The power of design thinking, part 1 of 3: What do critics say?

July 6, 2020

Like with literally everything else, design thinking has supporters as well as adversaries. It’s easy with supporters – the logical ones see the benefits but try to tackle all the hurdlings as well. And I strongly believe that those who oppose have their...

6 Adult Learning Principles by M. Knowles

June 22, 2020

Andragogy, meaning methods and principles used in adult education, has been around for over 100 years. Firstly coined by a German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833, it was extensively studied and popularized by an American educator Malcolm Knowles in the 1970s, and he...

How to set up an eLearning team (in a nutshell)

June 15, 2020

Note: This post is a supporting reading piece/summary of my session titled “Great eLearning team – a force to be reckoned with” that was part of an asynchronous conference organized by Professional Development 4 Instructional Designers. The event was...

Plan better meetings with design thinking

June 8, 2020

“Oh, I wish I was at a 2-hour, pointless meeting right now,” said no one ever. Most of us working in collaboration situations are aware that not all meetings are needed, that they are too long, too confusing, don’t reach any consensus, and sometimes...