by Beth Cougler Blom | Nov 6, 2023 | Learning design
Have you ever read something and gotten the distinct impression that you were being “sold” to? A “salesy” tone in writing can feel false, and if the people reading it are participants in an online course, it can annoy them and perhaps even prevent them from engaging...
by Carla | Sep 8, 2023 | Learning design
“Accessibility allows us to tap into everyone’s potential.” I (Carla) recently read this quote by Debra Ruh, an advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities. It stood out to me because our team is constantly striving to learn about and implement accessibility...
by Carla | Jul 3, 2023 | Learning design
From time to time, our team helps organizations design effective materials for their learning-related events. Recently, we had a wonderful opportunity to work with our client, Pain BC, to redesign the slide decks their volunteer facilitators use in a peer support...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 23, 2023 | Learning design
Images have the power to move us in many ways. They can evoke our emotions, feelings, memories, and more. Images can complement and enhance text that we read or hear, or they can be viewed alone and worth “a thousand words”, as the old saying goes. We’ve...
by Carla | Feb 22, 2023 | Learning design
One of the things we enjoy most about our work is getting to design great learning experiences for people while also learning about important topics. For example, did you know that British Columbia is home to an incredible variety of fossils? They are mostly found in...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Feb 18, 2023 | Educational technology, Facilitation, Learning, Learning design
I finally got a chance to jump on the ChatGPT bandwagon. The first task I asked this AI tool to complete was to “Create a 200 word blog post in the style of Beth Cougler Blom about why participatory learning experiences are effective.” What do you think?...
by Carla | Dec 7, 2022 | Learning design
One of the joys of working in learning design is getting to collaborate with great organizations who are dedicated to building effective and engaging courses. Part of our work together is about first determining if it is actually a course that is needed, and if so,...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Nov 4, 2022 | Books, Learning design, Teaching, Workshops
My clients often buy more than one copy of my book, Design to Engage: How to Create and Facilitate a Great Learning Experience For Any Group, for their groups of faculty, facilitators or staff. Now is a great time to be thinking of whether you could do this for the...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Aug 30, 2022 | Business back end, Facilitation, Learning design, Online facilitation, Podcast, Professional development, Teaching, Teaching online
I’ve been working on an exciting project for a while, and I’m very happy to let you know that it is almost ready. I’m launching a podcast called Facilitating on Purpose and it will be all about designing and facilitating learning experiences....
