Everybody at some point has to learn how to do a job or skill. Large and small companies alike must train employees, and modern creators and course designers have to think about the best methods for imbuing students with knowledge. This is what Rapid Instructional Design aims to do—make instructors and teachers more effective. It […]
There’s a learning curve to most activities. Things start off difficult and become easier with practice. They can often become so easy that you can do them on autopilot.
Jack Mezirow began developing the Transformational Learning Theory in the 1970s, building upon the notion that our interpretations of our experiences are what give them meaning and lead to personal change. Whatever meanings we ascribe will determine how our perspectives and expectations shift. This explains why two people can react to the same information in […]
Have you ever sat in a lecture theatre or watched an online video, where someone was speaking in a monotone voice, just reading off a page, and felt no connection whatsoever to the content? Some people have a knack for making the material interesting, but too often educational content feels dull and burdensome, and in […]
I get emails all the time about with questions about how to make online courses and teach online. So many people dream of getting rich selling online courses, possibly because there are so many ads on social media networks advertising how to get rich making online courses. But the reality of being an online course […]