Will Thalheimer on Design Flaws in E-learning

Cammy Bean chatted it up with Dr. Will Thalheimer on the juicy topic of the most common mistakes e-learning practitioners make when designing e-learning. Cammy asked Will for three, but he came back with five. So what were they? Tune in to find out…

 Dr. Will Thalheimer devotes his time to disseminating his research findings on learning & performance and applying what he's learned to help instructional designers, e-learning specialists, trainers and performance consultants to build more effective learning solutions.

He began working in the "training" field in 1985 and has since worked as an instructional designer, trainer, instructor, consultant, multimedia developer, and simulation architect. His clients have included Allen Interactions, Type A Learning Agency, Questionmark, Rockwell, PPG, Pfizer, ADP, Boeing, Raytheon, Nabisco, AMD, Kodak, IBM, AGFA, and the US Postal Service.

Will began his research efforts in 1990 at Columbia University's world-renowned Teachers College and has devoted the last eight years to understanding how research can improve the practice of learning and performance. Will has taught courses at Columbia, at Teachers College, at CUNY's Hunter College, and through the internet.

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