
Our quarterly newsletter, Live and Learn, contains useful articles related to workplace learning and performance. Many are written by eP staff members, but occasionally we publish submissions from clients and colleagues. Our target audience includes training professionals who are responsible for managing, designing, or developing training programs and courses.
Check out an issue of Live and Learn:
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| 2009, Spring Edition (V6, N2) | |
| 272k | Features: Real Learning in Virtual worlds; Twitter Me This, Twitter Me That; News from our sister company; Coaching for Performance course ready! |
| 2009, Winter Edition (V6, N1) | |
| 239k | Features: A look back at 2008; a preview of 2009; news from our sister company; and Designing for expandability. |
| 2008, Fall Edition (V5, N4) | |
| 448k | Features: Training in a Bottle: New eP Affiliate Open for Business. Goind Mobile: eP's New M-Learning Demo. Design Tip: What Makes an Exercise Interactive? |
| 2008, Summer Edition (V5, N3) | |
| Issue cancelled [the team was swamped, sorry] | |
| 2008, Spring Edition (V5, N2) | |
| 446k | Features: Learning Management Systems: Tips from the Masie Conference. Designer's Toolbox: Building e-Learning Courses for Easy Installation. Design Tip: Keeping SMEs Focused and Engaged. Tale from the Trenches: Interactive Flowcharts--in a Flash! |
| 2008, Winter Edition (V5, N1) | |
| 540k | Features: Rapid e-Learning. Designer's Toolbox: From English to Global English. Design Tip: Minimalist Design. |
| 2007, Fall Edition (V4, N4) | |
| 554k | Features: Online Games. Designer's Toolbox: Success Case Method. Tale from the Trenches : Teaching Data Driven Decision Making. Design Tip: Andragogy. |
| 2007, Summer Edition (V4, N3) | |
| Issue cancelled [the team was swamped, sorry] | |
| 2007, Spring Edition (V4, N2) | |
| 627k | Features: Mobile Learning. Inside: Managing the Unmanageable SME and New CLIP on Educational Simulations. Design Tip: Fluency. |
| 2007, Winter Edition (V4, N1) | |
| 634k | Features: Gus presents at DVHRP Summit. Inside: Rapid simulations and the new eP web site. Design Tip: Cognitive Load. |
| 2006, Fall Edition (V3, N4) | |
| 364k | Feature: Rapid e-learning. Tools Rule: Developing databases. Best Practices Alert: Project update reporting. Design Tip: Storytelling. |
| 2006, Summer Edition (V3, N3) | |
| 240k | Feature: Implications of seeing learning as a progression. Designer’s Toolbox: In the trenches with Alicia as she applies the task analysis theories and models. Design Tip: Cognitive flexibility. |
| 2006, Spring Edition (V3, N2) | |
| 424k | Feature: Preview of our Five Approaches to Blended Learning white paper. Designer’s Toolbox: Critical Incident method of task analysis. Design Tip: The Gestalt. |
| 2006, Winter Edition (V3, N1) | |
| 596k | Feature: Training the Training Manager—EP’s new demo e-learning course. Designer’s Toolbox: Activity theory of task analysis. Best Practices in Action: Video and live workshops. Doc Talk: Contextualizing content. Design Tip: Anchored instruction. |
| 2005, Fall Edition (V2, N4) | |
| 300k | Feature: Presenting data visually—reflections on a Tufte seminar. Designer’s Toolbox: The Michalak and Yager task analysis method. Tales from the Trenches: It’s all about context—Grasshopper. Doc Talk: Announcing our demo e-learning course. Design Tip: Web quest. |
| 2005, Summer Edition (V2, N3) | |
| 172k | – Feature: A look at Penn State’s instructional design competition. Doc Talk: Is competition the American Way of learning? Inside: Case study—why less is sometimes more. |
| 2005, Spring Edition (V2, N2) | |
| 124k | Feature: Tips for writing an e-learning RFP. Inside: Facilitating SME-designer interaction. Design Tip: Authentic storytelling. |
| 2005, Winter Edition (V2, N1) | |
| 164k | Feature: Audio narration in e-learning. Doc Talk: Training lessons from a newborn. Inside: Simulations as assessments. Design Tip: ARCS Model. |
| 2004, Fall Edition (V1, N4) | |
| 512k | Feature: A look at the things the brain can tell us about learning. Doc Talk: Training needs assessments versus the “shotgun” approach. Inside: A case study of how a little analysis saved big bucks. Design Tip: Semantic mapping. |
| 2004, Summer Edition (V1, N3) | |
| 332k | Feature: Blended learning. Doc Talk: Social styles. Inside: Blogs, the next big thing! Design Tip: Gagne’s 9 Events. |
| 2004, Spring Edition (V1, N2) | |
| 732k | Feature: A look at performance-based instructional design as a mix of HPT and ISD. Doc Talk: Automated essay scoring. Design Tip: Concept mapping. |
| 2004, Winter Edition (V1, N1) | |
| 384k | Feature: A look at the history of instructional systems design. Doc Talk: What is performance-based instructional design? Design Tip: Goal-based scenarios. |