Instructional Design
Applying learning theory and design strategies to meet specific performance goals through the creation of instructional materials and formal learning experiences.
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The Reflection Opportunity You’re Skipping
Don’t just think of reflection as something that happens as a checkbox activity at the end of an event. Use it as a tool throughout a learning experience. It’s worth the time invested!
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When Is Immersive Learning Actually Worth the Effort?
Immersive learning is worth the effort when the task, the environment, and the performance demands call for something more than explanation.
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The Modern eLearning Designer’s Toolkit: What’s New in Captivate 13.1
Modern eLearning designers need more than just an authoring tool. They need a complete toolkit for creating engaging, responsive, and scalable learning experiences. Join us for an in-depth look at Adobe Captivate 13.1 and discover how its latest innovations help you build courses faster, reuse existing content, and create richer learner interactions. In this webinar, you will learn how to:
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When Learning Feels Like a Vulnerability
People do not only learn content. They also interpret what needing to learn may imply about them.
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Beyond Content: Designing Learning for Performance, Inclusion & Impact
Go Beyond Content in Learning Design Learning teams are being asked to do more than ever. You’re also navigating pressure to streamline processes, connect learning to business needs, support skill development, and demonstrate impact. So, what should effective learning design prioritize? Our eBook, Beyond Content: Designing Learning for Performance, Inclusion & Impact, explores three enduring principles that can help guide the work: Whether you’re designing learning experiences or leading a learning team, use this eBook to reflect on the principles shaping your work, and where you may want to take a closer look.
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How SMBs Can Offer AI-Personalized Learning Paths
SMBs can deliver—and benefit from—personalized training. By aligning each AI initiative with business goals, training leaders can boost employee skills, enhance performance, and ensure every learning investment counts.
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In an AI-Heavy Learning World, Are You Building Connection or Just Creating Activity?
AI, automation, and learning technologies are changing how we design, deliver, and scale learning. But as the tools become more powerful, one question becomes even more important: are we creating learning experiences that feel meaningfully human, or are we simply creating more activity? Most virtual learning includes interaction. Polls, chat prompts, breakout rooms, whiteboards, and discussion questions are everywhere. While these activities can increase participation, they do not automatically create connection, relevance, or lasting impact. In an AI-heavy learning world, human connection is not a soft extra. It is the design discipline that makes learning stick. In this session, we’ll…
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From Content to Capability: Danielle Eisenach-Reichel on the Future of Learning Leadership
As part of our Learning Expert Spotlight series, we spoke with Danielle Eisenach-Reichel, Global Director of Facilitation at Fresenius Medical Care, ahead of her discussion at Learning Leadership 2026. In a rapidly evolving workplace, the role of learning leaders has expanded far beyond delivering training programs—they’re now responsible for building leadership capability, navigating complexity and driving meaningful behavior change. Danielle is at the forefront of that transformation. In this interview, she shares why values-driven leadership is more important than ever, how organizations can move beyond content to create lasting impact, and what attendees can expect from her Learning Leadership breakout discussion on turning values…
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When Performance Is Not Understanding: The Disappearance of Expertise in AI-Supported Learning
AI can generate outputs. It cannot generate the judgment that emerges from experience, productive struggle, reflection, and feedback.
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Meet the Learning Guild’s 2026 Thirty Under 30 (Part Two)
We’re back to announce the second half of the Learning Guild’s 2026 Thirty Under 30! Together, these innovators, strategists, designers, and leaders represent the depth and diversity of the next generation shaping the learning field. This November the Learning Guild community will recognize all 30 of these emerging professionals and celebrate their contributions to the future of learning at DevLearn 2026. Meet the second half of this year’s Thirty Under 30 cohort. Patrick McMorrow Constructive Disruptor in Learning and Leadership Patrick challenges assumptions to create stronger learning experiences. Through leadership development, facilitation, and learner advocacy, he pushes organizations beyond the status quo in pursuit of meaningful results. Kelyn Melendez-Ruiz Guiding People Through Transformation Kelyn…