The Learning Designer Playbook

*Artwork by Blackbird Book & Page - @blackbirdbp on IG Recently I was asked, how do I decide what type of course I need? Let’s poke at that question a little bit. What the heck does “type of course” even mean?  When someone asks this question, they are often asking what type of content delivery they should use. So my “what do you mean type of course” is often responded to with “well like a video course or an audio course? Should I deliver this via email? “ And so the question often focuses on “what type of course” because people want to know what they need to go create, which is a legitimate question, but you don't know what you need to go create until you have a bunch of other pieces in place. You shouldn't be just saying, I'm going to go create a video course and then working out the details. You need to work out the details first.  Another way that this question of “course type” can kind of get misconstrued or asked, is in terms of how long the course should be. So s...