How do you systematically design learning experiences that effectively engage the learner? Based upon years of deep investigation into learning & instruction theories and design processes, and practical experience in designing games, I wrote Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games. MORE >>

Boxes And Arrows : The Design Behind the Design Register or Log In Search Stories Ideas Forums People Events Jobs About December Issue, 2008 Jens Jacobsen 32 Reputation points Jens likes writing for multimedia and loves tracking down usability issues. Again, the well-known principles of interface design apply. Greeting 2. MORE >>

Gone, thankfully, are the days when the user experience and the user interface were an afterthought in the website design process, to be added on when programming was nearing completion. Those teams that achieved the highest degree of shared, holistic understanding consistently designed the best web applications. MORE >>

Will Evans stalked and captured Erin Malone, Christian Crumlish, and Lucas Pettinati to talk about design patterns, pattern libraries, styleguides, and innovation. “ An interaction design pattern is not a step-by-step recipe or a specification. ” *How did you get your start in Interaction/Information Design?*. MORE >>

Given the above, here are some guidelines for what informal learning development could look like: Spend less time on design and more on ongoing evaluation to allow emergent practices to be developed. 1) Small, local businesses, 2) Large, central corporations, and 3) Loosely coupled networks. The learning analogy Jay provides is. MORE >>