Tagged: Instructional Design

Don't Invent a Taxonomy. Inherit One.

When a collection grows big enough that people can't find what they need, the instinct is to invent a categorization scheme. It's usually a step backward. Here's how we organized a growing course catalog without adding a single new idea — by inheriting the structure our work already had — plus the one thing we added on purpose, and the two-layer system that keeps it flexible.

AI Makes Learning More Important, Not Less

If AI can explain any concept and answer any question instantly, the obvious fear is that courses become obsolete. The opposite is true — but only if we change what our courses are actually for.

Three Things, Not One

Learning, training, and development get used like they're the same word. They're not. Here's why the difference matters — and why Pretty Simple Learning is built around it.