Henry Meyerding is an instructional designer, with experience in the telecommunications and software industries. Trained in Engineering, Henry’s career gradually changed from doing engineering to explaining to others what engineering had accomplished. More than fifteen years in the field of technical documentation provided many lessons in information systems, most of them relevant to learning design. The focus of Henry’s career came to center on instructional design largely through participation in rework of documentation masquerading as training, so that it turned into actual training. He found that he enjoyed working with students to overcome obstacles to learning and as a result Henry has concentrated on developing blended learning solutions. He lives in Sultan, WA with his wife and four children. After being outsourced for the second time to the same outsourcing firm, he is currently seeking other opportunities and working on a book project to explain practical instructional design theory and methodology to technical documentators.

 

Articles by Henry Meyerding

XML and Content Reuse Systems for Instructional Design Part III: Creating a Unified Content Strategy

(2/16/04)
XML traces its roots back over three decades, and in that time content reuse has become a stable and well-understood concept. In this last of three articles about XML and content reuse systems, learn about the elements of these systems, consider the two implementation strategies available, review three different scenarios, and take a look at the return on investment (ROI) picture.

XML and Content Reuse Systems for Instructional Design Part II: Implementing Content Repositories & Selecting Tools

(2/2/04)
Two weeks ago, the first article in this series introduced the basics and the terminology of XML for designing and using learning objects. In designing content reuse systems for e-Learning, the biggest issues are the taxonomy, the process, and the tools. Read this article for a complete review of these issues and a summary of tools that you may consider for your own implementation.

XML and Content Reuse Systems for Instructional Design Part I: Introduction to XML and Repository Technologies

(1/19/04)
Content reuse continues to be a hot topic, but the technology involved is new and complex. This is the first of a three-part series that explains how content reuse tools are used in instructional design, and looks at how to think about a unified content strategy to facilitate the process. Read this part in order to get the high-level overview of content reuse.