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Design for How People Build Skills
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Design for How People Build Skills

by Julie Dirksen
September 2026
Beginner to intermediate
353 pages
9h 20m
English
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7 Phase 1: Designing Learning

In which we buckle up, because there’s a lot to talk about.

Learning vs. Practice

I’ve alluded to it before, but there’s designing for learning and designing for practicing.

An illustration of a step diagram with three levels showing substages from familiarization to unconscious competence.
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ISBN: 9780135919514