by Beth Cougler Blom | May 1, 2024 | Learning design
We recently gave a piece of advice to a potential client: “If you’re not quite ready to actively start working with us on building the course you want, just begin by lightly collecting potential ideas until you’re ready.” Although in this case, the client is waiting...
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 Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 12, 2024 | Facilitation, Learning design
We love our learning design and facilitation work for clients—and sometimes we get so busy doing the work that we forget to tell the stories of what we’re up to! It’s time to rectify that situation and share a few short examples of some of the projects we’ve been...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 5, 2024 | Business back end, Learning design
Update: This competition has now closed. Please follow us on our LinkedIn page to be notified of future postings with BCB Learning. Learning Designer Job type: Casual Part-Time Pay Range: $36.58 – $43.00 hourly + 4% pay in lieu of vacation BCB Learning Inc. is...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Nov 6, 2023 | Learning design
Have you ever read something and gotten the distinct impression that you were being “sold” to? A “salesy” tone in writing can feel false, and if the people reading it are participants in an online course, it can annoy them and perhaps even prevent them from engaging...
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 Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 23, 2023 | Learning design
Images have the power to move us in many ways. They can evoke our emotions, feelings, memories, and more. Images can complement and enhance text that we read or hear, or they can be viewed alone and worth “a thousand words”, as the old saying goes. We’ve...
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...