On Tuesday 14th April at 8:00pm AEST (UTC +9hrs), @OzLearn is having its next monthly twitter chat. This month, the conversation will be based on Lisa Minogue-White’s (@lisaMinogueW) vlog post – Learning Ecosystems. You can watch Lisa’s video by clicking here. To join the chat, go to Twitter at 8pm on 14/4, search for @OzLearn and join in the conversation (don’t forget […]

On Tuesday 10th March at 8:00pm AEDST (UTC +11hrs), @OzLearn is having its next monthly twitter chat. This month, the conversation will be based on David D’Souza’s (@dds180) blog post – The Death of L&D: A Post Mortem and we’ll be talking about the future of the L&D profession. You can read David’s interesting post by clicking here. To join the […]

On Tuesday 9th December at 8:00pm AEDST (UTC +11hrs), @OzLearn is having its final monthly twitter chat for 2014. We are very fortunate to have Nigel Payne – @ebase – join us! You can read an introductory post for the chat by clicking here. To join the chat, go to Twitter at 8pm on 9/12, search for […]

When I first started working as an eLearning instructional designer I became interested in the learning process and how people learn. I figured that if I knew more about information processing and learning, I could hopefully design more effective courses and materials. I came across a book called Efficiency in Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines to Manage […]

As an Instructional Designer, motivating learners is an important consideration because in reality learners are not always motivated to learn. They are busy, have other things to do, don’t see the course/session as being important or have had a bad learning experience in the past. I’ve written previously about motivation – Motivation and eLearning – which was about satisfying […]