Russell Duhon proposes 5 learning experience projects that are feasible with modest development assistance, aligned with learning research, and fun. The projects include a phishing trial simulation, an interactive performance support scenario using Twine, spaced repetition learning via SMS, a punchcard for practicing skills, and crowdsourced demonstration videos. For each project, Duhon provides details on the technical involvement required and what could be reported and used to provide feedback. He plans to publish working prototypes of all the projects the following week.

1. @fugu13
russell.duhon@saltbox.com
Russell Duhon, CTO of Saltbox, Makers of WaxLRS

2. “xAPI is awesome!”

3. “Time to create new
learning experiences!
But…

4. …what do I do?”

5. “No, no, I see the nifty stuff that’s
possible, I’ve read all the blog posts
and watched all the presentations,
but…

6. …what everyone’s doing
looks really daunting.”

7. Five Projects
from outside the rapid authoring box

8. These Projects Are
• Completely feasible with none-to-modest dev assist
• Aligned with serious learning research
• Fun!

9. These Projects Aren’t
• In your comfort zone
• Trying to be for more than a single situation
• Ends (think Beginnings)

10. Phishing Trial by Fire
plausible looking internal email, do people click the link? Do they

11. Phishing Trial by Fire
• Technical involvement:
• Needs: Mail merge, email and webpage design
• What to report: Lists.
• Feedback loop: Followups for just clicking and for
signing in.

12. Interactive Performance
Support in Twine
pertext branching scenario that loads instantaneously and can be

13. Interactive Performance
Support in Twine
• Technical involvement:
• Needs: Twine, ability to include HTML+JS+CSS.
• What to report: Final states, successes and
failures, and notable choices along the way.
• Feedback loop: reinforce what’s seen in the
interface via decision support or realistic example
scenario.

14. Spaced Repetition Learning
by SMS
ence, people receive, reinforce, and verify knowledge retention a

15. Spaced Repetition Learning
by SMS
• Technical involvement:
• Needs: Twilio, server-side development.
• What to report: Lists. Drop-off points.
• Feedback loop: Boosts long term retention of
knowledge and skills.

16. Hone Skills Punchcard
set of skills to practice in a week or a month then mark practice,

17. Hone Skills Punchcard
• Technical involvement:
• Needs: HTML+JS+CSS, possibly server side dev.
• What to report: Skill choice trends. Textual analysis
of practice descriptions.
• Feedback loop: Instant visual feedback.
Completable. Further rewards can be attached.
Fancy: surface decisions of others when
choosing/looking at skills.

18. Crowdsourced
Demonstration Videos
s demonstrating a sales technique in varying situations, pushed o

19. Crowdsourced
Demonstration Videos
• Technical involvement:
• Needs: Server side dev, xAPI attachments.
• What to report: Manual review is best here.
• Feedback loop: Show viewing counts. Make
sharing easy. Reuse and draw ideas from videos in
other contexts.

20. –Russell Duhon, September 29th 2015
“I’m going to put up working prototypes for all of
these projects next week.”

21. Russell Duhon, CTO of Saltbox, Makers of WaxLRS
@fugu13
russell.duhon@saltbox.com
Resources: http://resources.saltbox.com/five-projects/

22. Questions?
Icon used for technical difficulty is “technical assistance” by Mon Aguilar from the Noun Project