Blogs & Contributions

The Search That Started Bailey's eLearning Treats

Jeff Miller  ·  June 10, 2026

Every instructional designer I know has hit the same wall. You need someone older, someone with a visible disability, someone who looks like they work in an office — not a hospital. So I stopped talking about the problem and built the solution.

I Knew I Could Do Better. So I Did.

Jeff Miller  ·  June 22, 2026

For the past six to nine months, I knew my website could do better — the colors were flat, the layouts were fighting me, and an accessibility audit confirmed what I suspected: it wasn't meeting the standards I hold my own eLearning work to. So I rebuilt it, redesigned it, and fixed it — using generative AI instead of a webmaster.

To Thine Own Self Be True — And Other Advice From Someone Who Wasn't

Jeff Miller  ·  July 2, 2026

Polonius wasn't a wise man. But he accidentally said something true that has lasted four hundred years. A reflection on knowing your strengths and weaknesses as an instructional designer — and how the tools available to address those weaknesses keep changing.

AI Didn't Build My New Website. It Just Stopped Letting Me Pretend I Couldn't.

Jeff Miller  ·  July 6, 2026

My website wasn't broken. That was almost the problem — it worked exactly as designed, and what it was designed to say was "I don't know what I'm doing."

What My Colonoscopy Taught Me About Instructional Design

Jeff Miller  ·  July 13, 2026

Yesterday was my third colonoscopy. I want that out of the way early, because it matters to the story — three times through this exact process, and it never once occurred to me that I was watching an ADDIE project play out in real time.

Why "It's Obvious" Is a Design Failure

Stéphane Mousseau  ·  June 16, 2026

Once we know something, it becomes nearly impossible to remember what it felt like not to know it. Stéphane Mousseau on the Curse of Knowledge, the hidden clarity tax, and why confusion is data — not failure.

CPTD & Industry Leader Interviews

In-depth 45-minute conversations with CPTD credential holders and Talent Development leaders. Each interview explores career journeys, certification experiences, leadership strategies, and the future of workplace learning — plus occasional cameos from Dixie, Everclear, and Fireball.

5 Pillars of Good Instructional Design

A framework built from years of military training, corporate L&D, and consulting — focused on the foundations that make training actually work, not just look polished. Each video stands alone, but together they form a cohesive way to think about instructional design more strategically.