Notes on instructional design, learner behavior, and the systems around learning.
I write about the decisions behind instructional design, eLearning, online learning, workplace learning, and digital learning systems. These articles connect design choices with what learners need to understand, practise, decide, and apply in context.
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Online Learning Design
When Learners Struggle Online, Look at the Learning Environment
Course navigation, feedback timing, technology, and unclear instructions can make online learning harder to use. This article examines how the learning environment can affect learner behavior before content becomes the main difficulty.
Selected writing on instructional design.
Notes from teaching, course design, systems thinking, workplace learning, and digital learning practice.
Systems Thinking
What Systems Thinking Taught Me About Recurring Problems
Recurring problems rarely come from one visible issue. This article examines how patterns, structures, and feedback loops can influence the way people work and learn.
Course Design
What a Class Full of Gamers Taught Me About Course Design
A Grade 7 classroom offered useful lessons about interfaces, feedback, difficulty, motivation, and the careful use of game mechanics in learning.
Workplace Learning
What I Learned About Change by Watching a Workplace Fall Apart Slowly
A leadership transition showed how unclear communication and missing development paths can affect employee trust, participation, and professional growth.
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