Solid State UX

I’m in Phoenix this weekend for the IA Summit 2010 – which is organized by the American Society of Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) and is one of the major national get-togethers for Information Architects and User Experience Designers.  I’m not sure if there is a distinction between the two titles anymore, but from what I hear this is the first IA Summit in years not to have a session on what to call ourselves in this profession – so that’s progress I suppose.  Did you know that Wiley publishes the journal of ASIS&T?  This is my first IA Summit and I was pleased to be a presenter.  My talk, “Think Like an Instructional Designer,” was inspired by the fact that e-learning professionals and interaction designers are in silo’d professions.  The two fields rarely work together and get a chance to learn each other’s theoretical frameworks.   Yet all interaction designers face instructional design challenges everyday, and learning theories can be used to make more persuasive, better converting interactive experiences.   Think of e-learning as “everyday” learning.