You and Your GUI
First of all, you might be wondering, “What is a GUI?” GUI, pronounced gooey, stands for Graphical User Interface. It is used to help learners easily interact with a course [...]
Inspiring Creativity in Our Work
In our work as instructional designers, we are focused on meeting—and exceeding—the expectations of our clients, by developing engaging, interactive elearning that helps the end user develop and enhance their [...]
DIY Custom Course Creation Tool’s Newest Feature
The newest addition to the CollaborNation DIY (Do It Yourself) platform is video! When the programmers at CypherWorx initially created DIY, it allowed individuals to quickly and easily create training [...]
Enhancing the eLearning Experience with Images
One of the things I love about being an eLearning course developer is that we often find ourselves working on a wide range of courses of varying subject matter, coupled [...]
Ethical Responsibility & the After School Code of Ethics
Working with children and youth is a field that can often raise questions regarding the “right” thing to do or say. We were each raised with varying types and styles [...]
Registration Protocol
Every day individuals from a multitude of diverse areas (zoos, aquariums, museums, after-care and out of school time providers, YMCAs, etc.) from all over the country and, indeed, around the [...]
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an Instructional Designer!
A few months ago, I was sitting on a plane, flying home from home from a winter escape. As I sat back and planned my next adventure, I heard a [...]
Kids Playing Outside: It’s That Simple
The American education system consistently experiences criticism aimed at early childhood development. The common perspective is that our schools are simply not working. Children are incapable of scoring well on [...]
Involving Children and Parents in Program Planning
Over the years, one of the biggest and most consistent concerns and struggles I’ve heard from program administrators concerns how to engage parents and families. Many times, program staff reach [...]
