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George "Alyn" Kinney

Review of “Founding vs Inheriting”

Balaji S. Srinivasan presents a dilemma between the ideas of Founding vs Inheriting in his article. It’s best to read his article first…

May 7, 2021

May 7, 2021

Blending online instructional methods

I sincerely miss the old buzzword ‘multimedia.’ Many of the corporate education fads lately have been focused on just one approach in…

Mar 8, 2021

Mar 8, 2021

Book Review: Mismatch

A familiar problem in design is that you’ll likely never design a perfect solution, or a universal design, that works for everyone. I…

Mar 1, 2021

Mar 1, 2021

Skills to work on in 2021

I’ve been asked, “what are the best skills for a learning designer to spend time developing in 2021?” Before I give you my 2 cents, I’ll…

Feb 22, 2021

Skills to work on in 2021

Feb 22, 2021

Metacognition in adult learning

I’m a terrible student. My grades weren’t all that great until I got to college and stumbled upon metacognitive strategies. My roommate at…

Feb 15, 2021

Metacognition in adult learning

Feb 15, 2021

Accessibility in elearning

There was a time when I didn’t tell anyone that I’m dyslexic. A dyslexic instructional designer, are you kidding me? I remember…

Feb 8, 2021

Accessibility in elearning

Feb 8, 2021

Training evaluation lessons learned

“This looks cherry picked. I don’t think your project is responsible for these results.” That was the response I got years ago after I did…

Feb 1, 2021

Training evaluation lessons learned

Feb 1, 2021

Where to start in corporate learning

I started my career at the Renaissance Fair. Just like many people I didn’t have a career plan but I’ve been lucky to have a number of wise…

Jan 25, 2021

Where to start in corporate learning

Jan 25, 2021

Design lessons about DEI in 2020

Today is a day of service. Thanks to the pandemic, I can’t leave the house so I’m writing this hoping it’s of service to someone. What…

Jan 18, 2021

Design lessons about DEI in 2020

Jan 18, 2021

George "Alyn" Kinney

George "Alyn" Kinney

I’m a Learning Experience Design Manager at Google. I like to write about education, user experience and philosophy.

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