Job Titles in Instructional Design
elearningdesigners.org presents our Job Titles in Instructional Design Infographic of poll results
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Poll Results on Self-efficacy
elearningdesigners.org presents our poll results infographic on Self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is one’s belief in their ability to achieve something or to succeed in a specific situation.
Working with Subject Matter Experts Infographic
elearningdesigners.org polled our LinkedIn audience members on the question: “What is the hardest part about working with subject matter experts or SMEs?”
Top 5 Capabilities Valued in the Instructional Design Job Market
Have you ever wondered how prepared you are for the job market after finishing your instructional design (ID) program? This is a question we get asked often. Today we have a summary of a research article created by thought leader and ID influencer Cara North and her colleagues‘ study (2021) that investigated the top capabilities and qualifications valued in the ID job market after they reviewed 100 job posts!
Color Theory Poll Results Infographic
See the results of our LinkedIn poll: Do you believe that color can affect a learner’s attitudes or emotions while learning? In the spirit of color theory, we’ve created three slightly different versions with all of the same content! Read our article on Color Theory!
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Infographic
Download the Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Infographic as a PNG or PDF. Read our accompanying article on Bloom’s Taxonomy!
What guides a user-centered design?
For instructional designers, the learner is our user. We have heard so much about user-centered design in the world of product design, but how does it apply to learning design? In this article, we provide a summary of a chapter on the user-centered design from Learner… Read More »What guides a user-centered design?
How do you design gamification in learning?
Gamification in learning has become a heated topic in the learning technology world because we all want our learners to be as motivated to learn as they are motivated to play games. However, is any “game” or “game feature” effective for learning? What principles do… Read More »How do you design gamification in learning?
Spacing and Interleaving
In our article on retrieval practice, we talked about the importance of constantly prompting learners to extract information from their memory, but how often and when should we use retrieval practice? In this article, we introduce two more approaches to boost retrieval practice: spaced and… Read More »Spacing and Interleaving
Retrieval Practice
“When we think about learning, we typically focus on getting information into students’ heads. What if, instead, we focus on getting information out of students’ heads?” — Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning What does it mean? According to Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like… Read More »Retrieval Practice