What can we, as learning professionals, take from behavioural science? What kinds of tools should we use to bring behaviour change into our design objectives?
Author: mylesrun
What are “Learning Technologies” for?
Learning Technologies are misnamed and really for instruction rather than learning.
Principles for designing a useful learning service
[This is an extract from an issue of my regular 10L newsletter. You can sign up for it here.] “Too much delivery and not enough design”. Anonymous learning leader This quote from a conversation over the last few months sums up my reservations and anxiety about Learning & Development. And, by design, I mean ‘big… Continue reading Principles for designing a useful learning service
Do we just want to be loved – engagement and relevance.
Is learner engagement the right design objective to make an impact? Relevance and usefulness are more likely to solve our design problems.
10L: Giles Hearn
About Giles Giles says: “I’ve done those online tests and I’m bang-down-the-middle left-brained/right-brained. This means I’ve brought both technical and creative abilities to everything I’ve ever done, which is mostly a blessing. So I’ve done marketing, pre-sales, design, software development, customer support, UX & UI, data analysis, graphics, art, photography, video production, music production, voiceovers,… Continue reading 10L: Giles Hearn
Automated content creation – coming to your learning projects (maybe soon)
Over the last year or so, I have been looking at technology and other trends that are likely to have an impact on learning, through a few research projects for clients. This endeavour was given some wings for a couple of reasons. Firstly, not starting from the perspective of Learning Technologies (i.e. those created to… Continue reading Automated content creation – coming to your learning projects (maybe soon)
What should we envy about marketing in L&D?
[This is an extract from my regular newsletter (issue #11). You can subscribe here to catch future issues]. Those of you who follow the 10L interview series (yes, both of you) might have noted the enthusiasm for marketing as the profession from which L&D has most to learn and understand. There are some clear similarities:… Continue reading What should we envy about marketing in L&D?
10L: Tom Baragwanath
About Tom Tom is the Global Head of Content at 360 Learning and the Founder and Host of the L&D Plus podcast. So, what do you do dear? Describe your work to an elderly relative. I lead content for 360Learning, the collaborative learning platform. We are to traditional workplace learning what YouTube is to old-school… Continue reading 10L: Tom Baragwanath
Where is the value in learning products?
Digital learning strategy needs product strategy to be sustainable Since arriving in the learning industry more than a decade ago, I have held a strong belief that product management is one of the keys to its future. (The curious, either of you, can read more of these ideas here). For much of this time, there… Continue reading Where is the value in learning products?
“Don’t impose joy, deliver service”
Not my words, but those of Jacob Nielsen. One of the interesting features of Nielsen’s work is that he has consistently irritated designers over the last twenty years or so, and been entirely right to do so. I first came across him when working on the early days of BBC Online, around the turn of… Continue reading “Don’t impose joy, deliver service”
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