Interactive PDFs — An Underused Learning Solution

Walter Schirmacher and Dawn Pierce

About the session: Do you need to solve a learning problem that really is too small to be solved

with an e-learning and too big to be solved with a simple job aid? An interactive PDF (iPDF) may

just be the answer for you! Join Innovative Learning Group Programmer Walter Schirmacher and Project Manager and Instructional Designer Dawn Pierce as they show you a variety of iPDF examples and answer

your questions about how to leverage this underused learning solution.

About the speakers: As a programmer for more than 25 years, Walter Schirmacher brings to

Innovative Learning Group his extensive experience in e-learning development, website

programming, and mobile delivery. He has served as a programmer on many projects for a

diverse group of clients, leveraging his experience with HTML5, XML, CSS, and JavaScript. He

has programmed courses for clients in industries such as education, banking, and healthcare.

Walter has a bachelor’s degree in education from Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dawn Pierce is one of Innovative Learning Group’s project managers and instructional designers.

She has nearly 25 years of experience working with a diverse group of global clients in a variety

of industries. Dawn has led learning and performance support projects — many of which involved

the interactive PDF solution — on topics that include compliance, cyber security, human

resources, marketing, materials engineering, product knowledge, quality, safety, Six Sigma, and

systems.