Blog 2 Columns With Frame – Gram Consulting

The Learning Design Sprint

Efforts to apply Design Thinking to Instructional Design fail when they try to force fit Design Thinking concepts into the ADDIE process or visa versa. The front-end of ADDIE (analysis and design) is where Design Thinking is most useful. It can help to break through listless approaches to learning design and replace it with user...

August 16, 2018ByTom GramInBlog, Design Thinking, Instructional design, Learning Design, performance consultingno comments

Practice and the Development of Expertise (Part 3)

This is a re-post based on a article I wrote for CSTD Learning Journal back in 2013. It’s posted here in three parts. Part 1 introduced the signature skills demonstrated by experts that separate them from novices. Part 2 presented the type of practice that develops experts. This post discusses implications I see for Learning and Development and makes the connection...

August 9, 2018ByTom GramInBlog, informal learning, Instructional design, Learning Design, Performance Design, performance support, social media9 comments

Practice and the Development of Expertise (Part 2)

This is a re-post based of a article I wrote for CSTD Learning Journal back in 2013. It’s posted here in three parts. Part 1 introduced the signature skills demonstrated by experts that separate them from novices. *** The signatures skills of expertise I described in Part 1 are the result of years of effortful, progressive practice...

August 6, 2018ByTom GramInBlog, informal learning, Instructional design, Learning Design, Performance Design, performance support, social media13 comments

Practice and the Development of Expertise (Part 1)

This is a re-post based on a article I wrote for CSTD Learning Journal back in 2013. It’s posted here in three parts. *** We know well-designed practice is a critical for effective training. It’s what differentiates meaningful learning from passive information. But as work becomes more complex and knowledge-based, are the practice activities we design for...

August 5, 2018ByTom GramInBlog, informal learning, Instructional design, Knowledge work, Learning Design, Performance Design, social media14 comments

Learning, Technology and the Future of Work

On Wed, June 20, at the Canadian Community of Corporate Educators June meeting, Rob Pearson (Director, Executive and Corporate Education Ted Rogers School of Management) and I will share our thoughts on the impact automation on jobs and workplace learning practices. Here’s a registration link some details on what we’ll be talking about. Hope you can...

June 10, 2018ByTom GramInBlog, Foundations, Instructional design, Learning Managementno comments

The Myth of e-Learning Levels of Interaction

For years the eLearning industry has categorized custom e-learning into three or more levels of interactivity. The implication also being that that learning effectiveness increases with each higher level of interactivity. You don’t have to look hard to find them: > 4 Levels Of Interactivity In eLearning And Its Advantages > Levels of Interactivity in...

November 12, 2013ByTom GramInBlog, e learning, Instructional design, Learning Design, Uncategorized6 comments

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