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Dr Lizzy Steenkamp

Information Architecture for E-Learning: Organising Content for Clarity

August 15, 2025

Dive into the core principles of IA, learn to avoid common pitfalls like the 'knowledge dump,' and use our practical checklist to design e-learning that is intuitive, effective, and frustration-free.

Dr Lizzy Steenkamp

A Beginner’s Guide to Common E-Learning Tools and Systems

Ever wondered what powers your online learning experience? Or perhaps you’ve clicked around a new learning platform and thought, ‘What exactly is this thing?’ In this guide, we’ll demystify the most common e-learning technologies, without the jargon, and show you what’s behind the scenes.

Stephanie Bandli

Creating Learner Personas for Effective E-Learning

Still designing for “the average learner”? That’s like writing a love letter to “whom it may concern.” Learner personas give your design a backbone, a brain, and a beating heart. Here’s how to make them good, and make them count.

Dr Lizzy Steenkamp

How to Reduce Cognitive Load in E-Learning: A Practical Guide

Welcome to the remarkably practical world of Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). While it might sound like something you'd discuss over lukewarm tea in a particularly earnest academic seminar, this theory is, in fact, incredibly useful for crafting online learning experiences that actually work.

Dr Lizzy Steenkamp

ADDIE: The Instructional Design Dinosaur That Just Won’t Die 🦖

If you’ve ever wandered into the world of instructional design, corporate training, or e-learning, you’ve probably met this dusty old acronym. It’s considered the beige cardigan of design frameworks: dependable, outdated, and somehow still invited to every party. But what is ADDIE, where did it come from, why are we still using it, and should you be using it too.

Transitioning From Pedagogy to Adult Learning

Join me as I reflect on my experience moving from secondary to adult education. I’ll unpack what I’ve discovered about teaching and learning, and the skills I’ve been developing to help me transition.

Dr Lizzy Steenkamp

The Trouble With Bloom's Taxonomy

What happens when the principles that underpin a theory of assessment are used to scaffold an entire learning pathway? Well, in short, it can go pear-shaped quite quickly.

Kira Theunissen

Tapping Into Human Potential

November 3, 2023

Join me as I delve into some interesting corners of the theory that underpins commonly understood notions of human potential. I'll consider the conditions needed to make it possible for people like Elon Musk, and perhaps even myself, to reach our full potential.

The CRAP Rule: Layout Basics for Learning Experience Designers

January 6, 2022

We know design should support learning, not distract from it. Yet many Learning Experience Designers feel unequipped to evaluate whether their creations look and feel good to engage with. The CRAP rule is here to help you rescue your learners from a… well, a crap e-learning experience.