Learning Experience Design Essentials

by Cara North

Design Learning Experiences, Not Events Learning Experience Design Essentials explores how new instructional designers and those looking to build their skills and align their function to the business can blend content and context to elevate learning experiences. Expert Cara North maps out the skills and capabilities that define the work learning experience design (LXD) professionals do. Cara lays out an LXD process to guide readers in creating effective experiences. It includes the all-important task analysis to understand the shoes your learners walk in while performing at work. Other steps include creating assessments, conducting usability testing, and messaging the why behind the learning experience. Traditional instructional design places undue emphasis on dumping training content on learners through a combination of information, media, and technology. What’s missing is the context of how learning happens and the understanding that learning is a process, not a one-time event. This book will help you craft a 30/60/90–day plan to apply the concepts throughout. By the end, you’ll feel confident saying “yes” to the simple question, “Would you want to take your own learning experiences?”

Genres: Professional Development

176 pages, Paperback

Published July 11, 2023

About the author

Cara North: contemporary, paranormal, and sci-fi romance
September North: YA for mature readers
Echo North: Fantasy
Tonya Nagle, PhD: Non-fiction

I've been writing as Cara for over 15 years.

In 2019, I merged everything under my Creative Writing With Dr Nagle website.

Reviews

[Asta MacBaine · Rating 1 out of 5]

The cure for insomnia.

[Katrina Kennedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cara brings her experience to a clearly outlined roadmap for learner experience design. I appreciate how she put organization performance at the heart of any learning effort. Her chapters on assessment and analysis were the strongest and most helpful. This is a great book for anyone exploring learning experience design.

[Tonie Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have found this book extremely useful even sharing with my colleagues and boss pieces and parts of it as I read it. I do plan to implement much of what I have learned and have already been able to mold the information to my current situation. I’m glad that I just happened upon this book.

[Joseph McBee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful read for anyone who is a learning and development professional. The author walks you through the whole process of instructional design clearly and with helpful tips and best practices to ensure success. She is very open about her successes and failures and what she has learned from both. Reading this book was like having multiple meetings with an L&D mentor who is sharing their wealth of experience with you.