by Carla | Feb 26, 2025 | Learning design
If you’ve ever visited or accessed services from Victoria Hospice, you likely carry a meaningful story about the people who brought comfort and support to you or someone you know. For some, it might be a memory of a volunteer who made you a cup of tea. For others, it...
by Carla | Jan 15, 2025 | Learning design, Podcast
When talking about learning design, we often mention the importance of creating learning outcomes. In Beth’s book, Design to Engage, she compares them to the sport of archery, where we intentionally aim at a target and let our arrow fly. We know where the arrow should...
by Carla | Aug 18, 2024 | Learning design
According to the United Nations, one in seven people—over a billion individuals—lives with a disability. Yet we know that many still face social and physical barriers that limit their full participation in their communities. For the BCB team, this reality serves as an...
by Carla | Apr 23, 2024 | Learning design
If you’ve worked with us to design a course, you’ve likely heard us talk about the importance of writing content in plain language. But what this means isn’t always immediately clear. Is it about writing at a certain grade level? Is it only for those with low literacy...
by Carla | Sep 8, 2023 | Learning design
“Accessibility allows us to tap into everyone’s potential.” I (Carla) recently read this quote by Debra Ruh, an advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities. It stood out to me because our team is constantly striving to learn about and implement accessibility...
by Carla | Jul 3, 2023 | Learning design
From time to time, our team helps organizations design effective materials for their learning-related events. Recently, we had a wonderful opportunity to work with our client, Pain BC, to redesign the slide decks their volunteer facilitators use in a peer support...
by Carla | May 2, 2023 | Facilitation, Professional development
Meg Bolger is a social justice educator, facilitator trainer, and the founder of Facilitator Cards, a set of activity cards used to help design and facilitate group learning. Recently, I (Carla) had the opportunity to participate in a virtual workshop Meg hosted...
by Carla | Feb 22, 2023 | Learning design
One of the things we enjoy most about our work is getting to design great learning experiences for people while also learning about important topics. For example, did you know that British Columbia is home to an incredible variety of fossils? They are mostly found in...
by Carla | Dec 7, 2022 | Learning design
One of the joys of working in learning design is getting to collaborate with great organizations who are dedicated to building effective and engaging courses. Part of our work together is about first determining if it is actually a course that is needed, and if so,...