TechnicalTrainer.org

I wrote, with my co-author Anita Torres, a course on Learning Design. I called it Learning Design to distinguish it from Instructional Design, Instructional Systems Design, or ISD, because those models tend to be formal. Learning Design, as I have designated it, is the core skills needed for ISD. Without it, any ISD system you use is going to produce less effective learning. To use an analogy, it is like trying to writing a great story in English without a good understanding of spelling, grammar, and other rules of language. Can it be done? Yes. But, is it much harder, and far less likely to succeed? Yes!

The course materials are released under the Creative Commons (Non-Commercial, Attribution, Share-Alike) license. So, you are free to take it, and make use of it. The page for the materials is at:

http://www.technicaltrainer.org/Design101/

Well, expect to see more postings from me. I just got back from vacation in Nova Scotia. As the quarter ended, my postings went down. Now, with my vacation over, I expect to get back at it. I’ve got a line-up of good topics coming. Stay tuned.