Friday, 30 January 2015

Making an Interactive Org Chart Using e-Learning Software



Org charts! Pretty boring, right? Just a bunch of names and titles laid out in a tree.


Let's see what we can do to spice things up a bit with some e-Learning software.
A (not so) recent challenge in the e-Learning Heroes community tasked participants "to design an interactive graphic to introduce an organization's team members or key players."

That's where we come in today. I'm going to let you behind the curtain to see how I went about tackling this challenge.

The Inspiration
The first thing that came to mind when I thought of "interactive org chart" was the way the characters in The Brady Bunch look at each other during the opening sequence (in that 3x3 grid). It's quite possible that my youngest son was watching the show at the time. 

Friday, 23 January 2015

Performance Support: Don't Memorize What You Don't Have To



Story Time
I’m going to tell you a story – twice. More specifically, I’m going to tell you two different versions of the same story. Afterwards I’ll ask you a few questions. Don’t worry! You won’t be graded on them.




Sunday, 18 January 2015

How to Write Better Tests



Pop quiz!


Multiple choice questions are:
A) Easy to write
B) Kind of a cliché
C) Often too easy to guess (eliminate the obvious and it comes down to a 50/50)
D) Not the best way to test mastery

We've all taken tests. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably even written some yourself. Why is it that so many test questions are so bad?