be short
- Is a course really the answer?
- Addicted to audio?
Give learners control
Make learners think
- Can you answer these 6 questions about multiple-choice questions?
- How to fit the entire world in a multiple-choice question
Engage and motivate learners
- Dump the Drone slideshow
- How to get everyone to write like Ernest Hemingway (readability analysis)
- 5 ways to make linear navigation more interesting
- Turn objectives into motivators
- How to add emotional impact with evocative images
- Laugh and your learners laugh with you. Maybe.
- How can questions engage learners?
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