Entries Categorized as 'Rants'

How Can Learning Be Reusable If It Was Never Usable to Begin With?

Date May 9, 2008

My organization, like many large organizations (and many if not most eLearning development professionals, for that matter), has bought into the Reusable Learning Object (RLO) concept with reckless abandon, implementing a Learning Content Management System (LCMS) (shudder) which shall remain nameless (but rhymes with Neato HorsePen).
This system is not only a horrifically cumbersome environment in […]

Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds

Date May 1, 2008

I finally took the time (long overdue) to read Garr Reynolds’ excellent book on presentation design, Presentation Zen. For those of you unfamiliar with Garr Reynolds, he is the proprietor of the like-named (and likewise excellent) blog on presentation design. I’m a great fan of his blog, so it should be no surprise […]

On Narration and eLearning

Date April 3, 2008

The debate rages among eLearning design professionals about the value of narration in eLearning. How much narration is good? Is it good for all courses? Is it good for any course?
I can’t answer any of those questions conclusively, but I can give you my opinion.
As a learner, I’m a big fan of […]