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

• Diagnosis: instructional controliosis
• Visual menus: Structure with style

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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