If you have an amazon.com wish list, make sure you put things you really want in it. This Christmas, I had about a dozen books on my wish list and I got them all. One of them was 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People by Susan Weischenk. Sure it’s almost the end…
Read MoreThe Allen Experience
On October 6th, I attended The Allen Experience hosted by Allen Interactions. It was in Denver as part of the Training Magazine Online Learning pre-conference events. Went to a session with Ethan Edwards at ATD ICE this summer and an hour about building better eLearning wasn’t enough so when this was in my backyard I…
Read MoreTechnology for Trainers
My friend and mentor Thomas Toth’s new book Technology for Trainers arrived in my mailbox today.  I already had the chance to read it and I really enjoyed it.  Maybe I’m a little bit of a geek but I think building eLearning is fun and Thomas’ book is full of best practices for doing just that.  Thomas…
Read MoreThe Accidental Instructional Designer
I just finished reading Cammy Bean’s The Accidental Instructional Designer Learning Design for the Digital Age. Â A new member was added to my team at work to help me with Instructional Design duties. Â He has extensive video and photography experience but no ID experience. Â He attended Cammy Bean’s webinar hosted by Training Magazine and found…
Read MoreMy One-Month Crash Course in Flash
To give you a little background, I am a graduate student (soon to be a graduate) of the Information and Learning Technologies (ILT) – Instructional Design and Adult Learning program at the University of Colorado Denver. Over the course of the program I heard and read a lot about the eLearning content that one could…
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