Knowledge Banking

What’s wrong with despositing knowledge, or knowledge banking? It’s ineffective.
A holistic approach help make learning memorable and stick.
Read on to learn why they’re so different.

E-Learning and Maslow’s Needs

Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of Motivational Needs remains as relevant today as it did more than half a century ago. In this article I explore how we can meet learners needs within E-Learning to help get them into the learning zone.

Scrimba Courses Reviewed from an Instructional Designer Perspective

You can read my story of how I ended up taking the Scrimba courses in my article on why I learnt JavaScript. Whenever I undertake any learning, I always have a critical analysis hat on. I am looking at how they structure the course and how they present it. Scrimba courses were no exception to […]

Game over! Misuse and Abuse of Gamification

This article explores why the application of game components is not gamification of learning. It also explores how this can have a serious negative effect on the quality of the learning that can be achieved.

Changing Minds, One Question at a Time

Scenario based learning offers a really powerful tool to help bring about Oraganisation and Behavioural change.