"The "10% of what we read" meme is a myth. Will Thalheimer explains the issues about it here. http://www.willatworklearning.com/2006/05/pe..."

"I think you should do the ultimate Canadian solution. Have it somewhere remote that neither Air Canada or West Jet fly to and tick off ev..."

"When I'm doing this kind of training I will attach the procedure to the resources tab. I'll sometimes give some background information on..."

"I would try and attend in Vancouver. It matters on when it is and what I can swing with work. Of course, you should consider coming to Al..."

"In a way it is a, "how to do a procedure" type of training. One of the things I find that helps with Health & Safety training is gett..."

"Hi Cyndi, don't worry about perfection for now. Your first course will probably suck, I know mine did. Start off with getting the informa..."

"I try to avoid bullet points (both in real life and when I'm developing courses). One of the things I've found is that we (as instructio..."

"Hi Kimberly, it depends. Will there be narration?"

"I find the way MOOCs have evolved to be not very helpful. Generally, there is a lecturer in a box talking at you and then you answer some..."

"For me, developing a similar course would be an exercise in seeing how instructor-led and elearning differ, how one can support the other..."

"That was an interesting lesson. I have taught first aid for years and had to do CPR in real-life. This was a good addition to in-person t..."

"That was really helpful. I'm going to have to practice that one."

"A stegosaur. He should say, "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" (Firefly reference)"

"Can you point me to the studies that support your claim that different personalities affect learning performance? I think you are confusi..."

"I've read some great things while sitting in the loo and I've cr***py experiences in a classroom. So your original infographic might not ..."

"There is some debate on this, it matters on what you are doing. If people are reading for content then dark text on white (or off white) ..."

"That is true Bruce. Training is not always the answer. I mainly deal with safety and technical training, sometimes I ask, "Could this per..."

"I have a couple of issues with the 70-20-10 model. First, generally I never trust models that round off to nice whole numbers. Reality d..."

"Merrill's work has been a huge influence on my instructional design work. I have his "four phases of instructional design" graphic and hi..."

"What I look for is long term changes in behavior after the course. A type 3 evaluation from Kirkpatrick. If depends on the course how I w..."

"Thanks Michael! That was exactly what I was trying to figure out how to do. I haven't used variables before, it took me a couple of tries..."

"I sent the course off for review yesterday. I got it down to 12 slides including the knowledge checks (the actual test is seperate from t..."

"Luckily I've been a couple of WHMIS (Canadian version of HazCom) so it won't be too bad. After going over the material I think I can get ..."

"You can't do with SCORM. SCORM will only give you pass/fail or complete/incomplete. I believe you can do it with Tin Can but I haven't tr..."

"I understand your situation. I've been in similar places. I've was lucky enough that I had the option of changing my workplace because I ..."