Welcome to Scissortail’s Learning Nest blog, written by Kayleen Holt.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis post examines virtual versus in-person training and what the research says about the factors that affect learning outcomes.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis post shares six tips for designing for neurodiverse learners, an important part of building an inclusive culture and implementing UDL.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis post provides an editable accessibility checklist for Storyline (as a Google Doc) to verify compliance with WCAG 2.1 standards.
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis post summarizes key takeaways and quotes from the Women of L&D 2022 conference, hosted by The Training and Learning Development Community (TLDC) on March 17 and 18. If you registered for the event, you can still catch the replays by using the event link you were provided. If not, recordings will be posted to the TLDC website in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can see what you missed by reading my recap. There’s a lot to unpack, so this is a long post. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Reading Time: 6 minutesIntroduction If you’re new to freelancing or you’ve been thinking about freelancing, you’ll want to check out this post for four things successful freelancers do.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week I’m sharing a sample lesson that uses scenarios as bookends for traditional eLearning about avoiding the passive voice.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis post explains how to use scenarios as bookends at the beginning and end of a traditional eLearning lesson to provide context.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction I saw a tweet recently from a teacher who said he didn’t want to improve students’ test scores on various subjects; he wanted to
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis recap of TLDC’s Community Day: Writing for Instructional Design, contains tips and advice for instructional writing.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis is a recap of the TLDC event, “The Road to L&D: From Teaching to Instructional Design,” from Friday, January 21, 2022.
Hi, I’m Kayleen. I’m a learning experience design consultant and the founder of Scissortail Creative Services.
Here at Scissortail’s Learning Nest blog, I write about learning & development with a strong focus on inclusion and accessibility—topics that are important to me as a person with disabilities.
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