Category: Blog
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Less Building, More Showing: What I Learned from Building a Family of AI Apps
Over the last few weeks, I have been building a family of AI-powered apps. What started as a fun experiment has turned into something bigger than I expected. I began with CoFun, a comedy app designed to turn everyday moments, arguments, observations, and frustrations into funny bits, roasts, and punchlines. Then came other creative directions:…
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I Spent the Weekend Building AI Tools for L&D. Here’s What I Made — and What I Learned.
I’ve been an instructional designer long enough to know the difference between training that looks good in a deck and training that actually changes behavior on the job. That gap — between what gets designed and what actually transfers — has bothered me for most of my career. This weekend I did something about it.…
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From CoFun to CoBuild: What Building Five AI Apps Taught Me About the Future of Learning Design
Over the past few months, I have been building a family of AI-powered apps. It started with a simple question: Why does AI always have to be about productivity? So I built CoFun. CoFun began as a creative experiment: an app that helps people turn everyday frustrations, awkward moments, arguments, and random life nonsense into…
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My Grad School Brain Just Got a Turbo Button
Your Grad School Brain Just Got a Turbo Button | Blog Learning Design + AI Your Grad School Brain Just Got a Turbo Button How I turned years of HPT and instructional design coursework into Skills inside Claude CoWork that deliver real, polished, consultant-grade outputs on demand. 🎓 HPT & L&D • 🤖 Claude CoWork…
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From Course Reviewer to Learning Manager: What I Learned Redesigning an Online Teaching Course
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been living in the weeds of one course: Online Teaching Strategies. What started as a fairly straightforward evaluation task quietly turned into a crash course in thinking like a Learning Manager—someone who doesn’t just build content, but orchestrates alignment, facilitation, and continuous improvement at scale. This post captures what…
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Applying Learning Frameworks as an AI Learning Manager
As an emerging AI Learning Manager, I see the intersection of technology, pedagogy, and human experience as the future of online learning. My goal is to integrate proven learning frameworks—such as the Community of Inquiry (CoI), Moore’s Theory of Transactional Distance, Sorensen & Baylen’s Seven Principles of Good Online Learning, and the Practical Inquiry Model…
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From Sales Training to Running ERP Training Rooms: A Wild Ride into Adulting and Instructional Design
What would you say if I told you that all the bad news you hear on YouTube or cable news is full of it—and that your dreams are still very much alive, just waiting on you to stop making excuses? Here’s me saying goodbye to my old job. 2 years of growing the club, growing…
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Super-Cyborg ID: How I Broke Washington’s Child Advocacy Rules into Bite-Size, Visual, Ready-to-Use Training
I saw a posting on LinkedIn for an “AI-powered Instructional Designer” and couldn’t help smiling—because this is already my day-to-day. Here’s a quick look at how I used Napkin AI to atomize Washington State’s guardian ad litem duties (RCW 13.34.105 and related rules) into a library of snackable visuals that double as a reference kit…
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Expanding Our Impact: Lessons from the LeapsID Model on Inclusive Design in Instructional Development
By Jason Boursier As someone who’s always searching for the next leap in instructional design (ID), I recently attended a webinar that reframed my perspective on inclusive design and how we as learning designers partner with organizations. The session, “LeapsID Model—How to Increase Engagement and Deliver Results Through Inclusive Design by Expanding the Partnership Principle…
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Transforming Volunteer Onboarding: Lessons Learned in Change Management at Safe Kids Advocates
As an instructional designer focused on real-world impact, I’ve recently led the design of a change management plan for Safe Kids Advocates—a non-profit dedicated to empowering volunteer guardians ad litem (VGALs) to advocate for children’s best interests. I want to share both the plan and the lessons I’m learning in the process, because successful change…