Thinking about hiring a learning development company to help you develop custom curriculum? Then it's a good idea to review other work they’ve done before you sign an agreement. Our recent series on this blog described the five steps to take before hiring a curriculum development firm for your next training project. But let's examine the necessary step of more closely reviewing their work samples. The following 10 tips will describe how to do this effectively. For the most pa

Spoiler alert: There will be a test in this blog post! Most instructional designers routinely prepare tests for their courses, such as pre-assessment, post-assessment and knowledge questions. As we’re developing these true-or-false, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, short answer and other traditional types of tests, we often give little thought to improving the learner’s experience when taking them. We usually spend most of our time and energy designing great content slides