Instructional design
Constructing complex scenarios from learning objectives
Scenario- and story based courses are a powerful medium to immerse learners in situations where they can practice their skills. Writing engaging stories, with [...]
How to run an action mapping meeting
Anyone who has run SME meetings using Cathy Moore's action mapping model or plans to to so after reading her blog, will have discovered that it is the [...]
A classification of game thinking in learning design
Reading Andrzej Marczewski's (@daverage) excellent and very engaging book "Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play" has made me analyse more deeply how we try (and [...]
Can we break free of slide thinking in e-learning modules?
Corporate e-learning is moving along on a changing path. We see instructional designers trying to avoid information dumps, write up scenarios, work with [...]
Inner gamification techniques for elearning. Part 2: Telling a story
In a previous blog post I introduced the term 'Inner gamification' to indicate the use of game development features to enhance elearning that do not use [...]
Inner gamification techniques for elearning. Part 1: onboarding the learner
'Inner' and 'outer' gamification? Just terms I came up with to describe my thoughts. Other people have probably invented better terminology, but it works for [...]
Why Jane Austen would have been a brilliant instructional designer
The art of storytelling is so much part of good instructional design, that it makes a lot of sense to seek brilliant examples across media, even if they are [...]
Waitemata District Health Board elearning
Senior elearning designer and developer at Waitemata District Health Board (2013-2016).
First, some bragging:
Platinum LearnX Award 2015 for Rapid [...]