Key Ideas from the Training 2026 Conference
My recap of the Training 2026 conference, including key ideas from sessions on learning science, AI, and accessibility.
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AI, DEI, Twine: ID Links 4/23/24
Curated links related to AI, DEI and accessibility, Twine, freelancing, storyboarding, visual design, facilitation, and books for IDs.
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Basic Instructional Design Process for Non-Instructional Designers
This is an example of a basic instructional design process showing how to create a training program for people without formal ID experience.
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Training with Branching Scenarios
You can do live training with branching scenarios using full group discussions, polls, small groups, or assignments.
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No, I Won’t “Tweak” Your PowerPoint Slides
A prospective client asked me to “tweak” their PowerPoint slides and call it elearning. Here’s how I responded to shift the conversation.
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ID and eLearning Links (12/3/17)
How Much Do People Forget? – Work-Learning Research This is the link I send people to debunk the blanket claims about “people forget X% after Y time.” The reality is that how much people forget depends on who your audience is, what they’re learning, and how you train them. tags:training instructionaldesign research myth The amount
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Book Review: Training Design Basics by Saul Carliner
Saul Carliner’s second edition of Training Design Basics is written for people who are brand new to the field and are creating their first training program. This is a great book for those who are just getting started with training. People switching careers into training or instructional design from another field would also find a wealth of information. Training managers who don’t come from a training background but want to understand it better would benefit, as would project managers who are looking for what to include in their task lists and how to estimate time and cost.
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ID and E-Learning Links (1/17/16)
The Growth Mindset : Telling Penguins to Flap Harder ? | Disappointed Idealist Lengthy criticism of growth mindset, looking at both Dweck’s research and the way it is misinterpreted and applied in educational policy tags:growthmindset education research To a certain extent, I feel the growth mindset is the equivalent of putting a penguin next to
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Giving People Time to Deal with Change
Our team has spent over a year preparing for the conversion from Blackboard to Sakai (something I haven’t talked about here too much because we hadn’t told Blackboard we were leaving until recently). We’ve seen a significant amount of resistance to the conversion from several of our long-time facilitators, and it’s been a struggle to
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