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Instructional Design & Technology

Designing learning that meets people where they are.

I’m Stephen Bronack — a professor, instructional designer, and teacher first. This site is where I share the courses I build, a free library of resources I curate, and writing on how learning actually works across the settings of real life.

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The work

Three ways in

Where to start

Courses

Practical, self-paced courses on instructional design, emerging technologies, and designing for distributed learners.

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Resource Library

A free, growing collection of articles, tools, and templates for designing learning — curated and tagged.

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Writing

Short essays on teaching, distributed learning, and choosing technology without being chosen by it.

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Why this exists

Learning happens across the settings of real life.

Not just the classroom — the commute, the couch, the space between shifts.

The work

So the work has to meet people there.

Everything here is built for learners whose days span physical and digital worlds — and for the designers and teachers who show up in them.

The storefront

Courses

Practical, self-paced courses on instructional design, emerging technologies, and designing for distributed learners. Drag to browse.

Single course

Foundations of Instructional Design

Start here. A grounded, hands-on introduction to designing learning that works for adults and working professionals — from needs and outcomes through activities, assessment, and iteration.

$149

Single course

Emerging Technologies for Learning

A clear-eyed tour of the tools shaping learning right now — and a repeatable way to judge what’s worth your time, your budget, and your learners’ attention.

$149

Premium / bundle

Designing for Distributed Learners

The capstone. Move past "online vs. in-person" and design for the way people actually learn — across formal, informal, and non-formal settings, and across the relationships that make learning possible.

$249

Meet people where they are

The settings of real life

Learning rarely happens where we plan for it to. Good design accounts for that. Explore the markers.

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