In our work lives (and personal lives, but let’s stick with work) we need to influence other people. You may need… to be great within your specific field, but you still need to bring others along on the journey access … Continued
UX of Learning Design We had a chat to Todd Hammington, our Lead Visual Designer, to hear what UX of Learning Design means to him… Q: What’s UX? Don Norman from Apple coined the term UX in the 90s. In … Continued
Effective learning should feel uncomfortable, and to be an effective learner you’ll need to be OK with this. Equally important, to be an effective learning designer you’ll need to think of ways to make the learning uncomfortable – but not … Continued
Books are understandably a huge part of what influences us here at Inspire Group. We love devouring words! We love opening our minds and we love sharing! We often get asked what we are reading so here is a curated … Continued
I’m fascinated by brains. Your brain, my brain, learner brains, braaaaaiiinnnns. Not in a “Mmmmm I wanna eat your brains” kind of way. I can’t imagine something made of water and fats to be that tasty. Although when I was … Continued
I have a confession to make. I cut the crusts off my children’s sandwiches. Why? Because crusts are a dry, tasteless barrier to the purpose of the sandwich as a peanut-butter delivery device. I was brought up in the ‘waste … Continued
So you turn up as the learning person to a meeting where they are talking about rolling out the [insert whatever thing is about to roll out in your organisation here] and you know what they will ask of you. … Continued
I’ve just watched my son’s rugby team yet again dig deep from a first half loss, turn the game around and scrape through with a win. Even if they hadn’t won the game, their second half effort is what made … Continued
What and why It’s a way to spice up your learning design using gaming elements with a purpose. It allows learners to explore a concept or acquire knowledge while playing – that is, playing by the rules that you set … Continued
I know you’ll scream “It’s time, I have no time!” but I’m not buying that because you still seem to find time to regularly search for dancing dog videos on the internet or spend hours playing online solitaire in your … Continued
Inspire Group is a custom learning design company, and the nature of what we do means we make discoveries daily that we share on our learning design blog. We learn a lot of things, and that’s fortunate in a business full of people who love learning! Think of this as your ‘go-to’ blog for everything related to learning. Including future trends in learning, elearning, leadership, brain science, team training and more.