Re-Defining the Problem
Today, I saw a definition of Problem that I disliked VERY MUCH. Granted, this was in a Root Cause Analysis manual, so I expected much...
The Rootisserie check for doneness prior to consumption
Drag/Drop Interactions in eLearning Design
Sometimes, I feel like eLearning drag/drop interactions get a bad rap. Maybe that’s because Serious Instructional Designers seem fairly dismissive about them in casual conversation?...
McFib: An eLearning Interaction Pattern
I’m very interested in eLearning designs that try to entwine content and exercise so thoroughly that the learner almost constructs their instruction – even if...
Unfinished Article: Optimization and Fragility
Have you ever found something you started writing but never finished? Here’s something I started in October 2014. I’ve just rediscovered it in July 2020....
12 Things That Will Make Me Hate a Training Course
I’m relatively new to the world of Instructional Design and the development of eLearning material, but I’ve had a LOT of experience as a trainee....
Freeing myself to write…
I’ve hosted Google Ads on this website for over 10 years, but I’ve decided to remove them. I realized that having the ads, and wanting...
Why Train? Why eLearning?
eLearning, to me, seems like an exciting new field that has barely been tapped and which has a wide open future. However, no matter how...
Top 5 Reasons for Failed Root Cause Analysis
Root cause analysis is one of the best ways to solve difficult or significant problems, but sometimes, root cause analysis efforts fail because the corrective actions weren’t...
Root Cause Analysis of Microsoft Azure Service Interruption
Microsoft recently experienced a significant interruption of their Azure cloud service. Since a decent amount of data was available for this incident, I decided to...