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Using Digital Badges as Stackable Career Credentials

“Digital badges are a 21st century credential. Why, in today’s hyperlinked, online world, would we depend on an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper to carry all the significance of our learning? We’ve self-reported experience and KSAs for years...

August 17, 2015

Learning Design

How to brainstorm

Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion about how brainstorming doesn’t work. Forbes, Fast Company, and the New Yorker have all weighed in with articles (see references). I agree that what they term as brainstorming doesn’t work, but that doesn’t...

August 3, 2015

Learning Design

Challenges in Instructional Design

As the training and development field evolves and attracts a different pool of professionals with diverse skills and experiences, new questions arise: Have the competencies of instructional design (ID) changed? Should they change? How has ID evolved over the past...

July 6, 2015

5 Must-Have Features of a Virtual Classroom

Learning Technologies

5 Must-Have Features of a Virtual Classroom

To be sure, today’s virtual classroom tools offer many bells and whistles. But unless your virtual classroom also provides the basic features, you will find yourself in trouble very quickly when you really need to get down to business. I...

June 21, 2015