Welcome to Scissortail’s Learning Nest blog, written by Kayleen Holt.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis post provides content research tips, including maximizing SME time and getting information from SMEs and other sources.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this post, I share the journey a client and I took together to achieve IACET accreditation and the lessons I’ve learned along the way.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat do you do when you’ve been asked to create a course and your SME gives you a mountain of documents, slides, and references as source content? In this post, I’ll share some tips—and templates—for dealing with information overload.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis post encourages introverted instructional designers to embrace their superpowers, do hard things, share their work, and be themselves.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis post shares highlights from the Training, Learning, and Development Community’s Summer Community Day 2021, focused on career development.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis post summarizes a presentation by Dr. Stephanie Moore about how to prevent cheating while improving learning outcomes.
Reading Time: 5 minutesHere are some free resources instructional designers can use for music, sound effects, audio editing, and voiceover generation.
Reading Time: 8 minutesIn this post, I share four online tools to help you estimate development time and prices for your learning projects.
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ll wrap up my series on creating accessible PowerPoints with some “what abouts.” In this post, I share tips for ensuring that video, audio, animations, transitions, and SmartArt graphics are accessible.
Reading Time: 8 minutesIn this post, I’ll walk you through some additional steps to make a PowerPoint presentation accessible.
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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