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 Beth Cougler Blom | Sep 13, 2023 | Podcast Episodes
In this episode, Beth Cougler Blom talks about how to build online communities when facilitating in the virtual mode. She discusses the importance of understanding our own values and beliefs as facilitators, knowing our participants, and the need to define the purpose...
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...