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Our latest thinking, projects and insights into digital learning.

Storytelling in Digital Learning

Storytelling has been a powerful tool for teaching and learning for centuries, and with the rise of digital learning, it has become an even…

Applying Marketing Principles to Digital Learning Design

“Marketing is not only about being found, it’s about being chosen. The same applies to learning design: it’s not about making content…

AI for Learning

“AI is the ultimate democratiser, providing access to information, education, and economic opportunity on an unprecedented scale.” — Satya…

What Defines 'Accessible' Digital Learning?

Make your learning experience accessible to everyone, particularly learners with varying cognitive and physical abilities.

Principles of Good Assessment Design

“Nothing that we do to, or for, our students is more important than our assessment of their work and the feedback we give them on it. The…

Personalised Learning in the Digital Age

Learning can take place anywhere, and at any time. The flexibility of learning experiences that we have become familiar with today, were…

Deliberate Practice in Digital Learning Experience Design

In a previous article on motivation and grit in learning experience design, we described grit as the pursuit of one’s passion, with…

Social Media as a Cooperative Learning Tool

Long before the COVID-19 outbreak, individuals across the world were using social media as a tool to create community, to foster…

Motivation and Grit in a Digital Learning Environment

When we’re feeling motivated, we are able to find time to dedicate to learning new skills, changing habits or behaviours, to being more…

How to Choose an Online Learning Platform

If you’ve been tasked with choosing and implementing an online learning platform for your team or organisation, there are some critical…

The Future of Digital Learning - Predictions for 2022 and Beyond

We all know that digital technologies have completely revolutionised the way we acquire new knowledge, behaviours and skills. And the COVID…

The Future of Face-to-Face Teaching

A year and a half into the Covid-19 pandemic and we are still hopping on- and offline without a clear plan of which mode of delivery is…

What is Learning Analytics?

Launching online learning programmes or courses in your organisation can be costly. Paradoxically, successful online learning experiences…

How to Measure the Effectiveness of your Learning Experiences

Companies investing in online learning often don’t have the tools or practices to effectively evaluate their learning experiences. They tend…

Mayer's 12 Principles of Multimedia

Multimedia refers to an array of media types such as text, images, audio and video content, and is used to convey meaning and enhance…

Gamification Tactics for Online Learning Experiences

No one is too old for gamified online learning experiences! We’re not talking about gimmicky or cliché gamification, but rather tactics that…

Launching Learning Experience Design Essentials

Digital Learning hasn’t evolved to keep up with the modern and fast-paced world of work. To meet the needs of many L&D professionals…

How to Become a Better Learning Designer

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic led to an urgent shift to online learning. Many organisations faced the challenge of transitioning…

How to Become a Better Learner

Have you ever intended to learn something new for personal or professional reasons and signed up for a free online short course only to make…

Creating a Company Culture of Lifelong Learning

Most organisations have realised the importance of developing a learning culture — a philosophy and espousing of values that puts employee…

Experiential Learning in the Flow of Work

Josh Bersin, renowned learning and development and global HR leader, coined the phrase ‘learning in the flow of work’ as a consequence of…

How to Design Impactful Learning Experiences

When it comes to designing learning experiences, whether it’s an academy, online course or virtual workshop, it is imperative to consider…

What Inspires the Generations to Learn

There are many factors that influence the success of a learning experience. Motivation, attention span, personal contexts, competency level…

Using Gamification to Motivate Learning

Understanding gamification tactics to deliver impactful learning experiences. Modern adult learners are difficult customers to please. They…

The Benefits of Microlearning to Achieve Learning Goals

Chunking Your Learning Content for Maximum Retention and Engagement Today’s learners are pressed for time, easily distracted and crave…

How to Develop a Learning Strategy

Using competence-based LXD to meet your strategic objectives. Most learning and development teams are the first to feel the brunt of budget…

Five Reasons Why You Should Invest in Digital Learning

Or, how to motivate your boss, Board, or budget-holders to go digital. With most organisations increasingly adapting their workplace…

What is Learning Experience Design (LXD)?

Learning Experience Design (or LXD) is a relatively new discipline within the field of learning sciences. As our understanding of teaching…