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by Ethan Edwards, chief instructional strategist

A couple weeks ago I had the privilege to travel to Shanghai to speak at the Online Learning China Summit presented by the Leadin Group in partnership..

by Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist

"They Don't Need To Do Anything, They Just Need To Know It."

Wrong.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

When it comes to training, it's almost never about..

by Ann Iverson, instructional designer | @iverson_ann

If you’re like me, you have a basic understanding of the technical side of what we do. You try to follow along when developers speak their..

by Ellen Burns-Johnson, instructional writer/designer

Do you remember notes? Good, old-fashioned notes, written on paper, and likely ornamented with doodles. Remember those?

I still scribble in my..

by Ethan Edwards, chief instructional strategist

Take a moment to consider two possible interactions for an e-learning module intended to teach driving safety and rules of the road. These..