Design
For How People Learn
Julie Dirksen
ISBN |
978-0321768438 |
Format |
Paperback |
Publisher |
New Riders Publishing |
Published |
United States, November 2011 |
Products, technologies, and workplaces change
so quickly today that everyone is continually learning. Many
of us are also teaching, even when it's not in our job
descriptions. Whether it's giving a presentation, writing
documentation, or creating a website or blog, we need and
want to share our knowledge with other people. But if you've
ever fallen asleep over a boring textbook, or fast-forwarded
through a tedious e-learning exercise, you know that
creating a great learning experience is harder than it
seems.
In Design For How People Learn, you'll
discover how to use the key principles behind learning,
memory, and attention to create materials that enable your
audience to both gain and retain the knowledge and skills
you're sharing. Using accessible visual metaphors and
concrete methods and examples, Design For How People Learn
will teach you how to leverage the fundamental concepts of
instructional design both to improve your own learning and
to engage your audience.
Julie Dirksen is
an independent consultant and instructional designer who has
more than 15 years' experience creating highly interactive
e-Learning experiences for clients ranging from Fortune 500
companies to innovative technology startups to major
grant-funded research initiatives. Her focus has been on
utilizing the disciplines of educational psychology,
neuroscience, change management and persuasive technology to
promote and support the improvement of peoples' lives
through sustainable long-term learning and behavioral
change. Ms. Dirksen holds an M.S. degree in Instructional
Systems Technology from Indiana University. She has also
been an adjunct faculty member at the Minneapolis College of
Art and Design, where she taught courses in Project
Management, Instructional Design and Cognitive Psychology.
She gets ridiculously excited about everything from learning
applications of behavioral economics to the way glucose is
regulated in the brain. She's happiest whenever she gets to
learn something new and you can
find her online at www.usablelearning.com
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