An important ingredient for a course to succeed is learners' receptiveness to learning. How can we get this right, opening up their minds for the possibility of learning, thereby making full use of what the course has to offer? Read on to find out.
We constantly hear of people suffering from information overload on social media. But we don’t realize that this can happen in a controlled environment too. What happens when we throw too much content at learners? Information overload. In this article, we talk about ways we can avoid this.
We are fastidious about teaching learners all the right things. Do this, then do that, and then that. We don’t want to miss out on any point, lest they make a mistake. But what can mistakes teach us? Can we build them purposefully into our courses, and leverage them for teaching?
It doesn’t matter whether you are a beginning instructional designer or a seasoned veteran, you have most likely already experienced “scope creep.” Scope creep is generally seen as something a project manager controls, but what responsibilities do instructional designers have to keep scope creep in check?
A step-by-step tutorial on how to create an interactive map with Visme, a free online infographic and presentation tool.Source: blog.visme.coIf you have students use Piktochart to create infographi…
The popular Visme has recently introduced a number of interesting features that make it even much more easier to create professionally looking infographics and presentations without the need for any design knowledge.
Dave Christiansen, one of our amazing instructional designers, talks to us about four vital reminders that he picked up from a book he read, "Made to Stick" by the Heath brothers, and how these concepts are helping him with future projects.