#TalkTech is the “flipped” approach to Twitter chats. We publish all the topics a few hours before the chat so you can show up at 3 pm EST / 12 pm PST on Thursdays ready to discuss. We discuss three topics … Continue reading
A homeless organization in North Carolina, Urban Ministries of Durham, recently created an online learning game to help people understand the challenges of living at the poverty line. “Spent” is a great game that very easily engages you and helps … Continue reading
As we wrap up our design focus for the month of September, I wanted to share some of the internal discussion we’ve been having here at BLP. Does this remind you of any of the courses you’ve developed? It does … Continue reading
We’re continuing our discussion of synchronous e-learning (aka. distance learning) this month. Today, I want to talk about how to actually design synchronous e-learning courses. There are many elements of course design that need to be taken into consideration for … Continue reading
I’ve been working on an instructor-led project lately and it’s caused me to think about what impact does culture have on learning preferences? My disclaimer for this post is that I’m not advocating that we teach to “learning styles”. Check … Continue reading
Happy Friday! In the past, BLPers (Yep, that’s what we call ourselves!) have blogged about the use of graphical organizers in the training we develop. I am big believer in the need to organize information outside of a bulleted list. … Continue reading
Happy Friday and Happy New Year! In the January issue of ASTD’s T&D magazine, there’s an article titled “Tech Masters” which describes how Millinnial employees (ages 14-27) prefer to use technology at work. The article makes some valid points about … Continue reading
Happy Friday! I’m immersed in several course designs and an important part of the design process is determining what graphics and images to use. While we want our courses to be visually interesting and modern (and we often incorporate some … Continue reading
Happy Friday! I attended the local TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages…Isn’t that a mouthful!) conference this past weekend and was exposed to some great sites that I think are applicable to my day job as a … Continue reading
