Don't Blame the Tools

Sarah Gilbert

I still remember the first time I used technology to support classroom training. I was in the process of developing a new one-week course for a team of credit specialists (the people who approve or decline those questionable purchases on your credit card). We had only b... More »

Let Your Design Skills Shine—Even in HTML5

Judy Unrein

Last week at TechKnowledge 2013, I moderated a TK Chat on authoring tools and HTML5 with panelists Philip Neal, Thomas Toth, and Joe Ganci -- all individuals who are navigating the transition to HTML5 in the context of a reduced tool set, a still-changing specification,... More »

New Technologies, Simple Uses

Jessica Knox

This is an exciting time for the technology-inclined. Every week, it seems, a new tool is released to put more creative power into the hands of the masses.  Where we once created our own blogs, we can now create fully functional digital games, apps, and even robots... More »

What Unintended Messages Do Your Learning Solutions Send?

Judy Unrein

This is where you stop thinking that I'm cool, if you ever did. Here it goes: I read Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People when I was a teenager. Yep, I did, and I'm not too proud to say that it had a profound effect on me, even to this day. The anecdote ... More »

Accessibility Trumps Design

Reuben Tozman

In my book Learning on Demand, I talk about designing materials for a web that needs to understand the content of your materials and not just the packaging around it (for example: tags). In a recent conversation on the #chat2lrn tweet chat, Dr. Allison Rossett highlight... More »