I've made a business website, for the Blair Learning Project. You can find it at http://blairlearning.com. I'll eventually migrate the ID blog over there and keep my business stuff there, leaving this site as a travel and hobby thing. Check it out, and get in touch if you want to talk eLearning!

We all learn from our mistakes, it's one of the strongest methods of learning we have. Stick your hand in boiling water and that outcome - the searing pain from your boiled hand - really gets the lesson across: don't do that again. But we barely ever do this in eLearning. It's a massive waste of opportunity. To write... Continue Reading →

Learner feedback is great to get, but all-too-often we don't seem to ever seek it. But how can we improve without it? In LMS's it's usually pretty easy to gather learner feedback by creating a wee non-scored assessment, or in Moodle a feedback activity. I've been drafting a generic one up which may provide a... Continue Reading →

I’m an Instructional Designer by trade. I specialise in eLearning. I care about the quality of what I do and what people think of the profession, and I want to help others improve. So here’s my first professional blog post, focussing on the learner experience. Don’t make them think. My first boss said this a... Continue Reading →