After a mobile learning panel I realized that, just as mlearning makes it too easy to think about ‘courses on a phone’, I worry that ‘learning experience design’ (a term I’ve championed ) may keep us focused on courses rather than exploring the full range of options including performance support and eCommunity. MORE >>

In my post on reconciling informal and informal, I suggested that there are practical things L&D groups can  do about informal learning. So, the L&D group has to start facilitating the sharing of information between folks. design socialshare best practices. provide performance support for social media. MORE >>

It’s a new world out there for the Instructional Designer. When designing for mLearning, we need to put ourselves in the shoes of the user who is walking around with a very powerful tablet and/or smart phone. That person today has very different expectations that are informed by social media and YouTube. Instructional Design MORE >>

My role is to be guiding the design, not doing it, and it’s working well. The thing I see, however, is emblematic of what I’m seeing much more broadly: the dissociation between the designer and the learning experience. Please, go beyond content, and get into real experience design. designSo overwritten. MORE >>

Design Informal LearningIdeas from Jane Hart’s online chat on June 4 in the Social Learning Centre. Q1) Harold in his blog post says ”For too long our organizations have suffered from the disease of complication. It’s time to simplify.” Let’s look at how we can simplify learning solutions. MORE >>