Instructional Design


Four eLearning Trends We Won’t See in 2020

It is January 2020, the start of a new decade, characterized by a proliferation of articles predicting trends that will dominate the learning industry. These articles always seem to put pressure on me to quickly learn new skills before my skillset becomes obsolete. Only one article predicted that HTML5 would […]

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How Personal Do You Want to Get?

As we have discussed in previous posts, there are several different ways to personalize learning. Some AI applications generate personalized learning paths based on learner performance and background data such as job role. Other AI platforms make content suggestions based on the learner’s actions in a course. In both cases […]


Passive versus Active Learning

After reading a post favoring active learning over passive learning I began to think about how personalized learning fits in. At first glance it might be easy to assume that personalized learning is more active than a more traditional linear course. However, some non-adaptive linear courses can be very engaging, […]

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Learning Styles – Fact or Fiction?

I remember when the topic of learning styles was all the rage. Now I am hearing that the theory of learning styles has been pretty much debunked. Where do you stand? Are learning styles more fact or fiction? One reason why this may be difficult to answer is that the […]