Brian, Judy, and special guest Julie “Usable Learning” Dirksen discuss usability, why you should care about it, how to start making sure your courses meet “table stakes”, and of course, Julie’s brand-new book, Design for How People Learn.
The drinks:
Brian drank St. Arnold Christmas Ale
Judy drank Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Julie drank Woodchuck Dark and Dry Cider
The links:
- Judy’s review of Julie’s book on eLearn Magazine
- Will at Work Learning
- ASTD’s Advanced E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate Program
- Brian’s DevLearn Session: Remember the User
- Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think
- Steve Krug’s Rocket Surgery Made Easy
- Jakob Nielsen’s books
- Morae by TechSmith
- usability.gov
- Julie’s slides on LxD from Learning Solutions 2011
- Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things
- Stephen Anderson’s Seductive Interaction Design
- Don Norman’s Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
- Julie’s TechKnowledge 2012 Session: LxD — Learner Experience Design

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