

Every month, Microassist’s Senior Learning Architect Kevin Gumienny curates 5-10 articles from various disciplines related to learning and discipline. This year’s roundup includes articles on accessible elearning , instructional, program and learning design, If 2018 flew by quickly for you and you missed some of Kevin’s articles, here’s your chance to catch up on some reading.

Did you have a favorite L&D post from 2018 that you’d like to add?

Recommended Learning and Development Articles from Our Senior Learning Architect

Article Categories

Accessibility

Instructional Design

Evaluation

Gerry McGovern argues that we need to measure what people do, not what people say they do. When you measure learning, which are you focusing on?

I…don’t know how I feel about using a single question to measure something in a survey. But after reading this post, I have a better sense of how that might be possible.

You want to do usability testing for your courses. Can’t manage in-person testing? Find the data from remote testing too imprecise to be actionable? Try remote moderated usability tests. Kate Meyer and Kara Pernice walk you through the process.

Are you seeing a push to incorporate more data analysis into your learning and development process? (If not, you should be.) At Harvard Business Review, Tom Diplock, Philip Meier, David Jordan, and Niklas Ek have some solid and actionable suggestions on how to put data analysis to good use.

Learning Experience

Professionalism

Program Design

Style, Usage, and Grammar

Visual Design

Favorites from Microassist’s Learning Dispatch Blog

As a bonus, here are a few of our favorite posts from last year’s Learning Dispatch blog.

Looking to make sure that your own training program is accessible to those with disabilities? Take a look at our Training Manager’s Guide to Accessible Elearning

The 2019 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference is right around the corner. Last year our focus was on pattern libraries. Keep an eye on the Learning Dispatch blog to see our takeaways from this year. And while you’re waiting—or if you can’t attend—take a look at our CSUN 2019 backchannel.

Are you converting classroom training to elearning ? Listen to Sanjay Nasta interview Kevin Gumienny on the topic (or read the transcript).

? Listen to Sanjay Nasta interview Kevin Gumienny on the topic (or read the transcript). Are you planning to use video in your training? What should you do? What shouldn’t you do? We share a few ideas.