Bookstore
At LDA, we believe that our members should be alerted to books that promote validated recommendations for learning and performance improvement. Keep checking back here as this selection keeps growing!
Play to Learn: Everything You Need to Know About Designing Effective Learning Games
Sharon Boller and Karl Kapp
Design Thinking for Training and Development
Sharon Boller and Laura Fletcher
Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything
Ulrich Boser
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
Benedict Carey
e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning
Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard E. Mayer
Evidence-Based Training Methods: A Guide for Training Professionals
Ruth Colvin Clark
Learning in the Age of Immediacy: 5 Factors for How We Connect, Communicate, and Get Work Done
Brandon Carson
Urban Myths about Learning and Education
Pedro Bruyckere, Paul A. Kirschner, and Casper D. Hulshof
More Urban Myths About Learning and Education: Challenging Eduquacks, Extraordinary Claims, and Alternative Facts
Pedro de Bruyckere, Paul A. Kirschner, and Casper Hulshof
Design for How People Learn
Julie Dirksen
PEAK: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise
Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning: Tools and Techniques for Transferring Know-How from Boomers to Gamers
Karl M. Kapp
The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education
Karl M. Kapp
The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook: Ideas into Practice
Karl M. Kapp, Lucas Blair, and Rich Mesch
Integrated Learning for ERP Success: A Learning Requirements Approach
Karl M. Kapp, William F. Latham, and Hester N. Ford-Latham
By Paul A. Kirschner and Carl Hendrick
Innovative Performance Support: Strategies and Practices for Learning in the Workflow
Conrad Gottfredson, Ph.D., and Bob Mosher
Training to Imagine: Practical Improvisational Theatre Techniques for Trainers and Managers to Enhance Creativity, Teamwork, Leadership, and Learning
Kat Koppett
Visual Design Solutions: Principles and Creative Inspiration for Learning Professionals
Connie Malamed
Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics That People Understand
Connie Malamed
Evidenced-Informed Learning Design: Creating Training to Improve Performance
Mirjam Neelen and Paul A. Kirschner
The Tyranny of Metrics
Jerry Z. Muller
Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods
Jack J. Phillips and Patricia Pulliam Phillips
The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results
Roy V.H. Pollock, Andrew Mck. Jefferson, Calhoun W. Wick
Designing mLearning: Tapping Into the Mobile Revolution for Organizational Performance
Clark Quinn
Engaging Learning: Designing eLearning Simulation Games
Clark Quinn
Millennials, Goldfish, & Other Training Misconceptions: Debunking Learning Myths and Superstitions
Clark N. Quinn
Revolutionize Learning & Development: Performance and Innovation Strategy for the Information Age
Clark N. Quinn
Learning Science for Instructional Designers: From Cognition to Application
Clark Quinn
The Leadership Story: A New Model of Leadership
Manage Memory for Deeper Learning: 21 Evidence-Based and Easy-to-Apply Tactics That Support Memory While Learning and Beyond
Patti Shank, PhD.
Practice and Feedback for Deeper Learning: 26 Evidence-Based and Easy-to-Apply Tactics That Promote Deeper Learning and Application
Patti Shank, PhD.
Write and Organize for Deeper Learning: 28 Evidence-Based and Easy-to-Apply Tactics That Make Your Instruction Better for Learning
Patti Shank, PhD.
The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data
David Spiegelhalter
Interactive Storytelling
Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan, Ph.D.
LOLA Live Online Learning Activities: How to Increase and Improve Interactivity in Live Online Training
Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan, Ph.D. and Matthew S. Richter
Jolts!: Activities to Wake Up and Engage Your Participants
Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan and Tracy Tagliati
Interactive Techniques for Instructor-Led Training
Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan, Ph.D., Tracy Tagliati, Matthew S. Richter, and Raja Thiagarajan
Performance-Focused Smile Sheets: A Radical Rethinking of a Dangerous Art Form
Will Thalheimer, PhD
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The CEO’S Guide to Training, eLearning, & Work: Reshaping Learning Into a Competitive Advantage
Will Thalheimer, PhD, MBA
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Understanding Intercultural Communication
Stella Ting-Toomey and Leeva C. Chung
Communicating Across Cultures
Stella Ting-Toomey and Tenzin Doriee
AGILE for Instructional Designers: Interactive Project Management to Achieve Results
Megan Torrance
Ten Steps to Complex Learning: A Systematic Approach to Four-Component Instructional Design
Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer and Paul A. Kirschner
The Fifth Management Foci: Allowing No Foo Foo in Foci 1-4
Guy W. Wallace
From Training to Performance Improvement Consulting
Guy W. Wallace
Lean-ISD: Instructional Systems Design That Makes a Difference (And Just What You Need for This Job)
Guy W. Wallace
The PACT Processes for Performance-Based Modular Curriculum Development
Guy W. Wallace
The PACT Processes for Performance-Based Curriculum Architecture Design
Guy W. Wallace
Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick
Wendy Wood