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The Basics of Learning Design: Tips for Beginners

Knowing the Basics of Learning Design is crucial for creating effective educational experiences. It involves designing materials, activities, and assessments for optimal learning outcomes. In this blog post I share learning design fundamentals for beginners.

June 5, 2023

Motivate Online Adult Learners – Gilly Salmon’s Model

There are various tactics to consider, but one element you can not afford to leave out is addressing learners’ motivation. Motivated students learn more effectively and are more actively involved in the learning experience. Today, I want to look at Gilly Salmon’s 5 Stage Model and how you can use it.

November 17, 2021

Motivate busy adult learners – ARCS model

When this course is specifically targeted at adult learners, it must take into account their characteristics. To a certain degree, it will also need to overcome some of the barriers that adult learners might face in their learning journey. In this article, I will talk about motivation strategies you can incorporate in your course using the ARCS Model.

November 9, 2021

Diana Laurilliard’s Six Learning Types – The Summary and Examples

The six learning types or different engagement types are the activities that you can include in your online or traditional training. They were introduced and popularised by Professor Diana Laurillard from the University College London and are widely used in curriculum planning.

May 17, 2021

Five moments of need – your compass for workplace training

Five Moments of Need takes into account both formal and informal learning situations. It revolves around five possible real-life situations when a person might require information to accomplish the work task.

April 26, 2021

Six Learning types and Storyboarding Cards to Download

The flip book outlines each of the six learning types. The cards also have prompts and examples of online activities. They can be very helpful when creating courses and can be used by anyone – even those with no prior learning design experience. I have…

April 7, 2021

13 Online Proofing Tools For Creative and Visual Design

13 online proofing tools for designers. They will make your creative and visual development and review process faster and more streamlined.

February 14, 2021

Planning online courses – learn about the online course planning sprint workshop!

My online course planning workshop (course design sprint) is a learner-centred, collaborative, pedagogy-first approach drawing from several recognised and successful instructional, curriculum planning and product development models.

February 11, 2021

How to write clickable, captivating course titles?

Learn how to write clickable course titles. Be informative to give your learners a taster of what to expect and captivate them by appealing to their motivation!

January 28, 2021

Elearning tip #2/2021: create a detailed schedule for your elearning project

Creating a detailed project schedule will help you streamline your course creation, create milestones, deliverables and prioritise tasks for all training stakeholders.

January 12, 2021

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The Basics of Learning Design: Tips for Beginners

Motivate Online Adult Learners – Gilly Salmon’s Model

Motivate busy adult learners – ARCS model

Diana Laurilliard’s Six Learning Types – The Summary and Examples

Five moments of need – your compass for workplace training

Six Learning types and Storyboarding Cards to Download

13 Online Proofing Tools For Creative and Visual Design

Planning online courses – learn about the online course planning sprint workshop!

How to write clickable, captivating course titles?

Elearning tip #2/2021: create a detailed schedule for your elearning project

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