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DevLearn 22 Recap - Vegas is so much more than slots and the strip!

DevLearn 2022 was the same wonderful whirlwind, drinking-from-the-firehose event we've come to expect from this annual Las Vegas event....

3DOF v. 6DOF - degrees of freedom, locomotion for VR UX design

I made a video! Check it out 👇

What Cheesy Low-Budget Dramas can teach us about Engaging Learning Design

I love sci-fi/fantasy, and I love foreign films and tv. Probably about half my Netflix/internet watch history is a mishmash of Japanese,...

I graduated from C# for Unity with Universe!

Here's my certificate (and my AltSpace avatar accepting my diploma) and some awesome photos from our last class meetup:

VR Learning Experience Design Document - What will you find in the Wilderness?🌲

I have been working on a design document for my personal project for the Universe course I'm enrolled in, and finally ready to share the...

Augmented Snoop Dogg Wine! AR & Living Wine Labels

A few weeks ago, Hubs and I bought a bottle of 19Crimes Living Wine Labels SNOOP WINE! We recorded the fun and I added some commentary on...

First Universe Class Project - Professor Genki's head will roll

If you're not hip with meme culture this one might be a bit tough to interpret, here's some backstory from this site: "The format of the...

CenarioVR - a 360 image rapid VR / eLearning development tool

I spent a few weeks playing around with CenarioVR, the platform by Elearning Brothers. It's a really neat tool, and functions similarly...

360 Sunset at the Jackson Frazier Wetlands

An early winter visit to the Jackson Frazier Wetlands with the 360 camera (Ricoh Theta Z). Earlier that evening, less colorfully captured:

Mayer's 12 Principles of Multimedia

I LOVE this article by Waterbear Learning... The most common offenders in Storyline-based eLearning? Coherence, Redundancy, and...

Upskilling Your Team – it’s the little things that matter

In today’s business world we are constantly being introduced to new tools, resources, apps, and programs. There is so much technology out...

DevLearn DemoFest 2021 - We won Best in Show!!!

Wow, what a whirlwind! I think DemoFest was the longest shortest hour of my life. I was a little hoarse after reciting my introduction to...

Willamette Valley Autumn Leaves in 360

I took the Ricoh Theta Z out for a stroll among the beautiful colors of an Oregon autumn. Click and drag around the video to view full 360.

Fagradalsfjall - Iceland's erupting Volcano

A once-in-a-millenia opportunity.... and I forgot my tripod!!! 💀 We took some beautiful photos and video of the eruption as we got...

Setting client expectations throughout your project development phases

So you’re working with some clients who maybe haven’t done any elearning before, or who are looking to convert their in-person training...

Prioritizing training – where to start when you need everything yesterday

So you’ve done an analysis and you know the business goals or performance objectives you are reaching for aren’t going to be fixed with...

UX considerations for software training

When designing training for software systems, there are a few design best practices to consider: 1. Use screen-capture video...

5 Ways to introduce a new training program without boring your users

The onboarding experience of your eLearning solutions is worth consideration as a larger part of your curriculum. When you roll out a new...