Melanie Sisley

Motivational Design for Learning Performance: ARCS

Nov 30, 2016melsisley1 Commentadult learning, ARCS, digital learning, learning theory, media, strategic learning

John M. Keller goes right for the educational “jugular” in his research motivational design for learning performance. Motivation is by far the most illusive and yet the most impactful element in learning. In his book Educational Design for Learning and Performance Keller pools together much of the thinking and research around the notion of motivation to then

Learning 2.0: How digital networks are changing the rules

Nov 28, 2016melsisley

By Mélanie L. Sisley as appeared in eLearning Magazine, 2011 “In the dawning knowledge age, how well we live will depend on how well we learn,” said the 24th Governor General of Canada, Ray Hnatyshyn, in the 1991 Speech from the Throne. Little did we know that with the arrival of Web 2.0 this statement

Smart Learning

Nov 28, 2016melsisley

by Mélanie L. Sisley “High impact learning” is a term I often hear in the organisational training literature and community. It ‘s a theme that conjures all kinds of thoughts and feelings for me. For instance, am I a high impact learner? What does low impact learning look like? What are the ingredients that make