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Mobile Learning Certificate—Sarah Mercier

Sarah Mercier, CEO and strategic consultant at Build Capable, specializes in instructional strategy and learning technology. Sarah is known for translating highly technical concepts and research to real-world practice. Her innovative learning solutions have been recognized by winning industry awards, such as Best of Show at FocusOn Learning DemoFest and Best Performance Support Solution at DevLearn DemoFest. Her work has been published in ATD’s 2020 Trends in Learning Technology, The Book of Road-Tested Activities, TD magazine, Learning Solutions magazine, CLO magazine, and many other training and workforce publications. She lives in Olympia, Washington.

Sarah Mercier

Integrate learning technology into your learning solutions using proven application approaches, practical models, templates, and a comprehensive process that considers learner and organizational needs.

Learning Technologies Certificate

Tackle instructional design challenges in any industry, and apply effective design principles to create e-learning courses with impact. Register today!

E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate

Master microlearning with the MILE model! Learn to design, create, and promote impactful, bite-sized training for busy professionals.

Microlearning Certificate

ATD’s 2020 Trends in Learning Technology provides a quick glimpse into a number of popular tech trends and give you a sense of how you might begin to use them in your organization.

Technology Needs People

Get the Toolbox You Need to Design for All LearnersDesign for All Learners empowers instructional designers, trainers, and other talent development professionals to create learning experiences that are accessible to and inclusive of all people. Learn from practitioners’ vulnerable lived experiences, moving stories, and practical advice. Written with accessibility, inclusion, and L&D experts and edited by Sarah Mercier, this book will help you ensure that individuals can fully participate in the talent development and training programs you offer.Adopt a progress-over-perfection approach. Start with shifting your mindset to consider that all learners are people who have unique experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities—and that learning design should be built for people, not just to meet compliance standards. Find what you need to know about designing for the modality you’re using to reach learners—from e-learning and job aids to training in the physical and virtual classroom. Gain a clearer understanding of requirements and standards, and then explore strategies and tactics to foster an inclusive mindset throughout your organization.Anyone involved with the practice of design in learning and development will benefit from the wide range of perspectives and techniques offered, whether you’re a team of one or work in an organization with a variety of resources. If your goal is to become a better designer, developer, teacher, and leader, this book presents a packed toolbox to do so. It will change everything you think you know. Use it as a guide in your journey to accessible, inclusive design for all.

Design for All Learners

Join Sarah Mercier, editor of Design for All Learners: Create Accessible and Inclusive Learning Experiences, along with a panel of contributing experts, for an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation on designing learning experiences that are accessible to and inclusive of all people. In this webinar, panelists will discuss what “design for all” means for our work-- whether it’s instructor-led training in the physical and virtual classroom or designing and building asynchronous digital content.

Together, we will explore the following questions:
• What is special about a “design for all” approach?
• How does accessible, inclusive design help us achieve our L&D goals?
• What are the challenges we face when improving accessibility and inclusion in our work?

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from the voices behind the book and gain actionable strategies to foster an inclusive mindset in your learning experience design practices.
 

Design for All Learners: A Panel Discussion on Accessibility and Inclusion in Learning

What to Expect at ATD Intensive: Accessible Learning Design

In its second year, the hackathon held during ATD TechKnowledge 2021 took a fully virtual form. This year, the goal was to support Design by Humanity (DxH).

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