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Julie Dirksen
Learning Strategist
Usable Learning
Julie Dirksen, a learning strategist with Usable Learning, is a consultant
and instructional designer with more than 15 years’ experience
creating highly interactive eLearning experiences for clients ranging
from Fortune 500 companies to technology startups to grant-funded
research initiatives. She’s interested in using neuroscience, change
management, and persuasive technology to promote sustainable long-
term learning and behavior change. Her MS degree in instructional
systems technology is from Indiana University, and she’s been an
adjunct faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
She is the author of Design For How People Learn.