2. “Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made
creation that ends up expressing itself in
successive outer layers of the product or service.”
- Steve Jobs
Remarkable learning design doesn’t mean fancy. It isn’t merely colors, fonts
and special effects.
Remarkable learning experiences win our attention, and the effect is long-
lasting.
Dieter Rams’, industrial designer most famous for his work in consumer
products with Braun, asked himself if his design was “good design.”
Do you view learning through a design lens? Consider applying a design
focus to your learning programs, and see its effect on your employees and
ultimately your business.
After 16 years of designing learning programs, I’ve asked myself:
“Is my learning design good design?” I encourage you to do the same.
Charbel Semaan
Director, Marketing at MindTickle
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4. Dieter Rams’ Good Design
Think about how you can apply Dieter Rams’ 10 principles of good design
to your organization’s learning, talent, and organizational development.
Design isn’t just for websites, products, and stationary. Design is a mindset.
A way of viewing what and how you create something remarkable.
Rams’ 10 principles illustrated below come from designer Wells Riley, who
created a great resource for non-designers called
Startups, This is How Design Works.
Dieter Rams, Designer
3 RESOURCES FOR CREATING REMARKABLE LEARNING DESIGN
Image from http://startupsthisishowdesignworks.com
5. Part 2
How to Create Professional
Training Videos With an iPhone
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6. 3 RESOURCES FOR CREATING REMARKABLE LEARNING DESIGN
An iPhone and $100 of Equipment
One way to create remarkable learning experiences is
through professional quality videos.
These can be team member interviews, skills training,
company history, policy training, and anything else you can
imagine.
The folks over at Wistia share great video-making tutorials.
One of their best tutorials teaches you to make high-quality
videos using an iPhone and $100 of equipment from your
local hardware store.
The best part is you don’t have to have videographers on
your team to make this happen. This is a valuable way to
make remarkable training videos while staying lean.
By the way, Wistia also has great tips for writing scripts,
which always come in handy for creating e-learning videos.
Click the image to view the video in your browser.
F It’s easy to embed videos you make into MindTickle for your
learners to view and use as a resource.
8. 3 RESOURCES FOR CREATING REMARKABLE LEARNING DESIGN
10-20-30 Rule for Presentations
Guy Kawasaki once shared his presentation rule for
entrepreneurs who pitch to venture capitalists: 10-20-30.
He recommended 10 slides to be covered in 20 minutes with
a font-size no less than 30.
Why?
10 - People can only process so much at a time, so 10
concepts or focus points are ideal for a venture capitalist to
listen to. What about learners?
20 - Most meetings tend be to 60 minutes long. Well, who
wants to eat up all 60 minutes with slides? Ten slides
covered in 20 minutes leaves room for discussion.
30 - How many times have you squinted at a presentation
slide because the font was too small? Use 30-pt or larger
and your learners will thank you for it.
10 SLIDES
20 MINUTES
30 FONT SIZE
F Do you use PowerPoint, Prezi, Keynote, or SlideShare? You can upload
or embed presentations to MindTickle and share with your learners.
9. Thanks for reading.
Social Learning Bootcampers can learn how to create remarkable learning experiences
using MindTickle by visiting http://slb.mindtickle.com.
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