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CONTENT DESIGN Content designer What is a great content? The purpose of the content How to formulate a user’s need USER-CENTRED CONTENT PRINCIPLES pexels.com   Content designer The job of a content designer is to make sure that the information is clear and in plain language (English for example), and given to the user at the right time, in the appropriate format.   A content designer must be able to: Think critically  Be able to work fast and meet due time Work collaboratively Has team work spirit Open to notes What is a great content? A good content gives people what they need, when they need it in an easy and understandable way. It must meet users need and help them find the answer, therefore it must be: ·          Informative ·          KISS: keep it short and simple & without unnecessary complicated words ·        ...

Why most of us if not all of us didn’t manage to have a successful E-learning experience even though we were at the comfort of our own homes??? one word: stress. Corona or COVID 19 took us by a storm, and it gave us a sense of fear and threatened our well being which resulted in an intolerable stress. Scientifically   speaking, when a human being is found in a threatening situation, the emotional station within our brain (I.E: Amygdala) takes over, our conscious curls inside and the stress controls our mind, then we feel hopeless, our mind can’t function as usual because the prefrontal cortex is stopped by the hijacking of the Amygdala. “ Bad stress erodes confidence and makes us question our ability’ (Schultz, 2019) ” So, I retrie ved some memories about our E-l earnin g  experience, which we were forced to undergo due to the pandemic, I remember our teacher trainers doing a lot of work, sharing some interesting insights with us as well as doing online sessions to m...

photo credits:  pexels The sound of the roaring engines of phosphate factory are depriving me from my sleep, or so i thought.  Why do i have a feeling that every thing is ending soon? At least for me. On the sound of a train passing by, my heart bumped faster than usual. I suddenly realized this urging feeling that lives within my ribs, that everything is on the edge and i am only living to witness the final show. I get this fear of losing my beloved ones and it is killing me because i deeply know i can't and will not be able to do anything about it. Besides, i really push myself to feel better, to stop all this craziness and chaotic mess inside me, but it only seems to grow stronger and spread its shadow over me. I hate to admit it is a depression that can't be cured easily. I was always following my gut feeling, it was always right, but now, i am brutally affected by it. My intuitive mind has been my guide this whole time, now it is only serving me as an annoying al...

  picture credit:  Pexels If we know what will happen in 5 years ahead, we will panic and commit some stupid things while sobbing and weeping. We wouldn’t accomplish anything nor get going with our daily life that actually makes use of forging our personality and our mind that will face the reality in 5years. I believe that we should be grateful to what we go through on every day basis for it is what makes us who we are today, and what we will become afterwards. This person, in 2020, who is facing Covid 19 situation, is a better version of the same person in 2010 mentally, physically and ideologically. When I started my personal development journey 3 years ago, I used to hear: “What you do today is what makes you the person you want to be in future” This quote implies the importance of investing in yourself to achieve your Goals. Everyone’s goals are deferent; for instance, your goal is to be financially independent, while mine is to speak another language or learn anoth...

W hile i was enjoying the timeless Schindler’s list soundtrack, I realized that this is not a common thing to do in Morocco. Morocco has a rich cultural variety that results in having a deferent musical tastes, yet most of Moroccans do not appreciate other types of music, to be a lover of symphonies, sonatas and classical musical pieces which results sometimes in endless discussions between friends and family due to the cultural differences we have from the westerns culture. There is another thing which we can call in these lines, musical prejudices. For instance: if a family member hears you enjoying, let’s say a metallic song, he/she would automatically classifies you as a satanic punk. The same thing can apply on listening to sonatas or artistic musical pieces, they would identify you as arrogant, fake or trying to be something you are not, while in reality, you are just enjoying the art and connecting with what you are hearing. When it comes to me, I feel like classical mus...

This current situation made me think of my precious coffee breaks. COVID 19 or Corona as many people like to call it has changed our ways of living and all our habits that were accumulated along the past years. I can’t describe fairly and precisely the drastic change as I am writing subjectively, yet it is obvious from social media posts, news reports and even the few (allowed) daily interactions of the streets that we will not resume our so called “natural” lifestyle and habits anytime soon. I used to “spontaneously” head to my favorite hidden coffee gem after my long day of duties and sit there either for some me time or to join my besty so we get to gossip about our day, the people we don’t like and play some Partchizi star. To be honest it seems to be from the deep past; it has been almost three months since I am quarantined with my family and Iet me tell you: It’s not EASY !   Thanks to Corona situation I now appreciate my Freedom that I use to take for granted. I now ...

01.05.2020